Leander Paes
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Leander Adrian Paes, pronounced pās, (born 17 June 1973) is an Indian professional tennis player who currently features in the doubles events in the ATP tour and the Davis Cup
tournament. Having won six doubles and six mixed doubles Grand Slam titles and finishing runners up in numerous other Grand Slam finals, he is considered to be one of the greatest and most respected contemporary doubles and mixed doubles players in the world. He is among the most successful professional Indian tennis players and is also the former captain of the Indian Davis Cup team. He is the recipient of India's highest sporting honour, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
award in 1996–1997, the Arjuna Award
in 1990, and the Padma Shri
award in 2001 for his outstanding contribution to tennis in India. Paes is the great-grandson of the Bengali
poet Michael Madhusudan Dutt
.
Apart from his twelve Grand Slam victories in doubles and mixed doubles events, he is famous for his several memorable Davis Cup
performances playing for India and also for winning a bronze medal for India in the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. He also achieved the rare men's doubles/mixed doubles double in the 1999 Wimbledon. His consecutive Olympic appearances from 1992 to 2008 make him the third Indian, after shooters Karni Singh and Randhir Singh
, to compete at five Olympic Games. After winning the mixed doubles in Wimbledon 2010, Paes became only the second man (after Rod Laver) to win Wimbledon titles in three different decades. 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.
formerly known as Calcutta, India. He was born to Vece Paes
and Jennifer Paes
and was raised in Kolkata. He was educated at La Martiniere Calcutta
, Madras Christian College Hr Sec School
, Chennai
, and the Loyola College, Chennai
of the University of Madras
. His parents were both sportspersons. His father Vece Paes
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 in 1985, where he was coached by Dave O'Meara. The academy played a key role in his early development. Leander shot into international fame when he won the 1990 Wimbledon Junior title and rose to no. 1 in the junior world rankings.
Paes is the great-grandson of the Bengali poet Michael Madhusudan Dutt
. Previously having dated Bollywood actress Mahima Chaudhary, he is now married to Rhea Pillai
(ex-wife of Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt
) and has a daughter Aiyana.
.
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 quarterfinals 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 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.
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 an ATP singles title at Newport, and the second was beating Pete Sampras
, 6–3, 6–4, at the New Haven ATP tournament. 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 -ound 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.
, he paired up with Bhupathi, failing again at the semifinals stage. His next Grand Slam success was in the U.S. 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 has 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. Paes and Bhupathi took part in the men's doubles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. They were eliminated in the quarterfinals 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. 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. 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. The 2010 Wimbledon win with Black made Paes India's leading Grand Slam winner, ahead of his ex-doubles partner Mahesh Bhupathi
, with a total of 12 grand slam titles.
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 81–30 overall, as of May 2007. 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 Frejus, 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 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.
were nicknamed as "Indian Express". Leander Paes' off-and-on partnership with Bhupathi draws constant media attention in his 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 team-mate.
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.
It has been announced that Bhupathi will team with Rohan Bopanna
for the 2012 season. Paes will partner Czech Radek Štěpánek
.
Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By...
tournament. Having won six doubles and six mixed doubles Grand Slam titles and finishing runners up in numerous other Grand Slam finals, he is considered to be one of the greatest and most respected contemporary doubles and mixed doubles players in the world. He is among the most successful professional Indian tennis players and is also the former captain of the Indian Davis Cup team. He is the recipient of India's highest sporting honour, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna is India’s highest honour given for achievement in sports. The words "Khel Ratna" literally mean "Sports Gem" in Hindi. The award is named after the late Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India. It carries a medal, a scroll of honour and a substantial cash...
award in 1996–1997, the Arjuna Award
Arjuna award
The Arjuna Awards were instituted in 1961 by the government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports. The award carries a cash prize of 500,000, a bronze statuette of Arjuna and a scroll....
in 1990, and the Padma Shri
Padma Shri
Padma Shri is the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan...
