Leander Paes

Leander Paes

Country (sports)	India
Residence	Kolkata, West Bengal
Born	(1973-06-17) 17 June 1973 Goa
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	1991
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$7,141,026
Singles
Career record	99–98
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 73 (24 August 1998)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (1997, 2000)
French Open	2R (1997)
Wimbledon	2R (2001)
US Open	3R (1997)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	Bronze Medal (1996)
Doubles
Career record	628–326
Career titles	51
Highest ranking	No. 1 (21 June 1999)
Current ranking	No. 5 (8 October 2012)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	W (2012)
French Open	W (1999, 2001, 2009)
Wimbledon	W (1999)
US Open	W (2006, 2009)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	F (1997, 1999, 2000, 2005)
Olympic Games	SF – 4th place (2004)
Mixed doubles
Career titles	6
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	W (2003, 2010)
French Open	F (2005)
Wimbledon	W (1999, 2003, 2010)
US Open	W (2008)
Other mixed doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	QF (2012)
Medal record Representing India Men's tennis Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Singles Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi Men's doubles Asian Games 1994 Hiroshima Men's doubles 1994 Hiroshima Men's team 2002 Busan Men's doubles 2006 Doha Men's doubles 2006 Doha Mixed doubles 1994 Hiroshima Men's singles 2002 Busan Mixed doubles
Last updated on: 9 October 2012 Signature of Leander Paes.

Leander Adrian Paes (Bengali: লিয়েন্ডার পেজ; born 17 June 1973) is an Indian professional tennis player who currently features in the doubles events in the ATP tour and the Davis Cup tournament. Having won seven doubles and six mixed doubles Grand Slam titles and finishing as runner up in numerous other Grand Slam finals, he is considered to be one of the greatest and most respected contemporary doubles and mixed doubles players in the world. He is among the most successful professional Indian tennis players and is also the former captain of the Indian Davis Cup team. He is the recipient of India's highest sporting honour, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, in 1996–1997; the Arjuna Award in 1990; and the Padma Shri award in 2001 for his outstanding contribution to tennis in India. Paes completed the career grand slam in men's doubles after winning the Australian Open in 2012. Paes is a direct descendant of the Bengali poet Michael Madhusudan Dutt. He is the sports ambassador of the Indian state of Haryana.

Apart from his thirteen Grand Slam victories in doubles and mixed doubles events, he is famous for his several memorable Davis Cup performances playing for India and also for winning a bronze medal for India in the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. He also achieved the rare men's doubles/mixed doubles double in the 1999 Wimbledon. His consecutive Olympic appearances from 1992 to 2012 make him the first Indian and first & only tennis player to compete at six Olympic Games (shooters Karni Singh and Randhir Singh earlier competed in five Olympics Games). After winning the mixed doubles Wimbledon title in 2010, Paes became only the second man (after Rod Laver) to win Wimbledon titles in three different decades. In 2010, he joined the Board of Directors of Olympic Gold Quest, a foundation co-founded by Geet Sethi and Prakash Padukone to support talented athletes from India in winning Olympic medals. Apart from the ATP circuit, he also plays in the World TeamTennis competition for Washington Kastles, the team which won the 2009 and 2011 season contest, the latter of which being the first team to complete an undefeated season at 16–0. He was named as MVP of the tournament for the years 2009 and 2011.

Early life

Leander was born in Goa, India on 17 June 1973. He was born to Vece Paes and Jennifer Paes and was raised in Kolkata. He was educated at La Martiniere Calcutta, Madras Christian College Hr Sec School, Chennai, and the Loyola College, Chennai of the University of Madras. His parents were both sportspersons. His father Vece Paes was a midfielder in the bronze medal-winning Indian field hockey team at the 1972 Munich Olympics. His mother captained the Indian basketball team in the 1980 Asian basketball championship. Paes enrolled with the Britannia Amritraj Tennis Academy in Madras (Chennai) in 1985, where he was coached by Dave O'Meara. The academy played a key role in his early development. Leander shot into international fame when he won the 1990 Wimbledon Junior title and rose to no. 1 in the junior world rankings.

Personal life

Paes is a direct descendant of the Bengali poet Michael Madhusudan Dutt. Previously having dated Bollywood actress Mahima Chaudhary, he is now married to Rhea Pillai and has a daughter Aiyana.

Career

Early career (1991–1997)

Paes showed promise early in his career by winning titles at the Junior US Open and the Junior Wimbledon. He turned professional in 1991. He rose to the number 1 in the world in the junior rankings. In 1992, he reached the quarter finals of the doubles event in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics with Ramesh Krishnan.

