9 tennis siblings playing doubles: Bob and Mike Bryan, Venus and Serena Williams, Jamie and Andy Murray

We could have a couple of sibling acts at Wimbledon this year after Andy Murray has hinted that he and his brother Jamie could team up and play men’s doubles.

“I may do, yeah. I’m not 100 per cent sure yet,” Andy admitted. “My brother doesn’t have a partner for Wimbledon currently.

“We have spoken a little bit about it. So may do that, but not 100 per cent sure yet.

“I mean obviously Jamie could also get a good partner, as well. We’ll see what happens, but yeah, we’ll probably decide in the next few days probably.”

Last year Stefanos Tsitsipas and his younger brother Petros also played doubles at Wimbledon and they are expected to enter the tournament again this year.

There have been many sibling acts on the ATP and WTA Tours over the years so let’s look at some of those incredible partnerships.

Bob and Mike Bryan

They are the most successful pairing of all time as they won 119 doubles tournaments, including 16 Grand Slams as a pair, won more than 1,100 matches and spent 400+ weeks at the top of the rankings.
Having made their Grand Slam debut in 1995, they had to wait until 2003 to win their first major as they won the French Open final.

They were dominant from 2005 until 2014, winning at least one Grand Slam trophy every year to take their tally to 16 majors with their collection made up of six Australian Open, two French Open, three Wimbledon and five US Open titles.

However, their last Grand Slam title came at the 2014 US Open, although they have appeared in several finals after that.

Outside of the majors, they have won four Year-End Championships, 36 Masters 1,000 titles, one Olympic gold medal from the 2012 London Games and one Davis Cup title.

The brothers eventually called it a day in 2020.

Venus and Serena Williams

The Williams sisters’ doubles record is on another level.

Grand Slam finals: 14 played, 14 won. Olympic finals: 3 played, 3 won. WTA Tier 1 finals: 2 played, 2 won. Fed Cup finals: 1 played, 1 won.

In total, they have appeared in 22 doubles finals and lost one once, at the Southern California Open in 1999.

And then there are the 30 Grand Slam singles titles they have won between them. It is fair to say that they would have won a lot more doubles titles together if they didn’t enjoy such incredible careers as singles players.

Helena Sukova and Cyril Suk

Helena Sukova never managed to get her hands on a Grand Slam singles title despite appearing in four finals, but she won nine women’s doubles titles and five mixed doubles titles with three of the latter coming with her brother Cyril Suk.

Their first Grand Slam title came at the 1991 French Open when they beat Caroline Vis and Paul Haarhuis from the Netherlands and they added back-to-back Wimbledon titles in 1996 and 1997.

Suk also won a men’s doubles major and an additional mixed doubles title with Larisa Neiland at Wimbledon in 1992.

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Byron/Wayne/Cara Black

Wayne and Cara won two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles together as they were successful at the 2002 French Open and Wimbledon in 2004. They also finished runner-up at the 2004 French Open.

Although Byron and Wayne won three Grand Slam men’s doubles titles between them, they didn’t taste major success as a pair. They did win one men’s doubles title: the 2001 Chennai Open.

Tracy and John Austin

We all know the story of Tracy as she was the youngest ever US Open champion aged 16 years and nine months when she won the title in 1979. She also won the 1981 edition, but sandwiched in between was a mixed doubles title with her brother at Wimbledon.

The pair became the first brother and sister team to win a Grand Slam when they tasted success at SW19 in 1980, beating Australians Dianne Fromholtz and Mark Edmondson. They lost the opening set and were down 4-1 in the second before bouncing back to win.

“Winning at Wimbledon is the dream of every tennis player, and to do it with your sister is even better,” John told Silive.com in 2014. “It’s the cherry on top.”

Their brother Jeff was also a professional player, but he won only one singles and one doubles title and John was not his partner for the latter.

Luke and Murphy Jensen

Americans Luke and Murphy teamed up to win the 1993 French Open men’s doubles trophy and they won another three ATP doubles titles from 1995 until 1997.

Neither brother won a singles title, but Luke was the more successful of the brothers as he won another six doubles titles and also finished runner-up in the mixed doubles at the 1996 Australian and French Opens.

Alona and Kateryna Bondarenko

Sometimes sibling rivalry can have a negative impact, but Alona and Kateryna Bondarenko learned from their previous mistakes as they won the 2008 Australian Open women’s doubles against Victoria Azarenka and Shahar Peer.

“Last year we played not very good doubles because sometimes we fight on the court,” Alona said after they clinched their first doubles title in their 38th tournament.

“But now we start to listen to each other and understand, and maybe that’s the key.”

Andy and Jamie Murray

We all know Andy Murray is one of the best players on the ATP, when fit of course, while his brother Jamie is brilliant on the doubles scene, unfortunately they rarely team up.

Andy has three Grand Slam singles titles while Jamie has won two doubles titles (with Bruno Soares) and five mixed doubles titles (two with Martina Hingis, two with Bethanie Mattek-Sands and one with Jelena Jankovic).

The Murray brothers, though, have won two trophies as a pair with the Valencia Open back in 2010 their first and the Japan Open in 2011 their last.

They also teamed up during Great Britain’s successful 2015 Davis Cup run with their performance in the final against Belgium key to GB’s first title in 79 years.

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario/Emilio/Javier Sanchez

Arantxa was no doubt the star of the family as she is a four-time Grand Slam winner, with three of those coming at the French Open, while she also won six women’s doubles titles.

However, the Spanish siblings didn’t win a Grand Slam as a pair, although Arantxa and Emilio do have a runners-up title as they lost the 1991 US Open final against unheralded Dutch duo Manon Bollegraf and Tom Nijssen.

Emilio and Javier were both successful doubles players with the former winning 50 titles and the latter 27, however they only won three ATP doubles trophies together.