award in 2001 for his outstanding contribution to tennis in India. Paes is the great-grandson of the Bengali
Bengali people
The Bengali people are an ethnic community native to the historic region of Bengal in South Asia. They speak Bengali , which is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from the Magadhi Prakrit and Sanskrit languages. In their native language, they are referred to as বাঙালী...
poet Michael Madhusudan Dutt
Michael Madhusudan Dutt
Michael Madhusudan Dutt or Michael Madhusudan Dutta was a popular 19th century Bengali poet and dramatist. He was born in Sagardari , on the bank of Kopotaksho [কপোতাক্ষ] River, a village in Keshobpur Upozila, Jessore District, East Bengal . His father was Rajnarayan Dutt, an eminent lawyer, and...
.
Apart from his twelve Grand Slam victories in doubles and mixed doubles events, he is famous for his several memorable Davis Cup
Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By...
performances playing for India and also for winning a bronze medal for India in the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. He also achieved the rare men's doubles/mixed doubles double in the 1999 Wimbledon. His consecutive Olympic appearances from 1992 to 2008 make him the third Indian, after shooters Karni Singh and Randhir Singh
Randhir Singh (shooter)
Raja Randhir Singh, born 18 October 1946 in Patiala, Punjab, India, is a former Olympic-level trap and skeet shooter and now sports administrator. He is currently the sole representative for India on the International Olympic Committee. He is a 1979 recipient of the Arjuna Award.-Family...
, to compete at five Olympic Games. After winning the mixed doubles in Wimbledon 2010, Paes became only the second man (after Rod Laver) to win Wimbledon titles in three different decades. In 2010, he joined the Board of Directors of Olympic Gold Quest
Olympic Gold Quest
Olympic Gold Quest is a program of the Foundation Of Sports And Games , started by Indian sporting icons Geet Sethi and Prakash Padukone to identify and support Indian athletes with a proven track record and who have the potential to win Olympic gold medals...
, a foundation co-founded by Geet Sethi
Geet Sethi
Geet Siriram Sethi of India is a professional player of English billiards who dominated the sport throughout much of the 1990s, and a notable amateur snooker player. He is a six-time winner of the professional-level and a three-time winner of the amateur World Championships, and holder of two...
and Prakash Padukone
Prakash Padukone
Prakash Padukone is a former badminton player from Karnataka, India. Among other championships, he won the All England Championship and became the first Indian to do so. Prakash was awarded the Padma Sri in 1982...
to support talented athletes from India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
in winning Olympic medals.
Early life
Leander was born in KolkataKolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
formerly known as Calcutta, India. He was born to Vece Paes
Vece Paes
Vece Paes was a former Indian hockey midfielder, and representing the Indian team in the 1972 Munich Olympics, that won the bronze medal. He is the father of India's tennis player Leander Paes. He is also a doctor in sports medicine....
and Jennifer Paes
Jennifer Paes
Jennifer Paes is a former basketball player from India who captained the Indian national basketball team in 1982 and participated in the 1972 Summer Olympics...
and was raised in Kolkata. He was educated at La Martiniere Calcutta
La Martiniere Calcutta
La Martiniere Calcutta comprises two separate private schools in Kolkata, India. The schools were established in accordance with the will of Major General Claude Martin in 1836. They are day schools although they both have a small number of boarders...
, Madras Christian College Hr Sec School
M. C. C. Higher Secondary School
M C C Higher Secondary School is located in Chetpet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The school was started as the Madras Christian College and became a separate entity when the college moved to a new location.The school is part of an exchange program by the United States Department of State.-Notable...
, Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
, and the Loyola College, Chennai
Loyola College, Chennai
Loyola College is a Jesuit institution in Chennai, India. The college admits undergraduates and post-graduates and offers degrees in the liberal arts, sciences and commerce. It is an autonomous institution affiliated with the University of Madras.-History:...
of the University of Madras
University of Madras
The University of Madras is a public research university in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the three oldest universities in India...
. His parents were both sportspersons. His father Vece Paes
Vece Paes
Vece Paes was a former Indian hockey midfielder, and representing the Indian team in the 1972 Munich Olympics, that won the bronze medal. He is the father of India's tennis player Leander Paes. He is also a doctor in sports medicine....
