Bryan brothers will retire from tennis after 2020 U.S. Open

Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, the twins from Stanford who are far and away the most successful American men in professional tennis over the past two decades, announced Wednesday that they plan to end their careers at next year’s U.S. Open.

Starting at the 2003 French Open, the Bryans have won 16 Grand Slam doubles titles together, most recently at the 2014 U.S. Open. They also won Olympic gold together in 2012. An American man has not won a Grand Slam singles title since Andy Roddick at the 2003 U.S. Open.

“Mentally, physically, we wanted to get together, reflect on our career, and then make a big decision,” Mike Bryan said in a joint appearance Wednesday afternoon on Tennis Channel. “We wanted to see if we wanted to keep going, and we decided that 2020 at the Open, we’re going to shut it down. So, one more season, and we’re excited for it.”

After Bob went down with a potentially career-ending hip injury in Madrid in May, Mike kept playing, uniting with Jack Sock to win Wimbledon, the U.S. Open and ATP Finals in the second half of the season. That run put Mike’s overall haul of Grand Slam men’s doubles titles two ahead of Bob’s, 18-16, though Bob has seven mixed-doubles titles and Mike has four.

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