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Leander Paes
Country (sports)India
ResidenceCalcutta and
Orlando, Florida
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro1991
PlaysRight-handed; one-handed backhand
Prize moneyUS$4,659,144
Singles
Career record99 - 98
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 73 (August 24, 1998)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2rd (1997, 2000)
French Open2rd (1997)
Wimbledon2rd (2001)
US Open3rd (1997)
Doubles
Career record473 - 245
Career titles38
Highest rankingNo. 1 (June 21, 1999)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenF (1999, 2006)
French OpenW (1999, 2001)
WimbledonW (1999)
US OpenW (2006)
Last updated on: Sept 04, 2008.
Olympic medal record
Men's Tennis
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta Singles

Leander Adrian Paes (born June 17, 1973) is an Indian male tennis professional who currently features in the doubles events in the ATP tour and the Davis Cup tournament. He is one of the most successful professional Indian tennis players and is also the current captain of the Indian tennis team. He has won various doubles and mixed doubles events at the Tennis Grand Slam events. He is also the recipient of India's highest sporting honour, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 1996–1997 and the Padmashri award in 2001 for his contribution to Tennis in India.

Apart from his eight Grand Slam victories at 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.

Early life

Leander was born in Goa, India to Vece Paes and Jennifer Paes and raised in Calcutta, India. He was educated at La Martiniere for Boys, Calcutta. His father and mother were both former Olympians. His father Vece Paes was a hockey player who represented India in the 1972 Munich Olympic games, in the hockey team that won the bronze medal. His mother captained the Indian basketball team in the 1980 Asian basketball championship. Paes enrolled with the Britannia Amritraj Tennis Academy in Madras 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. Paes is the great grandson 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 Paes.

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.[1] He rose to the number 1 in the world in the junior rankings.[2] In 1992, he reached the quarter finals of the doubles event in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics with Ramesh Krishnan.[3]

He went one better at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, where he beat Fernando Meligeni to win the Bronze medal, thus becoming the first Indian since KD Jadhav (Bronze in 1952 Helsinki Olympics) to win an individual medal for more than 4 decades.[4] Paes cited the match as one of his greatest performances on the court, in part because his wrist was severely injured.[5] He was awarded the highest sporting honour by the Government of India, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in 1996.[6] His first successful year in the ATP circuit came in 1993 when he partnered Sebastien Lareau to reach the US Open doubles semi-final. After having a moderate season in 1994 he reached the Quarter final of the 1995 Australian Open doubles with Kevin Ullyett. From 1996 he started partnering with fellow Indian Mahesh Bhupathi, which later would prove to be a winning combination. This 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 semi-finals of the US Open their best grand slam result. Paes climbed the doubles ranking from 89 at the beginning of the year to 14 at the end of the year.[7]

Rise in doubles (1998–2002)

Leander Paes and his former doubles partner Mahesh Bhupathi.

The doubles team of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi grew stronger in 1998 reaching the Semi-Finals of 3 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 at the New Haven ATP tournament.[8][9][10][11] In the year 1999, the duo reached the finals of all the 4 grand slams winning the Wimbledon and the French Open, thus becoming the first Indian pair to win a doubles event at a Grand slam event. 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 the doubles.[12] The following year Paes partnered with Sebastien Lareau for the Australian Open and Jan Siemerink for the French losing in the first round on both occasions. Paes teamed up again with Mahesh Bhupathi for the US Open but lost in the first round again. The duo had a disappointing second round exit to Australian duo of Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde at the Sydney Olympics, despite high hopes.[13] Paes was given the honour of carrying the Indian Flag at the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympics.[14] In spite of a winning the French Open in 2001, the team of Bhupathi and Paes had 1st round exits in the other 3 grand slams. Paes was awarded the Padmashri by the Government of India in 2001.[15] The duo of Paes and Bhupathi won the gold medal at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan.[16] In 2002 Leander paired up with Michael Hill for a number of tournaments with moderate success.

