Early life

Leander was born in Calcutta, India, on 17 June 1973 to a Goan father. Vece Paes and Jennifer Paes were his parents and he was raised in Kolkata(Calcutta). He was educated at La Martiniere Calcutta, and the St. Xavier's College of the University of Calcutta. His parents were both sports persons. Vece 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 earned 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 great 19th century Bengali poet Michael Madhusudan Dutta through his mother.

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.

Career

Early career (1991-1997)

Paes first won titles at the Junior US Open and the Junior Wimbledon and he turned professional in 1991. He rose to the number 1 in the world 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 quarter-finals 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 to be 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 his only ATP singles title at Newport, and the second was beating Pete Sampras, 6-3, 6-4, at the New Haven ATP tournament in their only meeting throughout the career. 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 round 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.

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 Navratilova, both in 2003. Weeks after the win at Wimbledon, Paes was admitted to the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Orlando for a suspected brain tumour 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 quarter-finals 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

2012

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

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 the 2012 Summer Olympics, the Indian pair (partner Vishnu Vardhan) lost to French team Michaël Llodra and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 6-7, 6-4, 3-6

Paes and Štěpánek advanced to the final of the men's doubles at the 2012 US Open after their Spanish opponents, Marcel Granollers and Marc López, retired because of injury. However the duo lost in the final of US Open 2012 to the Bryan brothers.

Paes and Štěpánek kicked off the ATP World Tour Finals with a win against Pakistan's Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Dutchman Jean Julien Rojer, 6-4, 7-5. They made it to the semifinals, where they were eliminated by eventual runners-up Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna.

2013

Paes won the 2013 US Open men's doubles with Radek Štěpánek defeating Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares 6-1, 6-3. This is Paes' 3rd US Open men's doubles title and 14th Grand Slam title. In January 2014, Government of India announced its 3rd Highest Civilian Award Padma Bhushan for Paes.

2014

Paes won the 2014 Malaysian Open men's doubles with Marcin Matkowski.

2015

Paes started his 25th season on the ATP World Tour by partnering Klaasen to the Chennai final, where the team lost to Lu/Marray. On 17 January, he won his 55th tour-level title in his 93rd final at Auckland, again with Klaasen. The team recorded three match tie break victories en route to the final. With the win, Paes has won at least one trophy every season since 1997.

On 1 February, Paes captured his seventh Grand Slam mixed doubles crown at the 2015 Australian Open with Martina Hingis. It was his 15th major crown overall and his third mixed doubles triumph at Melbourne Park. The pair beat defending champions Daniel Nestor and Kristina Mladenovic in the final. As No. 7 seed with Klaasen in men's doubles, Paes lost to eventual champions Bolelli/Fognini in the second round.

At the 2015 French Open, Paes started a new partnership with Daniel Nestor. The pair crashed out in the third round; however Paes became just the seventh male player in Open Era to complete 700 match wins in Doubles.

At Wimbledon 2015, Paes teamed up with Martina Hingis to win the mixed doubles championship. The final with a 6-1, 6-1 score against fifth seeds Alexander Peya and Tímea Babos lasted only 41 minutes. In men's doubles, Paes and Nestor reached the third round. By winning his 4th Wimbledon mixed doubles title, Paes now shares the record for most such titles won in the gentlemen's section in the open era with Owen Davidson.

On September 12, 2015, Paes won the mixed doubles at the 2015 US Open partnering Martina Hingis, defeating Sam Querrey and Bethanie Mattek-Sands in three sets.

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 89-32 overall, as of July 2015. 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 Fréjus, 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 beat No. 25 Arnaud Boetsch on clay (not his best surface) in straight sets in the Davis Cup. He also defeated Henri Leconte in that same week 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.

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 Ivanišević (1992 and 1994 Wimbledon singles finalist) in a controversial five-setter on grass. Jan Siemerink, in 1996, then ranked No. 20, also fell to Paes' Davis Cup inspired play. As did Czech Jiří Novák.

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.