He went one better at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, where he beat Fernando Meligeni to win the bronze medal, thus becoming the first Indian to win an individual medal since KD Jadhav won bronze at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics more than four decades earlier. Paes cited the match as one of his greatest performances on the court, in part because his wrist was severely injured. He was awarded the highest sporting honour by the government of India, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in 1996. His first successful year in the ATP circuit came in 1993, when he partnered Sébastien Lareau to reach the US Open doubles semifinal. After having a moderate season in 1994, he reached the quarterfinals of the 1995 Australian Open doubles with Kevin Ullyett. From 1996, he partnered with fellow-Indian Mahesh Bhupathi, which would prove to be a winning combination. Their first year was not a very successful one, especially in the Grand Slams, with a round of 32 finish at Wimbledon being the best. 1997 proved a much better year for the team of Paes and Bhupathi, with the semifinals of the US Open their best Grand Slam result. Paes climbed the doubles ranking from no. 89 at the beginning of the year to no. 14 at the end of the year.

Rise in doubles (1998–2002)

The doubles team of Paes and Bhupathi grew stronger in 1998, reaching the semifinals of three Grand Slams, the Australian Open, the French Open, and the US Open. In the same year, Paes had two of his biggest singles results in the ATP tour. The first one came by winning an ATP singles title at Newport, and the second was beating Pete Sampras, 6–3, 6–4, at the New Haven ATP tournament. In 1999, the duo reached the finals of all four Grand Slams, winning Wimbledon and the French Open, thus becoming the first Indian pair to win a doubles event at a Grand Slam. Paes also teamed up with Lisa Raymond to win the mixed doubles event at Wimbledon. The year also marked his ascent to the no. 1 ranking in doubles. The following year, Paes partnered with Sébastien Lareau for the Australian Open and Jan Siemerink for the French Open, losing in the first round on both occasions. Paes teamed up again with Bhupathi for the US Open, but lost in the first round again. The duo had a disappointing second -ound exit to Australian duo of Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde at the Sydney Olympics, despite high hopes. Paes was given the honour of carrying the Indian Flag at the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympics. In spite of a winning the French Open in 2001, the team of Bhupathi and Paes had first-round exits in the other three Grand Slams. Paes was awarded the Padmashri by the Government of India in 2001. The duo of Paes and Bhupathi won the gold medal at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan. In 2002, Leander paired up with Michael Hill for a number of tournaments, with moderate success.

Leander Paes and Martina Navratilova pairing up in a mixed doubles event

2003–2007

Between 2003 and the present, Paes has increasingly focused on his doubles and mixed doubles game. Leander won the mixed doubles events at the Australian Open and Wimbledon with Martina Navrátilová, both in 2003. Weeks after the win at Wimbledon, Paes was admitted to the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Orlando for a suspected brain tumor that was later found to be neurocysticercosis, a parasitic brain infection. While being treated, he had to miss the US Open, but he recovered by the end of that year. In the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, he paired up with Bhupathi, failing again at the semifinals stage. His next Grand Slam success was in the US Open doubles event in 2006 with Martin Damm. Paes led the Indian tennis team at the Doha Asian Games in 2006 and won two golds in the men's doubles (partnering Bhupathi) and mixed doubles (partnering Sania Mirza). Paes maintained his doubles ranking in the top 20 in the world between 2005 and 2007. With wins in the Rotterdam and Indian Wells, Paes took his doubles tally to 38.

2008

Paes and Bhupathi took part in the men's doubles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. They were eliminated in the quarterfinals by Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka, who went on to win the men's doubles gold medal. Later in 2008, with Cara Black, he won the 2008 US Open mixed doubles title.

2009

In 2009, he won the French Open and US Open Men's doubles titles with Lukáš Dlouhý and was the runner-up in mixed doubles at the US Open.

2010

He began the 2010 season in good form, again winning the Australian Open mixed doubles title with Cara Black. This was the pair's third consecutive Grand Slam final and the fourth overall. The 2010 Wimbledon win with Black made Paes India's leading Grand Slam winner, ahead of his ex-doubles partner Mahesh Bhupathi, with a total of 12 grand slam titles.

2012

Leander Paes and his partner Radek Štěpánek's journey at Wimbledon championship 2012 came to an end when the duo lost against Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo.

Leander Paes and Elena Vesnina reached the finals of the mixed doubles at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships after beating Bob Bryan and Liezel Huber 7–5, 3–6, 6–3 on 7 July 2012. but they lost on the final to Lisa Raymond and Mike Bryan 3–6, 7–5, 4–6. In 2012 Summer Olympics, the Indian pair (partner Vishnu Vardhan) lost to French Team Michaël Llodra and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga by 6–7, 6–4, 3–6

Leander Paes and his partner Radek Stepanek have advanced to the final of the men's doubles at the 2012 US Open after their Spanish opponents, Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez, retired because of injury. However the duo lost in the finals of US Open 2012.