Leander Paes and Martina Navaratilova pairing up in a Mixed doubles event

2003–present

Between 2003 and present, Paes has increasingly focussed on his doubles and mixed doubles game. Leander won the Mixed doubles events at the Australian Open and Wimbledon with Martina Navaratilova, both in 2003. In the 2004 Athens Olympic games he paired up with Mahesh Bhupathi, failing again at the semi finals stage. His next grandslam success was in the U.S. Open doubles event in 2006. Paes lead the Indian tennis team at the Doha Asian Games in 2006 and won two golds in the Men's doubles (partnering Mahesh Bhupathi) and Mixed doubles(partnering Sania Mirza).[17][18] Paes has maintained his doubles ranking in the top 20 in the world between 2005 and 2007.[19][20] With wins in the Rotterdam and ATP Masters Series in Indian Wells, Paes has taken his doubles tally to 38, as of May 2007.[21][22][23]

Davis Cup career

Leander Paes started his Davis Cup career in 1990 at a young age of 16, when he partnered Zeeshan Ali in the doubles to beat the Japanese team in a gruelling 5 set encounter. He is considered as one of the top Davis cup players for his country with a record of 81–30 overall as of May 2007.[24][25] 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 Semi-Finals of the 1993 Davis Cup with wins against Switzerland and France, eventually losing out to Australia. In singles his major wins came against Wayne Ferreira in 1994, Goran Ivanišević in 1995 when India defeated Croatia, Jan Siemerink in 1995 to defeat Netherlands, Jiří Novák in 1997.[26] In doubles his major wins include beating the French Team of Arnaud Boetsch and Henri Leconte in France with Ramesh Krishnan in 1993.[27] He teamed up with Mahesh Bhupathi to beat Hirszon and Ivanisevic of Croatia in 1995, Martin Damm and Petr Korda of Czech Republic in 1997, Nicolás Massú and Marcelo Rios of Chile in 1997, Broad and Tim Henman in 1998 and Simon Aspelin and Jonas Björkman of Sweden in 2005. In 2007, Leander has 3 wins(2 Doubles 1 singles) and no losses in the Davis Cup.

Major career wins

Singles titles

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (1)
Challengers (11)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. December 7, 1992 Guangzhou, China Hard United States Richard Matuszewski 6–3, 6–3
2. May 23, 1994 Mumbai, India Hard Netherlands Joost Winnink 6–7, 6–3, 6–1
3. August 8, 1994 Binghamton, New York, U.S. Hard United States David Witt 6–4, 6–2
4. July 31, 1995 Brasilia Hard Brazil Roberto Jabali 6–1, 5–7, 6–4
5. November 18, 1996 Mauritius Grass France Fabrice Santoro 7–5, 6–4
6. March 2, 1998 Bangkok Hard Japan Gouichi Motomura 6–4, 7–5
7. July 6, 1998 Newport, Rhode Island, U.S. Grass South Africa Neville Godwin 6–3, 6–2
8. February 1, 1999 Kolkata, India Grass (I) India Mahesh Bhupathi 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
9. April 12, 1999 New Delhi Hard India Mahesh Bhupathi 7–5, 6–4
10. November 29, 1999 Lucknow, India Grass United Kingdom Jamie Delgado 7–6, 7–6
11. December 6, 1999 Jaipur, India Grass United Kingdom Barry Cowan 7–6, 6–4
12. February 28, 2000 Mumbai, India Hard Netherlands Dennis van Scheppingen 7–6, 3–2 ret.

