Mahesh Bhupathi

Mahesh Bhupathi

Bhupathi at the 2009 US Open
Country	India
Residence	Bangalore, India
Born	(1974-06-07) 7 June 1974 Chennai, India
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	88 kg (190 lb)
Turned pro	1995
Prize money	$6,536,199
Singles
Career record	10–28
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 217 (2 February 1998)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (1998)
French Open	Q3 (1996, 1999)
Wimbledon	1R (1997, 1998, 2000)
US Open	1R (1995)
Doubles
Career record	666–339
Career titles	52
Highest ranking	No. 1 (26 April 1999)
Current ranking	No. 11 (14 January 2013)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	F (1999, 2009, 2011)
French Open	W (1999, 2001)
Wimbledon	W (1999)
US Open	W (2002)
Other Doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	F (1997, 1999, 2000, 2010, 2012)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	W (2006, 2009)
French Open	W (1997, 2012)
Wimbledon	W (2002, 2005)
US Open	W (1999, 2005)
Last updated on: 15 October 2012.

Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi is an Indian professional tennis player widely regarded as among the best doubles players in the world with 12 Grand Slam titles to his credit. He was born on 7 June 1974 in Chennai, India. In 1997, he became the first Indian to win a Grand Slam tournament (with Rika Hiraki). With his win at the Australian Open mixed doubles in 2006, he joined the elite group of eight tennis players who have achieved a career Grand Slam in mixed doubles.

Career

1995–2006

Mahesh Bhupathi is best known as one of the top doubles players in the 1990s and 2000s. In 1999, Bhupathi won three doubles titles with Leander Paes, including French Open and Wimbledon. He and Leander became the first doubles team to reach the finals of all four Grand Slams, the first time such a feat has been achieved in the open era and the first time since 1952. On 26 April of that year, they became the world no. 1 doubles team. Bhupathi also won the US Open mixed doubles with Ai Sugiyama of Japan.

In 2006, Bhupathi teamed with Martina Hingis in the Australian Open mixed doubles competition. Entering the tournament unseeded and as wildcards, the first-time pair defeated four seeded opponents along the way, while only dropping a single set throughout. Bhupathi and Hingis defeated the sixth-seeded team of Daniel Nestor and Elena Likhovtseva in straight sets, 6–3, 6–3, to capture the championship. It was the sixth mixed doubles Grand Slam for Bhupathi, and a first for Hingis. By winning the Australian Open, Bhupathi completed a career Grand Slam in mixed doubles.

2007–2008

In 2007, Bhupathi and Czech Radek Štěpánek reached the 2007 Australian Open men's doubles event's quarterfinals. He teamed with Štěpánek at the 2007 French Open to make the doubles semifinals, defeating two-year defending champions Jonas Björkman and Max Mirnyi in the quarterfinals. The team lost to the eventual champions Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor. After Wimbledon, Bhupathi teamed with Pavel Vízner to win the 2007 Canada Masters, defeating the top-ranked doubles team Bob and Mike Bryan en route. After this victory, he won a tournament in New Haven with Nenad Zimonjić. At the 2007 US Open, he and Zimonjić paired in doubles. After the US Open, the team that beat Bhupathi and Štěpánek in the French Open semifinals, Knowles and Nestor, split up. Bhupathi became Knowles' partner, while Zimonjić became Nestor's, but back surgery meant he was out until the end of the year.

2009–2012

In 2009, Bhupathi and compatriot Sania Mirza won the mixed doubles title at the Australian Open, beating Nathalie Dechy and Andy Ram, 6–3, 6–1, in the final. The ace Indian pair thus made up for the disappointment of the previous year's final when they were beaten by Tiantian Sun and Nenad Zimonjić. With this win, Bhupathi's count in mixed doubles Grand Slam titles increased to seven.

