Robert Charles Bryan (born April 29, 1978) is an American former professional tennis player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest doubles tennis players of all time, Bryan was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's doubles for 438 weeks (second-most of all time), and finished as the year-end No. 1 eight times. Bryan won 126 ATP Tour-level doubles titles, including 23 majors: 16 in men's doubles and seven in mixed doubles. Alongside his twin brother Mike, the Bryan brothers were one of the most successful doubles partnerships in tennis history. The pair were named the ATP Team of the Decade for the 2000s. They became the second men's doubles team to complete the career Golden Slam at the 2012 London Olympics.
The Bryan brothers retired from the sport together in August 2020. In 2025, they were inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
Tennis career Doubles records 16 Grand Slams (Open Era) 30 Grand Slam men's doubles finals 10-time ITF World Champions 116 ATP Titles and 169 ATP Finals 439 weeks at #1 1000+ team match wins 10 consecutive years of winning at least 1 Grand Slam 11 time ATP Fans' Favorite Doubles Team and ATP Team of the Decade "Bryan Golden Slam" (only team to simultaneously hold all Grand Slam titles and an Olympic gold medal) 7 consecutive Grand Slam finals (2005 Australian–2006 Wimbledon) 39 Masters 1000 titles "Career Golden Masters" (alongside Daniel Nestor only other players in history to win all nine Masters 1000 events)
Junior He finished the year as the no. 1 ranked singles player in the nation in 1998 after winning the clay court nationals and reaching the finals of Kalamazoo. The brothers were back-to-back Kalamazoo doubles champions in 1995 and 1996 and won the US Open Junior doubles title in 1996.
College 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.
ATP Tour With his twin brother Mike (who is the older by two minutes), Bryan has won 116 doubles titles, including sixteen Grand Slam titles. In 2005, the Bryan brothers made it to the finals of all four Grand Slam tournaments, only the second time a men's doubles team has done this during the open era. In 2006, the Bryan brothers won Wimbledon and the Australian Open and completed a Career Grand Slam. Having won the 2012 US Open, they followed up by winning the first three majors of 2013, and thus held all four titles at once. They could not complete the calendar year Grand Slam, however, as they lost in the semi-finals of the 2013 US Open.
The twins have been the year-ending top-ranked team ten times: in 2003,ATP Team Doubles Rankings For 11/17/03 , 2005,ATP Team Doubles Rankings For 11/21/05 2006,ATP Team Doubles Rankings For 11/20/06 2007,ATP Team Doubles Rankings For 11/19/07 and then each year from 2009 to 2014 inclusive.
The Bryan brothers have been frequent participants on U.S. Davis Cup teams. The United States sealed its 32nd title at the 2007 Davis Cup.
In the 2018 Madrid Masters 1000 final, Bryan injured his hip, and the pair had to retire down 3–5 in the first set. He underwent a hip relining and made a remarkable recovery, rejoining his brother less than a year later for the 2019 Australian Open and making it to the quarterfinals. They won their first title since his surgery in February 2019 at Delray Beach.
World TeamTennis
Both brothers kicked off their World TeamTennis careers back in 1999 for the Idaho Sneakers. They went on to play for the Newport Beach Breakers in 2004, the Kansas City Explorers from 2005 to 2012, the Texas Wild in 2013, the San Diego Aviators in 2014, the California Dream in 2015, the Washington Kastles from 2016 to 2018, and most recently the Vegas Rollers in 2019. They have two World TeamTennis titles, one from the Newport Beach Breakers in 2004, and another from the Kansas City Explorers in 2010. It was announced that Bryan, along with Mike, will be joining the Vegas Rollers during the 2020 WTT season set to begin July 12 at The Greenbrier.
Personal life Bryan married Florida attorney Michelle Alvarez in 2010; the couple have three children.
Davis Cup record (26–5) Together with his twin brother Mike Bryan, the pair has won the most Davis Cup matches of any doubles team for the United States. Bryan holds the record for most years played (14) in the Davis Cup for the U.S. He also holds a 4–2 career record in singles ties.