Men's doubles titles (38)

Legend (Doubles)
Grand Slam (4)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (7)
ATP Tour (27)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent in the final Score
1. April 7, 1997 Chennai, India Hard India Mahesh Bhupathi Uzbekistan Oleg Ogorodov
Israel Eyal Ran 		7–6 7–5
2. April 28, 1997 Prague Clay India Mahesh Bhupathi Czech Republic Petr Luxa
Czech Republic David Škoch 		6–1 6–1
3. July 28, 1997 Montreal Hard India Mahesh Bhupathi Canada Sébastien Lareau
United States Alex O'Brien 		7–6 6–3
4. August 11, 1997 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. Hard India Mahesh Bhupathi Canada Sébastien Lareau
United States Alex O'Brien 		6–4 6–7 6–2
5. September 29, 1997 Beijing Hard (I) India Mahesh Bhupathi United States Alex O'Brien
United States Jim Courier 		7–5 7–6
6. October 6, 1997 Singapore Carpet (I) India Mahesh Bhupathi United States Rick Leach
United States Jonathan Stark 		6–4 6–4
7. January 5, 1998 Doha, Qatar Hard India Mahesh Bhupathi France Olivier Delaître
France Fabrice Santoro 		6–4 3–6 6–4
8. February 9, 1998 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard India Mahesh Bhupathi United States Donald Johnson
United States Francisco Montana 		6–2 7–5
9. April 6, 1998 Chennai, India Hard India Mahesh Bhupathi France Olivier Delaître
Belarus Max Mirnyi 		6–7 6–3 6–2
10. May 11, 1998 Rome Clay India Mahesh Bhupathi South Africa Ellis Ferreira
United States Rick Leach 		6–4 4–6 7–6
11. October 5, 1998 Shanghai Carpet (I) India Mahesh Bhupathi Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde 		6–4 6–7 7–6
12. November 2, 1998 Paris Carpet (I) India Mahesh Bhupathi Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis 		6–4 6–2
13. April 5, 1999 Chennai, India Hard India Mahesh Bhupathi Zimbabwe Wayne Black
South Africa Neville Godwin 		4–6 7–5 6–4
14. May 24, 1999 French Open Clay India Mahesh Bhupathi Croatia Goran Ivanišević
United States Jeff Tarango 		6–2 7–5
15. June 21, 1999 Wimbledon, United Kingdom Grass India Mahesh Bhupathi Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
United States Jared Palmer 		6–7 6–3 6–4 7–6
16. July 5, 1999 Newport, Rhode Island, U.S. Grass Australia Wayne Arthurs Armenia Sargis Sargsian
United States Chris Woodruff 		6–7 7–6 6–3
17. May 1, 2000 Orlando, Florida, U.S. Clay Netherlands Jan Siemerink United States Justin Gimelstob
Canada Sébastien Lareau 		6–3 6–4
18. October 9, 2000 Tokyo Hard India Mahesh Bhupathi Australia Michael Hill
United States Jeff Tarango 		6–4 6–7 6–3
19. April 23, 2001 Atlanta Clay India Mahesh Bhupathi United States Rick Leach
Australia David Macpherson 		6–3 7–6
20. April 30, 2001 Houston, Texas, U.S. Clay India Mahesh Bhupathi United States Kevin Kim
United States Jim Thomas 		7–6 6–2
21. May 28, 2001 French Open Clay India Mahesh Bhupathi Czech Republic Petr Pála
Czech Republic Pavel Vízner 		7–6 6–3
22. August 6, 2001 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. Hard India Mahesh Bhupathi Czech Republic Martin Damm
Germany David Prinosil 		7–6 6–3
23. December 31, 2001 Chennai, India Hard India Mahesh Bhupathi Czech Republic Tomáš Cibulec
Czech Republic Ota Fukarek 		5–7 6–2 7–5
24. April 29, 2002 Majorca, Spain Clay India Mahesh Bhupathi Austria Julian Knowle
Germany Michael Kohlmann 		6–2 6–4
25. February 24, 2003 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard Czech Republic David Rikl Zimbabwe Wayne Black
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett 		6–3 6–0
26. March 3, 2003 Delray Beach, Florida, U.S. Hard Serbia and Montenegro Nenad Zimonjić Netherlands Raemon Sluiter
Netherlands Martin Verkerk 		7–5 3–6 7–5
27. July 7, 2003 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Czech Republic David Rikl Czech Republic František Čermák
Czech Republic Leoš Friedl 		6–3 6–3
28. June 7, 2004 Halle, Germany Grass Czech Republic David Rikl Czech Republic Tomáš Cibulec
Czech Republic Petr Pála 		6–2 7–5
29. July 5, 2004 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Czech Republic David Rikl Switzerland Marc Rosset
Switzerland Stanislas Wawrinka 		6–4 6–2
30. July 26, 2004 Toronto Hard India Mahesh Bhupathi Sweden Jonas Bjorkman
Belarus Max Mirnyi 		6–4 6–2
31. September 13, 2004 Delray Beach, Florida, U.S. Hard Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek Argentina Gastón Etlis
Argentina Martín Rodríguez 		6–0 6–3
32. April 11, 2005 Monte Carlo Clay Serbia and Montenegro Nenad Zimonjić United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan 		walkover
33. April 18, 2005 Barcelona Clay Serbia and Montenegro Nenad Zimonjić Spain Feliciano López
Spain Rafael Nadal 		6–3 6–3
34. September 26, 2005 Bangkok Hard (I) Australia Paul Hanley Israel Jonathan Erlich
Israel Andy Ram 		6–7 6–1 6–2
35. June 19, 2006 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Grass Czech Republic Martin Damm France Arnaud Clément
South Africa Chris Haggard 		6–1 7–6
36. August 28, 2006 US Open Hard Czech Republic Martin Damm Sweden Jonas Björkman
Belarus Max Mirnyi 		6–7 6–4 6–3
37. February 19, 2007 Rotterdam Hard (I) Czech Republic Martin Damm Romania Andrei Pavel
Germany Alexander Waske 		6–3 6–7 [10–7]
38. March 5, 2007 Indian Wells, California, U.S. Hard Czech Republic Martin Damm Israel Jonathan Erlich
Israel Andy Ram 		6–4 6–4