Bhupathi broke up his partnership with Knowles and began playing once again with Max Mirnyi, with whom he played to win the 2002 US Open. In 2011, Bhupathi reunited with former playing partner Leander Paes for the 2011 Australian Open. The team of Bhupathi and Paes reached the final, but lost, 3–6, 4–6, to the Bryan brothers. On 7 June 2012, Bhupathi and Sania Mirza won the French Open mixed doubles. On 4 November 2012, Bhupathi and partner Rohan Bopanna won the Paris Masters cup. In spite of suffering a setback with their loss against Jonathan Marray and Frederik Nielsen in the ATP Tour Finals opener, the Indian duo reached the final round of the ATP Tour Finals, but suffered a defeat at the hands of Marcel Granollers and Marc López.

Bhupathi serves in his third-round match partnering Mark Knowles during the 2008 US Open.

2013

Bhupathi and Bopanna played with different partners for the first three months of 2013, Bhupathi winning the tournament in Dubai in March with Michaël Llodra, but have rejoined forces starting with the Monte Carlo Masters.

Year-end finals

Bhupathi appeared with Paes in six season finales.

In 2011, they appeared, for the first time since 2002, after securing qualification in mid-October.

Bhupathi played at the year-end championships with Paes from 1997–2000 and in 2002, reaching three finals. In 1997, they lost the final to Rick Leach and Jonathan Stark. They lost the 1999 final to Sébastien Lareau and Alex O’Brien. In 2000, they lost the final to Donald Johnson and Pieter Norval.

Bhupathi also qualified with Max Mirnyi in 2003, 2004, and 2010, when they finished runners-up to Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić.

He also appeared at the season closer with Mark Knowles in 2008 and 2009. In 2012, he and Rohan Bopanna made it to the final, where they lost to Marcel Granollers and Marc López.

Grand Slam titles

Doubles

Wins (4)

Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in final	Score in final
1999	French Open	Clay	Leander Paes	Goran Ivanišević Jeff Tarango	6–2, 7–5
1999	Wimbledon	Grass	Leander Paes	Paul Haarhuis Jared Palmer	6–7, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6
2001	French Open (2)	Clay	Leander Paes	Petr Pála Pavel Vízner	7–6, 6–3
2002	US Open	Hard	Max Mirnyi	Jiří Novák Radek Štěpánek	6–3, 3–6, 6–4

Runner-ups (6)

Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in final	Score in final
1999	Australian Open	Hard	Leander Paes	Jonas Björkman Patrick Rafter	3–6, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(12–10), 4–6
1999	US Open	Hard	Leander Paes	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	6–7, 4–6
2003	Wimbledon	Grass	Max Mirnyi	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	6–3, 3–6, 6–7(4–7), 3–6
2009	Australian Open (2)	Hard	Mark Knowles	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–2, 5–7, 0–6
2009	US Open (2)	Hard	Mark Knowles	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
2011	Australian Open (3)	Hard	Leander Paes	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 4–6

Mixed doubles: 12 (8–4)

By winning the 2006 Australian Open title, Bhupathi completed the mixed doubles Career Grand Slam. He became the eighth male player in history to achieve this.

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1997	French Open	Clay	Rika Hiraki	Patrick Galbraith Lisa Raymond	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	1998	Wimbledon	Grass	Mirjana Lučić	Serena Williams Max Mirnyi	4–6, 4–6
Winner	1999	US Open	Hard	Ai Sugiyama	Donald Johnson Kimberly Po	6–4, 6–4
Winner	2002	Wimbledon	Grass	Elena Likhovtseva	Daniela Hantuchová Kevin Ullyett	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	2003	French Open	Clay	Elena Likhovtseva	Lisa Raymond Mike Bryan	3–6, 4–6
Winner	2005	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	Mary Pierce	Paul Hanley Tatiana Perebiynis	6–4, 6–2
Winner	2005	US Open (2)	Hard	Daniela Hantuchová	Katarina Srebotnik Nenad Zimonjić	6–4, 6–2
Winner	2006	Australian Open	Hard	Martina Hingis	Elena Likhovtseva Daniel Nestor	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	2008	Australian Open	Hard	Sania Mirza	Sun Tiantian Nenad Zimonjić	6–7(4–7), 4–6
Winner	2009	Australian Open (2)	Hard	Sania Mirza	Nathalie Dechy Andy Ram	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	2011	Wimbledon	Grass	Elena Vesnina	Iveta Benešová Jürgen Melzer	3–6, 2–6
Winner	2012	French Open (2)	Clay	Sania Mirza	Klaudia Jans-Ignacik Santiago González	7–6(7–3), 6–1