Playing style

Leander has been described as having a strange playing style by Andre Agassi. He varies his play as the match goes on; he is one of the best volleyers and a talented dropshotter. His volleying techniques were learnt from former Indian player Akhtar Ali.

Acting career

Leander made his film debut in Ashok Kohli's Rajdhani Express, a socio-political thriller. He has also been offered his first Hollywood script.

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2013	Rajdhani Express	Keshav	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

Doubles: 0

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

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1-0)

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

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

Doubles: 94 (55 titles, 39 runners-up)

Legend (Doubles)
Grand Slam (8-8)
ATP World Tour Finals (0-4)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (13-5)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (6-9)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (28-13)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	20 August 1995	New Haven, US	Hard	Nicolás 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, US	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, US	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, UAE	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Donald Johnson Francisco Montana	6-2, 7-5
Winner	9.	6 April 1998	Chennai, India	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	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	W/O
Winner	16.	21 June 1999	London, UK	Grass	Mahesh Bhupathi	Paul Haarhuis Jared Palmer	6-7, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6
Winner	17.	5 July 1999	Newport, US	Grass	Wayne Arthurs	Sargis Sargsian Chris Woodruff	6-7, 7-6, 6-3
Runner-up	6.	22 August 1999	Indianapolis, US	Hard	Olivier Delaître	Paul Haarhuis Jared Palmer	3-6, 4-6
Runner-up	7.	13 September 1999	New York, US	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	6-7, 4-6
Runner-up	8.	15 November 1999	Hartford, US	Carpet	Mahesh Bhupathi	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	3-6, 2-6, 2-6
Winner	18.	1 May 2000	Orlando, US	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, US	Clay	Mahesh Bhupathi	Rick Leach David Macpherson	6-3, 7-6
Winner	21.	30 April 2001	Houston, US	Clay	Mahesh Bhupathi	Kevin Kim Jim Thomas	7-6, 6-2
Winner	22.	28 May 2001	Paris, France	Clay	Mahesh Bhupathi	Petr Pála Pavel Vízner	7-6, 6-3
Winner	23.	6 August 2001	Cincinnati, US	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	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, UAE	Hard	David Rikl	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	6-3, 6-0
Winner	27.	3 March 2003	Delray Beach, US	Hard	Nenad Zimonjić	Raemon Sluiter Martin Verkerk	7-5, 3-6, 7-5
Runner-up	12.	6 April 2003	Miami, US	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, UAE	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	Clay	David Rikl	Marc Rosset Stanislas Wawrinka	6-4, 6-2
Winner	31.	26 July 2004	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	6-4, 6-2
Runner-up	15.	12 September 2004	New York, US	Hard	David Rikl	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	3-6, 3-6
Winner	32.	13 September 2004	Delray Beach, US	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	W/O
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, US	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,
Winner	39.	5 March 2007	Indian Wells, US	Hard	Martin Damm	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	6-4, 6-4
Runner-up	21.	1 April 2007	Miami, US	Hard	Martin Damm	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6-7, 6-3,
Runner-up	22.	23 June 2007	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Martin Damm	Jeff Coetzee Rogier Wassen	6-3, 6-7,
Runner-up	23.	9 June 2008	Halle, Germany	Grass	Lukáš Dlouhý	Mikhail Youzhny Mischa Zverev	6-3, 4-6,
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, US	Hard	Lukáš Dlouhý	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6-7(5-7), 6-7(10-12)
Winner	40.	21 September 2008	Bangkok, Thailand	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	Clay	Lukáš Dlouhý	Wesley Moodie Dick Norman	3-6, 6-3, 6-2
Winner	42.	13 September 2009	New York, US	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, UAE	Hard	Lukáš Dlouhý	Simon Aspelin Paul Hanley	2-6, 3-6
Winner	43.	3 April 2010	Miami, US	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,
Winner	44.	17 October 2010	Shanghai, China	Hard	Jürgen Melzer	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	7-5, 4-6,
Winner	45.	9 January 2011	Chennai, India	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Robin Haase David Martin	6-2, 6-7(3-7),
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, US	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor	6-7(5-7), 6-2,
Runner-up	34.	12 June 2011	London, UK	Grass	Mahesh Bhupathi	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7-6(7-2), 6-7(4-7),
Winner	47.	21 August 2011	Cincinnati, US	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić	7-6(7-4), 7-6(7-2)
Winner	48.	8 January 2012	Chennai, India	Hard	Janko Tipsarević	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, US	Hard	Radek Štěpánek	Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor	3-6, 6-1,
Runner-up	35.	8 September 2012	New York, US	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	Hard	Radek Štěpánek	Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna	6-7(7-9), 6-3,
Winner	52.	24 August 2013	Winston-Salem, US	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Treat Conrad Huey Dominic Inglot	7-6(12-10), 7-5
Winner	53.	8 September 2013	New York, US	Hard	Radek Štěpánek	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	6-1, 6-3
Runner-up	37.	3 August 2014	Washington, D.C., United States	Hard	Samuel Groth	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău	5-7, 4-6
Winner	54.	27 September 2014	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard (i)	Marcin Matkowski	Jamie Murray John Peers	3-6, 7-6(7-5),
Runner-up	38.	11 January 2015	Chennai, India	Hard	Raven Klaasen	Yen-hsun Lu Jonathan Marray	3-6, 6-7(4-7)
Winner	55.	17 January 2015	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Raven Klaasen	Dominic Inglot Florin Mergea	7-6(7-1), 6-4
Runner-up	39.	22 February 2015	Delray Beach Open, Delray Beach, United States	Hard	Raven Klaasen	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3-6, 6-3,

