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Leander Paes
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Country (sports)
India India
Residence
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Born
(1973-06-17) 17 June 1973 (age 45)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro 1991
Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money $8,502,124
Singles
Career record 101–99 (50.5% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
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 SF – B (1996)
Doubles
Career record 758–444 (63.06% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 55
Highest ranking
No. 1 (21 June 1999)
Current ranking No. 75 (11 February 2019)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open
W (2012)
French Open
W (1999, 2001, 2009)
Wimbledon
W (1999)
US Open
W (2006, 2009, 2013)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals F (1997, 1999, 2000, 2005)
Olympic Games SF – 4th (2004)
Mixed doubles
Career titles 10
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open
W (2003, 2010, 2015)
French Open
W (2016)
Wimbledon
W (1999, 2003, 2010, 2015)
US Open
W (2008, 2015)
Other mixed doubles tournaments
Olympic Games QF (2012)
Team competitions
Last updated on: 11 February 2019
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Leander Adrian Paes (/ps/ PAYSS; born 17 June 1973) is an Indian professional tennis player who is considered to be one of the best doubles and mixed doubles players of all time, having achieved a career Grand Slam in each discipline.


He has won eight doubles and ten mixed doubles Grand Slam titles. He holds a career Grand Slam in men's doubles and mixed doubles, and achieved the rare men's doubles/mixed doubles double at the 1999 Wimbledon tournament. His mixed doubles Wimbledon title in 2010 made him the second man (after Rod Laver) to win Wimbledon titles in three decades.[1]


One of the most successful professional Indian tennis players, he has received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, India's highest sporting honour, in 1996–97; the Arjuna Award in 1990; the Padma Shri award in 2001 and its 3rd Highest Civilian Award the Padma Bhushan in January 2014 for his outstanding contribution to tennis in India.[2]


He won a bronze medal for India in singles in the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. He competed in consecutive Olympic appearances from 1992 to 2016,[3] making him the first Indian and only tennis player to compete at seven Olympic Games.


He is a former Davis Cup team captain, and holds the record for the most Davis Cup doubles wins with 43 victories (surpassing Nicola Pietrangeli who has 42 victories.).[4]


He also plays in World TeamTennis for the Washington Kastles, being on the 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 championship teams and was named Male MVP for 2009 and 2011 for all of World Team Tennis.[5]


He is the sports ambassador of the Indian state of Haryana.[6]




Contents






  • 1 Early life


    • 1.1 Personal life




  • 2 Career


    • 2.1 Early career (1991–1997)


    • 2.2 Rise in doubles (1998–2002)


    • 2.3 2003–2007


    • 2.4 2008


    • 2.5 2009


    • 2.6 2010


    • 2.7 2012


    • 2.8 2013


    • 2.9 2014


    • 2.10 2015


    • 2.11 2016


    • 2.12 2017


    • 2.13 2018


    • 2.14 2019


    • 2.15 Davis Cup career


    • 2.16 Year-end finals




  • 3 Playing style


  • 4 Acting career


  • 5 Significant finals


    • 5.1 Grand Slam finals


      • 5.1.1 Doubles: 16 (8 titles, 8 runner-ups)


      • 5.1.2 Mixed doubles: 18 (10 titles, 8 runner-ups)




    • 5.2 Olympic medal matches


      • 5.2.1 Singles: 1 (1 bronze medal)


      • 5.2.2 Doubles: 1






  • 6 ATP career finals


    • 6.1 Singles: 1 (1 title)


    • 6.2 Doubles: 98 (55 titles, 43 Losss)




  • 7 Challenger and Futures Finals


    • 7.1 Singles: 14 (11–3)


    • 7.2 Doubles: 42 (26–16)




  • 8 Performance timelines


    • 8.1 Singles


    • 8.2 Doubles


    • 8.3 Mixed doubles




  • 9 Partnerships


    • 9.1 Partners in men's doubles


    • 9.2 Partners in Mixed doubles


    • 9.3 Other partners


      • 9.3.1 India – Asian Games/Commonwealth Games/Other events


      • 9.3.2 WorldTeam Tennis


      • 9.3.3 Champions Tennis League






  • 10 Partnership with Mahesh Bhupathi


    • 10.1 Davis Cup record




  • 11 References


  • 12 External links





Early life


Leander was born in Calcutta, India, on 17 June 1973 to Vece Paes, a Goan, and, Jennifer Paes, from Calcutta. He was educated at La Martiniere Calcutta, Madras Christian College Higher Secondary School [7] 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.[8] 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.[9] 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 19th century Bengali poet Michael Madhusudan Dutta through his mother. Paes had a live-in-relationship with Rhea Pillai in 2005. The couple have a daughter, Aiyana. She has filed a case at a local metropolitan court against Paes in 2014, alleging that he had her belongings removed from a wing of his home so his visiting parents could stay there.[10]


In 2010, he joined the Board of Directors of Olympic Gold Quest,[11] a foundation co-founded by Geet Sethi and Prakash Padukone to support talented athletes from India in winning Olympic medals.[12]



Career



Early career (1991–1997)


Paes first won titles at the Junior US Open and the Junior Wimbledon and he turned professional in 1991.[13] He rose to the number 1 in the world junior rankings.[14] In 1992, he reached the quarter finals of the doubles event in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics with Ramesh Krishnan.[15]


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.[16] Paes cited the match as one of his greatest performances on the court, in part because his wrist was severely injured.[17] He was awarded the highest sporting honour by the government of India, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in 1996.[18] 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.[19] That year he also made his best singles performance in a Grand Slam, getting to the third round of the 1997 US Open, beating Carlos Costa and Arnaud Boetsch before losing to Cédric Pioline.



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 the only meeting in their career.[20][21][22][23] 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.[24] 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.[25] Paes was given the honour of carrying the Indian Flag at the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympics.[26] 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.[27] The duo of Paes and Bhupathi won the gold medal at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan.[28] 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 Navratilova, both in 2003. Weeks after the win at Wimbledon, Paes was admitted to the MD Anderson Cancer Center 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.[29] 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).[30][31] Paes maintained his doubles ranking in the top 20 in the world between 2005 and 2007.[32][33] With wins in the Rotterdam and Indian Wells, Paes took his doubles tally to 38.[34][35][36]



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,[37] who went on to win the men's doubles gold medal.[38] Later in 2008, with Cara Black, he won the 2008 US Open mixed double title.



2009


In 2009, he won the French Open[39] and US Open Men's doubles titles with Lukáš Dlouhý[40] 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.[41] 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.[42]


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[43] on 7 July 2012.[44] but they lost on the final to Lisa Raymond and Mike Bryan 3–6, 7–5, 4–6.[45][46]


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[47]


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.[48][49]
However the duo lost in the final of US Open 2012 to the Bryan brothers.[50]


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.[51] 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.[52]



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.[53] 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.[54][better source needed]


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



2016


On 3 June 2016, Paes completed his Career Grand Slam in mixed doubles tennis by winning the 2016 French Open with Martina Hingis, thus joining an elite league of players to do so.[55] He also broke Owen Davidson's record[citation needed] for most such titles in gentlemen's section. Paes qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Men's Doubles, and partnered with Rohan Bopanna. They lost in the first round to the Polish pair of Marcin Matkowski and Łukasz Kubot. He later paired up with Andre Begemann, where they reached the final in the Winston-Salem Open. This pair lost in the first round of 2016 US Open. He turned up for the Davis cup against Spain with Saketh Myneni and this pair lost to Rafael Nadal and Marc López in 4 sets.