Summer Olympics

Doubles: 0 (0–1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
4th place	2004	Athens	Hard	Leander Paes	Mario Ančić Ivan Ljubičić	6–7(5–7), 6–4, 14–16

ATP career finals

Doubles: 95 (52–43)

Legend Grand Slam (4–6) ATP World Tour Finals (0–5) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (16–13) ATP World Tour 500 Series (8–7) ATP World Tour 250 Series (24–12)

Titles by Surface Hard (32–26) Clay (13–4) Grass (2–6) Carpet (5–7)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	14 April 1997	Chennai, India	Hard	Leander Paes	Oleg Ogorodov Eyal Ran	7–6, 7–5
Winner	2.	5 May 1997	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Leander Paes	Petr Luxa David Škoch	6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	1.	28 July 1997	Los Angeles, United States	Hard	Rick Leach	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	6–7, 4–6
Winner	3.	4 August 1997	Montréal, Canada	Hard	Leander Paes	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	7–6, 6–3
Winner	4.	18 August 1997	New Haven, United States	Hard	Leander Paes	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	6–4, 6–7, 6–2
Winner	5.	6 October 1997	Beijing, China	Hard (i)	Leander Paes	Jim Courier Alex O'Brien	7–5, 7–6
Winner	6.	13 October 1997	Singapore, Singapore	Carpet	Leander Paes	Rick Leach Jonathan Stark	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	23 November 1997	Hartford, United States	Carpet	Leander Paes	Rick Leach Jonathan Stark	3–6, 4–6, 6–7
Winner	7.	12 January 1998	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Leander Paes	Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Winner	8.	16 February 1998	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Leander Paes	Donald Johnson Francisco Montana	6–2, 7–5
Winner	9.	13 April 1998	Chennai, India	Hard	Leander Paes	Olivier Delaître Max Mirnyi	6–7, 6–3, 6–2
Winner	10.	18 May 1998	Rome, Italy	Clay	Leander Paes	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	6–4, 4–6, 7–6
Winner	11.	12 October 1998	Shanghai, China	Carpet	Leander Paes	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–4, 6–7, 7–6
Runner-up	3.	19 October 1998	Singapore, Singapore	Carpet	Leander Paes	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	2 November 1998	Stuttgart, Germany	Hard (i)	Leander Paes	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Winner	12.	9 November 1998	Paris, France	Carpet	Leander Paes	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	5.	1 February 1999	Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Leander Paes	Jonas Björkman Patrick Rafter	3–6, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6, 4–6
Winner	13.	12 April 1999	Chennai, India	Hard	Leander Paes	Wayne Black Neville Godwin	4–6, 7–5, 6–4
Winner	14.	7 June 1999	Paris, France	Clay	Leander Paes	Goran Ivanišević Jeff Tarango	6–2, 7–5
Winner	15.	5 July 1999	London, United Kingdom	Grass	Leander Paes	Paul Haarhuis Jared Palmer	6–7, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6
Runner-up	6.	13 September 1999	New York, United States	Hard	Leander Paes	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	6–7, 4–6
Runner-up	7.	15 November 1999	Hartford, United States	Carpet	Leander Paes	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	3–6, 2–6, 2–6
Winner	16.	29 May 2000	St. Poelten, Austria	Clay	Andrew Kratzmann	Andrea Gaudenzi Diego Nargiso	7–6, 6–7, 6–4
Runner-up	8.	19 June 2000	Halle, Germany	Grass	David Prinosil	Nicklas Kulti Mikael Tillström	6–7, 6–7
Winner	17.	16 October 2000	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Leander Paes	Michael Hill Jeff Tarango	6–4, 6–7, 6–3
Runner-up	9.	17 December 2000	Bangalore, India	Hard	Leander Paes	Donald Johnson Piet Norval	6–7, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	18.	30 April 2001	Atlanta, United States	Clay	Leander Paes	Rick Leach David Macpherson	6–3, 7–6
Winner	19.	7 May 2001	Houston, United States	Clay	Leander Paes	Kevin Kim Jim Thomas	7–6, 6–2
Winner	20.	11 June 2001	Paris, France	Clay	Leander Paes	Petr Pála Pavel Vízner	7–6, 6–3
Winner	21.	13 August 2001	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Leander Paes	Martin Damm David Prinosil	7–6, 6–3
Runner-up	10.	20 August 2001	Indianapolis, United States	Hard	Sébastien Lareau	Mark Knowles Brian MacPhie	6–7, 7–5, 4–6
Runner-up	11.	8 October 2001	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Jeff Tarango	Max Mirnyi Sandon Stolle	3–6, 0–6
Runner-up	12.	29 October 2001	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet	Leander Paes	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	6–7, 4–6
Runner-up	13.	5 November 2001	Paris, France	Carpet	Leander Paes	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Winner	22.	7 January 2002	Chennai, India	Hard	Leander Paes	Tomáš Cibulec Ota Fukárek	5–7, 6–2, 7–5
Winner	23.	6 May 2002	Majorca, Spain	Clay	Leander Paes	Julian Knowle Michael Kohlmann	6–2, 6–4
Winner	24.	20 May 2002	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Jan-Michael Gambill	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	14.	17 June 2002	London, United Kingdom	Grass	Max Mirnyi	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	15.	12 August 2002	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Max Mirnyi	James Blake Todd Martin	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	16.	19 August 2002	Indianapolis, United States	Hard	Max Mirnyi	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–7, 7–6, 4–6
Winner	25.	26 August 2002	Long Island, United States	Hard	Mike Bryan	Petr Pála Pavel Vízner	6–3, 6–4
Winner	26.	9 September 2002	New York, United States	Hard	Max Mirnyi	Jiří Novák Radek Štěpánek	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Runner-up	17.	21 October 2002	Madrid, Spain	Hard (i)	Max Mirnyi	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	3–6, 5–7, 0–6
Runner-up	18.	13 January 2003	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Joshua Eagle	Paul Hanley Nathan Healey	6–7, 4–6
Winner	27.	14 April 2003	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Max Mirnyi	Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood	6–1, 6–2
Winner	28.	21 April 2003	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Max Mirnyi	Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro	6–4, 3–6, 7–6
Runner-up	19.	19 May 2003	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Max Mirnyi	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	4–6, 6–7