Grand Slam performance

Men's doubles: 16 (8-8)

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	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	Clay	Lukáš Dlouhý	Wesley Moodie Dick Norman	3-6, 6-3, 6-2
Winner	2009	US Open	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
Winner	2013	US Open	Hard	Radek Štěpánek	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	6-1, 6-3

Mixed doubles: 17 (9-8)

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,
Winner	2003	Australian Open	Hard	Martina Navratilova	Eleni Daniilidou Todd Woodbridge	6-4, 7-5
Winner	2003	Wimbledon	Grass	Martina Navratilova	Anastassia Rodionova Andy Ram	6-3, 6-3
Runner-up	2004	Australian Open	Hard	Martina Navratilova	Elena Bovina Nenad Zimonjić	6-1, 7-6
Runner-up	2005	French Open	Clay	Martina Navratilova	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	Hard	Cara Black	Ekaterina Makarova Jaroslav Levinský	7-5, 6-3
Winner	2010	Wimbledon	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,
Runner-up	2012	Wimbledon	Grass	Elena Vesnina	Lisa Raymond Mike Bryan	3-6, 7-5, 4-6
Winner	2015	Australian Open	Hard	Martina Hingis	Kristina Mladenovic Daniel Nestor	6-4, 6-3
Winner	2015	Wimbledon	Grass	Martina Hingis	Tímea Babos Alexander Peya	6-1, 6-1
Winner	2015	US Open	Hard	Martina Hingis	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sam Querrey	6-4, 3-6,

