鲍勃的全名是罗伯特·查尔斯·布莱恩，迈克的全名是迈克·卡尔·布莱恩，后者只比弟弟大两分钟。父母韦恩和凯西都是网球教练，他们在儿子们两岁时就开始教他们网球。韦恩是律师，音乐家，国家网球教练，讲说员，并三次被评为年度WTT教练。他也经常参与各种ATP儿童日和训练营。凯西是前女子职业运动员，她四次参加温网，在1965年进入混双八强。
在青少年球员时期，兄弟俩避免在同一赛事中交手（如果遇到他们交手的比赛，他们会轮流弃权）。青少年时，鲍勃在1996年美国18岁以下排名第一。兄弟俩赢得超过100个青少年双打冠军，包括98年美网和美国国家男子18岁以下冠军，鲍勃赢得少有的NCAA单打，双打（和迈克）和团体冠军的“三冠王”。
布莱恩兄弟喜欢打篮球。乐队，鲍勃是键盘手，迈克是鼓手和吉他手，在巡回赛中进行了多次演奏会和慈善表演。为ATP双打革命的电视广告做的音乐，网球频道的“No Strings”栏目的所有原创音乐都由他们创作。 他们的新专辑“Let It Rip”是在09年美网时发行的，由大卫·巴伦出品，在Itune上有售，并且销售良好。2008年10月，他们和Counting Crow一起在坦帕一起表演。2010年美网的阿瑟·阿什儿童日上他们也做了精彩的演出。他们在不同的电视栏目中出现。他们参加一年一度的布莱恩兄弟基金会活动，为儿童筹款，并参加全美其它慈善活动和青少年网球训练营。
他们是2007年美国赢得戴维斯杯冠军的成员，当年决赛以4比0战胜俄罗斯。鲍勃赢得六项大满贯混双冠军，迈克又两次混双冠军。鲍勃在2006年6月被任命为ATP选手委员会成员。他们在2006年二月为纽约交易所开市。他们最喜欢的乐队是Counting Crows和Dave Matthews乐队。在2005到09年他们被选为ATPWorldTour.com球迷最爱组合和2003年，05到07年和09年ATP年度双打组合。他们自2005年八月由前ATP选手大卫·麦克芬森执教。
2010 - 美国的双胞胎在过去八年创纪录的第六次以世界第一结束赛季，并且获得了11胜0负的决赛战绩。一月在澳网，他们在墨尔本以三盘战胜了老对手内斯特-泽蒙季奇获得第四次冠军。二月他们在德拉海滩卫冕（战胜Marx-Zelenay）并成为公开史上获得600场胜利的选手。在春季红土赛季中，休斯敦卫冕（战胜Huss-Moodie），随后举起了罗马的奖杯（战胜内斯特-泽蒙季奇），打平了伍德兄弟61项巡回赛事冠军的记录。赢得美网双打冠军。在之后的两项大满贯赛事中， 法网第二轮出局，温网在1/4决赛中落败。8月1日，获得他们第六个洛杉矶冠军，这是他们的第100场决赛，破纪录地获得第62项双打冠军（62胜38负）。在之后的一周他进入华盛顿1/4决赛，之后赢得了多伦多冠军（战胜贝内特乌-劳德洛）。他们的强大势头在辛辛那提继续，战胜了布帕蒂-米尔尼夺冠。美网他们赢得了第九个大满贯冠军也是第三个美网奖杯，并且未失一盘，通过两次抢七战胜了16号种子博帕纳-奎利斯。鲍勃成为在82年凯文·库仑后首个在美网赢得混双和男双的选手。他们捐赠了$10,000给了奎利斯基金会帮助巴基斯坦洪灾。之后他们又在北京夺冠，之后他们在上海半决赛（负于梅尔泽-佩斯）完成了职业生涯20场连胜的最佳战绩。在巴塞尔赢得第四个冠军。在伦敦巴克莱ATP世界巡回赛总决赛进入半决赛结束赛季。
2009 -- The Americans finished No. 1 and as ATP World Tour Doubles Champions for fifth time in seven years (2003, ’05-07, ‘09)…Tied Woodbridge-Woodforde for most year-end No. 1 finishes with five…Clinched No. 1 with seventh title of season at Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London (d. Mirnyi-A. Ram)…Won seventh Grand Slam crown at Australian Open (d. Bhupathi-Knowles)…Have won at least five titles in eight straight seasons…Started 15-1, winning titles in Sydney (d. Nestor-Zimonjic) and Delray Beach (d. Melo-Sa)…In Davis Cup play, they won 1st RD and QF matches to improve to 16-2, the winningest team in US Davis Cup history… Began clay court campaign in April with Houston title (d. Levine-Sweeting)…Reached finals at Monte Carlo* and Rome* (l. to Nestor-Zimonjic in both)…Advanced to SF at Roland Garros and final at Wimbledon (l. to Nestor-Zimonjic)…Won fifth career title in Los Angeles (d. Becker-Moser)…Runner-up at Cincinnati* (l. to Nestor-Zimonjic), SF at US Open (l. to Dlouhy-Paes) and won title in Beijing (d. Knowles-Roddick)…Also runner-up in Basel (l. to Nestor-Zimonjic)…Went 7-5 in finals to move to 56-38 lifetime.