Runner-up	20.	16 June 2003	London, United Kingdom	Grass	Max Mirnyi	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	7–5, 4–6, 6–7
Runner-up	21.	7 July 2003	London, United Kingdom	Grass	Max Mirnyi	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	6–3, 3–6, 6–7, 3–6
Winner	29.	11 August 2003	Montréal, Canada	Hard	Max Mirnyi	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	6–3, 7–6
Winner	30.	6 October 2003	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Max Mirnyi	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	22.	13 October 2003	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Max Mirnyi	Yves Allegro Roger Federer	6–7, 5–7
Winner	31.	20 October 2003	Madrid, Spain	Hard (i)	Max Mirnyi	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	6–2, 2–6, 6–3
Winner	32.	19 January 2004	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Fabrice Santoro	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	4–6, 7–5, 6–3
Winner	33.	8 March 2004	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Fabrice Santoro	Jonas Björkman Leander Paes	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Winner	34.	10 May 2004	Rome, Italy	Clay	Max Mirnyi	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	35.	12 July 2004	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Jonas Björkman	Simon Aspelin Todd Perry	4–6, 7–6, 7–6
Winner	36.	2 August 2004	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Leander Paes	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	23.	18 October 2004	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Jonas Björkman	Igor Andreev Nikolay Davydenko	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	24.	10 January 2005	Chennai, India	Hard	Jonas Björkman	Yen-Hsun Lu Rainer Schüttler	5–7, 6–4, 6–7
Winner	37.	17 January 2005	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra	6–3, 6–3
Winner	38.	18 September 2006	Beijing, China	Hard	Mario Ančić	Michael Berrer Kenneth Carlsen	6–4, 6–3
Winner	39.	2 October 2006	Mumbai, India	Hard	Mario Ančić	Rohan Bopanna Mustafa Ghouse	6–4, 6–7, [10–8]
Runner-up	25.	5 March 2007	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Radek Štěpánek	Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić	5–7, 7–6, [7–10]
Winner	40.	12 August 2007	Montréal, Canada	Hard	Pavel Vízner	Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett	6–4, 6–4
Winner	41.	25 August 2007	New Haven, United States	Hard	Nenad Zimonjić	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	6–3, 6–3
Winner	42.	2 March 2008	Memphis, United States	Hard (i)	Mark Knowles	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	7–6, 6–2
Winner	43.	8 March 2008	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Mark Knowles	Martin Damm Pavel Vízner	7–5, 7–6
Runner-up	26.	26 March 2008	Miami, United States	Hard	Mark Knowles	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	27.	27 April 2008	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Mark Knowles	Rafael Nadal Tommy Robredo	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	28.	15 June 2008	s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Leander Paes	Mario Ančić Jürgen Melzer	6–7, 3–6
Runner-up	29.	23 August 2008	New Haven, United States	Hard	Mark Knowles	Marcelo Melo André Sá	5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	30.	13 October 2008	Madrid, Spain	Hard (i)	Mark Knowles	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	4–6, 2–6
Winner	44.	18 October 2008	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet	Mark Knowles	Christopher Kas Philipp Kohlschreiber	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	31.	31 January 2009	Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Mark Knowles	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–2, 5–7, 0–6
Runner-up	32.	26 April 2009	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Mark Knowles	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	3–6, 6–7
Winner	45.	16 August 2009	Montréal, Canada	Hard	Mark Knowles	Max Mirnyi Andy Ram	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	33.	13 September 2009	New York, United States	Hard	Mark Knowles	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	34.	3 April 2010	Miami, United States	Hard	Max Mirnyi	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	2–6, 5–7
Runner-up	35.	18 April 2010	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Max Mirnyi	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	3–6, 0–2, RET.
Runner-up	36.	22 August 2010	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Max Mirnyi	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	37.	7 November 2010	Valencia, Spain	Hard (i)	Max Mirnyi	Andy Murray Jamie Murray	6–7(8–10), 7–5, [7–10]
Winner	46.	14 November 2010	Paris, France	Hard (i)	Max Mirnyi	Mark Knowles Andy Ram	7–5, 7–5
Runner-up	38.	28 November 2010	London, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Max Mirnyi	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	6–7(6–8), 4–6
Winner	47.	9 January 2011	Chennai, India	Hard	Leander Paes	Robin Haase David Martin	6–2, 6–7(3–7), [10–7]
Runner-up	39.	29 January 2011	Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Leander Paes	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 4–6
Winner	48.	2 April 2011	Miami, United States	Hard	Leander Paes	Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor	6–7(5–7), 6–2, [10–5]
Runner-up	40.	12 June 2011	London, United Kingdom	Grass	Leander Paes	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6(7–2), 6–7(4–7), [6–10]
Winner	49.	21 August 2011	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Leander Paes	Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–2)
Winner	50.	3 March 2012	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Rohan Bopanna	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
Runner-up	41.	20 August 2012	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Rohan Bopanna	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	42.	14 October 2012	Shanghai, China	Hard	Rohan Bopanna	Leander Paes Radek Štěpánek	7–6(9–7), 3–6, [5–10]
Winner	51.	4 November 2012	Paris, France	Hard (i)	Rohan Bopanna	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Jean-Julien Rojer	7–6(8–6), 6–3
Runner-up	43.	12 November 2012	London, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Rohan Bopanna	Marcel Granollers Marc López	5–7, 6–3, [3–10]
Winner	52.	2 March 2013	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Michaël Llodra	Robert Lindstedt Nenad Zimonjić	7-6(8-6), 7-6(8-6)