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/Year	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	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	1R	QF	2R	1R	1/21	47-20
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	SF	W	1R	W	SF	SF	2R	QF	1R	2R	3R	W	F	2R	2R	2R	A	3R		3/18	48-15
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	3R	A	2R	1R	2R	W	A	1R	1R	SF	2R	QF	SF	QF	SF	1R	2R	2R	3R	SF	SF	3R		1/21	43-20
US Open	A	A	SF	2R	1R	A	SF	SF	F	1R	1R	2R	A	F	1R	W	1R	F	W	1R	QF	F	W	3R	2R		3/21	58-18
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	11-3	9-3	6-4	0-1	8/81	196-73
Year End Championships
World Tour Finals	A	A	A	A	A	A	F	RR	F	F	RR	NH	A	A	F	SF	SF	RR	RR	RR	SF	SF	RR	A	A		0/14	20-29
Summer Olympics
Summer Olympics	NH	QF	Not Held			2R	Not Held			2R	Not Held			4th	Not Held			QF	Not Held			2R	NH				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	A	QF	2R		1/18	22-17
Miami	A	A	A	2R	1R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	A	2R	F	QF	1R	A	F	QF	2R	W	W	W	2R	1R	1R		3/20	33-17
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	2R	A	SF	1R	2R	A	W	2R	A	2R	SF	2R	A	QF	QF	A	2R		1/13	14-12
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	W	A	A	1R	1R	2R	2R	QF	2R	SF	2R	QF	QF	2R	2R	2R	A	2R		1/15	10-14
Madrid (Stuttgart)	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	F	A	A	QF	2R	A	1R	F	1R	2R	2R	A	SF	A	QF	2R	A	2R		0/13	11-13
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	W	SF	QF	A	1R	QF	QF	W	2R	SF	QF	SF	A	2R	2R	SF	2R	2R	2R		2/17	21-15
Cincinnati	A	A	1R	A	A	A	QF	A	2R	A	W	1R	2R	QF	QF	SF	SF	QF	2R	2R	W	2R	QF	2R	QF		2/18	20-16
Shanghai	Not Held																		A	W	SF	W	2R	2R	2R		2/6	12-4
Paris	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	W	A	A	F	2R	1R	1R	A	1R	2R	A	2R	QF	2R	2R	2R	QF	1R		1/15	11-14
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	14-7	4-8	5-6	5-9		13/142	165-128
Ranking	481	179	93	142	76	89	14	4	1	84	9	33	13	13	12	12	12	10	8	5	8	3	10	29	41

Mixed Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	SR
Grand Slams
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	F	2R	W	F	A	SF	QF	2R	2R	W	2R	F	2R	QF	W	QF	3/17
French Open	A	A	A	2R	3R	QF	3R	QF	2R	2R	2R	F	QF	QF	1R	2R	QF	QF	SF	2R	A	2R		0/18
Wimbledon	3R	A	1R	QF	QF	W	A	3R	QF	W	3R	A	QF	QF	2R	F	W	QF	F	2R	2R	W		4/19
US Open	A	1R	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	F	2R	A	SF	QF	1R	F	W	F	QF	SF	QF	A	QF	W		2/18
SR	0/1	0/1	0/1	0/3	0/3	1/4	0/3	0/4	0/4	2/3	0/4	0/2	0/4	0/4	1/4	0/4	2/4	0/4	0/4	0/3	0/3	3/4	0/1	9/72

Partnerships

Leander Paes is known for changing partnerships and he has had 100 different partners over his career. Paes has also teamed with 23 players in Grandslam Mixed Doubles. He's currently playing with Martina Hingis in Mixed Doubles.

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	Sébastien Lareau	1993 1994 2000
23	Stefan Kruger	1993
24	Ellis Ferreira	1993
25	Johan de Beer	1993
26	Shuzo Matsuoka	1993
27	Marten Renström	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 2013 2015
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	Óscar Ortiz	1995
46	Nicolás 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 Björkman	1999 2004
61	Jared Palmer	1999
62	Olivier Delaître	1999
63	Fazaluddin Syed	2000
64	Nicolás Lapentti	2000
65	Vishal Uppal	2000 2002
66	Mustafa Ghouse	2001
67	John-Laffnie de Jager	2002
68	Justin Gimelstob	2002
69	Tomáš Cibulec	2002 2004
70	Michaël Llodra	2002 2013
71	Stephen Huss	2002
72	Michael Hill	2002
73	David Rikl	2002 2003 2004
74	Nenad Zimonjić	2003 2005
75	Jonathan Erlich	2004
76	Radek Štěpánek	2004 2006 2012 2013 2014 2015
77	Paul Hanley	2005 2007 2008
78	Martin Damm	2006 2007
79	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	2006
80	Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya	2007
81	Rohan Bopanna	2007 2012
82	Tommy Robredo	2008
83	Lukáš Dlouhý	2008 2009 2010
84	Scott Lipsky	2009 2012
85	Jürgen Melzer	2010 2012 2013
86	Janko Tipsarević	2012
87	Alexander Peya	2012
88	Kevin Anderson	2012
89	Vishnu Vardhan	2012
90	Horia Tecău	2012
91	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	2013
92	Purav Raja	2013
93	Sanam Singh	2013
94	Daniele Bracciali	2013
95	Sam Groth	2014
96	David Marrero	2014
97	Marcin Matkowski	2014
98	Stan Wawrinka	2014
99	Raven Klaasen	2015
100	Marcel Granollers	2015
101	Andy Murray	2015
102	Fernando Verdasco	2015
103	Grigor Dimitrov	2015
104	John Peers	2015
105	Łukasz Kubot	2015
106	Rafael Nadal	2015
107	Jérémy Chardy	2016

