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Leander Paes

Leander Paes
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Country (sports) India India
Residence Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Born (1973-06-17) 17 June 1973 (age 43)
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro 1991
Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money $8,233,730
Singles
Career record 101–99
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 (1996)
Doubles
Career record 728–405
Career titles 55
Highest ranking No. 1 (21 June 1999)
Current ranking No. 59 (28 November 2016)
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: 28 November 2016

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Last updated on: 28 November 2016

Leander Adrian Paes (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, and is the oldest man to have won a Grand Slam title. 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.

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.

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, making him the first Indian and only tennis player to compete at seven Olympic Games.

He is famous for his several memorable Davis Cup performances and is a former team captain. He holds the record for the most Davis Cup doubles wins with 42 victories (equal to Nicola Pietrangeli).

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.


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