American twins Bob and Mike Bryan won a record-tying 11th Grand Slam men’s doubles title together on Saturday, beating Robert Lindstedt of Sweden and Horia Tecau of Romania 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (2) in the Wimbledon final.
The Bryan brothers won at Wimbledon for the second time and matched Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge’s Open era record of 11 major titles.
“To equal the Woodies, a team that we idolised, the greatest team in our mind, is unbelievable,” Mike Bryan said. “To get their title record and get the Grand Slam record, I mean, I’m trying to figure out what’s left. We weren’t even thinking about 11 until Mark Woodforde came up and said, ‘Congrats on getting that 11th.’”
The No. 1-ranked Bryans won their 62nd career doubles title in 2010 in Los Angeles to surpass the record of 61 held by Woodforde and Woodbridge. Saturday’s title was the Bryans’ 73rd.
“They’re always supportive,” Mike Bryan said of the Australian pair. “They’re not jealous about their records. You know, they have their place in history. They’re in the Hall of Fame. They won six Wimbledons. They have a case, and they’re the best team, you know. We have a case now, obviously.”
The Bryans won their first Wimbledon title in 2006 to complete a full set of the four Grand Slam titles. They have won the Australian Open five times, the U.S. Open three times and lifted the French Open trophy in 2003.
They have lost three other Wimbledon finals and twice went to five sets in order to reach the final this year. But it was smooth sailing on Saturday in a dominant serving display against Tecau and Lindstedt, who also lost in last year’s final.
Tecau lost his serve early in each of the first two sets and the Bryan twins didn’t face a single break point in the match. Tecau and Lindstedt held on to take the third set into a tiebreaker but the Americans won it easily.
“This one felt really good,” Mike Bryan said. “We weren’t really threatened on our serve. So this one was definitely pretty smooth.”
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