American brothers Bob and Mike Bryan have clinched the year-end No. 1 ATP Doubles Team Ranking for a record eighth time and for the fourth consecutive season.
The 34-year-old twins have compiled another outstanding campaign, highlighted by capturing an all-time record-equalling (w/ Newcombe-Roche) 12th Grand Slam title (an Open-Era record) at the US Open and winning the gold medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games. They were also champions in Sydney , Monte-Carlo, Nice, Toronto and Beijing , as well as finalists at the Australian Open and Roland Garros. They are the only team to win at least five titles for 10 straight years.
Together with Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde, the Bryans are one of only two teams to have won every Grand Slam title as well as an Olympic gold medal. They have won the most doubles team titles in the Open Era with 82, and Mike Bryan broke Woodbridge ’s individual record when he won his 84th trophy with the twins’ victory in Beijing .
They also finished as the ATP World Tour No. 1 Doubles Team in 2003, ’05-07 and ’09-11. As individuals, they both have been ranked No. 1 in the ATP Doubles Rankings for a record 298 weeks.
ATP WORLD TOUR YEAR-END NO. 1 DOUBLES TEAM
Year
Players
2012
Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan
2011
Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan
2010
Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan
2009
Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan
2008
Daniel Nestor/Nenad Zimonjic
2007
Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan
2006
Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan
2005
Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan
2004
Mark Knowles/Daniel Nestor
2003
Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan
2002
Mark Knowles/Daniel Nestor
2001
Jonas Bjorkman/Todd Woodbridge
2000
Todd Woodbridge/Mark Woodforde