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–L
Grand Slams
Australian Open	A	A	1R	SF	F	A	1R	2R	1R	QF	QF	3R	QF	SF	F	1R	F	3R	3R	39–16
French Open	A	A	2R	SF	W	2R	W	SF	QF	SF	1R	QF	SF	1R	3R	2R	2R	1R		40–14
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	2R	W	3R	1R	QF	F	3R	2R	1R	A	1R	QF	3R	2R	2R		26–14
US Open	2R	A	SF	SF	F	1R	1R	W	QF	3R	3R	1R	2R	3R	F	2R	QF	1R		38–16
Win–Loss	1–1	0–0	5–4	13–4	22–2	3–3	6–3	14–3	10–4	10–4	6–4	5–4	8–3	6–4	15–4	4–4	10–4	3–4	2–1	143–60
Year-End Championship
Tennis Masters Cup	A	A	F	RR	F	F	NH	RR	RR	RR	A	A	A	RR	SF	F	SF	F		24–23
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	NH	2R	Not Held			2R	Not Held			SF	Not Held			QF	Not Held			2R	NH	8–6
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	SF	A	1R	2R	2R	SF	1R	1R	1R	QF	2R	1R	2R	1R		11–13
Miami	A	A	2R	1R	2R	A	A	QF	1R	2R	QF	A	1R	F	1R	F	W	SF		22–12
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	SF	2R	A	SF	1R	W	QF	QF	SF	2R	F	QF	F	A	2R		23–12
Rome	A	A	A	W	1R	1R	1R	QF	SF	W	SF	2R	1R	2R	SF	2R	2R	SF		18–13
Madrid	A	A	QF	F	A	2R	QF	F	W	SF	QF	1R	A	F	2R	A	A	SF		20–11
Canada	A	A	W	SF	A	QF	1R	2R	W	W	QF	A	W	QF	W	SF	2R	2R		28–9
Cincinnati	A	A	QF	1R	2R	1R	W	F	SF	QF	QF	2R	2R	SF	SF	F	W	F		27–14
Shanghai	Not Masters Series														SF	QF	SF	F		8–4
Paris	A	A	1R	W	2R	1R	F	2R	A	SF	A	A	A	2R	2R	W	2R	W		16–9
Hamburg	A	A	A	QF	2R	2R	1R	W	F	2R	QF	1R	2R	2R	NMS					12–9
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	9–4	17–6	2–6	4–6	12–7	18–8	19–5	17–7	9–8	4–6	7–6	12–9	12–8	16–7	11–5	16–8	0–0	185–106
Year End Ranking	162	106	11	3	2	39	6	4	4	7	19	30	21	6	7	6	7	11

