Michael Carl "Mike" Bryan (born April 29, 1978) is an American professional tennis player. The right-hander turned professional in 1998. With his twin brother Bob, he has been world No. 1 doubles player for much of the last several years, first achieving the top ranking in September 2003. The brothers became the second men's doubles team to complete the career golden slam, through winning the 2012 Summer Olympics. He currently holds the records for the most ATP men's doubles titles (111) and finals appearances (164), and is tied for fourth all-time in men's titles in the Open Era, all with his brother, with the exception of one title with Mahesh Bhupathi and another with Mark Knowles.
Tennis career
College
Mike Bryan played for Stanford University in 1997 and 1998, where he helped the Cardinal win back-to-back NCAA team championships. In 1999, he won the NCAA doubles title with his twin brother Bob.
World Team Tennis
Both brothers started their professional careers playing World TeamTennis for teams like the Idaho Sneakers through the current season for the Kansas City Explorers.
Professional
Together with his twin brother Bob, he has been very successful in doubles. They have won 100 doubles titles (winning their record-setting 86th title at the 2013 BNP Paribas Open in California, USA) 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 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.
Davis Cup record (23-4)
Together with his twin brother Bob Bryan, the pair won the most Davis Cup matches of any team in doubles for the US.
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 |
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 | 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 |
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 28 (16-12)
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.
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Winner | 2003 | French Open | Clay | Bob Bryan | Paul Haarhuis Yevgeny Kafelnikov |
7-6(7-3), 6-3 |
Runner-up | 2003 | US Open | Hard | Bob Bryan | Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge |
7-5, 0-6, 5-7 |
Runner-up | 2004 | Australian Open | Hard | Bob Bryan | Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro |
6-7(4-7), 3-6 |
Runner-up | 2005 | Australian Open | Hard | Bob Bryan | Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett |
4-6, 4-6 |
Runner-up | 2005 | French Open | Clay | Bob Bryan | Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi |
6-2, 1-6, 4-6 |
Runner-up | 2005 | Wimbledon | Grass | Bob Bryan | Stephen Huss Wesley Moodie |
6-7(4-7), 3-6, 7-6(7-2), 3-6 |
Winner | 2005 | US Open | Hard | Bob Bryan | Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi |
6-1, 6-4 |
Winner | 2006 | Australian Open | Hard | Bob Bryan | Martin Damm Leander Paes |
4-6, 6-3, 6-4 |
Runner-up | 2006 | French Open | Clay | Bob Bryan | Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi |
7-6(7-5), 4-6, 5-7 |
Winner | 2006 | Wimbledon | Grass | Bob Bryan | Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić |
6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 |
Winner | 2007 | Australian Open | Hard | Bob Bryan | Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi |
7-5, 7-5 |
Runner-up | 2007 | Wimbledon | Grass | Bob Bryan | Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra |
7-6(7-5), 3-6, 4-6, 4-6 |
Winner | 2008 | US Open | Hard | Bob Bryan | Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes |
7-6(7-5), 7-6(12-10) |
Winner | 2009 | Australian Open | Hard | Bob Bryan | Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles |
2-6, 7-5, 6-0 |
Runner-up | 2009 | Wimbledon | Grass | Bob Bryan | Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić |
6-7(7-9), 7-6(7-3), 6-7(5-7), 3-6 |
Winner | 2010 | Australian Open | Hard | Bob Bryan | Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić |
6-3, 6-7(5-7), 6-3 |
Winner | 2010 | US Open | Hard | Bob Bryan | Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |
7-6(7-5), 7-6(7-4) |
Winner | 2011 | Australian Open | Hard | Bob Bryan | Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes |
6-3, 6-4 |
Winner | 2011 | Wimbledon | Grass | Bob Bryan | Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău |
6-3, 6-4, 7-6(7-2) |
Runner-up | 2012 | Australian Open | Hard | Bob Bryan | Leander Paes Radek Štěpánek |
6-7(1-7), 2-6 |
Runner-up | 2012 | French Open | Clay | Bob Bryan | Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor |
6-4, 6-4 |
Winner | 2012 | US Open | Hard | Bob Bryan | Leander Paes Radek Štěpánek |
6-3, 6-4 |
Winner | 2013 | Australian Open | Hard | Bob Bryan | Robin Haase Igor Sijsling |
6-3, 6-4 |
Winner | 2013 | French Open | Clay | Bob Bryan | Michaël Llodra Nicolas Mahut |
6-4, 4-6, 7-6(7-4) |
Winner | 2013 | Wimbledon | Grass | Bob Bryan | Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo |
3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 |
Runner-up | 2014 | Wimbledon | Grass | Bob Bryan | Jack Sock Vasek Pospisil |
6-7(5-7), 7-6(7-3), 4-6, 6-3, 5-7 |
Winner | 2014 | US Open | Hard | Bob Bryan | Marcel Granollers Marc López |
6-3, 6-4 |
Runner-up | 2015 | French Open | Clay | Bob Bryan | Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo |
7-6(7-5), 6-7(5-7), 5-7 |
Timeline
Tournament | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | SR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | QF | 3R | F | F | W | W | QF | W | W | W | F | W | 3R | 3R | 3R | 6 / 17 |
French Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | QF | W | SF | F | F | QF | QF | SF | 2R | SF | F | W | QF | F | 2 / 17 | |
Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | 3R | 1R | SF | SF | QF | 3R | F | W | F | SF | F | QF | W | SF | W | F | QF | 3 / 17 | |
US Open | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | QF | 2R | SF | F | 3R | W | 3R | QF | W | SF | W | 1R | W | SF | W | 1R | 5 / 20 | |
SR | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 1 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 1 / 4 | 2 / 4 | 1 / 4 | 1 / 4 | 1 / 4 | 2 / 4 | 2 / 4 | 1 / 4 | 3 / 4 | 1 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 1 | 16 / 72 |
Mixed doubles: 6 (4-2)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Runner-up | 2001 | Wimbledon | Grass | Liezel Huber | Daniela Hantuchová Leoš Friedl |
6-4, 3-6, 2-6 |
Winner | 2002 | US Open | Hard | Lisa Raymond | Katarina Srebotnik Bob Bryan |
7-6(11-9), 7-6(7-1) |
Winner | 2003 | French Open | Clay | Lisa Raymond | Elena Likhovtseva Mahesh Bhupathi |
6-3, 6-4 |
Runner-up | 2008 | Wimbledon | Grass | Katarina Srebotnik | Samantha Stosur Bob Bryan |
5-7, 4-6 |
Winner | 2012 | Wimbledon | Grass | Lisa Raymond | Elena Vesnina Leander Paes |
6-3, 5-7, 6-4 |
Winner | 2015 | French Open | Clay | Bethanie Mattek-Sands | Lucie Hradecká Marcin Matkowski |
7-6(7-3), 6-1 |
Timeline
Tournament | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | SR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | A | A | QF | 1R | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 5 |
French Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | 1R | W | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | QF | A | A | W | 2 / 8 |
Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | F | 3R | QF | 2R | QF | 3R | 2R | F | 3R | A | 1R | W | A | 2R | QF | 1 / 15 |
US Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | W | QF | A | SF | 1R | 2R | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 1 / 7 | |
SR | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 4 | 1 / 4 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 4 / 33 |
Summer Olympics finals
Doubles: 2 (1 gold medal, 1 bronze medal)
Outcome | 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)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bronze | 2012 | London | Grass | Lisa Raymond | Sabine Lisicki Christopher Kas |
6-3, 4-6, |
ATP Masters 1000 finals
Doubles: 52 (34-18)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Winner | 2002 | Canada | Hard | Bob Bryan | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor |
4-6, 7-6(7-1), 6-3 |
Runner-up | 2003 | Indian Wells | Hard | Bob Bryan | Wayne Ferreira Yevgeny Kafelnikov |
1-6, 4-6 |
Winner | 2003 | Cincinnati | Hard | Bob Bryan | Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley |
7-5, 7-6(7-5) |
Runner-up | 2004 | Hamburg | Clay | Bob Bryan | Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett |
1-6, 2-6 |
Runner-up | 2004 | Madrid | Hard (i) | Bob Bryan | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor |
3-6, 4-6 |
Runner-up | 2005 | Monte Carlo | Clay | Bob Bryan | Leander Paes Nenad Zimonjić |
W/O |
Runner-up | 2005 | Rome | Clay | Bob Bryan | Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro |
5-7, 4-6 |
Winner | 2005 | Paris | Hard (i) | Bob Bryan | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor |
6-4, 6-7(3-7), 6-4 |
Runner-up | 2006 | Indian Wells | Hard | Bob Bryan | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor |
4-6, 4-6 |
Runner-up | 2006 | Miami | Hard | Bob Bryan | Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi |
4-6, 4-6 |
Winner | 2006 | Canada | Hard | Bob Bryan | Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett |
6-3, 7-5 |
Runner-up | 2006 | Cincinnati | Hard | Bob Bryan | Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi |
6-7(5-7), 4-6 |
Winner | 2006 | Madrid | Hard (i) | Bob Bryan | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor |
7-5, 6-4 |
Winner | 2007 | Miami | Hard | Bob Bryan | Leander Paes Martin Damm |
6-7(7-9), 6-3, |
Winner | 2007 | Monte Carlo | Clay | Bob Bryan | Julien Benneteau Richard Gasquet |