Davis Cup career

Leander Paes started his Davis Cup career in 1990 at the young age of 16, when he partnered Zeeshan Ali in doubles to beat the Japanese team in a gruelling five-set encounter. He is considered one of the top Davis cup players for his country, with a record of 86–31 overall, as of January 2012. He played an important role in the Indian Davis cup team that reached the World Group from 1991–1998. He was part of the Indian Davis Cup team that reached the semifinals of the 1993 Davis Cup with wins against Switzerland and France, eventually losing to Australia. In singles, his major wins came against French duo of Arnaud Boetsch and Henri Leconte in Frejus, France in 1993, Wayne Ferreira in 1994, and Goran Ivanišević in 1995 when India defeated Croatia, Jan Siemerink in 1995 to defeat Netherlands, and Jiří Novák in 1997. He teamed up with Bhupathi to beat Hirszon and Ivanisevic of Croatia in 1995, Martin Damm and Petr Korda of the Czech Republic in 1997, Nicolás Massú and Marcelo Ríos of Chile in 1997, Broad and Tim Henman in 1998, and Simon Aspelin and Jonas Björkman of Sweden in 2005. In 2007, Leander has three wins (two doubles and one singles) and no losses in the Davis Cup.

In 1993, ranked No. 197 he lost to No. 238 Fernon Wibierin the first round of qualifying at Wimbledon. Three weeks later he hammered No. 25 Arnaud Boetsch on clay (not his best surface) in straight sets in the Davis Cup. Not to mention that in the same week, he had also beaten Henri Leconte.

And even though Ramesh Krishnan closed the tie out by beating Rodolphe Gilbert in a thrilling five-setter, the architect of that victory was Paes. Even as his career as a singles player on the ATP circuit floundered, Paes would always find a way to do the trick for India in Davis Cup. Reuters

In 1994, ranked No 143, he lost in the first round of a Challenger to No 208 Louis Gloria. Four weeks later, he conjured up a miracle of sorts to destroy World No. 13 Wayne Ferreira in straight sets in the Davis Cup.

In 1995, ranked No 130, he managed to beat Croatia’s World No 7 Goran Ivanisevic, in a controversial five-setter on grass. Now, this was an Ivanisevic at the height of his big-serving powers. In 1992 and 1994, he had reached the final of Wimbledon. But this was the Davis Cup a.k.a Paes territory.

Jan Siemerink, in 1996, then ranked 20, also fell to Paes’ Davis Cup inspired madness. As did Czech Jiri Novak. In short, when he donned the India colours, Paes was capable of accomplishing great deeds – no feat was too big or too small. He would do it all – just because it was for India.At the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, Paes was ranked 127th in the world and needed a wildcard to enter the main draw. But when did that ever stop him. The Indian ran in Andre Agassi in the semis, he was outgunned but he even managed to impress Agassi: ‘He’s a flying jumping bean, a bundle of hyperkinetic energy, with the tour’s quickest hands,’ the American later recalled in his autobiography ‘Open.’

Year-end finals

Paes appeared with Bhupathi in six season finales.

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

Paes played at the year-end championships with Bhupathi 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.

Acting career

Leander is set to make a debut in Ashok Kohli's Rajdhani Express, a socio-political thriller.As per reports Leander plays a terrorist in the film. He has also been offered his first Hollywood script.

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2012	Rajdhani Express	Keshav (a Terrorist)	Debut Film

Major finals

Olympic finals

Singles: 1 (1 bronze medal)

Bronze medal final

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Bronze	1996	Atlanta	Hard	Fernando Meligeni	3–6, 6–2, 6–4

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (0-1)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (1/0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	6 July 1998	Newport, United States	Grass	Neville Godwin	6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 87 (51-36)