2017


Paes played in the 2017 season with his 111th partner, Andre Sa. The duo lost to the Indian pair of Purav Raja and Divij Sharan in the first round of Aircel Chennai Open in straight sets. With this loss, Paes moved down to the 64th rank in doubles. Though India won their Davis Cup tie against New Zealand, Paes and his last minute partner, Vishnu Vardhan, lost to the New Zealand pair of Artem Sitak and Michael Venus. Paes and Rohan Bopanna were kept as reserves by new, non-playing captain Mahesh Bhupathi for the tie against Uzbekistan. Eventually, Paes was dropped from final four, which created controversy.[citation needed] Paes reached the semis of the Dubai Open and at Delray Beach. Paes, with Adil Shamasdin, won the Leon Challenger in Mexico. With this victory, he moved to 53rd in the doubles rankings. He then paired with Scott Lipsky and won the Tallahassee Challenger title to move to 49th in the rankings. Paes and Shamasdin won the Aegon Ilkley Challenger, and Paes moved to 62nd in the rankings. Paes and Purav Raja won the 2017 Knoxville Challenger. With this victory Paes moved to 67th in the rankings. Paes and Purav Raja won the 2017 JSM Challenger of Champaign. With this victory Paes moved to 63rd in the rankings and finished off his 2017 season. It was first time since 1996 that Paes failed to win a title or reach final at any ATP tour event in a season.



2018


Paes continued his partnership with Purav Raja, started the season in Maharashtra Open and the duo lost in first round to the defending champions Rohan Bopanna and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan. In the Australian Open, Paes along with Purav Raja lost in round of 16. Along with James Cerretani, Paes won the Newport Beach Challenger. With this Paes moved on to No. 47 in the rankings. Paes along with James Cerretani finished as runner up in the Dubai Open. With this Paes moved to No. 46 in the rankings. Paes was recalled to Davis Cup squad to play against China. On April 7, 2018, Paes became the most successful person in Davis Cup history with his 43rd doubles victory. After being 0-2 down vs China, Paes along with Rohan Bopanna scripted India's comeback and in the end India won the tie 3-2. After this, Paes skipped clay and grass court seasons due to unknown reasons. Paes was selected for the 2018 Asian Games, but on the day before the Games started, he opted out citing the lack of doubles specialist to accompany with him as a team. Paes and James Cerretani finished as runner-ups at the Winston-Salem Open. The same pair lost in the first round of the US Open. Paes along with Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela finished as runner-ups at the Chicago Challenger and Monterrey challenger.Paes along with Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela won the Santo Domingo Challenger and finished as runner up in Brest Challenger. Paes finished 2018 at Rank 63.



2019


Paes along with Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela started the 2019 season at Maharashtra Open.The duo lost to a very close match in pre-quarterfinals to Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan.Paes and Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela finished as runners in Vietnam Challenger.
The duo lost in the first round of Australian open.



Davis Cup career


Paes started his Davis Cup career in 1990 at the 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.[56][57] 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.[58][59] 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 in straight sets in the Davis Cup. He also defeated Henri Leconte in the same week and even though Ramesh Krishnan closed the tie out by beating Rodolphe Gilbert in a five-setter, the architect of that victory was Paes.[clarification needed][citation needed]


In 1994, ranked No 143, he lost in the first round of a Challenger to No 208 Louis Gloria. Four weeks later, he beat 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[clarification needed] five-setter on grass. Jan Siemerink, in 1996, then ranked No. 20, also fell to Paes in the Davis Cup.[citation needed]



Year-end finals


Paes appeared with Bhupathi in six season finales.[60]


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.[61] He varies his play as the match goes on; he is one of the best volleyers and a talented drop shotter.[62] His volleying techniques were learnt from former Indian player Akhtar Ali.[63] He hits a one-handed backhand, which he drives only seldom, preferring instead to slice when returning serve or rallying from his backhand.



Acting career


Leander made his film debut in Ashok Kohli's Rajdhani Express, a socio-political thriller.[64] He has also been offered his first Hollywood script.[65]















Year
Film
Role
Notes
2013

Rajdhani Express
Keshav
Debut film


Significant finals



Grand Slam finals



Doubles: 16 (8 titles, 8 runner-ups)


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
India Mahesh Bhupathi

Sweden Jonas Björkman
Australia Patrick Rafter
3–6, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(12–10), 4–6
Winner 1999 French Open Clay
India Mahesh Bhupathi

Croatia Goran Ivanišević
United States Jeff Tarango
6–2, 7–5
Winner 1999 Wimbledon Grass
India Mahesh Bhupathi

Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
United States Jared Palmer
6–7(10–12), 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up 1999 US Open Hard
India Mahesh Bhupathi

Canada Sébastien Lareau
United States Alex O'Brien
6–7, 4–6
Winner 2001 French Open (2)
Clay
India Mahesh Bhupathi

Czech Republic Petr Pála
Czech Republic Pavel Vízner
7–6, 6–3
Runner-up 2004 US Open Hard
Czech Republic David Rikl

The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 2006 Australian Open Hard
Czech Republic Martin Damm

United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Winner 2006 US Open Hard
Czech Republic Martin Damm

Sweden Jonas Björkman
Belarus Max Mirnyi
6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up 2008 US Open Hard
Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý

United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
6–7(5–7), 6–7(10–12)
Winner 2009 French Open (3)
Clay
Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý

South Africa Wesley Moodie
Belgium Dick Norman
3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Winner 2009 US Open (2)
Hard
Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý

India Mahesh Bhupathi
The Bahamas Mark Knowles
3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 2010 French Open Clay
Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý

Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
Canada Daniel Nestor
5–7, 2–6
Runner-up 2011 Australian Open Hard
India Mahesh Bhupathi

United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
3–6, 4–6
Winner 2012 Australian Open Hard
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek

United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
7–6(7–1), 6–2
Runner-up 2012 US Open Hard
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek

United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
3–6, 4–6
Winner 2013 US Open (3)
Hard
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek

Austria Alexander Peya
Brazil Bruno Soares
6–1, 6–3


Mixed doubles: 18 (10 titles, 8 runner-ups)














































































































































































Outcome
Year
Championship
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Winner 1999 Wimbledon Grass
United States Lisa Raymond

Russia Anna Kournikova
Sweden Jonas Björkman
6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up 2001 US Open Hard
United States Lisa Raymond

Australia Rennae Stubbs
Australia Todd Woodbridge
6–4, 5–7, [11–9]
Winner 2003 Australian Open Hard
United States Martina Navratilova

Greece Eleni Daniilidou
Australia Todd Woodbridge
6–4, 7–5
Winner 2003 Wimbledon (2)
Grass
United States Martina Navratilova

Russia Anastassia Rodionova
Israel Andy Ram
6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 2004 Australian Open Hard
United States Martina Navratilova

Russia Elena Bovina
Serbia and Montenegro Nenad Zimonjić
6–1, 7–6
Runner-up 2005 French Open Clay
United States Martina Navratilova

Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová
France Fabrice Santoro
3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 2007 US Open Hard
United States Meghann Shaughnessy

Belarus Victoria Azarenka
Belarus Max Mirnyi
6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Winner 2008 US Open Hard
Zimbabwe Cara Black

