Bryan brothers elected with Sharapova to International Tennis Hall of Fame

The most prolific doubles team in the history of men's tennis, Bob and Mike Bryan, will be inshrined in the International Tennis Hall of Fame next year. 

The twins, and five-time Grand Slam singles champion champion Maria Sharapova, received enough votes in recent weeks to make them eligible to take their place amongst tennis' all-time greats in Newport, R.I. The group will be formally inducted next August.

The Bryan brothers, who retired in 2020, won 119 titles together over the course of their two-decade tennis career that began in 1998. Sixteen of those were Grand Slam titles, as they won at least one Slam title together for 11 consecutive seasons, and a gold medal in London in 2012 completed their career Golden Slam. They hold the record for most weeks atop the ATP doubles world rankings with 438, and are just one of four ATP doubles teams to complete the career Grand Slam together in the Open Era.

They also currently hold the U.S. record with 25 Davis Cup matches won, and were part of the 2007 Davis Cup championship team which, to date, is the Americans' last title in the storied competition. In addition to the litany of achievements with his twin, Mike Bryan also won the US Open and Wimbledon with fellow American Jack Sock in 2018, ranking him No. 1 all-time with 18 career men's doubles major titles. He held the world No. 1 doubles ranking for a total of 506 weeks during his career.