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The 2013 Wimbledon Champions

Men's Singles Champion: Andy Murray

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Ladies Singles Champion: Marion Bartoli

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Men's Doubles: Bob & Mike Bryan

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Ladies Doubles: Su-Wei Hsieh & Shuai Peng

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Mixed Doubles: Kristina Mladenovic & Daniel Nestor

2013 French Open Champions

Rafael Nadal

Serena Williams

The Bryan Brothers

Ekaterina Makarova & Elena Vesnina

Frantisek Cermak & Lucie Hradecka

The 2013 Australian Open Champions

Novak Djokovic - Men's Champion

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Victoria Azarenka - Women's Champion

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The Bryan Brothers - Men's Doubles Champions

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Sara Errani & Roberta Vinci - Women's Doubles Champions

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Jarmila Gajdosova & Matthew Ebden - Mixed Doubles Champions

The Bryan Brothers Win Historic 13th Grand Slam Title at Australian Open

Australian Open - Men's Double Final

1 Bryan Brothers d Hasse & Sijsling - 63 64

The boys win their 84th tour-level tour and historic 13th Slam title.

Post match: It feels real good to have that record.

To be a part of history is pretty special.

We weren't thinking about it much out there, but now that we have it,

it's going to be fun to look back on our career

andsay we have the most Grand Slams.

It's a big record, so we're pretty excited about it.

Look out folks they're in it til Rio. And want to cross the 100 title mark.

Easy-peasy.

ATP Weddings Happen in 3's

Matthew Ebden wed Kim Doig.

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Mike Bryan wed Lucille Williams.

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Rohan Bopanna wed Supriya Annaiah.

 

The 2012 US Open Champions

Men's Champion - Andy Murray

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Women's Champion - Serena Williams

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Men's Doubles Champions - The Bryan Brothers

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Women's Doubles Champions - Sara Errani & Roberta Vinci

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Mixed Doubles Champions - Bruno Soares & Ekaterina Makarova

Bryan Brothers Win Gold at London Olympic Games

Olympic Men's Doubles Gold Medal Final

1 Bryan Brothers d 2 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga & Michael Llodra - 64 76(2)

Like Serena just before them the Bryan's complete a career golden slam.

The only big titles they have yet to win: Indian Wells & Shanghai.

And Shanghai is understandable as it's relatively new.

Indian Wells is the tricky one as singles players have dominated the dubs.

But here at the London Games they took care of the singles slummers.

In 5 matches the future Hall of Famers only faced one real doubles team.

Bob gushed after the match:

This is the biggest win of our career right here. It's unbelievable.

Then is was Mikes turn: To play on Centre Court at Wimbledon and...

Win the gold medal is a dream come true. We could stop tomorrow and...

We got a big smile on our face for the rest of our lives.

Way to go boys. Now go get that Indian Wells trophy.

Photo: Getty Images

The Wimbledon Champions for 2012

Men's Champion - Roger Federer

Women's Champion - Serena Williams

Men's Doubles - Robert Lindstedt & Jonathan Marray

Women's Tennis - Serena & Venus Williams

Mixed Doubles - Lisa Raymond & Mike Bryan

Max Mirnyi & Daniel Nestor Win Men's Doubles Title at Roland Garros

Roland Garros - Men's Doubles Final

1 Max Mirnyi & Daniel Nestor d 2 Bryan Bros. - 64 64

As a team this is their 2nd Slam as they defend their RG run from last year.

Max has now won 6 Slams with 4 different partners.

This was Daniel's 8th Slam title pairing with only 3 different players.

This was also a whopping 78th ATP title for Daniel.

He's 39 years old and the #1 doubles player in the world.

There's no end in sight - let's here it for the old guys!

Photo: FFT

Micaela Bryan Sure Has Some Famous Fans

Micaela Bryan has a Twitter page y'all.

And she having fun with her father Bob Bryan's famous friends.

So cute.

Serena Williams to Play Mixed Doubles at Roland Garros with Bob Bryan

Serena will not be leaving Paris after that shocking singles loss.

She's sticking around to play mixed doubles with Bob Bryan.

Serena has not played mixed since 1999.

She's won 2 mixed Slam titles: Wimby & USO both in 1998 with Max Mirnyi.

Serena & Bob - a preview to an Olympic pairing?

Photo: Bob with his baby along the Champs-Elysees from his Twitter.

Micaela Bryan Wins 1st Title - at Monte-Carlo

This was just too cute not to post.

Micaela's dad and uncle won the 2012 Monte-Carlo doubles title.

