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Bryan brothers land on 2025 International Tennis Hall of Fame ballot

Victoria Chiesa | August 27, 2024


The all-time great doubles team of Bob and Mike Bryan has been included on the ballot for induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2025. The Bryans make up the 2025 ballot in the player category with former WTA world No. 1 Maria Sharapova and their fellow doubles great, Canada's Daniel Nestor.

 

The most successful doubles team in ATP tour history, the twins won 119 titles together over the course of their two-decade tennis career from 1998 to 2020. Sixteen of those were Grand Slam titles and a gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London completed their career Golden Slam. They won at least one Slam title together for 11 consecutive seasons and, together, hold the record for weeks atop the ATP doubles world rankings with 438.

They 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.

 

Turning pro in 1998, the Bryans' first career final came a season later in 1999, where they lost to the team of Jim Courier and Todd Woodbridge in Houston. They lifted their first trophy together in 2001, in Memphis, and their first major came on the red clay of Roland Garros in 2003. A 2005 US Open trophy followed, and 2006 wins at the Australian Open and Wimbledon to complete their career Grand Slam, making them one of just four teams to complete the feat together in the Open Era. 

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Their longevity continued well into the next decade: Already the two most prolific doubles champions in ATP history, their milestone 100th career title as a pair came at the 2014 US Open, and their last came at the 2020 Delray Beach Open. 

 

Fans can support the Bryans' bid for tennis' greatest honor by voting for them in the ITHF Fan Vote at vote.tennisfame.com, which runs from Sept. 3-12. The top finisher will receive a bump of 3% in their Official Voting Group result. 

 

Election into the Hall of Fame is determined by the combination of results from Fan Voting and the Official Voting Group, comprised of expert tennis journalists, historians and other Hall of Famers. To be enshrined, a candidate must receive at least 75% of affirmative votes from the combined total of their Official Voting Group result and any bonus percentage points earned in the Fan Vote.

 

Following voting tabulations, the Class of 2025 will be announced in October, with next year's induction ceremony scheduled for Aug. 21-23, 2025 in Newport, R.I.

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