Bryan brothers

Bob and Mike Bryan
The Bryan brothers' chest bump celebration
Ages: 46BobMike
Highest doubles
ranking:		1
(September 8, 2003)		1
(September 8, 2003)
Men's Doubles titles:119124
Grand Slam
Men's Doubles titles:		16 titles:
Australian Open (6):
(2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013)
French Open (2):
(2003, 2013)
Wimbledon (3):
(2006, 2011, 2013)
US Open (5):
(2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)		18 titles:
Australian Open (6):
(2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013)
French Open (2):
(2003, 2013)
Wimbledon (4):
(2006, 2011, 2013, 2018)
US Open (6):
(2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018)
Grand Slam Mixed
Doubles titles:		7 titles:
French Open (2):
(2008, 2009)
Wimbledon (1):
(2008)
US Open (4):
(2003, 2004, 2006, 2010)		4 titles:
French Open (2):
(2003, 2015)
Wimbledon (1):
(2012)
US Open (1):
(2002)
Masters Men's
Doubles titles:		39 titles39 titles
Summer Olympics
Men's Doubles:		 Gold (London 2012) Gold (London 2012)

 Bronze (Beijing 2008) Bronze (Beijing 2008)
Pan Am Games
Men's Doubles:		 Bronze (Winnipeg 1999) Bronze (Winnipeg 1999)
Davis Cup titles:1 title:
(2007)		1 title:
(2007)
World Tour Finals:4 titles:
(2003, 2004, 2009, 2014)		5 titles:
(2003, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2018)

The Bryan brothers, identical twin brothers Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, are American former professional doubles tennis players. The most successful men's doubles team of all time, they won more professional matches, tournaments and majors than any other men's pairing, as well as multiple Olympic medals, including the gold in 2012. The Bryans jointly held the world No. 1 doubles ranking for a record 438 weeks, including for a record 139 consecutive weeks. They finished as the year-end No. 1 team a record ten times. Between 2005 and 2006, they competed in an Open Era record seven consecutive men's doubles major finals. The Bryans won 119 doubles titles together, including 16 majors – completing the double career Grand Slam – as well as Olympic gold and bronze medals, four Tour Finals titles, a record 39 Masters events, and were part of the victorious United States Davis Cup team in 2007. Alongside Daniel Nestor, the Bryans are the only doubles players to win every major and Masters event, an Olympic gold medal, and the Tour Finals: completing the Big Titles sweep.

The Bryans were born on April 29, 1978, with Mike being the elder by two minutes. Some of their success is attributed to their particular brand of twinship: the Bryans are "mirror twins", where one is right-handed (Mike) and the other left-handed (Bob). This is advantageous for their court coverage. They were coached by David Macpherson between 2005 and 2016. In January 2017 they reunited with coach Phil Farmer, who previously trained them to their first major title. In October 2017, Macpherson and Dr. Dave Marshall assumed coaching duties, with Marshall handling day-to-day responsibilities, until the duo retired.

Turning pro in 1998, the brothers retired in August 2020, having played (and won) their final match as a team in March of that year. They were well known for celebrating winning points by chest-bumping each other.

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