Bob (L) and Mike (R) Bryan complete their trademark chest bump after beating Croatia's Ivan Dodig and Brazil's Marcelo Melo in the men's doubles final. (Photo: Glyn Kirk, AFP/Getty Images)
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - The Bryan Slam is complete. Twin brothers Mike and Bob Bryan captured their fourth consecutive major Saturday at Wimbledon with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 victory over Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo.
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The Americans won their 15th Grand Slam tournament and became the first men's team in Open-era tennis to hold all four Grand Slam titles at the same time. They're also the first to hold all the slams and an Olympic gold medal.
If they win the U.S. Open, they'll join Ken McGregor and Frank Sedgman as the second men's team to complete a calendar Grand Slam. The Aussie duo did it in 1951, 17 years before the Open era began.
The Bryans in major finals: 15-10
The Bryans fell behind 5-0 in dropping the first set but rallied for their 24th straight victory.
2013 Wimbledon - def. Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.
2013 French Open - def. Michael Llodra and Nicolas Mahut, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (4).
2013 Australian Open - def. Robin Haase and Igor Sijsling, 6-3, 6-4.
2012 U.S. Open - def. Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek, 6-3, 6-4.
2012 French Open - lost to Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor, 6-4, 6-4.
2012 Australian Open - lost to Paes and Stepanek, 7-6 (1), 6-2.
2011 Wimbledon - def. Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecau, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (2).
2011 Australian Open - def. Mahesh Bhupathi and Paes, 6-3, 6-4.
2010 U.S. Open - def. Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4).
2010 Australian Open - def. Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3.
2009 Wimbledon - lost to Nestor and Zimonjic, 7-6 (7), 6-7 (3), 7-6 (3), 6-3.
2009 Australian Open - def. Bhupathi and Mark Knowles, 2-6, 7-5, 6-0.
2008 U.S. Open - def. Lukas Dlouhy and Paes, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (10).
2007 Wimbledon - lost to Arnaud Clement and Michael Llodra, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.
2007 Australian Open- def. Jonas Bjorkman and Mirnyi, 7-5, 7-5.
2006 Wimbledon - def. Fabrice Santoro and Zimonjic, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.
2006 French Open - lost to Bjorkman and Mirnyi, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 7-5.
2006 Australian Open - def. Martin Damm and Paes, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.
2005 U.S.Open - def. Bjorkman and Mirnyi, 6-1, 6-4.
2005 Wimbledon - lost to Stephen Huss and Wesley Moodie, 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-3.
2005 French Open - lost to Bjorkman and Mirnyi, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4.
2005 Australian Open - lost to Wayne Black and Kevin Ullyett, 6-4, 6-4.
2004 Australian Open - lost to Llodra and Santoro, 7-6 (4), 6-3.
2003 U.S. Open - lost to Bjorkman and Todd Woodbridge, 5-7, 6-0, 7-5.
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2003 French Open - def. Paul Haarhuis and Yevgeny Kafelnikov, 7-6 (3), 6-3.
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