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|- | || Bob || Mike |- | Country: || United States || United States |- | Residence: || Camarillo, Cal, USA || Camarillo, Cal, USA |- | Height: || 6 ft 4 in
(193 cm) || 6 ft 3 in
(190 cm) |- | Weight: || 202 lb. (91 kg) || 192 lb. (87 kg) |- | Plays: || Left handed || Right handed |- | Turned pro: || 1998 || 1998 |- | Highest doubles
ranking:
|| 1
(8 Sep 2003) || 1
(8 Sep 2003) |- | Men's Doubles titles: || 27 || 29 |- | Grand Slam
Men's Doubles titles:
|| 3
(Aus Open 2006, US Open 2005, French Open 2003) || 3
(Aus Open 2006, US Open 2005, French Open 2003) |- | Grand Slam Mixed
Doubles titles:
|| 2
(US Open 2004,
US Open 2003 || 2
(French Open 2003,
US Open 2002) |}

Twin brothers Robert Charles Bryan (Bob) and Michael Carl Bryan (Mike) are American professional tennis players, who form the most successful doubles team of brothers of the Open era.

Born on 29 April, 1978, with Mike being the older by two minutes, The Bryans, as they are known, have won 25 tour titles, including Grand Slam victories at French Open (2003) and US Open (2005), Tennis Masters Cup Doubles (2003, 2004), Australian Open 2006, and have been the finalists on 18 other occasions. The twins are also part of the United States Davis Cup team, with a 6-1 doubles matches win-loss record.

Junior career

Bob and Mike won their first doubles tournament at age 6, in a 10-and-under event. They had an outstanding junior career, winning well over hundred junior doubles titles together. They won the 1991 USTA National Boys' 14 Doubles Championships, the 1992 USTA National Boys' 14 Clay Court doubles title, the 1994 USTA National Boys' 16 Clay Court doubles title, the 1995 USTA National Boys' 18 Clay Courts doubles title, the junior doubles title at the 1995 Ojai Valley, California Tennis Tournament, and the first-ever Easter Bowl boys' 18 doubles title.

The brothers won the USTA National Boys' 18 Clay Court Championships again in 1996, becoming the first team in 30 years to repeat as doubles champions at that event. Bob and Mike became the first repeat doubles champions in 50 years at the 1996 USTA National Boys' 18 Championships in Kalamazoo, Michigan, defeating Michael Russell and Kevin Kim in the final.

The Bryans then won the 1996 US Open junior boys' doubles title, defeating Daniele Bracciali of Italy and Jocelyn Robichaud of Canada 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 in the final. They went on to win the bronze medal at the 1999 Pan American Games at Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, where they represented the United States for the first time as professionals.

Both brothers were awarded full-ride tennis scholarships to Stanford University for the Fall of 1996, and played there from 1996-98, helping the team to NCAA team title both years. They won the NCAA doubles title in 1998, defeating Kelly Gullet and Robert Lindstedt of Pepperdine in the final, in the process becoming the first set of brothers to win the NCAA doubles title since Robert and Tom Falkenberg of USC won the title in 1946. They finished the year ranked No. 1 in the collegiate doubles rankings.

Professional career

The Bryans made their professional and Grand Slam debut at the 1995 US Open, where they lost in the first round to Grant Connell and Patrick Galbraith.

Their first tour win came in 1998, at the Atlanta ATP tournament, a 6-3 3-6 6-4 win over Trevor Kronemann and Dave Randall, and they went on to reach the quarterfinals before losing to Grant Stafford and Kevin Ullyett. They made the semifinal of the ATP tournament at Washington and won two Challenger tournaments, at Aptos and Burbank.

In the 1999 season, the twins reached their first ATP final at Orlando, falling at the final hurdle to Jim Courier and Todd Woodbridge, 6-7⁴ 4-6. They also reached the semifinals at Scottsdale, and the quarterfinals at Indian Wells and Key Biscayne. The brothers also were successful on the Challenger Circuit, winning three tournaments (Amarillo, Birmingham, Burbank), and reaching the finals in four others.

The next season saw the Bryans win their first match at a Grand Slam when they reached the quarterfinals of the US Open (1^st round, beat David Adams and John-Laffnie de Jager 6-4 7-6⁶). They reached three ATP semifinals (San Jose, Orlando, Newport), and two other quarterfinals (Queen's Club, Washington DC). On the Challenger Circuit they won the title at Aptos and were losing finalists at San Antonio, Burbank and Rancho Mirage.

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