Mixed Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	SR
Grand Slams
Australian Open	A	SF	2R	A	2R	SF	QF	1R	A	W	1R	F	W	A	QF	SF	2 / 12
French Open	W	2R	QF	A	SF	QF	F	1R	QF	2R	1R	SF	1R	1R	2R	W	2 / 15
Wimbledon	3R	F	2R	1R	SF	W	3R	QF	W	2R	2R	2R	3R	2R	F	2R	2 / 16
US Open	1R	QF	W	1R	1R	2R	2R	2R	W	A	QF	2R	SF	1R	1R	2R	2 / 15
SR	1 / 3	0 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 2	0 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	2 / 3	1 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 4	1 / 4	8 / 58

Davis Cup and Asian Games

Bhupathi has donned Indian colours numerous times for the Davis Cup as well as other international tournaments, including the Asian Games.

Bhupathi has played 46 matches for India in the Davis Cup (from 1995 to 2006), winning 28 and losing 18. Out of the 28 matches that he won, 20 of his victories came in doubles matches.

In 2006, Bhupathi won the doubles championship with Leander Paes at the Asian Games in Doha.

Personal life

Mahesh Bhupathi is a born again Christian. In 2001, he was awarded the Padma Shri, one of India's highest civilian awards. Bhupathi is an alumnus of the University of Mississippi in the United States. He was married to model Shvetha Jaishankar, but they divorced after being married for seven years.

He then married Lara Dutta, Miss Universe of 2000 in a civil ceremony on 16 February 2011 at Bandra, Mumbai. It was later followed by a Christian ceremony on 20 February 2011 at Sunset Point in Goa. On 1 August 2011 Dutta confirmed that she was pregnant with their first child. Their daughter Saira was born on 20 January 2012. In 2010, the couple started a film production company together, Big Daddy Productions.