Grand Slam men's doubles titles

Year Championship Partnering Opponent in Final Score in Final
1999 French Open India Mahesh Bhupathi Croatia Goran Ivanišević
United States Jeff Tarango		 6–2, 7–5
1999 Wimbledon India Mahesh Bhupathi Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
United States Jared Palmer		 6–7, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6
2001 French Open India Mahesh Bhupathi Czech Republic Petr Pala
Czech Republic Pavel Vizner		 7–6, 6–3
2006 U.S. Open Czech Republic Martin Damm Sweden Jonas Björkman
Belarus Max Mirnyi		 6–7, 6–4, 6–3

Grand Slam mixed doubles titles

Year Championship Partnering Opponent in Final Score in Final
1999 Wimbledon United States Lisa Raymond Sweden Jonas Björkman
Russia Anna Kournikova		 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
2003 Australian Open United States Martina Navratilova Australia Todd Woodbridge
Greece Eleni Daniilidou		 6–4, 7–5
2003 Wimbledon United States Martina Navratilova Israel Andy Ram
Russia Anastassia Rodionova		 6–3, 6–3
2008 US Open Zimbabwe Cara Black United Kingdom Jamie Murray
United States Liezel Huber		 7–6(8-6), 6–4

Controversies

Leander Paes and his off and on partnership with fellow Indian tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi draws constant media attention in home country India.[28][29][30] In the 2006 Asian Games, a loss to the Chinese Taipei in the team event led Leander to question Bhupathi's commitment to Team India.[31] He once stated in an interview that although he is friends with Bhupathi, he did not consider pairing with his former team-mate.[32] However, for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, they decided to play together for their country.[33]

Beijing Olympics 2008

Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi took part in the men's doubles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. They were eliminated in the Quater-Finals by Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka [34] who went on to win the men's doubles gold medal [35].