2008 -- The American twins finished No. 2 in ATP Doubles Race after winning an ATP-best five titles (tied w/Nestor-Zimonjic), highlighted by sixth Grand Slam title at US Open. Came within one match win in Tennis Masters Cup final against Nestor-Zimonjic of finishing as No. 1 doubles team for fourth consecutive season. Claimed at least five titles for a seventh straight year. Went 5-7 in finals and are 49-33 lifetime. Reached finals in four of their first five appearances at Sydney, Delray Beach, San Jose and Las Vegas. Lost in QF as defending champions at Australian Open (l. to Bhupathi-Knowles). Following QF at AMS Indian Wells, broke through in April to defend AMS Miami title (d. Bhupathi-Knowles). Reached three successive clay finals, titling at Barcelona and AMS Rome and finishing as runners-up at AMS Hamburg (l. to Nestor-Zimonjic). Advanced to QF at Roland Garros (l. to Cuevas-Horna) and SF at Wimbledon (l. to Bjorkman-Ullyett). Compiled a 17-1 record during North American summer circuit, reaching the final in all three appearances. Fell in Match Tie-Break of AMS Toronto final (l. to Nestor-Zimonjic), then reached their 80th ATP final the next week at AMS Cincinnati (d. Erlich-Ram). It was their 13th ATP Masters Series title. At Beijing Olympics, captured bronze medal (d. Clement-Llodra) after a SF loss to eventual gold medalists Federer-Wawrinka of Switzerland. Won second US Open title (d. Dlouhy-Paes). Afterwards, reclaimed and held No. 1 position in ATP Doubles Race for 10 weeks. With Bob nursing a shoulder injury in September, Mike partnered Mardy Fish in Davis Cup SF vs. Spain and won the doubles rubber in five sets but the U.S. lost 4-1. Closed regular season with 1-2 record in two AMS appearances. Qualified for sixth straight Tennis Masters Cup, and reached their third final at the circuit finale. Nestor-Zimonjic went on to win the title, thereby claiming the year-end No. 1 team finish and Zimonjic the No. 1 doubles ranking. Played against each other in Wimbledon mixed doubles final with Bob and Samantha Stosur defeating Mike and Katarina Srebotnik. Bob also won mixed doubles title at Roland Garros with Victoria Azarenka (d. Zimonjic-Srebotnik).
2007 -- First team to finish No. 1 four times in five years…Compiled a career-best 77-9 record…Won ATP-high and personal-best 11 titles in 15 finals…First team to win at least 10 titles in a season since Woodbridge-Woodforde (12 in 1996)…Helped U.S. win Davis Cup title by posting 4-0 record together and clinched final vs. Russia with straight-sets win…Defended Australian Open title and advanced to Wimbledon final…Won a career-best five Masters 1000 titles at Miami, Monte Carlo, Hamburg, Madrid, Paris…Captured other titles at Las Vegas, Houston, L.A., Washington and Basel…Qualified for fifth straight Tennis Masters Cup, but withdrew due to Mike’s elbow injury….Both ranked No. 1 individually every week throughout season…
2006 -- The American teamed with twin brother Bob to finish as No. 1 team in Stanford ATP Doubles Race for third time in four years.Tallied most match wins together with a 66-14 record, winning an ATP-high seven titles in 10 finals. Pair claimed at least five titles for a fifth consecutive year. Opened campaign by reaching third consecutive Australian Open final and claiming title for first time (d. Damm-Paes). Reached final at Roland Garros for second straight year (l. to Bjorkman-Mirnyi) and completed a career Grand Slam with Wimbledon crown (d. Santoro-Zimonjic). They became first team in Open Era to appear in seven consecutive Grand Slam finals (previous record was five set by Woodbridge-Woodforde). Other titles included: Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Washington, AMS Toronto, AMS Madrid. They were finalists at AMS events in Indian Wells, Miami, and Cincinnati. Duo went on a 21-match win streak beginning at Wimbledon until reaching Cincinnati final. Run included titles at Wimbledon, Los Angeles, Washington and Toronto. Qualified for their fourth consecutive Tennis Masters Cup and went 1-2 in round-robin play. They have a career record of 33-22 in finals, including 4-6 in Grand Slam title matches. Both ranked No. 1 individually every week throughout season and first players to accomplish feat since Todd Woodbridge in 1996-97. Posted a 3-0 Davis Cup record in helping U.S. to SF. Earned a career-high $810,930.