Partnerships

Bhupathi will partner Daniel Nestor for 2013 season.

Partners in men's doubles

No.	Partner	Year
1	Leander Paes	1994–2006 2008-2011
2	Dick Norman	1994
3	Sulistyo Wibowo	1995
4	Jeff Belloli	1995
5	Peter Tramacchi	1995-1996, 1998-1999
6	Chris Haggard	1995-1996, 2006
7	Ross Matheson	1995
8	Robert Devens	1995
9	Ali Hamadeh	1995-1996
10	Joao Cunha-Silva	1995
11	Tomas Nydahl	1996
12	Jamie Holmes	1996
13	Nebojsa Djordjevic	1996
14	Wayne Black	1996-1997
15	Kent Kinnear	1996
16	Jean-Philippe Fleurian	1997
17	Tommy Ho	1997
18	Rick Leach	1997
19	Sandeep Kirtane	1997
20	Fazaluddin Syed	1998, 2000-2001
21	Mark Knowles	1998, 2000, 2008-2009, 2011
22	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	1998
23	Baris Ergun	1998
24	Paul Haarhuis	1998
25	Srinath Prahlad	1998
26	Gaurav Natekar	1998
27	Mosé Navarra	1999, 2001
28	Tim Henman	1999, 2003, 2007
29	Andrei Pavel	1999
30	Wayne Ferreira	1999
31	Andrew Florent	1999
32	Wayne Arthurs	2000
33	Andrew Kratzmann	2000
34	David Prinosil	2000
35	Kevin Ullyett	2000
36	Nenad Zimonjić	2000, 2002, 2007, 2012
37	Scott Humphries	2000
38	Byron Black	2000
39	Dominik Hrbatý	2001
40	Sébastien Lareau	2001
41	Jeff Tarango	2001-2002
42	Wittaya Samrej	2001
43	Jan-Michael Gambill	2002, 2004
44	Brian MacPhie	2002
45	Max Mirnyi	2002-2004, 2010
46	Todd Woodbridge	2002-2003, 2005
47	Mike Bryan	2002
48	Jonas Björkman	2002, 2004-2005
49	Joshua Eagle	2003
50	Rohan Bopanna	2003, 2007-2013
51	Dmitry Tursunov	2004
52	Fabrice Santoro	2004, 2006-2007
53	Paul Hanley	2004, 2007
54	Fernando González	2005
55	Martin Damm	2005
56	Justin Gimelstob	2005-2007
57	Wesley Moodie	2006
58	Radek Štěpánek	2006-2007
59	Leoš Friedl	2006
60	Robby Ginepri	2006
61	Julian Knowle	2006
62	Xavier Malisse	2006
63	Alexander Waske	2006
64	Mario Ančić	2006
65	James Blake	2006
66	Pavel Vízner	2007
67	Jamie Murray	2007
68	Marcel Granollers	2011
69	Michal Mertiňák	2011
70	Daniel Nestor	2013
71	Michaël Llodra	2013

Partners in mixed doubles

No.	Partner	Year	Final Win	Final Runner-up
1	Rika Hiraki	1997	1
2	Caroline Vis	1998
3	Rennae Stubbs	1998
4	Mirjana Lučić	1998 1999		1
5	Ai Sugiyama	1999 2000 2001	1
6	Annabel Ellwood	1999
7	Martina Navratilova	2000
8	Elena Likhovtseva	2001 2002 2003 2004	1	1
9	Jelena Dokić	2001
10	Iroda Tulyaganova	2003
11	Paola Suárez	2003
12	Lisa Raymond	2004 2005
13	Mary Pierce	2005	1
14	Daniela Hantuchová	2005 2007 2010	1
15	Martina Hingis	2006	1
16	Zi Yan	2006
17	Paola Suárez	2007
18	Sania Mirza	2007 2008 2009 2011 2012	2	1
19	Jie Zheng	2008 2011
20	Samantha Stosur	2008
21	Liezel Huber	2009 2010
22	Anastasia Rodionova	2011
23	Elena Vesnina	2011		1
24	Andrea Hlaváčková	2012
25	Nadia Petrova	2013
26	Casey Dellacqua	2013

• These lists only consists of players who played with Mahesh Bhupathi in ATP(& ITF)-recognized tournaments which include the Olympics, Grand Slams, World Tour Finals, World Tour Masters, World Tour Series, Davis Cup Ties, and ATP Challengers. The lists might be incomplete when all the other tournaments are considered. The order of the players in the list is based on their first partnering with Mahesh Bhupathi.