6-2, 6-1 |
Runner-up | 2007 | Rome | Clay | Bob Bryan | Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić |
4-6, 6-7(4-7), |
Winner | 2007 | Hamburg | Clay | Bob Bryan | Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett |
6-3, 6-4 |
Runner-up | 2007 | Cincinnati | Hard | Bob Bryan | Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram |
6-4, 3-6, |
Winner | 2007 | Madrid | Hard (i) | Bob Bryan | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski |
6-3, 7-6(7-4) |
Winner | 2007 | Paris | Hard (i) | Bob Bryan | Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić |
6-3, 7-6((7-4) |
Winner | 2008 | Miami | Hard | Bob Bryan | Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles |
6-2, 6-2 |
Winner | 2008 | Rome | Clay | Bob Bryan | Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić |
3-6, 6-4, |
Runner-up | 2008 | Hamburg | Clay | Bob Bryan | Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić |
4-6, 7-5, |
Runner-up | 2008 | Canada | Hard | Bob Bryan | Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić |
2-6, 6-4, |
Winner | 2008 | Cincinnati | Hard | Bob Bryan | Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram |
4-6, 7-6(7-2), |
Runner-up | 2009 | Monte Carlo | Clay | Bob Bryan | Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić |
4-6, 1-6 |
Runner-up | 2009 | Rome | Clay | Bob Bryan | Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić |
6-7(5-7), 3-6 |
Runner-up | 2009 | Cincinnati | Hard | Bob Bryan | Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić |
6-3, 6-7(2-7), |
Winner | 2010 | Rome | Clay | Bob Bryan | John Isner Sam Querrey |
6-2, 6-3 |
Winner | 2010 | Madrid | Clay | Bob Bryan | Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić |
6-3, 6-4 |
Winner | 2010 | Canada | Hard | Bob Bryan | Julien Benneteau Michaël Llodra |
7-5, 6-3 |
Winner | 2010 | Cincinnati | Hard | Bob Bryan | Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi |
6-3, 6-4 |
Winner | 2011 | Monte Carlo | Clay | Bob Bryan | Juan Ignacio Chela Bruno Soares |
6-3, 6-2 |
Winner | 2011 | Madrid | Clay | Bob Bryan | Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić |
6-3, 6-3 |
Runner-up | 2011 | Canada | Hard | Bob Bryan | Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić |
4-6, 7-6(7-5), |
Winner | 2012 | Monte Carlo | Clay | Bob Bryan | Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor |
6-2, 6-3 |
Winner | 2012 | Canada | Hard | Bob Bryan | Marcel Granollers Marc López |
6-1, 4-6, |
Winner | 2013 | Indian Wells | Hard | Bob Bryan | Treat Conrad Huey Jerzy Janowicz |
6-3, 3-6, |
Runner-up | 2013 | Monte Carlo | Clay | Bob Bryan | Julien Benneteau Nenad Zimonjić |
6-4, 6-7(4-7), |
Winner | 2013 | Madrid | Clay | Bob Bryan | Alexander Peya Bruno Soares |
6-2, 6-3 |
Winner | 2013 | Rome | Clay | Bob Bryan | Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna |
6-2, 6-3 |
Winner | 2013 | Cincinnati | Hard | Bob Bryan | Marcel Granollers Marc López |
6-4, 4-6 |
Winner | 2013 | Paris | Hard (i) | Bob Bryan | Alexander Peya Bruno Soares |
6-3, 6-3 |
Winner | 2014 | Indian Wells | Hard | Bob Bryan | Alexander Peya Bruno Soares |
6-4, 6-3 |
Winner | 2014 | Miami | Hard | Bob Bryan | Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah |
7-6(10-8), 6-4 |
Winner | 2014 | Monte Carlo | Clay | Bob Bryan | Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo |
6-3, 3-6 |
Runner-up | 2014 | Madrid | Clay | Bob Bryan | Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić |
6-4, 6-2 |
Winner | 2014 | Cincinnati | Hard | Bob Bryan | Vasek Pospisil Jack Sock |
6-3, 6-2 |
Winner | 2014 | Shanghai Masters | Hard | Bob Bryan | Julien Benneteau Édouard Roger-Vasselin |
6-3, 7-6(7-3) |
Winner | 2014 | Paris | Hard (i) | Bob Bryan | Marcin Matkowski Jürgen Melzer |
7-6(7-5), 5-7, |
Winner | 2015 | Monte Carlo | Clay | Bob Bryan | Simone Bolelli Fabio Fognini |
7-6(7-3), 6-1 |
Winner | 2016 | Rome | Clay | Bob Bryan | Vasek Pospisil Jack Sock |
2-6, 6-3, |
ATP Tour career earnings
Year | Grand Slam doubles titles |
ATP doubles titles |
Total doubles titles |
Earnings ($) | Money list rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1997-98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $16,530 | 375 |
1999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $83,736 | 184 |
2000-01 | 0 | 4 | 4 | $408,960 | n/a |
2002 | 0 | 7 | 7 | $411,864 | 48 |
2003 | 1 | 4 | 5 | $593,034 | 32 |
2004 | 0 | 7 | 7 | $488,127 | 45 |
2005 | 1 | 4 | 5 | $743,772 | 24 |
2006 | 2 | 5 | 7 | $810,930 | 19 |
2007 | 1 | 10 | 11 | $894,035 | 18 |
2008 | 1 | 4 | 5 | $807,231 | 28 |
2009 | 1 | 6 | 7 | $872,959 | 22 |
2010 | 2 | 9 | 11 | $1,143,970 | 18 |
2011 | 2 | 6 | 8 | $1,051,334 | 21 |
2012 | 1 | 6 | 7 | $916,603 | 26 |
2013 | 3 | 8 | 11 | $1,730,604 | 12 |
Career* | 15 | 80 | 95 | $10,973,689 | 36 |