Mahesh Bhupati
Bhupathi at the 2009 US Open
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| Full name | Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi |
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| Country (sports) |
 India |
| Born |
7 June 1974 Chennai, India |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Turned pro | 1995 |
| Retired | Active |
| Prize money | $ 6,665,907 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 10–28 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 217 (2 February 1998) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | Q2 (1998) |
| French Open | Q3 (1996, 1999) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (1997, 1998, 2000) |
| US Open | 1R (1995) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 687–364 |
| Career titles | 52 |
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (26 April 1999) |
| Current ranking | No. 189 (14 November 2016) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | F (1999, 2009, 2011) |
| French Open | W (1999, 2001) |
| Wimbledon | W (1999) |
| US Open | W (2002) |
| Other doubles tournaments | |
| Tour Finals | F (1997, 1999, 2000, 2010, 2012) |
| Olympic Games | SF – 4th (2004) |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Career record | 115–53 |
| Career titles | 8 |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | W (2006, 2009) |
| French Open | W (1997, 2012) |
| Wimbledon | W (2002, 2005) |
| US Open | W (1999, 2005) |
| Team competitions | |
| Davis Cup | QF (1996) |
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| Last updated on: 14 November 2016. | |
Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi (born 7 June 1974) is an Indian professional tennis player. In 1997, he became the first Indian to win a Grand Slam tournament (with Rika Hiraki). With his win at the Australian Open mixed doubles in 2006, he joined the elite group of eight tennis players who have achieved a career Grand Slam in mixed doubles. He is also the founder of International Premier Tennis League.
Mahesh Bhupathi is known as one of the top doubles players in the 1990s and 2000s. In 1999, Bhupathi won three doubles titles with Leander Paes, including the French Open and Wimbledon. He and Paes became the first doubles team to reach the finals of all four Grand Slams, the first time such a feat has been achieved in the open era and the first time since 1952. On 26 April of that year, they became the world no. 1 doubles team. Bhupathi also won the US Open mixed doubles with Ai Sugiyama of Japan.
In 2006, Bhupathi teamed with Martina Hingis in the Australian Open mixed doubles competition. Entering the tournament unseeded and as wildcards, the first-time pair defeated four seeded opponents along the way, while only dropping a single set throughout. Bhupathi and Hingis defeated the sixth-seeded team of Daniel Nestor and Elena Likhovtseva in straight sets, 6–3, 6–3, to capture the championship. It was the sixth mixed doubles Grand Slam for Bhupathi, and a first for Hingis. By winning the Australian Open, Bhupathi completed a career Grand Slam in mixed doubles.
In 2007, Bhupathi and Radek Štěpánek reached the 2007 Australian Open men's doubles event's quarterfinals. Bhupathi teamed with Štěpánek at the 2007 French Open to make the doubles semifinals, defeating two-year defending champions Jonas Björkman and Max Mirnyi in the quarterfinals. The team lost to the eventual champions Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor. After Wimbledon, Bhupathi teamed with Pavel Vízner to win the 2007 Canada Masters, defeating the top-ranked doubles team Bob and Mike Bryan en route. After this victory, he won a tournament in New Haven with Nenad Zimonjić. At the 2007 US Open, he and Zimonjić paired in doubles. After the US Open, the team that beat Bhupathi and Štěpánek in the French Open semifinals, Knowles and Nestor, split up. Bhupathi became Knowles' partner, while Zimonjić became Nestor's, but back surgery meant he was out until the end of the year.
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