2005 -- Teamed with twin brother Bob to finish as No. 1 team for second time in three years in ATP Doubles Race. Won at least five titles for a fourth straight season. They compiled a 58-18 match record and captured five titles in an ATP-best 11 finals, highlighted by their second Grand Slam crown at US Open. Became second team in 50 years to reach final in all four Grand Slams in a season (Bhupathi-Paes in 1999). Their other titles included Scottsdale, Queen's Club, Washington (won 300th match together) and AMS Paris. They were finalists at Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon along with Memphis, AMS Mont-Carlo and AMS Roma. Qualified for third straight Tennis Masters Cup and lost in SF. They have a career record of 26-18 in finals.
2004 -- Won an ATP-best seven titles (w/brother Bob) in 11 finals. Capped year by defending Tennis Masters Cup title in Houston (d. Black-Ullyett) and finished No. 2 in ATP Doubles Race. Their 64 match wins were a team-best and ATP season-best. Reached first Australian Open final (l. to Llodra-Santoro). Helped U.S. to first Davis Cup final (l. to Spain 3-2) since 1997 and went 4-0 together. Played in Olympics and reached QF. Finished tied for No. 4 individually.
2003 -- Teamed with brother Bob to become first brothers duo to finish No. 1 in ATP Doubles Race with five titles in eight finals. Combined for a 53-21 match record and five titles for second straight year. They captured their first Grand Slam crown at Roland Garros without dropping a set and closed season by winning title at Tennis Masters Cup in Houston, saving six match points in two round robin matches. Set record for most doubles titles by a brothers team, breaking Tim and Tom Gullikson's mark of 10. Made successful Davis Cup debut in World Group playoff tie in Slovakia. In Europe, won titles in Barcelona, Roland Garros and Nottingham. Continued strong play during North American summer hard court circuit with title at AMS Cincinnati (d. Arthurs-Hanley) and runner-up at US Open (l. to Bjorkman-Woodbridge).
2002 -- Co-leader (w/Knowles) on ATP circuit with seven doubles titles in 11 finals. Also won a career-high 67 matches. Teamed with Bob to combine for a 54-19 record. Had a 13-2 mark with four other partners. Captured first AMS title in Toronto, along with Long Island and Basel. Captured first Grand Slam title in mixed doubles at US Open (w/Raymond).
2001 -- Teamed with brother to capture four ATP doubles titles (Memphis, Queen's, Newport, L.A.) in five finals.
2000 -- In singles, reached his second Challenger SF in Armonk (d. Bob in 1st RD). Won his first ATP singles match in Delray Beach (d. Gaudenzi). On ATP circuit, reached doubles three SF and QF at US Open. Captured Aptos Challenger final and reached four other finals.
1999 -- Advanced to first Challenger singles SF in Hong Kong (d. Bob). In doubles, brothers reached first ATP final in Orlando. Won Challenger titles in Birmingham, Amarillo and Burbank.
1998 -- Brothers captured two Challenger titles (Burbank and Aptos) and four Futures. Reached first ATP SF in Washington
2013
With twin brother, Mike, the Americans captured their 83rd team title at third Sydney crown (d. Mirnyi-Tecau)…They saved two match points in 1R win over Cabal-Matkowski…The duo won the Sydney title in 2009 and 2012, and were finalists in 2004, 2008 and 2011…
Lifted their sixth Australian Open crown (d. Haase-Sijsling) and an all-time record 13th major doubles crown to break the record they shared with Newcombe-Roche…Dropped two sets in six matches en route to the title…Reached their ninth Australian Open doubles final in 10 years…
On Davis Cup World Group 1R duty for United States, the pair were extended to 5 sets for first time in 23 doubles rubbers…Lost to Brazilians Melo/Soares 6-3 in fifth set to drop to 20-3 overall for United States in the competition…Fell in San Jose QFs (l. to Hewitt-Matosevic 10-7 in Match TB)…
On 25 February, the duo won their 85th team title and third crown of the season at Memphis (d. Blake-Sock)…It was the first all-American final in Memphis since 2001, when they beat O’Brien-Stark to win their first trophy…
On 16 March, improved to 22-16 in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 doubles finals at Indian Wells (d. Huey-Janowicz) and captured their fourth title of the season…It was their first Indian Wells trophy...On 22 March, fell in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 1R (l. to Mirnyi-Youzhny)…
On 11 April, he became the third player to win 800 career matches in doubles with two wins (1R & QF) in Houston…He joined Nestor (885) and brother Mike (814)…Recorded their 800th match win as a team in Houston SFs (d. Brunstrom-Levine), before losing to J. Murray-Peers in final after holding 1 M.P. in a 12-10 Match TB loss…
On 21 April, the twins failed to convert seven M.P. versus Benneteau-Zimonjic in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo final in 14-12 Match TB loss…Rain-interrupted final finished at 9:32pm local time…Dropped to 86-46 in team finals…On 22 April, they withdrew from Barcelona due to wrist injury to Mike…
On 12 May, they captured their fifth ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid title (d. Peya-Soares) and improved to 23-17 lifetime in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 finals…It was their 87th team trophy…
Won their 24th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title and their third ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome crown (d. Bhupathi-Bopanna)…It also marked their second Madrid-Rome title double (also 2010)…
