The US Davis Cup crew will likely be headed by a giant chest-bumping booster.
Bob Bryan has been U.S. Davis Cup captain, the USTA introduced right now. Bob Bryan, who succeeds former Davis Cup teammate Mardy Fish, assumes the function instantly and can make his debut as full-time captain with the U.S. squad’s Group Stage Finals matches September 12-Seventeenth.
It’s a pure transition for Bob Bryan, who partnered twin brother Mike Bryan to a extremely profitable Davis Cup doubles profession.
Bob Bryan competed in 31 ties for the U.S. Davis Cup Group from 2003-20 and was a part of the U.S. crew that included Andy Roddick and James Blake that received its document thirty second Davis Cup title in 2007 in Portland. Bryan additionally served in a training function below Fish and coach David Nainkin in the course of the U.S. crew’s qualifying victory over Colombia in March.
“I’m extraordinarily honored and humbled for this chance to captain america Davis Cup crew,” Bryan mentioned. “I’ve been impressed watching these younger American gamers proceed to rise and I’m motivated to contribute to this constructive momentum.
“I really feel grateful to have represented my nation in Davis Cup. These experiences have supplied me my proudest moments on the court docket and my most unforgettable reminiscences. Enjoying Davis Cup was a dream for me as a younger junior and the purpose of creating the crew pushed me whereas I performed on tour. I’m passionately trying ahead to working with the gamers, their coaches, groups, and the USTA assist employees in our mission to convey the Cup again to america.”
Bob and brother Mike Bryan posted a 25-5 collectively in Davis Cup doubles matches for the U.S., setting data for crew doubles wins and years performed (15) and touchdown excessive on the crew data record in lots of different classes. Bryan was additionally intently concerned with the crew as a coach in 2022. He assisted captain Mardy Fish and coach David Nainkin for the crew’s Qualifying victory a yr in the past and served as performing captain of the crew in its Group Stage Finals ties, guiding the U.S. to a 2-1 document and Closing 8 qualification.
As captain, the USTA says “Bryan will even have an lively, year-round function with USTA Participant and Coach Growth, touring to tournaments and camps to assist American gamers and serving as a mentor for American professionals and juniors.”
“Few gamers within the historical past of the sport have personified a champion the best way Bob Bryan has,” mentioned Brian Hainline, Chairman of the Board and President, USTA. “Bob’s constant and long-term success on the highest ranges, in addition to his demonstrated management in a crew atmosphere, make him a super captain for the Davis Cup Group amid such an thrilling period for American males’s tennis.”
The U.S. crew defeated Uzbekistan in February with Nainkin as interim captain to qualify for the Group Stage of the 2023 Finals, which is able to function 4 teams of 4 nations every competing at 4 completely different places worldwide. The highest two finishers of every group will advance to the Closing 8 stage, which is able to crown this yr’s champion November 21-26 in Malaga, Spain.
The Bryan brothers performed their final skilled match within the 2020 Davis Cup Qualifiers earlier than retiring.
