2013 Bob and Mike Bryan tennis season explained

See main article: The Bryan brothers.

2013 Bob and Mike Bryan tennis season
Fullname:Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
Calendarprizemoney:$1,307,358
Currentsinglesranking:No. 1
Australianopenresult:W
Frenchopenresult:W
Wimbledonresult:W
Usopenresult:SF
Doublesrecord:54-7 (88.52%)
Doublestitles:10
Currentdoublesranking:No. 1
Daviscupresult:Team Lost Quarterfinal World Group
Updated:05:40, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

The 2013 Bob and Mike Bryan tennis season officially commenced on 31 December 2012 with the start of the 2013 ATP World Tour. However, they did not choose to compete until a week later at Apia International Sydney, which started on January 7, 2013.

Year in detail

Early Hardcourt events

Australian Open

See main article: 2013 Australian Open. The Bryans further cemented their legacy in tennis history at the season's first Grand Slam event, the Australian Open. Their victory in Melbourne was their 13th Grand Slam men's doubles title, the all-time record for a men's doubles team. They had previously been tied with Australians John Newcombe and Tony Roche.[1]

Miami Masters

Clay court events

French Open

See main article: 2013 French Open. They claimed their 14th Grand Slam win at the French Open, which just happened to be their second at the event, but in the interim had three final appearances.[1]

Grass court events

Wimbledon

See main article: 2013 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles.

The Bryans won their 15th Grand Slam title, becoming the first men's doubles team ever in the Open era to hold all four Grand Slam titles at the same time.[2]

Late Hardcourt events

US Open

All matches

This table chronicles all the matches of Bob and Mike Bryan in 2013, including walkovers (W/O) which the ATP does not count as wins. They are marked ND for non-decision or no decision.

Doubles matches

Mixed doubles matches

Bob

Mike

Tournament schedule

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Jan. 7–13 Apia International Sydney Sydney (AUS) Hard W 250 250 Won against Max Mirnyi/Horia Tecău
Jan. 14–27 Australian Open Melbourne (AUS) Hard F 1200 2000 Won against Robin Haase/Igor Sijsling
Feb. 1–3 Davis Cup: United States vs Brazil Jacksonville (USA) Hard (i) DNS 0 0 First Round: USA def. BRA but Bryan's lost to Marcelo Melo/Bruno Soares
Feb. 11–17 SAP Open San Jose (USA) ATP World Tour 250 Hard (i) A 0 45 QF loss against Lleyton Hewitt/Marinko Matosevic
Feb. 18–24 U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships Memphis (USA) Hard (i) A 0 500 Won against James Blake/Jack Sock
Feb. 25–Mar. 3 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships Delray Beach (USA) ATP World Tour 250 Hard QF 45 0 DNS
Mar. 07–17 BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells (USA) Hard QF 180 1000 Won against Treat Conrad Huey/Jerzy Janowicz
Mar. 20–31 Sony Open Tennis Miami (USA) ATP Masters 1000 Hard SF 360 0 First Round loss against Max Mirnyi/Mikhail Youzhny
Apr.05–07 Davis Cup: USA vs Serbia Boise (USA) Davis Cup Hard (i) DNS 0 130Quarterfinals: SRB def. USA and Bryan's lost to Ilija Bozoljac/Nenad Zimonjic
Apr 8–14 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships Houston (USA) ATP World Tour 250 Hard DNS 0 150 Final against Jamie Murray/John Peers
Apr.15–21 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters Monaco (MON) ATP Masters 1000 Clay W 1000 600 Final against Julien Benneteau/Nenad Zimonjic
Apr.22–28 Barcelona Open BancSabadell Barcelona (ESP) ATP World Tour 500 Clay QF 90 0 DNS
May 5–12 Mutua Madrid Open Madrid (ESP) ATP Masters 1000 Clay 2R 0 1000 Won against Alexander Peya/Bruno Soares
May 12–19 Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome (ITA) ATP Masters 1000 Clay QF 180 1000 Won against Mahesh Bhupathi/Rohan Bopanna
May 20–26 Open de Nice Côte d’Azur Nice (FRA) ATP World Tour 250 Clay W 250 0 DNS
May 26–Jun. 09 French Open Paris (FRA) Grand Slam Clay F 1200 2000 Won against Michaël Llodra/Nicolas Mahut
Jun. 10–16 AEGON Championships London (GBR) ATP World Tour 250 Grass W 250 250 Won against Alexander Peya/Bruno Soares
Jun. 24–Jul. 07 Wimbledon London (GBR) Grand Slam Grass W 720 2000 Won against Ivan Dodig/Marcelo Melo
Aug.05–11 Rogers Cup Montreal (CAN) ATP Masters 1000 Hard W 1000 180 <--750 points to be deducted a week before this tournament due to the lack of Olympics-->QF loss against Robert Lindstedt/Daniel Nestor
Aug. 12–18 Western & Southern Open Cincinnati (USA) ATP Masters 1000 Hard SF 360 1000 Won against Marcel Granollers/Marc López
Aug. 26–Sep. 09 US Open New York City (USA) Grand Slam Hard W 2000
Sep. 30–Oct. 06 China Open Beijing (CHN) ATP World Tour 500 Hard W 500
Oct. 07–13 Shanghai Rolex Masters Shanghai (CHN) ATP Masters 1000 Hard 2R 0
Oct. 28–Nov. 03 BNP Paribas Masters Paris (FRA) ATP Masters 1000 Hard (i) 2R 0
November 4–10 ATP World Tour Finals London (GBR) Hard (i) RR 200

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bryan brothers add to legacy . Greg . Garber . . June 8, 2013 . June 13, 2013.
  2. News: Bryan Bros. win fourth straight slam . Associated Press . Associated Press . . July 6, 2013 . July 6, 2013.