Year Round Opponent Result 2003 Play-off Slovakia (Beck/Hrbatý) W 2004 1st round Austria (Knowle/Melzer) W 2004 Quarterfinal Sweden (Björkman/T. Johansson) W 2004 Semifinal Belarus (Mirnyi/Voltchkov) W 2004 Final Spain (Ferrero/Robredo) W 2005 1st round Croatia (Ančić/Ljubičić) L 2005 Play-off Belgium (Rochus/Vliegen) W 2006 1st round Romania (Hănescu/Tecău) W 2006 Quarterfinal Chile (Capdeville/Garcia) W 2006 Semifinal Russia (Tursunov/Youzhny) W 2007 1st round Czech Republic (Dlouhý/Vízner) W 2007 Quarterfinal Spain (López/Robredo) W 2007 Semifinal Sweden (Aspelin/Björkman) W 2007 Final Russia (Andreev/Davydenko) W 2008 1st round Austria (Knowle/Melzer) W 2008 Quarterfinal France (Clément/Llodra) L 2009 1st round Switzerland (Allegro/Wawrinka) W 2009 Quarterfinal Croatia (Karanusic/Zovko) W 2010 1st round (w/ John Isner) Serbia (Tipsarević/Zimonjić) W 2011 1st round Chile (Aguilar/Massú) W 2011 Semifinal Spain (Granollers/Verdasco) W 2012 Quarterfinal France (Benneteau/Llodra) W 2012 Semifinal Spain (Granollers/López) W 2013 1st round Brazil (Melo/Soares) L 2013 Quarterfinal Serbia (Bozoljac/Zimonjić) L 2014 1st round Great Britain (Fleming/Inglot) W 2014 Play-off Slovakia (Gombos/Lacko) W 2015 1st round Great Britain (Inglot/Murray) W 2016 1st round Australia (Hewitt/Peers) W 2016 Quarterfinal Croatia (Čilić/Dodig) L 2020 Qualifying round Uzbekistan (Fayziev/Istomin) W
Grand Slam tournaments
Doubles: 30 (16–14) By winning the 2006 Wimbledon title, Bryan completed the men's doubles Career Grand Slam. He became the 19th individual player and, with Mike Bryan, the 7th doubles pair to achieve this. Result YearChampionship Surface Partner OpponentsScoreWin 2003 French Open Clay Mike Bryan Paul Haarhuis Yevgeny Kafelnikov 7–6(7–3), 6–3Loss 2003 US Open Hard Mike Bryan Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge 7–5, 0–6, 5–7Loss 2004 Australian Open Hard Mike Bryan Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro 6–7(4–7), 3–6Loss 2005 Australian Open (2) Hard Mike Bryan Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett 4–6, 4–6Loss 2005 French Open Clay Mike Bryan Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi 6–2, 1–6, 4–6Loss 2005 Wimbledon Grass Mike Bryan Stephen Huss Wesley Moodie 6–7(4–7), 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 3–6Win 2005 US Open Hard Mike Bryan Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi 6–1, 6–4Win 2006 Australian Open Hard Mike Bryan Martin Damm Leander Paes 4–6, 6–3, 6–4Loss 2006 French Open (2) Clay Mike Bryan Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 5–7Win 2006 Wimbledon Grass Mike Bryan Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić 6–4, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2Win 2007 Australian Open (2) Hard Mike Bryan Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi 7–5, 7–5Loss 2007 Wimbledon (2) Grass Mike Bryan Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 4–6, 4–6Win 2008 US Open (2) Hard Mike Bryan Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes 7–6(7–5), 7–6(12–10)Win 2009 Australian Open (3) Hard Mike Bryan Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles 2–6, 7–5, 6–0Loss 2009 Wimbledon (3) Grass Mike Bryan Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić 6–7(7–9), 7–6(7–3), 6–7(5–7), 3–6Win 2010 Australian Open (4) Hard Mike Bryan Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3Win 2010 US Open (3) Hard Mike Bryan Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4)Win 2011 Australian Open (5) Hard Mike Bryan Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes 6–3, 6–4Win 2011 Wimbledon (2) Grass Mike Bryan Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(7–2)Loss 2012 Australian Open (3) Hard Mike Bryan Leander Paes Radek Štěpánek 6–7(1–7), 2–6Loss 2012 French Open (3) Clay Mike Bryan Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor 4–6, 4–6Win 2012 US Open (4) Hard Mike Bryan Leander Paes Radek Štěpánek 6–3, 6–4Win 2013 Australian Open (6) Hard Mike Bryan Robin Haase Igor Sijsling 6–3, 6–4Win 2013 French Open (2) Clay Mike Bryan Michaël Llodra Nicolas Mahut 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–4)Win 2013 Wimbledon (3) Grass Mike Bryan Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4Loss 2014 Wimbledon (4) Grass Mike Bryan Jack Sock Vasek Pospisil 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–3, 5–7Win 2014 US Open (5) Hard Mike Bryan Marcel Granollers Marc López 6–3, 6–4Loss 2015 French Open (4) Clay Mike Bryan Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo 7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), 5–7Loss 2016 French Open (5) Clay Mike Bryan Feliciano López Marc López 4–6, 7–6(8–6), 3–6Loss 2017 Australian Open (4) Hard Mike Bryan Henri Kontinen John Peers 5–7, 5–7
Mixed doubles: 9 (7–2) Result Year Championship Surface Partner OpponentsScoreLoss 2002 US Open Hard Katarina Srebotnik Lisa Raymond Mike Bryan 6–7(9–11), 6–7(1–7)Win 2003 US Open Hard Katarina Srebotnik Lina Krasnoroutskaya Daniel Nestor 5–7, 7–5, [10–5]Win 2004 US Open (2) Hard Vera Zvonareva Alicia Molik Todd Woodbridge 6–3, 6–4Loss 2006 Wimbledon Grass Venus Williams Vera Zvonareva Andy Ram 3–6, 2–6Win 2006 US Open (3) Hard Martina Navratilova Květa Peschke Martin Damm 6–2, 6–3Win 2008 French Open Clay Victoria Azarenka Katarina Srebotnik Nenad Zimonjić 6–2, 7–6(7–4)Win 2008 Wimbledon Grass Samantha Stosur Katarina Srebotnik Mike Bryan 7–5, 6–4Win 2009 French Open (2) Clay Liezel Huber Vania King Marcelo Melo 5–7, 7–6(7–5), [10–7]Win 2010 US Open (4) Hard Liezel Huber Květa Peschke Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 6–4, 6–4
Performance timelines
Doubles
Tournament19951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020SRW–LWin% Australian OpenAAAAA1R1RQF3RFFWWQFWWWFW3R3R3RFSFQF3R 6 / 2177–1584% French OpenAAAA2R2R2RQFWSFFFQFQFSF2RSFFWQFFF2RA3RA 2 / 2068–1879% WimbledonAAAA3R1RSFSFQF3RFWFSFFQFWSFWFQFQF2RA3RNH 3 / 2072–1781% US Open1R1R1R1R1RQF2RSFF3RW3RQFWSFW1RWSFW1RQFSFA3RA 5 / 2467–1978%Win–loss0–10–10–10–13–34–46–414–414–313–421–318–217–316–319–316–216–220–322–116–310–413–411–44–19–42–116 / 85284–6980.45% Year-end championship ATP FinalsDid not qualify (DNQ) RR A W W SF RR A F W SF SF RR F W SF SF RRDNQ ADNQ 4 / 1536–2361%
Mixed doubles
Tournament1999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020SRW–LWin % Australian Open A A A QF 1R 1R QF QF QF A A 2R 2R A QF A A QF A A A A 0 / 10 14–10 French Open 2R QF A SF QF QF A SF QF W W A A 1R A A 1R QF A A A A 2 / 12 27–10 Wimbledon QF 1R QF QF 2R SF 2R F 3R W QF 2R QF SF A 3R 2R A A A ANH 1 / 16 37–15 US Open A A 1R F W W QF W 2R A A W 2R 2R A A A A A A A A 4 / 10 29–6Win–loss 4–2 3–2 3–2 12–4 8–3 10–3 4–3 14–3 6–4 11–0 7–1 7–2 5–3 4–3 2–1 2–1 0–2 4–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 7 / 48 106–41
Grand Slam seedings The tournaments won by Bryan are in boldface, and advances into finals by Bryan are in italics.
Men's doubles
Legend (slams won / times seeded)seeded No. 1 (11 / 36)seeded No. 2 (4 / 15)seeded No. 3 (1 / 7)seeded No. 4–10 (0 / 13)Seeded outside the top 10 (0 / 2)not seeded (0 / 13)Longest / total 58533519