Michael Carl 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 a record 506 weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 a record ten times. Bryan won a record 128 ATP Tour-level doubles titles, including 22 majors: a record 18 in men's doubles, and four in mixed doubles. Alongside his twin brother Bob, 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, and completed the double career Grand Slam. Mike Bryan also had success partnering Jack Sock, winning two majors and the 2018 ATP Finals, as well as the 2018 ATP World Tour Fans' Favorite Doubles Team.
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
College Bryan 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 NCAA doubles title with his twin brother Bob.Stanford Daily, Q&A with the Bryan Brothers, accessed 18 July 2018, https://www.stanforddaily.com/2016/05/28/de-nr-qa-with-the-bryan-brothers/
Professional
Together with his twin brother Bob, he was very successful in doubles. They won 119 doubles titles (winning their record-setting 86th title at the 2013 BNP Paribas Open in California, USA)Diane Pucin, Bryan twins set tennis record in doubles , Los Angeles Times, August 2, 2010 including a record 16 Grand Slam titles. In 2005, he and Bob made it to the finals of all four Grand Slam tournaments, only the second time such a feat has been achieved in the Open era. The Bryan Brothers were ranked No. 1 in the ATP. Due to their success, they were nicknamed The Wonder Twins after a fictional comic book duo.
During the 2018 Madrid Open, Bob injured his hip and subsequently had season ending surgery. In his brother's absence, Bryan partnered with several other players, namely Sam Querrey at Roland Garros, Jack Sock at Queen's, Wimbledon and the US Open, Ryan Harrison during the Davis Cup, and with James Cerretani, Frances Tiafoe and Édouard Roger-Vasselin at other tour events.
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 twin brother Bob, will be joining the Vegas Rollers during the 2020 WTT season set to begin July 12 at The Greenbrier.
Davis Cup record (28–5) Together with his twin brother Bob Bryan, the pair has won the most Davis Cup matches of any team in doubles for the United States. Bryan also owns U.S. Davis Cup records with 27 individual doubles wins and 32 ties played.
Year Round Opponent Result 2003 Play-off Slovak Republic (Beck/Hrbatý) W 2004 1st round Austria (Knowle/Melzer) W 2004 Quarterfinal Sweden (Björkman/T.Johansson) W 2004 Semifinal Belarus (Mirnyi/Volchkov) 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 2008 Semifinal (w/ Mardy Fish) Spain (Lopez/Verdasco) W 2009 1st round Switzerland (Allegro/Wawrinka) W 2009 Quarterfinal Croatia (Karanusic/Zovko) W 2011 1st round Chile (Aguilar/Massú) W 2011 Semifinal Spain (Granollers/Verdasco) W 2012 1st round (w/ Mardy Fish) Switzerland (Federer/Wawrinka) W 2012 Quarterfinal France (Benneteau/Llodra) W 2012 Semifinal Spain (Granollers/López) W 2013 1st round Brazil (Melo/Soares) L 2013 Quarterfinal Serbia (Zimonjić/Bozoljac) L 2014 1st round Great Britain (Fleming/Inglot) W 2014 Play-off Slovakia (Lacko/Gombos) W 2015 1st round Great Britain (Inglot/Murray) W 2016 1st round Australia (Hewitt/Peers) W 2016 Quarterfinal Croatia (Čilić/Dodig) L 2018 Semifinal (w/ Ryan Harrison) Croatia (Dodig/Pavić) W 2020 Qualifying round Uzbekistan (Fayziev/Istomin) W
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 32 (18 titles, 14 runner-ups) By winning the 2006 Wimbledon title, Bryan completed the men's doubles Career Grand Slam. He became the 19th individual player and, with Bob Bryan, the seventh doubles pair to achieve this. In 2012, by winning the Olympic gold medal, along with his brother, Bryan completed the career "Golden Slam", as did Bob. They are the only team that has ever accomplished this. Result YearChampionship Surface Partner OpponentsScoreWin 2003 French Open Clay Bob Bryan Paul Haarhuis Yevgeny Kafelnikov 7–6(7–3), 6–3Loss 2003 US Open Hard Bob Bryan Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge 7–5, 0–6, 5–7Loss 2004 Australian Open Hard Bob Bryan Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro 6–7(4–7), 3–6Loss 2005 Australian Open (2) Hard Bob Bryan Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett 4–6, 4–6Loss 2005 French Open Clay Bob Bryan Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi 6–2, 1–6, 4–6Loss 2005 Wimbledon Grass Bob Bryan Stephen Huss Wesley Moodie 6–7(4–7), 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 3–6Win 2005 US Open Hard Bob Bryan Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi 6–1, 6–4Win 2006 Australian Open Hard Bob Bryan Martin Damm Leander Paes 4–6, 6–3, 6–4Loss 2006 French Open (2) Clay Bob Bryan Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 5–7Win 2006 Wimbledon Grass Bob Bryan Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić 6–4, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2Win 2007 Australian Open (2) Hard Bob Bryan Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi 7–5, 7–5Loss 2007 Wimbledon (2) Grass Bob Bryan Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 4–6, 4–6Win 2008 US Open (2) Hard Bob Bryan Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes 7–6(7–5), 7–6(12–10)Win 2009 Australian Open (3) Hard Bob Bryan Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles 2–6, 7–5, 6–0Loss 2009 Wimbledon (3) Grass Bob Bryan Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić 6–7(7–9), 7–6(7–3), 6–7(5–7), 3–6Win 2010 Australian Open (4) Hard Bob Bryan Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3Win 2010 US Open (3) Hard Bob Bryan Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4)Win 2011 Australian Open (5) Hard Bob Bryan Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes 6–3, 6–4Win 2011 Wimbledon (2) Grass Bob Bryan Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(7–2)Loss 2012 Australian Open (3) Hard Bob Bryan Leander Paes Radek Štěpánek 6–7(1–7), 2–6Loss 2012 French Open (3) Clay Bob Bryan Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor 4–6, 4–6Win 2012 US Open (4) Hard Bob Bryan Leander Paes Radek Štěpánek 6–3, 6–4Win 2013 Australian Open (6) Hard Bob Bryan Robin Haase Igor Sijsling 6–3, 6–4Win 2013 French Open (2) Clay Bob Bryan Michaël Llodra Nicolas Mahut 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–4)Win 2013 Wimbledon (3) Grass Bob Bryan Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4Loss 2014 Wimbledon (4) Grass Bob Bryan Jack Sock Vasek Pospisil 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–3, 5–7Win 2014 US Open (5) Hard Bob Bryan Marcel Granollers Marc López 6–3, 6–4Loss 2015 French Open (4) Clay Bob Bryan Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo 7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), 5–7Loss 2016 French Open (5) Clay Bob Bryan Feliciano López Marc López 4–6, 7–6(8–6), 3–6Loss 2017 Australian Open (4) Hard Bob Bryan Henri Kontinen John Peers 5–7, 5–7Win 2018 Wimbledon (4) Grass Jack Sock Raven Klaasen Michael Venus 6–3, 6–7(7–9), 6–3, 5–7, 7–5Win 2018 US Open (6) Hard Jack Sock Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo 6–3, 6–1
Mixed doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups) Result YearChampionship Surface Partner OpponentsScoreLoss 2001 Wimbledon Grass Liezel Huber Daniela Hantuchová Leoš Friedl 6–4, 3–6, 2–6Win 2002 US Open Hard Lisa Raymond Katarina Srebotnik Bob Bryan 7–6(11–9), 7–6(7–1)Win 2003 French Open Clay Lisa Raymond Elena Likhovtseva Mahesh Bhupathi 6–3, 6–4Loss 2008 Wimbledon Grass Katarina Srebotnik Samantha Stosur Bob Bryan 5–7, 4–6Win 2012 Wimbledon Grass Lisa Raymond Elena Vesnina Leander Paes 6–3, 5–7, 6–4Win 2015 French Open (2) Clay Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Hradecká Marcin Matkowski 7–6(7–3), 6–1
Year-end championship finals
Doubles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner-ups) Result Year Championship Surface Partner OpponentsScoreWin2003Tennis Masters Cup, HoustonHard Bob Bryan Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro6–7(6–8), 6–3, 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–4Win2004Tennis Masters Cup, Houston (2)Hard Bob Bryan Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett4–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–2Loss2008Tennis Masters Cup, ShanghaiHard (i) Bob Bryan Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić6–7(3–7), 2–6Win2009ATP World Tour Finals, London (3)Hard (i) Bob Bryan Max Mirnyi Andy Ram7–6(7–5), 6–3Loss2013ATP World Tour Finals, LondonHard (i) Bob Bryan David Marrero Fernando Verdasco5–7, 7–6(7–3), [7–10]Win2014ATP World Tour Finals, London (4)Hard (i) Bob Bryan Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo6–7(5–7), 6–2, [10–7]Win2018ATP Finals, London (5)Hard (i) Jack Sock Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut5–7, 6–1, [13–11]
Summer Olympics finals
Doubles: 2 (1 gold medal, 1 bronze medal) Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score Bronze 2008 Beijing Hard Bob Bryan Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 Gold 2012 London Grass Bob Bryan Michaël Llodra Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Mixed doubles: 1 (1 bronze medal) Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score Bronze 2012 London Grass Lisa Raymond Sabine Lisicki Christopher Kas 6–3, 4–6, [10–4]
ATP Masters 1000 finals
Doubles: 59 (39 titles, 20 runner-ups)