United States Liezel Huber
United Kingdom Jamie Murray
7–6, 6–4
Runner-up 2009 Wimbledon Grass
Zimbabwe Cara Black

Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld
The Bahamas Mark Knowles
7–5, 6–3
Runner-up 2009 US Open Hard
Zimbabwe Cara Black

United States Carly Gullickson
United States Travis Parrot
6–2, 6–4
Winner 2010 Australian Open (2)
Hard
Zimbabwe Cara Black

Russia Ekaterina Makarova
Czech Republic Jaroslav Levinský
7–5, 6–3
Winner 2010 Wimbledon (3)
Grass
Zimbabwe Cara Black

United States Lisa Raymond
South Africa Wesley Moodie
6–4, 7–6
Runner-up 2012 Australian Open Hard
Russia Elena Vesnina

United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Romania Horia Tecău
3–6, 7–5, [3–10]
Runner-up 2012 Wimbledon Grass
Russia Elena Vesnina

United States Lisa Raymond
United States Mike Bryan
3–6, 7–5, 4–6
Winner 2015 Australian Open (3)
Hard
Switzerland Martina Hingis

France Kristina Mladenovic
Canada Daniel Nestor
6–4, 6–3
Winner 2015 Wimbledon (4)
Grass
Switzerland Martina Hingis

Hungary Tímea Babos
Austria Alexander Peya
6–1, 6–1
Winner 2015
US Open (2)
Hard
Switzerland Martina Hingis

United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
United States Sam Querrey
6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Winner 2016 French Open Clay
Switzerland Martina Hingis

India Sania Mirza
Croatia Ivan Dodig
4–6, 6–4, [10–8]


Olympic medal matches



Singles: 1 (1 bronze medal)


Bronze medal final


















Outcome
Year
Championship
Surface
Opponent
Score
Bronze
1996

United States Atlanta
Hard

Brazil Fernando Meligeni
3–6, 6–2, 6–4


Doubles: 1





















Outcome
Year
Championship
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
4th place 2004 Athens Hard
India Mahesh Bhupathi

Croatia Mario Ančić
Croatia Ivan Ljubičić
6–7(5–7), 6–4, 14–16


ATP career finals



Singles: 1 (1 title)








Legend
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
1-0
6 July 1998

Newport, US
Grass

South Africa Neville Godwin
6–3, 6–2


Doubles: 98 (55 titles, 43 Losss)









Legend
Grand Slam (8–8)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–4)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (13–5)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (6–10)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (28–16)
































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Outcome20
W–L
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponent
Score
Loss

0–1

Aug 1995

New Haven, US
Hard

Venezuela Nicolás Pereira

United States Rick Leach
United States Scott Melville
3–6, 7–5, 4–6
Win

1–1

Apr 1997

Chennai, India
Hard

India Mahesh Bhupathi

Uzbekistan Oleg Ogorodov
Israel Eyal Ran
7–6, 7–5
Win

2–1

Apr 1997

Prague, Czech Republic
Clay

India Mahesh Bhupathi

Czech Republic Petr Luxa
Czech Republic David Škoch
6–1, 6–1
Win

3–1

Jul 1997

Montreal, Canada
Hard

India Mahesh Bhupathi

Canada Sébastien Lareau
United States Alex O'Brien
7–6, 6–3
Win

4–1

Aug 1997

New Haven, US
Hard

India Mahesh Bhupathi

Canada Sébastien Lareau
United States Alex O'Brien
6–4, 6–7, 6–2
Win

5–1

Sep 1997

Beijing, China
Hard (i)

India Mahesh Bhupathi

United States Alex O'Brien
United States Jim Courier
7–5, 7–6
Win

6–1

Oct 1997

Singapore, Singapore
Carpet (i)

India Mahesh Bhupathi

United States Rick Leach
United States Jonathan Stark
6–4, 6–4
Loss

6–2

Nov 1997

Hartford, US
Carpet

India Mahesh Bhupathi

United States Rick Leach
United States Jonathan Stark
3–6, 4–6, 6–7
Win

7–2

Jan 1998

Doha, Qatar
Hard

India Mahesh Bhupathi

France Olivier Delaître
France Fabrice Santoro
6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Win

8–2

Feb 1998

Dubai, UAE
Hard

India Mahesh Bhupathi

United States Donald Johnson
United States Francisco Montana
6–2, 7–5
Win

9–2

Apr 1998
Chennai, India (2)
Hard

India Mahesh Bhupathi

France Olivier Delaître
Belarus Max Mirnyi
6–7, 6–3, 6–2
Win

10–2

May 1998

Rome, Italy
Clay

India Mahesh Bhupathi

South Africa Ellis Ferreira
United States Rick Leach
6–4, 4–6, 7–6
Win

11–2

Oct 1998

Shanghai, China
Carpet (i)

India Mahesh Bhupathi

Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde
6–4, 6–7, 7–6
Loss

11–3

Oct 1998
Singapore, Singapore
Carpet

India Mahesh Bhupathi

Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde
2–6, 3–6
Loss

11–4

Nov 1998

Stuttgart, Germany
Hard (i)

India Mahesh Bhupathi

Canada Sébastien Lareau
United States Alex O'Brien
3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win

12–4

Nov 1998

Paris, France
Carpet (i)

India Mahesh Bhupathi

Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
6–4, 6–2
Loss

12–5

Feb 1999

Melbourne, Australia
Hard

India Mahesh Bhupathi

Sweden Jonas Björkman
Australia Patrick Rafter
3–6, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6, 4–6
Win

13–5

Apr 1999
Chennai, India (3)
Hard

India Mahesh Bhupathi

Zimbabwe Wayne Black
South Africa Neville Godwin
4–6, 7–5, 6–4
Win

14–5

May 1999

Paris, France
Clay

India Mahesh Bhupathi

Croatia Goran Ivanišević
United States Jeff Tarango
6–2, 7–5
Win

15–5

Jun 1999

's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Grass

Netherlands Jan Siemerink

South Africa Ellis Ferreira
Czech Republic David Rikl
W/O
Win

16–5

Jun 1999

London, UK
Grass

India Mahesh Bhupathi

Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
United States Jared Palmer
6–7, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6
Win

17–5

Jul 1999

Newport, US
Grass

Australia Wayne Arthurs

Armenia Sargis Sargsian
United States Chris Woodruff
6–7, 7–6, 6–3
Loss

17–6

Aug 1999

Indianapolis, US
Hard

France Olivier Delaître

Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
United States Jared Palmer
3–6, 4–6
Loss