Legend (Doubles)
Grand Slam (7/8)
ATP World Tour Finals (0/4)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (13/5)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (6/8)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (25/11)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	20 August 1995	New Haven, United States	Hard	Nicolas Pereira	Rick Leach Scott Melville	3–6, 7–5, 4-6
Winner	1.	7 April 1997	Chennai, India	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Oleg Ogorodov Eyal Ran	7–6, 7–5
Winner	2.	28 April 1997	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Mahesh Bhupathi	Petr Luxa David Škoch	6–1, 6–1
Winner	3.	28 July 1997	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	7–6, 6–3
Winner	4.	11 August 1997	New Haven, United States	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	6–4, 6–7, 6–2
Winner	5.	29 September 1997	Beijing, China	Hard (i)	Mahesh Bhupathi	Alex O'Brien Jim Courier	7–5, 7–6
Winner	6.	6 October 1997	Singapore, Singapore	Carpet (i)	Mahesh Bhupathi	Rick Leach Jonathan Stark	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	23 November 1997	Hartford, United States	Carpet	Mahesh Bhupathi	Rick Leach Jonathan Stark	3–6, 4–6, 6–7
Winner	7.	5 January 1998	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Winner	8.	9 February 1998	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Donald Johnson Francisco Montana	6–2, 7–5
Winner	9.	6 April 1998	Chennai, India (2)	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Olivier Delaître Max Mirnyi	6–7, 6–3, 6–2
Winner	10.	11 May 1998	Rome, Italy	Clay	Mahesh Bhupathi	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	6–4, 4–6, 7–6
Winner	11.	5 October 1998	Shanghai, China	Carpet (i)	Mahesh Bhupathi	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–4, 6–7, 7–6
Runner-up	3.	19 October 1998	Singapore, Singapore	Carpet	Mahesh Bhupathi	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	2 November 1998	Stuttgart, Germany	Hard (i)	Mahesh Bhupathi	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Winner	12.	9 November 1998	Paris, France	Carpet (i)	Mahesh Bhupathi	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	5.	1 February 1999	Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Jonas Björkman Patrick Rafter	3–6, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6, 4–6
Winner	13.	5 April 1999	Chennai, India (3)	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Wayne Black Neville Godwin	4–6, 7–5, 6–4
Winner	14.	24 May 1999	Paris, France	Clay	Mahesh Bhupathi	Goran Ivanišević Jeff Tarango	6–2, 7–5
Winner	15.	14 June 1999	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Jan Siemerink	Ellis Ferreira David Rikl	Walkover
Winner	16.	21 June 1999	London, United Kingdom	Grass	Mahesh Bhupathi	Paul Haarhuis Jared Palmer	6–7, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6
Winner	17.	5 July 1999	Newport, United States	Grass	Wayne Arthurs	Sargis Sargsian Chris Woodruff	6–7, 7–6, 6–3
Runner-up	6.	22 August 1999	Indianapolis, United States	Hard	Olivier Delaître	Paul Haarhuis Jared Palmer	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	7.	13 September 1999	New York, United States	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	6–7, 4–6
Runner-up	8.	15 November 1999	Hartford, United States	Carpet	Mahesh Bhupathi	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	3–6, 2–6, 2–6
Winner	18.	1 May 2000	Orlando, United States	Clay	Jan Siemerink	Justin Gimelstob Sébastien Lareau	6–3, 6–4
Winner	19.	9 October 2000	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Michael Hill Jeff Tarango	6–4, 6–7, 6–3
Runner-up	9.	17 December 2000	Bangalore, India	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Donald Johnson Piet Norval	6–7, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	20.	23 April 2001	Atlanta, United States	Clay	Mahesh Bhupathi	Rick Leach David Macpherson	6–3, 7–6
Winner	21.	30 April 2001	Houston, United States (2)	Clay	Mahesh Bhupathi	Kevin Kim Jim Thomas	7–6, 6–2
Winner	22.	28 May 2001	Paris, France (2)	Clay	Mahesh Bhupathi	Petr Pála Pavel Vízner	7–6, 6–3
Winner	23.	6 August 2001	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Martin Damm David Prinosil	7–6, 6–3
Runner-up	10.	29 October 2001	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet	Mahesh Bhupathi	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	6–7, 4–6
Runner-up	11.	5 November 2001	Paris, France	Carpet	Mahesh Bhupathi	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Winner	24.	31 December 2001	Chennai, India (4)	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Tomáš Cibulec Ota Fukárek	5–7, 6–2, 7–5
Winner	25.	29 April 2002	Majorca, Spain	Clay	Mahesh Bhupathi	Julian Knowle Michael Kohlmann	6–2, 6–4
Winner	26.	24 February 2003	Dubai, United Arab Emirates (2)	Hard	David Rikl	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	6–3, 6–0
Winner	27.	3 March 2003	Delray Beach, United States	Hard	Nenad Zimonjić	Raemon Sluiter Martin Verkerk	7–5, 3–6, 7–5
Runner-up	12.	6 April 2003	Miami, United States	Hard	David Rikl	Roger Federer Max Mirnyi	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	13.	22 June 2003	s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Donald Johnson	Martin Damm Cyril Suk	5–7, 6–7
Winner	28.	7 July 2003	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	David Rikl	František Čermák Leoš Friedl	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	14.	29 February 2004	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Jonas Björkman	Mahesh Bhupathi Fabrice Santoro	2–6, 6-4, 4–6
Winner	29.	7 June 2004	Halle, Germany	Grass	David Rikl	Tomáš Cibulec Petr Pála	6–2, 7–5
Winner	30.	5 July 2004	Gstaad, Switzerland (2)	Clay	David Rikl	Marc Rosset Stanislas Wawrinka	6–4, 6–2
Winner	31.	26 July 2004	Toronto, Canada (2)	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	15.	12 September 2004	New York, United States	Hard	David Rikl	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	3–6, 3–6