References

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  2. ^ Debasmita Chanda. "Leander Paes - India's Tennis Pride". Retrieved 2007-05-28.
  3. ^ "Olympics Barcelona - Men's Doubles - Main Draw". Retrieved 2007-12-31.
  4. ^ Gulu Ezekiel. "KD Jadhav - Man of Bronze". Retrieved 2007-06-01.
  5. ^ Mark Malinowski. "Fond Memories: Players REcall Greatest Moments III". Retrieved 2007-08-31.
  6. ^ Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India. "LIST OF RAJIV GANDHI KHEL RATNA AWARD WINNERS". Retrieved 2007-05-28.
  7. ^ ATP Tennis. "Rankings History". Retrieved 2007-06-01.
  8. ^ REUTERS (1998-07-13). "Paes picks up first ATP singles crown". Retrieved 2007-06-01. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  9. ^ ATP Tennis. "Official Tournament Draw". Retrieved 2007-06-01.
  10. ^ ATP Tennis. "Officiela Tournament Draw, New Haven". Retrieved 2007-05-28.
  11. ^ ATP Tennis (1998-08-21). "Paes sends Sampras packing". Retrieved 2007-06-01.
  12. ^ ATP Tennis. "Rankings History". Retrieved 2007-06-01.
  13. ^ www.gamesinfo.com.au. "Tennis results" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-06-01.
  14. ^ PTI. (2006-08-06). "Anju to carry flag at Athens". Retrieved 2007-06-01.
  15. ^ Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India (2001-01-26). "Civilian Awards announced on [[January 26]], [[2001]]". Retrieved 2007-05-28. {{cite web}}: URL–wikilink conflict (help)
  16. ^ 14th Asian Games BUSAN. (2002-10-11). "Uzbekistan, India, Chinese Taipei split Asiad tennis titles". Retrieved 2007-06-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  17. ^ 15th Asian Games Doha. (2006-12-13). "Men's Doubles Final MD31". Retrieved 2007-06-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  18. ^ 15th Asian Games Doha. (2006-12-13). "Mixed Doubles Final XD21". Retrieved 2007-06-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  20. ^ ATP Tennis. "Rankings History". Retrieved 2007-06-01.
  21. ^ ATP Tennis. "Rotterdam". Retrieved 2007-06-01.
  22. ^ PTI (2007-03-19). "Rotterdam". Retrieved 2007-06-01.
  23. ^ ATP. "Player Profile". Retrieved 2007-06-01.
  24. ^ Rohit Brijnath (2006-04-23). "Leander Paes - setting the standard". Retrieved 2007-05-28.
  25. ^ Davis Cup. "Team Profile". Retrieved 2007-06-01.
  26. ^ Davis Cup. "Player Profile, www.daviscup.com". Retrieved 2007-06-01.
  27. ^ Rohit Brijnath, The Sportstar Volume 25, No.40, October 05- October 11, 2002. (2002-10-11). "The enduring uniqueness of the Davis Cup". Retrieved 2007-06-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  28. ^ M S Unnikrishnan (2000-05-20). "Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi finally part ways". Retrieved 2007-06-01.
  29. ^ M S Unnikrishnan (2002-03-23). "Did 'sibling' rivalry lead to Paes-Bhupathi split?". Retrieved 2007-06-01.
  30. ^ The Hindu (2002-10-04). "AITA wants Mahesh Bhupathi back in the team". Retrieved 2007-06-01.
  31. ^ Times Now (2006-12-05). "Paes questions Mahesh's commitment". Retrieved 2007-06-01.
  32. ^ IBNLIVE (2006-05-27). "Pairing Hesh not on my mind: Paes". Retrieved 2007-06-01.
  33. ^ The Times of India (2007-12-18). "Lee-Hesh to play together in 2008 Olympics". Retrieved 2007-12-31.
  34. ^ IBNLIVE (2008-08-15). "Paes Bhupathi out of Olympics 2008". Retrieved 2008-08-15.
  35. ^ "Federer leads Swiss to doubles gold".
Preceded by Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
1996/1997
Joint with Nameirakpam Kunjarani 		Succeeded by

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