Partners in Mixed doubles

No.	Partner	Year
1	Yayuk Basuki	1994 1995
2	Kyōko 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	Ágnes Szávay	2008
15	Nadia Petrova	2008
16	Rennae Stubbs	2008
17	Cara Black	2008 2009 2010 2011
18	Iveta Benešová	2011
19	Elena Vesnina	2011 2012 2013
20	Sania Mirza	2012 (Olympics)
21	Jelena Janković	2013
22	Zheng Saisai	2013
23	Daniela Hantuchová	2014
24	Martina Hingis	2015

• 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 unrecognised 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
• Serena Williams
• Rennae Stubbs
• Scott Oudsema
• Martina Hingis
• Denis Kudla
• Sam Querrey

Champions Tennis League

• Garbiñe Muguruza
• Somdev Devvarman

Partnership with Mahesh Bhupathi

The duo of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi were nicknamed the ″Indian Express″. Leander Paes' off-and-on partnership with Bhupathi drew constant media attention in their 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 teammate. 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 a higher success rate against various top teams. They have a Davis Cup record of longest winning streak in doubles, with 23 straight wins.

Leander Paes was paired with Vishnu Vardhan at the London Olympics 2012, following the refusal of Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna to play with him at the Olympics. Paes threatened to withdraw from the 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.

Davis Cup Record

The Duo has the longest doubles streak in Davis Cup History.

SL	Year	Opponent	Result
1	1995	Sasa Hirszon / Goran Ivanišević	W
2	1996	Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis	L
3	1996	Jonas Björkman / Nicklas Kulti	L
4	1997	Martin Damm / Petr Korda	W
5	1997	Nicolás Massú / Marcelo Ríos	W
6	1998	Neil Broad / Tim Henman	W
7	1999	Dong-Hyun Kim / Hyung-Taik Lee	W
8	1999	Shan Jiang / Zhu Benqiang	W
9	2001	Ran Xu / Jing-Zhu Yang	W
10	2001	Thomas Shimada / Takao Suzuki	W
11	2001	Donald Johnson / Jared Palmer	W
12	2002	Patrick Chucri / Ali Hamadeh	W
13	2002	James Shortall / Daniel Willman	W
14	2003	Jun Kato / Thomas Shimada	W
15	2003	Alistair Hunt / Mark Nielsen	W
16	2004	Mark Nielsen / Matthew Prentice	W
17	2004	Thomas Shimada / Takahiro Terachi	W
18	2005	Yu Jr. Wang / Zhu Benqiang	W
19	2005	Murad Inoyatov / Denis Istomin	W
20	2005	Simon Aspelin / Jonas Björkman	W
21	2006	Woong-Sun Jun / Oh-Hee Kwon	W
22	2006	Jalil Khan / Asim Shafik	W
23	2008	Satoshi Iwabuchi / Takao Suzuki	W
24	2008	Adrian Cruciat / Horia Tecău	W
25	2009	Tsung-Hua Yang / Chu-Huan Yi	W
26	2010	Teymuraz Gabashvili / Igor Kunitsyn	W
27	2010	Marcelo Melo / Bruno Soares	W

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