Winner	32.	13 September 2004	Delray Beach, United States (2)	Hard	Radek Štěpánek	Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez	6–0, 6–3
Winner	33.	11 April 2005	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Nenad Zimonjić	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Walkover
Winner	34.	18 April 2005	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Nenad Zimonjić	Feliciano López Rafael Nadal	6–3, 6–3
Winner	35.	26 September 2005	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard (i)	Paul Hanley	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	6–7, 6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	16.	16 October 2005	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Nenad Zimonjić	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	17.	23 October 2005	Madrid, Spain	Hard (i)	Nenad Zimonjić	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	18.	13 November 2005	Shanghai, China	Carpet (i)	Nenad Zimonjić	Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro	7–6(8–6), 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Runner-up	19.	29 January 2006	Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Martin Damm	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	36.	19 June 2006	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands (2)	Grass	Martin Damm	Arnaud Clément Chris Haggard	6–1, 7–6
Winner	37.	28 August 2006	New York, United States	Hard	Martin Damm	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	6–7, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	20.	7 January 2007	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Martin Damm	Mikhail Youzhny Nenad Zimonjić	1–6, 6–7
Winner	38.	19 February 2007	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Martin Damm	Andrei Pavel Alexander Waske	6–3, 6–7, [10–7]
Winner	39.	5 March 2007	Indian Wells, United States	Hard	Martin Damm	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	21.	1 April 2007	Miami, United States	Hard	Martin Damm	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–7, 6–3, [7-10]
Runner-up	22.	23 June 2007	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Martin Damm	Jeff Coetzee Rogier Wassen	6-3, 6-7, [10-12]
Runner-up	23.	9 June 2008	Halle, Germany	Grass	Lukáš Dlouhý	Mikhail Youzhny Mischa Zverev	6–3, 4–6, [3–10]
Runner-up	24.	15 June 2008	s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Mahesh Bhupathi	Mario Ančić Jürgen Melzer	6–7, 3–6
Runner-up	25.	25 August 2008	New York, United States	Hard	Lukáš Dlouhý	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–7(5–7), 6–7(10–12)
Winner	40.	21 September 2008	Bangkok, Thailand (2)	Hard (i)	Lukáš Dlouhý	Scott Lipsky David Martin	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up	26.	29 September 2008	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Lukáš Dlouhý	Mikhail Youzhny Mischa Zverev	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	27.	18 January 2009	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Scott Lipsky	Martin Damm Robert Lindstedt	5-7, 4-6
Runner-up	28.	15 February 2009	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard	Lukáš Dlouhý	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	2–6, 5–7
Winner	41.	6 June 2009	Paris, France (3)	Clay	Lukáš Dlouhý	Wesley Moodie Dick Norman	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Winner	42.	13 September 2009	New York, United States (2)	Hard	Lukáš Dlouhý	Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	29.	10 January 2010	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Lukáš Dlouhý	Jérémy Chardy Marc Gicquel	3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Runner-up	30.	27 February 2010	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Lukáš Dlouhý	Simon Aspelin Paul Hanley	2–6, 3–6
Winner	43.	3 April 2010	Miami, United States	Hard	Lukáš Dlouhý	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	31.	5 June 2010	Paris, France	Clay	Lukáš Dlouhý	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	32.	19 June 2010	s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Lukáš Dlouhý	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău	6–1, 5–7, [7–10]
Winner	44.	17 October 2010	Shanghai, China	Hard	Jürgen Melzer	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	7–5, 4–6, [10–5]
Winner	45.	9 January 2011	Chennai, India (5)	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Robin Haase David Martin	6–2, 6–7(3–7), [10–7]
Runner-up	33.	29 January 2011	Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 4–6
Winner	46.	2 April 2011	Miami, United States (2)	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor	6–7(5–7), 6–2, [10–5]
Runner-up	34.	12 June 2011	London, United Kingdom	Grass	Mahesh Bhupathi	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6(7–2), 6–7(4–7), [6–10]
Winner	47.	21 August 2011	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–2)
Winner	48.	8 January 2012	Chennai, India (6)	Hard	Janko Tipsarevic	Andy Ram Jonathan Erlich	6–4, 6–4
Winner	49.	28 January 2012	Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Radek Štěpánek	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6(7–1), 6–2
Winner	50.	31 March 2012	Miami, United States (3)	Hard	Radek Štěpánek	Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor	3–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Runner-up	35.	8 September 2012	US Open, New York, United States	Hard	Radek Štěpánek	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Runner-up	36.	7 October 2012	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Radek Štěpánek	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Winner	51.	14 October 2012	Shanghai, China (2)	Hard	Radek Štěpánek	Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna	6–7(7–9), 6–3, [10–5]

