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Bob Bryan

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Robert ("Bob") Charles Bryan (born on April 29, 1978 in Camarillo, California) is an American male professional tennis player. Bob stands 6'4" tall, weighs 202 lbs, and plays left handed. He turned Pro in 1998. He played for Stanford University in 1997 and 1998, where he helped the Cardinal win back-to-back NCAA team championships. In 1998, he won the 'Triple Crown' by taking the NCAA singles, doubles (with his twin brother Mike) and team titles. He was the first man to accomplish this since Stanford's Alex O'Brien did it in 1992. Together with his twin brother Mike (who is the younger by two minutes at birth) he has been very successful in doubles. He has won 25 titles, including four Grand Slam titles. In 2005, he and Mike made it to the finals of all the 4 Grand Slam tournaments, only the second time such a feat has been achieved in the Open era. In 2006, the Bryan brothers won Wimbledon and the Australian Open and achieved a career grand slam. They repeated their Australian Open victory in 2007. The Bryan Brothers are currently seeded #1 in the ATP. Twice they were No. 1 team at the end of a season; in 2004 and 2005.

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Grand Slam Doubles

Australian Open

  • Doubles champion: 2006 (d. Damm/Paes) , 2007 (d. Bjorkman/Mirnyi)
  • Doubles finalist: 2004 (l. to Llodra/Santoro), 2005 (l. to Black/Ullyett)

French Open

  • Doubles champion: 2003 (d. Haarhuis/Kafelnikov)
  • Doubles finalist: 2005 (l. to Bjorkman/Mirnyi), 2006 (l. to Bjorkman/Mirnyi)

Wimbledon

  • Doubles champion: 2006 (d. Santoro/Zimonjic)
  • Doubles finalist: 2005 (l. to Huss/Moodie), 2007 (l. to Clement/Llodra)
  • Mixed doubles finalist: 2006

U.S. Open

  • Doubles champion: 2005 (d. Bjorkman/Mirnyi)
  • Doubles finalist: 2003 (l. to Bjorkman/Woodbridge)
  • Mixed doubles champion: 2003 (with Katarina Srebotnik), 2004 (with Vera Zvonareva), 2006 (with Martina Navratilova)
Association of Tennis Professionals | Top ten male doubles teams as of December 17, 2007
1. Flag of the United States Mike Bryan
    Flag of the United States Bob Bryan
2. Flag of the Bahamas Mark Knowles
    Flag of Canada Daniel Nestor
3. Flag of Sweden Simon Aspelin
    Flag of Austria Julian Knowle
4. Flag of Australia Paul Hanley
    Flag of Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
5. Flag of the Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý
    Flag of the Czech Republic Pavel Vízner

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