Mike Bryan
Mike Bryan
Michael Carl "Mike" Bryanis 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 titlesand finals appearances, and is tied...
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth29 April 1978
CityCamarillo, CA
Everything is going our way at the moment. I think we're playing the best tennis of our careers and we're going to try to keep riding the wave. We made the final here in 2003 and it would be great to win the title this time around.
We knew if we got to the finals enough times, we'd eventually crack it loose. I thought we played one of our best matches of the year, maybe of our career. We went out there and just went for it and just let everything go. Didn't worry about winning or losing, stayed in the moment and it happened, which feels pretty good.
Andy's got an unbelievable record on grass so he wants it on grass. I think he knows he can blow those guys off the court (on grass).
There's no more (doubles) qualifying -- once we retire, the doubles (only) players will be pretty much gone. They can't break through in the smaller tournaments like we did.
The Tour just doesn't seem to give (doubles) enough respect because tournament directors are trying to save money. But we're just going to keep fighting.
It feels good to get this notch, the last two years we came up short. There's nothing more special than to win with your brother.
We got off to a slow start, broken right away.
We could have been off that court in 11/2 hours, ... Well, next time.
We were heading to a cruising altitude of 40,000 feet, so we were lucky the pilot caught the problem early on.
If we hold ... and it goes to a tiebreaker, anything could happen.
The players have a lot of confidence in him. We just agreed, 'Let's try something new.' We'll repackage doubles.
We're truly part of the tour now, not just second-class citizens.
We like playing those guys. When the singles field is so tough they're usually playing so many matches, then they have to come out and play doubles, it's tough for them. Sometimes they end up just pulling out of the doubles.
It keeps 90 percent of it out. This is fun.