Grand Slam performance

Men's doubles: 15 (7-8)

By winning the 2012 Australian Open title, Paes achieved the career Grand Slam.

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1999	Australian Open	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Jonas Björkman Patrick Rafter	3–6, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(12–10), 4–6
Winner	1999	French Open	Clay	Mahesh Bhupathi	Goran Ivanišević Jeff Tarango	6–2, 7–5
Winner	1999	Wimbledon	Grass	Mahesh Bhupathi	Paul Haarhuis Jared Palmer	6–7(10–12), 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up	1999	US Open	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	6–7, 4–6
Winner	2001	French Open (2)	Clay	Mahesh Bhupathi	Petr Pála Pavel Vízner	7–6, 6–3
Runner-up	2004	US Open	Hard	David Rikl	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2006	Australian Open	Hard	Martin Damm	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	2006	US Open	Hard	Martin Damm	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	2008	US Open	Hard	Lukáš Dlouhý	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–7(5–7), 6–7(10–12)
Winner	2009	French Open (3)	Clay	Lukáš Dlouhý	Wesley Moodie Dick Norman	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Winner	2009	US Open (2)	Hard	Lukáš Dlouhý	Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	2010	French Open	Clay	Lukáš Dlouhý	Nenad Zimonjić Daniel Nestor	5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	2011	Australian Open	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 4–6
Winner	2012	Australian Open	Hard	Radek Štěpánek	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6(7–1), 6–2
Runner-up	2012	US Open	Hard	Radek Štěpánek	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 4–6

Mixed doubles: 14 (6-8)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1999	Wimbledon	Grass	Lisa Raymond	Anna Kournikova Jonas Björkman	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up	2001	US Open	Hard	Lisa Raymond	Rennae Stubbs Todd Woodbridge	6–4, 5–7, [11–9]
Winner	2003	Australian Open	Hard	Martina Navrátilová	Eleni Daniilidou Todd Woodbridge	6–4, 7–5
Winner	2003	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	Martina Navrátilová	Anastassia Rodionova Andy Ram	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	2004	Australian Open	Hard	Martina Navrátilová	Elena Bovina Nenad Zimonjić	6–1, 7–6
Runner-up	2005	French Open	Clay	Martina Navrátilová	Daniela Hantuchová Fabrice Santoro	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	2007	US Open	Hard	Meghann Shaughnessy	Victoria Azarenka Max Mirnyi	6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Winner	2008	US Open	Hard	Cara Black	Liezel Huber Jamie Murray	7–6, 6–4
Runner-up	2009	Wimbledon	Grass	Cara Black	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Mark Knowles	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	2009	US Open	Hard	Cara Black	Carly Gullickson Travis Parrot	6–2, 6–4
Winner	2010	Australian Open (2)	Hard	Cara Black	Ekaterina Makarova Jaroslav Levinský	7–5, 6–3
Winner	2010	Wimbledon (3)	Grass	Cara Black	Lisa Raymond Wesley Moodie	6–4, 7–6
Runner-up	2012	Australian Open	Hard	Elena Vesnina	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Horia Tecău	3–6, 7–5, [3–10]
Runner-up	2012	Wimbledon	Grass	Elena Vesnina	Lisa Raymond Mike Bryan	3–6, 7–5, 4–6

Singles performance timeline

Tournament	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	SR	W–L
Grand Slams
Australian Open		1R		2R	1R	1R	2R		0 / 5	2–5
French Open				2R					0 / 1	1–1
Wimbledon			1R	1R	1R	1R		2R	0 / 5	1–5
US Open	1R		2R	3R	1R				0 / 4	3–4
Win–Loss	0–1	0–1	1–2	4–4	0–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	0 / 15	7–15

