Bob Bryan And Mike Bryan Named Tennis News Persons Of The Year 2012

Written by: Staff on 19th November 2012

Bob Bryan And Mike Bryan Named Tennis News Persons Of The Year 2012

epa03388517 Bob Byran (R) and Mike Bryan (L) of the US celebrate their win over Leander Paes of India and Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic in the men's doubles final on the twelfth day of the 2012 US Open Tennis Championship at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA, 07 September 2012. The US Open runs through Sunday 09 September 2012. EPA/JOHN G. MABANGLO |

The Bryan brothers, Bob and Mike, have been named The Tennis News Persons of the Year in recognition of their service to worthy tennis causes throughout the year, but, according to Daily Tennis News Publisher Bob Larson, even more in recognition of their career-setting record of tennis performance.

According to Larson, new words will have to be created to adequately describe their accomplishments, “to merely say they are the best-ever, doesn’t really do them justice. They stand at the top of tennis performance in doubles.

“Perhaps, when describing doubles performance and rankings, the ascending descriptions should be ‘Good, Better, Best and Bryans.’”

When the Bryans were notified over the week end that they were being named Tennis News Persons of the Year, their response was, “Cool.”

When they were told that presentation of the awards, called The Bellamy” would be at Indian Wells in March by Steve Bellamy, founder of The Tennis Channel and the first winner of the award, the twins said as twins sometimes do, in unison, “We’ll be there!”