17–7

Sep 1999

New York, US
Hard

India Mahesh Bhupathi

Canada Sébastien Lareau
United States Alex O'Brien
6–7, 4–6
Loss

17–8

Nov 1999

Hartford, US
Carpet

India Mahesh Bhupathi

Canada Sébastien Lareau
United States Alex O'Brien
3–6, 2–6, 2–6
Win

18–8

May 2000

Orlando, US
Clay

Netherlands Jan Siemerink

United States Justin Gimelstob
Canada Sébastien Lareau
6–3, 6–4
Win

19–8

Oct 2000

Tokyo, Japan
Hard

India Mahesh Bhupathi

Australia Michael Hill
United States Jeff Tarango
6–4, 6–7, 6–3
Loss

19–9

Dec 2000

Bangalore, India
Hard

India Mahesh Bhupathi

United States Donald Johnson
South Africa Piet Norval
6–7, 3–6, 4–6
Win

20–9

Apr 2001

Atlanta, US
Clay

India Mahesh Bhupathi

United States Rick Leach
Australia David Macpherson
6–3, 7–6
Win

21–9

Apr 2001

Houston, US (2)
Clay

India Mahesh Bhupathi

United States Kevin Kim
United States Jim Thomas
7–6, 6–2
Win

22–9

May 2001
Paris, France (2)
Clay

India Mahesh Bhupathi

Czech Republic Petr Pála
Czech Republic Pavel Vízner
7–6, 6–3
Win

23–9

Aug 2001

Cincinnati, US
Hard

India Mahesh Bhupathi

Czech Republic Martin Damm
Germany David Prinosil
7–6, 6–3
Loss

23–10

Oct 2001

Basel, Switzerland
Carpet

India Mahesh Bhupathi

South Africa Ellis Ferreira
United States Rick Leach
6–7, 4–6
Loss

23–11

Nov 2001
Paris, France
Carpet

India Mahesh Bhupathi

South Africa Ellis Ferreira
United States Rick Leach
6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Win

24–11

Dec 2001
Chennai, India (4)
Hard

India Mahesh Bhupathi

Czech Republic Tomáš Cibulec
Czech Republic Ota Fukárek
5–7, 6–2, 7–5
Win

25–11

Apr 2002

Majorca, Spain
Clay

India Mahesh Bhupathi

Austria Julian Knowle
Germany Michael Kohlmann
6–2, 6–4
Win

26–11

Feb 2003
Dubai, UAE (2)
Hard

Czech Republic David Rikl

Zimbabwe Wayne Black
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
6–3, 6–0
Win

27–11

Mar 2003

Delray Beach, US
Hard

Serbia and Montenegro Nenad Zimonjić

Netherlands Raemon Sluiter
Netherlands Martin Verkerk
7–5, 3–6, 7–5
Loss

27–12

Apr 2003

Miami, US
Hard

Czech Republic David Rikl

Switzerland Roger Federer
Belarus Max Mirnyi
5–7, 3–6
Loss

27–13

Jun 2003

s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Grass

United States Donald Johnson

Czech Republic Martin Damm
Czech Republic Cyril Suk
5–7, 6–7
Win

28–13

Jul 2003

Gstaad, Switzerland
Clay

Czech Republic David Rikl

Czech Republic František Čermák
Czech Republic Leoš Friedl
6–3, 6–3
Loss

28–14

Feb 2004
Dubai, UAE (3)
Hard

Sweden Jonas Björkman

India Mahesh Bhupathi
France Fabrice Santoro
2–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win

29–14

Jun 2004

Halle, Germany
Grass

Czech Republic David Rikl

Czech Republic Tomáš Cibulec
Czech Republic Petr Pála
6–2, 7–5
Win

30–14

Jul 2004
Gstaad, Switzerland (2)
Clay

Czech Republic David Rikl

Switzerland Marc Rosset
Switzerland Stanislas Wawrinka
6–4, 6–2
Win

31–14

Jul 2004

Toronto, Canada (2)
Hard

India Mahesh Bhupathi

Sweden Jonas Björkman
Belarus Max Mirnyi
6–4, 6–2
Loss

31–15

Sep 2004
New York, US
Hard

Czech Republic David Rikl

The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
3–6, 3–6
Win

32–15

Sep 2004
Delray Beach, US (2)
Hard

Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek

Argentina Gastón Etlis
Argentina Martín Rodríguez
6–0, 6–3
Win

33–15

Apr 2005

Monte Carlo, Monaco
Clay

Serbia and Montenegro Nenad Zimonjić

United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
W/O
Win

34–15

Apr 2005

Barcelona, Spain
Clay

Serbia and Montenegro Nenad Zimonjić

Spain Feliciano López
Spain Rafael Nadal
6–3, 6–3
Win

35–15

Sep 2005

Bangkok, Thailand
Hard (i)

Australia Paul Hanley

Israel Jonathan Erlich
Israel Andy Ram
6–7, 6–1, 6–2
Loss

35–16

Oct 2005

Stockholm, Sweden
Hard (i)

Serbia and Montenegro Nenad Zimonjić

Australia Wayne Arthurs
Australia Paul Hanley
3–6, 3–6
Loss

35–17

Oct 2005

Madrid, Spain
Hard (i)

Serbia and Montenegro Nenad Zimonjić

The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Loss

35–18

Nov 2005

Shanghai, China
Carpet (i)

Serbia and Montenegro Nenad Zimonjić

France Michaël Llodra
France Fabrice Santoro
7–6(8–6), 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss

35–19

Jan 2006
Melbourne, Australia
Hard

Czech Republic Martin Damm

United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win

36–19

Jun 2006
's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands (2)
Grass

Czech Republic Martin Damm

France Arnaud Clément
South Africa Chris Haggard
6–1, 7–6
Win

37–19

Aug 2006
New York, US
Hard

Czech Republic Martin Damm

Sweden Jonas Björkman
Belarus Max Mirnyi
6–7, 6–4, 6–3
Loss

37–20

Jan 2007
Doha, Qatar
Hard

Czech Republic Martin Damm

Russia Mikhail Youzhny
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
1–6, 6–7
Win

38–20

Feb 2007

Rotterdam, Netherlands
Hard (i)

Czech Republic Martin Damm

Romania Andrei Pavel
Germany Alexander Waske
6–3, 6–7, [10–7]
Win

39–20

Mar 2007

Indian Wells, US
Hard

Czech Republic Martin Damm

Israel Jonathan Erlich
Israel Andy Ram
6–4, 6–4
Loss

39–21

Apr 2007
Miami, US
Hard

Czech Republic Martin Damm

United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
6–7, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss

39–22

Jun 2007
's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Grass

Czech Republic Martin Damm

South Africa Jeff Coetzee
Netherlands Rogier Wassen
6–3, 6–7, [10–12]
Loss

39–23

Jun 2008

Halle, Germany
Grass

Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý

Russia Mikhail Youzhny
Germany Mischa Zverev
6–3, 4–6, [3–10]
Loss

39–24

Jun 2008
s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Grass

India Mahesh Bhupathi

Croatia Mario Ančić
Austria Jürgen Melzer
6–7, 3–6
Loss

39–25

Aug 2008
New York, US
Hard

Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý

United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
6–7(5–7), 6–7(10–12)
Win

40–25

Sep 2008
Bangkok, Thailand (2)
Hard (i)

Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý

United States Scott Lipsky
United States David Martin
6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Loss

40–26

Sep 2008
Tokyo, Japan
Hard

Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý

Russia Mikhail Youzhny
Germany Mischa Zverev
3–6, 4–6
Loss

40–27

Jan 2009

Auckland, New Zealand
Hard

United States Scott Lipsky

Czech Republic Martin Damm
Sweden Robert Lindstedt
5–7, 4–6
Loss

40–28

Feb 2009
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Hard

Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý

Canada Daniel Nestor
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
2–6, 5–7
Win

41–28

Jun 2009
Paris, France (3)
Clay

Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý

South Africa Wesley Moodie
Belgium Dick Norman
3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win

42–28

Sep 2009
New York, US (2)
Hard

Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý

India Mahesh Bhupathi
The Bahamas Mark Knowles
3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss

42–29

Jan 2010

Brisbane, Australia
Hard

Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý

France Jérémy Chardy
France Marc Gicquel
3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss

42–30

Feb 2010
Dubai, UAE
Hard

Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý

Sweden Simon Aspelin
Australia Paul Hanley
2–6, 3–6
Win

43–30

Apr 2010
Miami, US
Hard

Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý

India Mahesh Bhupathi
Belarus Max Mirnyi
6–2, 7–5
Loss

43–31

Jun 2010
Paris, France
Clay

Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý

Canada Daniel Nestor
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
5–7, 2–6
Loss

43–32

Jun 2010

s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Grass

Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý

Sweden Robert Lindstedt
Romania Horia Tecău
6–1, 5–7, [7–10]
Win

44–32

Oct 2010

Shanghai, China
Hard

Austria Jürgen Melzer

Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski
7–5, 4–6, [10–5]
Win

45–32

Jan 2011
Chennai, India (5)
Hard

India Mahesh Bhupathi

Netherlands Robin Haase
United States David Martin
6–2, 6–7(3–7), [10–7]
Loss

45–33

Jan 2011
Melbourne, Australia
Hard

India Mahesh Bhupathi

United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
3–6, 4–6
Win

46–33

Apr 2011
Miami, US (2)
Hard

India Mahesh Bhupathi

Belarus Max Mirnyi
Canada Daniel Nestor
6–7(5–7), 6–2, [10–5]
Loss

46–34

Jun 2011

London, UK
Grass

India Mahesh Bhupathi

United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
7–6(7–2), 6–7(4–7), [6–10]
Win

47–34

Aug 2011
Cincinnati, US
Hard

India Mahesh Bhupathi

France Michaël Llodra
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–2)
Win

48–34

Jan 2012
Chennai, India (6)
Hard

Serbia Janko Tipsarević

Israel Andy Ram
Israel Jonathan Erlich
6–4, 6–4
Win

49–34

Jan 2012
Melbourne, Australia
Hard

Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek

United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
7–6(7–1), 6–2
Win

50–34

Mar 2012
Miami, US (3)
Hard

Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek

Belarus Max Mirnyi
Canada Daniel Nestor
3–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Loss

50–35

Sep 2012
New York, US
Hard

Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek

United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
3–6, 4–6
Loss

50–36

Oct 2012

Tokyo, Japan
Hard

Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek

Austria Alexander Peya
Brazil Bruno Soares
3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win

51–36

Oct 2012
Shanghai, China (2)
Hard

Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek

India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Rohan Bopanna
6–7(7–9), 6–3, [10–5]
Win

52–36

Aug 2013

Winston-Salem, US
Hard

Canada Daniel Nestor

Philippines Treat Huey
United Kingdom Dominic Inglot
7–6(12–10), 7–5
Win

53–36

Sep 2013
New York, US
Hard

Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek

Austria Alexander Peya
Brazil Bruno Soares
6–1, 6–3
Loss

53–37

Aug 2014

Washington, D.C., United States
Hard

Australia Samuel Groth

Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer
Romania Horia Tecău
5–7, 4–6
Win

54–37

Sep 2014

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Hard (i)

Poland Marcin Matkowski

United Kingdom Jamie Murray
Australia John Peers
3–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–5]
Loss

54–38

Jan 2015
Chennai, India
Hard

South Africa Raven Klaasen

Chinese Taipei Lu Yen-hsun
United Kingdom Jonathan Marray
3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win

55–38

Jan 2015

Auckland, New Zealand
Hard

South Africa Raven Klaasen

United Kingdom Dominic Inglot
Romania Florin Mergea
7–6(7–1), 6–4
Loss

55–39

Feb 2015

Delray Beach, US
Hard

South Africa Raven Klaasen

United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
3–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Loss

55–40

Aug 2016
Winston-Salem, US
Hard

Germany Andre Begemann

Spain Guillermo García-López
Finland Henri Kontinen
6–4, 6–7(6–8), [8–10]
Loss

55–41

Sep 2016

St. Petersburg, Russia
Hard (i)

Germany Andre Begemann

United Kingdom Dominic Inglot
Finland Henri Kontinen
6–4, 3–6, [10–12]
Loss

55–42

Mar 2018
Dubai, UAE
Hard

United States James Cerretani

Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer
Romania Horia Tecău
2–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss

55–43

Aug 2018
Winston-Salem, US
Hard

United States James Cerretani

Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer
Romania Horia Tecău
4–6, 2–6


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ITF Futures Tour (0–0)








Titles by Surface
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Result
W–L
   Date   
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win

1–0

Dec 1992
Guangzhou, China
Challenger
Hard

United States Richard Matuszewski
6–3, 6–3
Loss

1–1

Apr 1994
Nagoya, Japan
Challenger
Hard

Belgium Christophe Van Garsse
4–6, 3–6
Win

2–1

May 1994
Bombay, India
Challenger
Hard

Netherlands Joost Winnink
6–7, 6–3, 6–1
Win

3–1

Aug 1994

Binghamton, USA
Challenger
Hard

United States David Witt
6–4, 6–2
Loss

3–2

May 1995
Bombay, India
Challenger
Hard

Zimbabwe Byron Black
3–6, 4–6
Win

4–2

Aug 1995
Brasilia, Brazil
Challenger
Hard

Brazil Roberto Jabali
6–1, 5–7, 6–2
Loss

4–3

Sep 1996
Madras, India
Challenger
Hard

Uzbekistan Oleg Ogorodov
6–7, 3–6
Win

5–3

Nov 1996
Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius
Challenger
Grass

France Fabrice Santoro
7–5, 6–4
Win

6–3

Mar 1998
Bangkok, Thailand
Challenger
Hard

Japan Gouichi Motomura
6–4, 7–5
Win

7–3

Feb 1999
Calcutta, India
Challenger
Grass

India Mahesh Bhupathi
4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win

8–3

Apr 1999

New Delhi, India
Challenger
Hard

India Mahesh Bhupathi
7–5, 6–4
Win

9–3

Dec 1999
Lucknow, India
Challenger
Grass

United Kingdom Jamie Delgado
7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5)
Win

10–3

Dec 1999
Jaipur, India
Challenger
Grass

United Kingdom Barry Cowan
7–6(10–8), 6–4
Win

11–3

Mar 2000
Bombay, India
Challenger
Hard

Netherlands Dennis van Scheppingen
7–6(7–2), 3–2 ret.


