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19-678: The record holder with two singles titles is Paul Goldstein . This tennis -related competition article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to sports in Hawaii is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Paul Goldstein (tennis player) Paul Herbert Goldstein (born August 4, 1976) is a retired tennis player from the United States, who turned professional in 1998. He announced his retirement from professional tennis in February 2008, as he

38-565: A clean energy company in the San Francisco Bay area. In 2004 he married his college sweetheart and partner of nine years, Abbie; it was she who persuaded him to play on during the 2007 season. They live in Menlo Park, California , with their three children, Sadie, Margaret, and Charles. In 2014, Goldstein became head coach of the Stanford Men's Tennis Team. Goldstein was inducted into

57-607: A degree in human biology . He was an All-American each year, and the team won the national championship each year. In his senior year he was Pac-10 Player of the Year in 1998, after a 33–2 season in which he was team captain. In 2023, Goldstein was inducted into the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame. Goldstein won the gold medal in singles at the 1999 Pan American Games defeating Cecil Mamiit . He had 26 USTA titles through November 2005. Paul Goldstein: Circuit Player of

76-552: The 2013 BNP Paribas Open in California, USA) including a record 16 Grand Slam titles. In 2005, he and Bob made it to the finals of all four Grand Slam tournaments, only the second time such a feat has been achieved in the Open era. The Bryan Brothers have been ranked No. 1 in the ATP . Due to their success, they have been nicknamed The Wonder Twins after a fictional comic book duo. During

95-622: The ITA Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame in 2013. Goldstein was inducted into the North California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2015. Mike Bryan Michael Carl Bryan (born April 29, 1978) is an American former doubles world No. 1 tennis player. With his twin brother Bob , he was the world's top doubles player for more than nine years, first achieving the top ranking in September 2003. They became

114-887: The Idaho Sneakers . They went on to play for the Newport Beach Breakers in 2004, the Kansas City Explorers from 2005 to 2012, the Texas Wild in 2013, the San Diego Aviators in 2014, the California Dream in 2015, the Washington Kastles from 2016 to 2018, and most recently the Vegas Rollers in 2019. They have two World TeamTennis titles, one from the Newport Beach Breakers in 2004, and another from

133-488: The Kansas City Explorers in 2010. It was announced that Bryan, along with twin brother Bob, will be joining the Vegas Rollers during the 2020 WTT season set to begin July 12 at The Greenbrier . Together with his twin brother Bob Bryan , the pair has won the most Davis Cup matches of any team in doubles for the United States. Bryan also owns U.S. Davis Cup records with 27 individual doubles wins and 32 ties played. By winning

152-620: The gold medal in singles at the 1999 Pan American Games . The right-hander reached career-high ATP Tour rankings of World No. 58 in singles in April 2006, and World No. 40 in doubles in February 2007. He is now head coach of the Stanford Men's tennis team. Goldstein was born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Rockville, Maryland , and is Jewish. He is the son of Clark Goldstein , a former national table tennis champion. He started playing when he

171-507: The 2005 US Open, Goldstein and Jim Thomas upset defending champions and #1 seeds Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor in the first round, as well as Simon Aspelin and Todd Perry in the QFs, before losing to eventual champions Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan in the SFs. In the 2006 US Open, Goldstein and Thomas again defeated Knowles and Nestor (this time in the 3rd round). Goldstein and Jim Thomas lost in

190-518: The 2006 Wimbledon title, Bryan completed the men's doubles Career Grand Slam. He became the 19th individual player and, with Bob Bryan, the seventh doubles pair to achieve this. In 2012, by winning the Olympic gold medal, along with his brother, Bryan completed the career "Golden Slam", as did Bob. They are the only team that has ever accomplished this. The tournaments won by Bryan are in boldface , and advances into finals by Bryan are in italics . Bryan

209-506: The 2018 ATP World Tour Fans' Favorite Doubles Team. Bryan played for Stanford University in 1997 and 1998, where he helped the Cardinal win back-to-back NCAA team championships. In 1998, he won the NCAA doubles title with his twin brother Bob . Together with his twin brother Bob , he has been very successful in doubles. They have won 119 doubles titles (winning their record-setting 86th title at