Other partners

India – Asian Games/Commonwealth Games/Other Events

• Leander Paes

Partnership with Leander Paes

Mahesh Bhupathi and his doubles partner Leander Paes

From the pinnacle of 1999 to the depths of 2006, the relationship between the two top Indian players, Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi has fluctuated, turning from great to bad to worse. The two forged a formidable partnership in the late 90s and steeply climbed the ladder of the doubles rankings. They played so well as a team that it prompted the then top Australian doubles pair of Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge (known as the Woodies) to predict that Bhupathi and Paes would take their place in tennis doubles after they left the scene. Together with Paes, Bhupathi featured in several memorable Grand Slam matches, Olympic matches, and Davis Cup matches for India. From such a high, the relationship between the pair gradually deteriorated and reached a point of no communication. The exact cause or causes for the rift have never been known so far, though various factors like ego clashes and each player garnering more attention than the other have been rumoured over the years. Just after winning the 2006 Asian games, both players announced that they would never play again together. In spite of the cold relationship between them, they decided to play together in the Beijing 2008 Olympics for a possible medal chance in the doubles event. Bhupathi had initially shot a letter to the AITA stating that he did not want to play with Paes in the Olympic Games, preferring Bopanna instead as his partner.

Bhupathi had said, "Leander and I are best option for India but we need to go with some kind of preparation. We need to build a team. It's not about past performances. Rohan Bopanna and I are better prepared as a team", The AITA responded by saying that it would not change the doubles team pairing and that it was up to Paes and Bhupathi to ensure that the differences between them did not come in the way of national glory. (Reuters) However, Bhupathi and Paes decided to once again form a doubles pair, and entered the 2008 Ordina Open together as second seed. They finished as runners up in their comeback tournament. They partnered in the men's doubles event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but lost the quarterfinals to Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland, who went on to win the gold medal.

Leander and Mahesh decided to team up again at the Australian Open 2011, ending a nine-year separation on the ATP circuit. They reached the finals of the event but lost to American twins Bob and Mike Bryan. Paes stated at the time that the best thing has been to have their friendship back.

The Indian Duo has a 303–103 career record together. They have higher success rate against various top teams. They have a Davis Cup record of longest winning streak in doubles, with 23 straight wins.

Mahesh Bhupathi refused to play with Leander Paes in men's doubles event of the London Olympics, to be held in July–August 2012. On 19 June 2012, All India Tennis association relented to the demands of Bhupathi and Bopanna of not playing along Paes. Two teams were sent for the London Olympics- 2012,with Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna as one team and the other team consisting of Leander Paes and Vishnu Vardhan. Bhupathi also accused AITA for using Sania Mirza as a bait for Leander's participation in the Olympics. Despite AITA relenting to the demands of Bhupathi and Bopanna and permitting them to play together, they crashed out in the second round to the unseeded French pairing of Richard Gasquet and Julien Benneteau.

Sports management and sports-based e-commerce

Bhupathi has also been involved in developing tennis facilities in India and, along with his company Globosport, has played a key rôle in developing and managing the careers of many Indian athletes, including Sania Mirza.

Mahesh Bhupathi has also been involved in sports based e-commerce; he is one of the directors of sports365.in, an online store selling sports goods and fitness equipment.

Awards

• Padma Shri, 2001
• Sports people for Change Karmaveer Puraskaar, 2007, iCONGO-Confederation of NGOs

External links

• Mahesh Bhupathi at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Mahesh Bhupathi Fan Site
• Davis Cup Player page
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