Doubles: 42 (26–16)










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ITF Futures Tour (0–0)








Titles by Surface
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Clay (7–1)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (1–1)




























































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Result
W–L
   Date   
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss

0–1

Apr 1992
Nagoya, Japan
Challenger
Hard

Haiti Bertrand Madsen

United Kingdom Jeremy Bates
United Kingdom Mark Petchey
5–7, 6–3, 6–7
Win

1–1

Aug 1992
New Haven, USA
Challenger
Hard

United States Todd Nelson

United Kingdom Jeremy Bates
Zimbabwe Byron Black
7–5, 2–6, 7–6
Win

2–1

Dec 1992
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Challenger
Hard

United States Donald Johnson

United States Richard Matuszewski
United States John Sullivan
6–2, 7–6
Win

3–1

Jan 1993
Bangalore, India
Challenger
Clay

United States Donald Johnson

United Kingdom Sean Cole
Russia Andrei Merinov
6–4, 6–3
Win

4–1

Feb 1993

Wolfsburg, Germany
Challenger
Carpet (i)

United States Donald Johnson

Sweden Jan Apell
Denmark Michael Mortensen
7–6, 6–1
Loss

4–2

Aug 1993
Cincinnati, USA
Challenger
Hard

Australia Wayne Arthurs

South Africa Johan de Beer
South Africa Kevin Ullyett
6–7, 4–6
Loss

4–3

Feb 1994
Rennes, France
Challenger
Carpet (i)

The Bahamas Mark Knowles

Sweden Anders Järryd
Norway Bent-Ove Pedersen
4–6, 3–6
Win

5–3

May 1994
Manila, Philippines
Challenger
Hard

Canada Albert Chang

United States Richard Matuszewski
South Africa David Nainkin
6–4, 6–4
Loss

5–4

Oct 1994
Jakarta, Indonesia
Challenger
Hard

India Mahesh Bhupathi

United Kingdom Andrew Foster
United Kingdom Danny Sapsford
w/o
Win

6–4

Apr 1995
Nagoya, Japan
Challenger
Hard

South Africa Kevin Ullyett

Australia Joshua Eagle
Australia Andrew Kratzmann
7–6, 7–5
Loss

6–5

Jun 1995
Medellín, Colombia
Challenger
Clay

Venezuela Maurice Ruah

Zimbabwe Wayne Black
Hungary László Markovits
5–7, 4–6
Win

7–5

Jun 1995
Bogotá, Colombia
Challenger
Clay

Mexico Óscar Ortiz

Chile Sergio Cortés
Portugal João Cunha Silva
7–6, 7–6
Win

8–5

Sep 1995
Aruba, Aruba
Challenger
Hard

India Mahesh Bhupathi

Spain José Antonio Conde
South Africa Christo van Rensburg
6–4, 4–6, 7–6
Win

9–5

Apr 1996
Fergana, Uzbekistan
Challenger
Hard

India Mahesh Bhupathi

United States Geoff Grant
Venezuela Maurice Ruah
6–3, 7–6
Loss

9–6

May 1996
Andijan, Uzbekistan
Challenger
Hard

India Mahesh Bhupathi

United States Geoff Grant
Venezuela Maurice Ruah
4–6, 3–6
Win

10–6

May 1996
Jerusalem, Israel
Challenger
Hard

South Africa Neville Godwin

Israel Noam Behr
Israel Eyal Ran
7–6, 7–5
Loss

10–7

Jun 1996
Annenheim, Austria
Challenger
Grass

India Mahesh Bhupathi

Australia Sandon Stolle
Australia Michael Tebbutt
2–6, 4–6
Win

11–7

Sep 1996
Aruba, Aruba
Challenger
Hard

India Mahesh Bhupathi

Canada Sébastien Leblanc
South Africa Grant Stafford
6–2, 6–2
Win

12–7

Sep 1996
Madras, India
Challenger
Hard

India Mahesh Bhupathi

Netherlands Sander Groen
Uzbekistan Oleg Ogorodov
7–5, 6–1
Win

13–7

Nov 1996
Ahmedabad, India
Challenger
Clay

India Mahesh Bhupathi

Austria Georg Blumauer
Austria Udo Plamberger
6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss

13–8

Nov 1996
Reunion Island, Reunion
Challenger
Hard

United States Donald Johnson

Netherlands Hendrik Jan Davids
France Fabrice Santoro
3–6, 6–7
Win

14–8

Jan 1997
Singapore, Singapore
Challenger
Hard (i)

India Mahesh Bhupathi

United States Michael Joyce
United States Scott Melville
6–4, 4–6, 7–6
Win

15–8

Apr 1997

Prague, Czech Republic
Challenger
Clay

India Mahesh Bhupathi

United States Devin Bowen
Finland Tuomas Ketola
6–4, 6–0
Win

16–8

May 1997
Jerusalem, Israel
Challenger
Hard

India Mahesh Bhupathi

Zimbabwe Wayne Black
South Africa Kevin Ullyett
6–7, 6–2, 7–6
Win

17–8

Apr 2000

Bermuda, Bermuda
Challenger
Clay

Netherlands Jan Siemerink

South Africa Jeff Coetzee
South Africa Brent Haygarth
6–3, 6–2
Loss

17–9

Mar 2010

Sunrise, USA
Challenger
Hard

Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý

Czech Republic Martin Damm
Slovakia Filip Polášek
6–4, 1–6, [11–13]
Loss

17–10

Apr 2016

León, Mexico
Challenger
Hard

Australia Sam Groth

Mexico Santiago González
Croatia Mate Pavić
4–6, 6–3, [11–13]
Win

18–10

May 2016

Busan, South Korea
Challenger
Hard

Australia Sam Groth

Thailand Sanchai Ratiwatana
Thailand Sonchat Ratiwatana
4–6, 6–1, [10–7]
Win

19–10

Jul 2016

Biella, Italy
Challenger
Clay

Germany Andre Begemann

Slovakia Andrej Martin
Chile Hans Podlipnik Castillo
6–4, 6–4
Loss

19–11

Oct 2016

Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Challenger
Hard

Germany Andre Begemann

Russia Mikhail Elgin
Uzbekistan Denis Istomin
4–6, 2–6
Win

20–11

Apr 2017

León, Mexico
Challenger
Hard

Canada Adil Shamasdin

Switzerland Luca Margaroli
Brazil Caio Zampieri
6–1, 6–4
Win

21–11

Apr 2017

Tallahassee, USA
Challenger
Clay

United States Scott Lipsky

Argentina Máximo González
Argentina Leonardo Mayer
4–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–7]
Win

22–11

Jun 2017

Ilkley, Great Britain
Challenger
Grass

Canada Adil Shamasdin

United Kingdom Brydan Klein
United Kingdom Joe Salisbury
6–2, 2–6, [10–8]
Win

23–11

Nov 2017

Knoxville, USA
Challenger
Hard (i)

India Purav Raja

United States James Cerretani
Australia John-Patrick Smith
7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)
Win

24–11

Nov 2017

Champaign, USA
Challenger
Hard (i)

India Purav Raja

South Africa Ruan Roelofse
United Kingdom Joe Salisbury
6–3, 6–7(5–7), [10–5]
Win

25–11

Jan 2018

Newport Beach, USA
Challenger
Hard

United States James Cerretani

Philippines Treat Huey
United States Denis Kudla
6–4, 7–5
Loss

25–12

Feb 2018

Dallas, USA
Challenger
Hard (i)

United Kingdom Joe Salisbury

India Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
Indonesia Christopher Rungkat
4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss

25–13

Sep 2018

Chicago, USA
Challenger
Hard

Mexico Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela

United Kingdom Luke Bambridge
United Kingdom Neal Skupski
3–6, 4–6
Loss

25–14

Oct 2018

Monterrey, Mexico
Challenger
Hard

Mexico Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela

El Salvador Marcelo Arévalo
India Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
1–6, 4–6
Win

26–14

Oct 2018

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Challenger
Hard

Mexico Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela

Uruguay Ariel Behar
Ecuador Roberto Quiroz
4–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Loss

26–15

Oct 2018

Brest, France
Challenger
Hard (i)

Mexico Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela

Belgium Sander Gillé
Belgium Joran Vliegen
6–3, 4–6, [2–10]
Loss

26–16

Jan 2019

Danang, Vietnam
Challenger
Hard

Mexico Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela

Chinese Taipei Hsieh Cheng-peng
Indonesia Christopher Rungkat
3–6, 6–2, [9–11]


