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By Chris Oddo | Friday October 28, 2016

Mike and Bob Bryan achieved what may prove to be an unbreakable milestone on Friday in Vienna at the Erste Bank Open. The 38-year-old twins defeated Viktor Troicki and Pablo Cuevas, 6-4, 4-6, 10-7, for their 1,000th career victory.

“We’re happy to get 1,000 in Vienna,” said Mike Bryan according to ATPWorldTour.com. “This is going to be a special city for us until we die. This is going to be very memorable forever for us.”

More than 20 years after their first tour-level victory, the Bryan Brothers have achieved a measure of success that nobody in the sport thought imaginable. The closest team to them in terms of victories is the legendary Woodies--Mark woodforde and Todd woodbridge--but they only notched 508 wins as a team over the course of their brilliant career.

The Bryans, passionate about the sport to the core, and the most ferocious of competitors every time they take the court, have won 113 career titles together, including 16 majors and two Olympic Golds, plus they’ve been the most decorated doubles tandem in Davis Cup history, going 24-5 and winning the Cup in 2007.


During a time when American men’s tennis has struggled to produce top players the Bryans have carried the torch for U.S.A. men’s tennis, not just in numbers, but more importantly, in spirit.

The Bryans will face Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo in the semifinals in Vienna on Saturday.

 

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