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	SR	W–L
Grand Slams
Australian Open	A	A	A	2R	QF	A	1R	SF	F	1R	1R	2R	QF	1R	A	F	3R	2R	SF	QF	F	W	1 / 17	43–16
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	SF	W	1R	W	SF	SF	2R	QF	1R	2R	3R	W	F	2R	2R	3 / 16	45–13
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	3R	A	2R	1R	2R	W	A	1R	1R	SF	2R	QF	SF	QF	SF	1R	2R	2R	3R	1 / 18	33–17
US Open	A	A	SF	2R	1R	A	SF	SF	F	1R	1R	2R	A	F	1R	W	1R	F	W	1R	QF	F	2 / 18	49–16
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	4–2	4–3	3–2	1–1	5–4	13–4	22–2	0–3	6–3	6–4	11–3	7–4	6–3	15–3	6–4	12–4	16–2	9–4	10–4	14–3	7 / 69	170–62
Year End Championships
Tennis Masters Cup	A	A	A	A	A	A	F	RR	F	F	RR	NH	A	A	F	SF	SF	RR	RR	RR	SF		0 / 12	19–27
Summer Olympics
Summer Olympics	NH	QF	Not Held			2R	Not Held			2R	Not Held			SF	Not Held			QF	Not Held			2R	0 / 6	10–6
Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	SF	2R	1R	1R	SF	1R	QF	2R	W	QF	2R	1R	2R	QF	1 / 16	19–15
Miami	A	A	A	2R	1R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	A	2R	F	QF	1R	A	F	QF	2R	W	W	W	3 / 17	32–14
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	2R	A	SF	1R	2R	A	W	2R	A	2R	SF	2R	A	QF	1 / 11	12–10
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	W	A	A	1R	1R	2R	2R	QF	2R	SF	2R	QF	QF	2R	2R	1 / 13	10–12
Madrid (Stuttgart)	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	F	A	A	QF	2R	A	1R	F	1R	2R	2R	A	SF	A	QF	0 / 11	11–11
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	W	SF	QF	A	1R	QF	QF	W	2R	SF	QF	SF	A	2R	2R	SF	2 / 13	19–11
Cincinnati	A	A	1R	A	A	A	QF	A	2R	A	W	1R	2R	QF	QF	SF	SF	QF	2R	2R	W	2R	2 / 15	17–13
Shanghai	Not Held																		A	W	SF	W	2 / 3	6–1
Paris	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	W	A	A	F	2R	1R	1R	A	1R	2R	A	2R	QF	2R		1 / 11	9–10
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	1R	2R	SF	SF	SF	A	A	SF	NM1				0 / 7	11–6
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	9–5	16–4	3–5	1–2	12–7	5–9	9–7	11–7	12–8	6–6	12–6	11–9	5–6	12–7	11–5	7–1	12 / 112	144–99
Ranking	481	179	93	142	76	89	14	4	1	84	9	33	13	13	12	12	12	10	8	5	8

Partnerships

Leander Paes is known for changing partnerships and experimenting with it. Horia Tecău was the 91st men's doubles partner of Paes' career when they two team up at the 2012 PTT Thailand Open. Paes has also teamed with 20 players in Grandslam Mixed Doubles. He's currently playing with Elena Vesnina in Mixed Doubles.

"I would especially like to thank Leander Paes ... he doesn't play for money, but for the sheer love of game."

Martina Navratilova ...while bringing down curtains on her illustrious three-decade long career after US Open 2006