Performance timelines



Singles
















































































































































Tournament 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 SR W–L

Grand Slams

Australian Open
A
A

Q1

Q2

1R
A

2R

1R

1R

2R

Q3
0 / 5
2–5

French Open
A
A

Q2
A
A
A

2R

Q3

Q2

Q1
A
0 / 1
1–1

Wimbledon

Q2

Q1

Q1

Q3
A

1R

1R

1R

1R
A

2R
0 / 5
1–5

US Open
A

Q3

Q2

1R

Q3

2R

3R

1R

Q1
A
A
0 / 4
3–4
Win–Loss
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–1
0–1
1–2
4–4
0–3
0–2
1–1
1–1
0 / 15
7–15

National representation

Summer Olympics
NH

1R
Not Held

SF-B
Not Held

1R
NH
0 / 3
5–3

Career statistics
Titles / Finals
0 / 0
0 / 0
0 / 0
0 / 0
0 / 0
0 / 0
0 / 0
1 / 1
0 / 0
0 / 0
0 / 0
1 / 1
Year-end ranking
278
194
260
139
130
129
122
91
142
188
299



Doubles


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Tournament 1990 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 2017 2018 2019 SR W–L

Grand Slam tournaments

Australian Open
A
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

1R

3R

1R
1 / 24
49–23

French Open
A
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

QF

2R
A

3 / 20
52–17

Wimbledon
A
A

Q1

1R

3R
A

2R

1R

2R

W
A

1R

1R

SF

2R

QF

SF

QF

SF

1R

2R

2R

3R

SF

SF

3R

2R

1R
A

1 / 23
44–22

US Open
A
A
A

SF

2R

1R

Q1

SF

SF

F

1R

1R

2R
A

F

1R

W

1R

F

W

1R

QF

F

W

3R

2R

1R

2R

1R

3 / 24
59–21
Win–Loss
0–0
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
4–4
2–4
2–2
0–1
8 / 91
204–83

Year-end championships

ATP Finals
Did Not Qualify

F

RR

F

F

RR
NH
A
DNQ

F

SF

SF

RR

RR

RR

SF

SF

RR
Did Not Qualify

0 / 14
20–29

National representation

Olympics
NH

QF
Not Held

2R
Not Held

2R
Not Held

4th
Not Held

QF
Not Held

2R
Not Held

1R
Not Held
0 / 7
10–8

Davis Cup

Z1

PO

PO

SF

1R

PO

QF

1R

1R

Z1

PO

PO

PO

PO

Z1

PO

Z1

Z1

PO

PO

1R
A

Z1

Z1

PO

PO

PO

PO

PO

0 / 6
43–13
Win–Loss
1–1
4–0
4–1
1–2
0–2
3–0
1–3
2–0
1–0
2–0
2–2
3–0
2–1
2–0
5–2
3–0
2–0
2–0
4–1
1–0
2–0
0–0
1–2
2–0
1–0
0–1
1–2
0–1
1–0
0–0
0 / 13
53–21

ATP World Tour Masters 1000

Indian Wells
A
A
A
A
A

Q2

1R

1R
A

SF

2R

1R

1R

SF

1R

QF

2R

W

QF

2R

1R

2R

QF
A

QF

2R
A

1R
A
A
1 / 19
22–18

Miami
A
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
A
A
A
A
3 / 20
33–17

Monte Carlo
A
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
A
A
A

1 / 13
14–12

Rome
A
A
A
A
A
A
A

W
A
A
A

1R

1R

2R

2R

QF

2R

SF

2R

QF

QF

2R

2R

2R
A

2R
A
A
A

1 / 15
10–14

Madrid
Not Held

2R
A

1R

F

1R

2R

2R
A

SF
A

QF

2R
A

2R
A
A
A

0 / 10
6–10

Canada
A
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
A
A
A

2 / 17
21–15

Cincinnati
A
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
A

1R
A

2 / 19
20–17

Shanghai
Not Held
A

W

SF

W

2R

2R

2R
A
A
A

2 / 6
12–4

Paris
A
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
A
A
A

1 / 15
11–14

Hamburg
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A

2R
A

1R

2R

SF

SF

SF
A
A

SF
Not Masters Series
0 / 7
11–6

Stuttgart
Not Masters Series
A

QF

F
A
A

QF
Discontinued
0 / 3
5–3
Win–Loss
0–0
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
0–0
0–2
0–0
0–0

13 / 144
165–130

Career statistics
Titles
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
6
5
2
4
2
3
4
3
2
2
1
2
2
3
4
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
55
Finals
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
7
8
9
3
6
2
5
6
6
3
5
5
4
6
5
6
2
2
3
2
0
2
0
98
Overall W–L
1–1
4–0
4–2
8–8
5–8
13–10
5–13
44–17
55–16
48–14
18–14
40–16
24–23
36–15
42–18
36–19
33–20
40–19
41–26
28–17
32–20
32–14
43–19
29–18
26–16
27–26
14–16
16–22
11–14
4–4
759–445
Year-end rank

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
59
63
63

63.04%


Mixed doubles


































































































































































































Tournament 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 SR

Grand Slam tournaments

Australian Open
A
A
A
A
A
1R
1R
2R
2R

W
F
A
SF
QF
2R
2R

W
2R
F
2R
QF

W
QF
QF
A
2R
3 / 19

French Open
A
A
A
3R
2R
QF
3R
QF
2R
2R
2R
F
QF
QF
1R
2R
QF
QF
SF
2R
A
2R

W
1R
A

1 / 20

Wimbledon
3R
A
1R
QF
QF

W
A
3R
QF

W
3R
A
QF
QF
2R
F

W
QF
F
2R
2R

W
3R
1R
A

4 / 21

US Open
A
1R
A
1R
1R
2R
1R
F
2R
A
SF
QF
1R
F

W
F
QF
SF
QF
A
QF

W
2R
A
A

2 / 19
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
1 / 4
0 / 3
0 / 0
0 / 1
10 / 79

National representation

Summer Olympics
Not Held
QF
Not Held
A
Not Held
0 / 1


Partnerships


Leander Paes is known for changing partnerships, and he has had over 100 different partners over his career.[66] Paes has also teamed with 25 players in Grand Slam mixed doubles.