They beat the second seeded team of Mirnyi & Nestor - 62 63.

This is their first title since her birth. Awwwwww x 1000000000000.

Photo 'borrowed' from their Facebook.

Your 2011 Wimbledon Champions

Men's Champion: Novak Djokovic

Women's Champion: Petra Kvitova

Men's Doubles: Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan

Women's Doubles: Kveta Peschke & Katarina Srebotnik

Mixed Doubles: Iveta Benesova & Jurgen Melzer

Photos: Getty Images

Bob Bryan's Finger Monster is Munching on Paris

Bob Bryan tweeted this photo today captioned,

I'm eating Honey Smacks while my monster is eating the Eiffel Tower.

I do not need to know what his monster will be eating next...

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The Bryan's return to Roland Garros after a shock 2nd R loss last year.

They're on a Slam roll having won the last two at the US & Aussie Opens.

They've won once at RG ('03) and are looking for an 11th Slam.

I ain't betting against them.

Bryan Brothers Win Doubles Title at Monte-Carlo

Monte-Carlo ATP Masters 1000 - Final

1 Bryan Brothers d Juan Ignacio Chela & Bruno Soares - 63 62

I don't usually pay too much attention to doubles but...

The Bryan Brothers deserve credit for being 2 of only 3 Americans in M-C.

The third being Eric Butorac - who won a round in doubles.

I get that it's tough to be in Europe all summer long for singles players.

Especially if they aren't going to make deep runs on the dirt.

(Hmph, a summer in Europe would be a dream come true for me.)

This makes two titles for the Bryan's in M-C. They previously won in '07.

This also represents their 18th Masters 1000 title - from 33 finals.

The Bryan's are also the top seeds at Barcelona next week.

Thanks for representing boys.

After the match they Tweeted the following photo captioned:

Celebrated with $40 dollar cheeseburgers in the lobby.

Here's a pic w/ our better halves. Cute, aren't they?

Bryan Bros Turn Mini-Slump Around with Title at Houston

Houston ATP 250 - Doubles Final

1 Bryan Bros d John Isner & Sam Querrey - 67(4) 62 10-5

The win represents their 69th tour title - and 4th at Houston.

After the win the twins jubilantly jumped into the River Oaks pool.

It had to be a very satisfying win...

Since winning at the Aussie Open the Bros have won 3 matches: 3-3.

They now head to Monte-Carlo where they are the top seeded team.

They won the M-C title in 2007.

And they had a great clay season last year winning at Rome and Madrid.

Mike: It feels good to win here in Houston and we kind of needed this.

It’s been a sparse last month and this will do wonders for our confidence.

We love it here in Houston.

2011 Australian Open Champions

Novak Djokovic

Kim Clijsters

Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan

Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta

Katarina Srebotnik and Daniel Nestor

Photos: Reuters/Getty Images

Bryan Brothers: Are they really the GOATS?

Hmm, if I'm The Woodies I might have an issue with that.

The Bryans took the lead in ATP tour titles last summer & now have 67.

They passed the team of Mark Woodforde & Todd Woodbridge with 61.

But using this criteria, wouldn't we call Jimmy Connors the men's GOAT?

After all he won 106 ATP tour titles - more than double that of Federer.

Now here me out. I'm not hating on the Bryan's. They're great for the game.

And the Bryan's will no doubt get there. But not yet.

The Woodies lead The Bryan's in the following:

The Woodies won 11 Slams together including 5 straight at Wimbledon.

The Bryan's stand at 9 - their most coming in Australia with 4.

The Woodies won Olympic gold in Atlanta & silver in Sydney.

The Bryan's have a bronze medal from Beijing.

Both doubles teams won a Davis Cup title in their stories careers.

Add it all up and I say (at least for now) The Woodies are the GOAT.

I say they're #2. The Bryan's still have a few to go in the Slams.

Justin, Brad and PMac all know this but...

And for you Bryan Brother's Fans...

Bob tweeted this photo yesterday captioned: I was a hyper kid. Can you tell?

Obvs the Bryan Brothers are in Sydney where they are playing the Sf's today.

They are looking for their 2nd trophy in Sydney - adding to their title in '09.

They head to the Aussie Open as the top seeds and defending champions.

They will be going for a 5th Aussie title and 10th Slam overall.

With so many of the men's teams mixing & matching at the moment...

Double down: It would be foolhardy to bet against them.

Bob Bryan's Elephant Ride

Like a scene lifted from Merchant/Ivory.

Bob tweeted this today from the Hua Hin Vineyards in Thailand.