Bob Bryan Earns 1100 Doubles Wins
Bob Bryan Earns 1100 Doubles Wins
Bob Bryan added another milestone moment to his legendary career on Thursday at the Coupe Rogers. Teaming with Mike Bryan, he joined his brother as the only players to win 1100 tour-level doubles matches by reaching the quarter-finals in Montreal over Austin Krajicek and Michael Venus 7-5, 7-6(6).
Bob is second on the all-time doubles match win list and one of only six players to pick up 750 tour-level doubles victories. Since turning pro in 1998, he’s won 118 ATP Tour doubles titles with Mike, including 16 Grand Slam men’s doubles titles and seven mixed doubles titles.
DOUBLES MATCH WINS LEADERS (Since 1973)
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Player
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Career Doubles Match Record
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1) Mike Bryan (USA)
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1,141-368
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2) Bob Bryan (USA)
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1,100-345
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3) Daniel Nestor (CAN)
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1,062-448
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4) Todd Woodbridge (AUS)
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782-260
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5) Max Mirnyi (BLR)
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780-445
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6) Leander Paes (IND)
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766-450
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The sixth-seeded Bryan brothers won 81 per cent of their first-serve points against Krajicek/Venus en route to prevailing in one hour and 33 minutes. Next up for the five-time champions in Canada are Robin Haase and Wesley Koolhof.
Benoit Paire and Stan Wawrinka rallied from 2/5 in the Match Tie-break to take out Roland Garros champions Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies 6-3, 3-6, 10-8. Awaiting them in the last eight are Rohan Bopanna and Denis Shapovalov, who defeated Kyle Edmund and Taylor Fritz 6-3, 6-4.
Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury needed eight match points to complete their 6-3, 7-6(6) upset over fifth-seeds Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau. Ram/Salisbury will now face Roland Garros finalists Jeremy Chardy and Fabrice Martin for a place in the semi-finals.
The lone quarter-final of the day saw Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos defeat Andrey Rublev and Alexander Zverev 6-4, 6-4. Granollers/Zeballos await the winner between Ram/Salisbury and Chardy/Martin.