Partners in men's doubles















































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































No. Partner Year
1

India Zeeshan Ali
1990
2

India Ramesh Krishnan
1991 1992 1993
3

Puerto Rico Juan Rios
1991
4

Australia Charlton Eagle
1991
5

Canada Andrew Sznajder
1992
6

Haiti Bertrand Madsen
1992
7

Italy Nicola Bruno
1992
8

Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
1992 1995 1997
9

Sweden Nicklas Utgren
1992
10

United States Todd Nelson
1992 1993
11

Israel Gilad Bloom
1992 1994
12

United States Donald Johnson
1992-1994 1996 2003
13

United States Tommy Ho
1993
14

Georgia (country) Vladimir Gabrichidze
1993
15

Germany Arne Thoms
1993
16

Zimbabwe Byron Black
1993 2000
17

Italy Laurence Tieleman
1993 1995
18

Netherlands Fernon Wibier
1993
19

Mexico Oliver Fernandez
1993
20

France Jean-Philippe Fleurian
1993
21

Australia Wayne Arthurs
1993 1999 2000
22

Canada Sébastien Lareau
1993 1994 2000
23

South Africa Stefan Kruger
1993
24

South Africa Ellis Ferreira
1993
25

South Africa Johan de Beer
1993
26

Japan Shuzo Matsuoka
1993
27

Sweden Marten Renström
1994
28

The Bahamas Mark Knowles
1994
29

India Gaurav Natekar
1994 1995
30

South Africa Marius Barnard
1994
31

Canada Albert Chang
1994
32

Netherlands Stephen Noteboom
1994
33

Canada Daniel Nestor
1994 2013 2015
34

United States Richard Matuszewski
1994
35

South Africa Mark Kaplan
1994
36

India Mahesh Bhupathi
1994–2006 2008–2011
37

Malaysia Adam Malik
1994
38

Zimbabwe Wayne Black
1995–1996
39

Sweden Lars-Anders Wahlgren
1995
40

United States Kent Kinnear
1995
41

United States Matt Lucena
1995
42

South Africa Clinton Ferreira
1995
43

Israel Eyal Ran
1995
44

Venezuela Maurice Ruah
1995
45

Mexico Óscar Ortiz
1995
46

Venezuela Nicolás Pereira
1995 1996
47

South Africa David Adams
1995
48

United States Devin Bowen
1996
49

United States Jeff Belloli
1996
50

South Africa Neville Godwin
1996
51

United States David DiLucia
1996
52

South Africa Chris Haggard
1996 2000
53

South Africa Marcos Ondruska
1997
54

The Bahamas Roger Smith
1997
55

United States Mark Keil
1997
56

India Nitin Kirtane
1997
57

South Africa Piet Norval
1998
58

Australia Peter Tramacchi
1998
59

Netherlands Jan Siemerink
1999 2000
60

Sweden Jonas Björkman
1999 2004
61

United States Jared Palmer
1999
62

France Olivier Delaître
1999
63

India Fazaluddin Syed
2000
64

Ecuador Nicolás Lapentti
2000
65

India Vishal Uppal
2000 2002
66

India Mustafa Ghouse
2001
67

South Africa John-Laffnie de Jager
2002
68

United States Justin Gimelstob
2002
69

Czech Republic Tomáš Cibulec
2002 2004
70

France Michaël Llodra
2002 2013
71

Australia Stephen Huss
2002
72

Australia Michael Hill
2002
73

Czech Republic David Rikl
2002 2003 2004
74

Serbia and Montenegro Nenad Zimonjić
2003 2005
75

Israel Jonathan Erlich
2004
76

Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek
2004 2006 2012 2013 2014 2015
77

Australia Paul Hanley
2005 2007 2008
78

Czech Republic Martin Damm
2006 2007
79

Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
2006
80

India Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya
2007
81

India Rohan Bopanna
2007 2012
82

Spain Tommy Robredo
2008
83

Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý
2008 2009 2010
84

United States Scott Lipsky
2009 2012
85

Austria Jürgen Melzer
2010 2012 2013
86

Serbia Janko Tipsarević
2012
87

Austria Alexander Peya
2012
88

South Africa Kevin Anderson
2012
89

India Vishnu Vardhan
2012
90

Romania Horia Tecău
2012
91

France Édouard Roger-Vasselin
2013
92

India Purav Raja
2013 2017 2018
93

India Sanam Singh
2013
94

Italy Daniele Bracciali
2013
95

Australia Sam Groth
2014
96

Spain David Marrero
2014
97

Poland Marcin Matkowski
2014
98

Switzerland Stan Wawrinka
2014
99

South Africa Raven Klaasen
2015
100

Spain Marcel Granollers
2015
101

United Kingdom Andy Murray
2015
102

Spain Fernando Verdasco
2015
103

Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov
2015
104

Australia John Peers
2015
105

Poland Łukasz Kubot
2015
106

Spain Rafael Nadal
2015
107

France Jérémy Chardy
2016
108

Germany Andre Begemann
2016
109

India Saketh Myneni
2016
110

India Ramkumar Ramanathan
2016
111

Brazil André Sá
2017
112

Spain Guillermo García-López
2017
113

Chinese Taipei Yen-Hsun Lu
2017
114

Argentina Juan Martin Del Potro
2017
115

Germany Dustin Brown
2017
116

Canada Adil Shamasdin
2017
117

Croatia Antonio Sancic
2017
118

Germany Alexander Zverev Jr.
2017
119

United States James Cerretani
2018
120

United Kingdom Joe Salisbury
2018
121

Mexico Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela
2018
122

France Benoit Paire
2019
123

Austria Philipp Oswald
2019


Partners in Mixed doubles





































































































































No. Partner Year
1

Indonesia Yayuk Basuki
1994-1995
2

Japan Kyōko Nagatsuka
1996
3

Romania Ruxandra Dragomir-Ilie
1997
4

Latvia Larisa Savchenko
1998
5

Japan Rika Hiraki
1998
6

United States Katrina Adams
1999
7

United States Lisa Raymond
1999-2002
8

Netherlands Miriam Oremans
2002
9

United States Martina Navratilova
2002-2005
10

France Nathalie Dechy
2006
11

Russia Maria Kirilenko
2006
12

Australia Samantha Stosur
2006-2007,2019
13

United States Meghann Shaughnessy
2007
14

Hungary Ágnes Szávay
2008
15

Russia Nadia Petrova
2008
16

Australia Rennae Stubbs
2008
17

Zimbabwe Cara Black
2008-2011
18

Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
2011
19

Russia Elena Vesnina
2011-2013
20

India Sania Mirza
2012 (Olympics)
21

Serbia Jelena Janković
2013
22

China Zheng Saisai
2013
23

Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová
2014
24

Switzerland Martina Hingis
2015-2016, 2017
25

China Xu Yifan
2017

  • These lists only consists of players who played with Leander Paes in ATP and 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 Paes. Sania Mirza had also earlier played with Leander Paes in 2006 and 2010 in the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games.


Other partners



India – Asian Games/Commonwealth Games/Other events





  • India Mahesh Bhupathi


  • India Sania Mirza




WorldTeam Tennis





  • United States Bobby Reynolds


  • Australia Anastasia Rodionova


  • United States Venus Williams


  • United States Serena Williams


  • Australia Rennae Stubbs


  • United States Scott Oudsema


  • Switzerland Martina Hingis


  • United States Denis Kudla


  • United States Sam Querrey




Champions Tennis League





  • Spain Garbiñe Muguruza


  • India Somdev Devvarman




Partnership with Mahesh Bhupathi




Leander Paes and his longtime doubles partner 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.[67][68][69] 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.[70]
He once stated in an interview that although he and Bhupathi are friends, he did not consider pairing with his former teammate.[71]
However, for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, they decided to play together for their country,[72]
and lost in the quarterfinals to the eventual champions Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka.[73]


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.[74]


The Indian duo has a 303–103 career record together. They have a higher success rate against various top teams.[75] They have a Davis Cup record of longest winning streak in doubles, with 24 straight wins.[76]


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.[77] Paes threatened to withdraw from the Olympics rather than play with Vardhan, whose world ranking was 296,[78] but withdrew the threat a week later.[79] 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.
(24 consecutive wins, total 25–2)











































































































































































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


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External links








  • Leander Paes at the Association of Tennis Professionals Edit this at Wikidata


  • Leander Paes at the International Tennis Federation Edit this at Wikidata


  • Leander Paes at the Davis Cup Edit this at Wikidata










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