Partners in Men's doubles

No.	Partner	Year
1	Zeeshan Ali	1990
2	Ramesh Krishnan	1991 1992 1993
3	Juan Rios	1991
4	Charlton Eagle	1991
5	Andrew Sznajder	1992
6	Bertrand Madsen	1992
7	Nicola Bruno	1992
8	Kevin Ullyett	1992 1995 1997
9	Nicklas Utgren	1992
10	Todd Nelson	1992 1993
11	Gilad Bloom	1992 1994
12	Donald Johnson	1992 1993 1994 1996 2003
13	Tommy Ho	1993
14	Vladimir Gabrichidze	1993
15	Arne Thoms	1993
16	Byron Black	1993 2000
17	Laurence Tieleman	1993 1995
18	Fernon Wibier	1993
19	Oliver Fernandez	1993
20	Jean-Philippe Fleurian	1993
21	Wayne Arthurs	1993 1999 2000
22	Sebastien Lareau	1993 1994 2000
23	Stefan Kruger	1993
24	Ellis Ferreira	1993
25	Johan De Beer	1993
26	Shuzo Matsuoka	1993
27	Marten Renstrom	1994
28	Mark Knowles	1994
29	Gaurav Natekar	1994 1995
30	Marius Barnard	1994
31	Albert Chang	1994
32	Stephen Noteboom	1994
33	Daniel Nestor	1994
34	Richard Matuszewski	1994
35	Mark Kaplan	1994
36	Mahesh Bhupathi	1994 -2006 2008 2009 – 2011
37	Adam Malik	1994
38	Wayne Black	1995 1996
39	Lars-Anders Wahlgren	1995
40	Kent Kinnear	1995
41	Matt Lucena	1995
42	Clinton Ferreira	1995
43	Eyal Ran	1995
44	Maurice Ruah	1995
45	Oscar Ortiz	1995
46	Nicolas Pereira	1995 1996
47	David Adams	1995
48	Devin Bowen	1996
49	Jeff Belloli	1996
50	Neville Godwin	1996
51	David DiLucia	1996
52	Chris Haggard	1996 2000
53	Marcos Ondruska	1997
54	Roger Smith	1997
55	Mark Keil	1997
56	Nitten Kirrtane	1997
57	Piet Norval	1998
58	Peter Tramacchi	1998
59	Jan Siemerink	1999 2000
60	Jonas Bjorkman	1999 2004
61	Jared Palmer	1999
62	Olivier Delaitre	1999
63	Fazaluddin Syed	2000
64	Nicolas Lapentti	2000
65	Vishal Uppal	2000 2002
66	Mustafa Ghouse	2001
67	John-Laffnie de Jager	2002
68	Justin Gimelstob	2002
69	Tomas Cibulec	2002 2004
70	Michael Llodra	2002
71	Stephen Huss	2002
72	Michael Hill	2002
73	David Rikl	2002 2003 2004
74	Nenad Zimonjic	2003 2005
75	Donald Johnson	2003
76	Jonathan Erlich	2004
77	Radek Stepanek	2004 2006 2012
78	Paul Hanley	2005 2007 2008
79	Martin Damm	2006 2007
80	Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi	2006
81	Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya	2007
82	Rohan Bopanna	2007 2012
83	Tommy Robredo	2008
84	Lukas Dlouhy	2008 2009 2010
85	Scott Lipsky	2009 2012
86	Jurgen Melzer	2010 2012
87	Janko Tipsarevic	2012
88	Alexander Peya	2012
89	Kevin Anderson	2012
90	Vishnu Vardhan	2012
91	Horia Tecău	2012

Partners in Mixed doubles

No.	Partner	Year
1	Yayuk Basuki	1994 1995
2	Kyoko Nagatsuka	1996
3	Ruxandra Dragomir-Ilie	1997
4	Larisa Savchenko	1998
5	Rika Hiraki	1998
6	Katrina Adams	1999
7	Lisa Raymond	1999 2000 2001 2002
8	Miriam Oremans	2002
9	Martina Navratilova	2002 2003 2004 2005
10	Nathalie Dechy	2006
11	Maria Kirilenko	2006
12	Samantha Stosur	2006 2007
13	Meghann Shaughnessy	2007
14	Agnes Szavay	2008
15	Nadia Petrova	2008
16	Rennae Stubbs	2008
17	Cara Black	2008 2009 2010 2011
18	Iveta Benesova	2011
19	Elena Vesnina	2011 2012
20	Sania Mirza	2012 (Olympics)

• These lists only consists of players who played with Leander Paes 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. They do not include the players who played with him in the other unrecognized multi-sport events and leagues such as World TeamTennis. 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 Leander Paes. Sania Mirza had also earlier played with Leander Paes in 2006, 2010 in Asian Games and Commonwealth Games.

Other Partners

India – Asian Games/Commonwealth Games/Other Events

• Mahesh Bhupathi
• Sania Mirza

WorldTeam Tennis

• Bobby Reynolds
• Anastasia Rodionova
• Venus Williams
• Rennae Stubbs
• Scott Oudsema

Partnership with Mahesh Bhupathi

Leander Paes and his doubles partner Mahesh Bhupathi

The duo of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi were nicknamed as "Indian Express". Leander Paes' off-and-on partnership with Bhupathi draws constant media attention in his home country, India. In the 2006 Asian Games, a loss to the Chinese Taipei team in the team event led Leander to question Bhupathi's commitment to Team India. He once stated in an interview that although he and Bhupathi are friends, he did not consider pairing with his former team-mate. However, for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, they decided to play together for their country, and lost in the quarterfinals to the eventual champions Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka.

In 2011, the "Indian Express" pair won the doubles title at Chennai Open. They reunited to play in a Grand Slam Tournament after nine years and claimed runners-up in the 2011 Australian Open and reached the semifinals in the year-end championships.

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.

Leander Peas was paired with Vishnu Vardhan at the London Olympics 2012, following the refusal of Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna to partner with him at the Olympics. Paes threatened to withdraw from London Olympics rather than play with Vardhan, whose world ranking was 296, but withdrew the threat a week later. Paes and Vardhan reached the second round of the tournament, losing to eventual silver medalists Michaël Llodra and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France.

External links

• Leander Paes Fan Site
• bio * file interview with Leander Paes
• Leander Paes at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Leander Paes at the Davis Cup