Mike Bryan

Michael Carl Bryan (born April 29, 1978) is an American former doubles world No. 1 tennis player.

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.

Together with his twin brother Bob, he has been very successful in doubles.

Both brothers kicked off their World TeamTennis careers back in 1999 for the Idaho Sneakers.

With his twin brother Bob, he was the world's top doubles player for more than nine years, first achieving the top ranking in September 2003.

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.

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 have been ranked No. 1 in the ATP.

Due to their success, they have been nicknamed The Wonder Twins after a fictional comic book duo.

By winning the 2006 Wimbledon title, Bryan completed the men's doubles Career Grand Slam.

They became the second men's doubles team to complete the career Golden Slam by winning the 2012 London Olympics.

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.

The tournaments won by Bryan are in boldface, and advances into finals by Bryan are in italics .

Bryan is married to Nadia née Murgašová, who is from Trenčín, Slovakia.

The couple resides in Florida, and together they have a son.

The family shares a summer residence in Trenčín, sharing the street with Stanley Cup winners Marián Hossa, Marián Gáborík and Zdeno Chára.

They have won 119 doubles titles (winning their record-setting 86th title at the 2013 BNP Paribas Open in California, USA) including a record 16 Grand Slam titles.

Bryan holds the records for the most major men's doubles titles at 18, the most ATP Tour men's doubles titles (123), and the most weeks (506) ranked as the doubles world No. 1. He won all but five of his doubles titles with his brother; partnering Jack Sock, he won two majors and the year-end championship in 2018, as well as the 2018 ATP World Tour Fans' Favorite Doubles Team.

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.

He became the 19th individual player and, with Bob Bryan, the seventh doubles pair to achieve this.

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.

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.