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228-559: The 2018 Madrid Open, Bob injured his hip and subsequently had season ending surgery. In his brother's absence, Bryan partnered with several other players, namely Sam Querrey at Roland Garros, Jack Sock at Queen's, Wimbledon and the US Open, Ryan Harrison during the Davis Cup, and with James Cerretani , Frances Tiafoe and Édouard Roger-Vasselin at other tour events. Both brothers kicked off their World TeamTennis careers back in 1999 for

247-567: The January Australian Open , he beat future champion Novak Djokovic in the first round 6–2, 1–6, 6–3, 6–2. Paul was easily defeated in the next round by Tommy Haas 0–6, 1–6, 2–6. In January 2007 he defeated world No. 21 Dominik Hrbatý of Slovakia 6–2, 7–6(4), in Adelaide , Australia. The next month he defeated world No. 45 Julien Benneteau in Las Vegas, 6–1, 6–0. Despite losing in

266-639: The Week In January 1999 at the Australian Open he shocked world # 8 Greg Rusedski , 6–4, 6–7(11,) 7–6(5), 6–2. In June at Wimbledon he upset both world # 33 Jan Siemerink , 6–4, 5–7, 4–6, 6–2, 6–1, and No. 17 Félix Mantilla , 6–2, 6–4, 6–7(5), 6–2. In August he upset world No. 8 Àlex Corretja of Spain 7–6(11), 7–6(5), in Washington, D.C.. In February 2000 he defeated world No. 17 Pat Rafter of Australia 4–6, 6–1, 6–2, in Delray Beach, Florida . In

285-560: The doubles finals of the 2006 SAP Open to 47-year-old John McEnroe and Jonas Björkman . They also were doubles finalists in two other ATP tournaments in 2006 ( Indianapolis , won by Andy Roddick and Bobby Reynolds , and Tokyo, won by Ashley Fisher and Tripp Phillips ). In February 2006 he beat world No. 18 Robby Ginepri 6–7(4), 6–3, 6–1, in Las Vegas , and in July he defeated world No. 13 Lleyton Hewitt 6–4, 6–4 in Los Angeles. In

304-963: The first round of singles at the Tunica Resorts Challenger in May, he and Donald Young won the doubles final, defeating Pablo Cuevas and Horacio Zeballos 4–6, 6–1, 10–4. Goldstein has participated in exhibition events for other tennis players and their charities, including Andy Roddick, Jim Thomas, and the Bryan brothers. On September 27, 2008, he participated in The Bryan Brothers' All-Star Tennis Smash in Thousand Oaks, California , initially playing doubles with Justin Gimblestob, and ending up playing singles with Andre Agassi (losing 7–5). Goldstein officially retired in February 2008 and began working with

323-445: The second men's doubles team to complete the career Golden Slam by winning the 2012 London Olympics . Bryan holds the records for the most major men's doubles titles at 18, the most ATP Tour men's doubles titles (123), and the most weeks (506) ranked as the doubles world No. 1. He won all but five of his doubles titles with his brother. Partnering with Jack Sock , he won two majors and the year-end championship in 2018 , as well as

342-547: Was nine. He won the USTA Boys' 16s National Championship in 1992, and the USTA Boys' 18s National Championships in both 1993 and 1994 (in 1994, defeating Jan-Michael Gambill ). He also won the 1994 doubles championship with Scott Humphries. He is a 1994 graduate of Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C., where he was a four-time Washington Post First Team All Met selection (1991–1994). Goldstein played college tennis at Stanford University and graduated in 1998 with

361-475: Was starting working with a clean energy company. As a junior, he won the USTA Boys' 16s National Championship in 1992, and the USTA Boys' 18s National Championships in both 1993 and 1994. He then played college tennis at Stanford University , from which he graduated after a career in which he was named an All-American each of the four years he played, and the team won the national championship each year. He won

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