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 in 1985, where he was coached by Dave O'Meara. The academy played a key role in his early development. Leander shot into international fame when he won the 1990 Wimbledon Junior title and rose to no. 1 in the junior world rankings.
Paes is the great-grandson of the Bengali poet Michael Madhusudan Dutt
Michael Madhusudan Dutt
Michael Madhusudan Dutt or Michael Madhusudan Dutta was a popular 19th century Bengali poet and dramatist. He was born in Sagardari , on the bank of Kopotaksho [কপোতাক্ষ] River, a village in Keshobpur Upozila, Jessore District, East Bengal . His father was Rajnarayan Dutt, an eminent lawyer, and...
. Previously having dated Bollywood actress Mahima Chaudhary, he is now married to Rhea Pillai
Rhea Pillai
Rhea Pillai is an Indian model. She is a brand ambassador for various products and an instructor for the Art of Living Foundation.-Biography:Her father is Raymond Pillai, a financial controller at IBM Europe...
(ex-wife of Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt
Sanjay Dutt
Sanjay Dutt is an Indian Hindi film actor and politician. Dutt, son of Hindi film actors Sunil and Nargis Dutt, made his acting debut in 1981.-Personal life:...
) and has a daughter Aiyana.
Early career (1991–1997)
Paes showed promise early in his career by winning titles at the Junior US Open and the Junior Wimbledon. He turned professional in 1991. He rose to the number 1 in the world in the junior rankings. In 1992, he reached the quarter finals of the doubles event in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics with Ramesh KrishnanRamesh Krishnan
Ramesh Krishnan is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from India. As a junior player in the late-1970s, he won the boy's singles titles at both Wimbledon and the French Open. He went on to reach three Grand Slam quarter-finals in the 1980s, and was part of the Indian team which...
.
He went one better at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, where he beat Fernando Meligeni
Fernando Meligeni
Fernando Ariel Meligeni , nicknamed Fininho is a former professional tennis player from Brazil....
to win the bronze medal
Bronze medal
A bronze medal is a medal awarded to the third place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The practice of awarding bronze third place medals began at the 1904 Olympic Games in St...
, thus becoming the first Indian to win an individual medal since KD Jadhav
Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav
Mr. Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav , or KD Jadhav, widely known as 'Pocket Dynamo', was independent India's first individual Olympic medalist when he won the freestyle wrestling bronze medal at the 1952 Helsinki Games. Since 1900 when Norman Pritchard won two silver medals in athletics, India had won...
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
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna is India’s highest honour given for achievement in sports. The words "Khel Ratna" literally mean "Sports Gem" in Hindi. The award is named after the late Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India. It carries a medal, a scroll of honour and a substantial cash...
in 1996. His first successful year in the ATP circuit came in 1993, when he partnered Sébastien Lareau
Sébastien Lareau
Sébastien Lareau is a former touring professional tennis player.-As a singles player:The right-handed Lareau achieved a career best singles ranking of World No. 76 in April 1995. In January 1999 he reached a career second best ranking of World No. 78. He had a career ATP tour event win-loss...
to reach the US Open doubles semifinal. After having a moderate season in 1994, he reached the quarterfinals of the 1995 Australian Open
1995 Australian Open
The 1995 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Flinders Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 83rd edition of the Australian Open and was held from 16 through 29 January 1995.-Men's Singles:...
doubles with Kevin Ullyett
Kevin Ullyett
Kevin Ullyett is a former professional tennis player from Zimbabwe. His primary success on the tour has been in men's doubles. He has won 24 doubles titles, including the 2001 US Open and the 2005 Australian Open, both with Wayne Black...
. From 1996, he partnered with fellow-Indian Mahesh Bhupathi
Mahesh Bhupathi
Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi is an Indian professional tennis player widely regarded as among the best doubles players in the world with 11 Grand Slam titles to his credit. In 1997, he became the first Indian to win a Grand Slam tournament...
, 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 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)
Pete Sampras
Pete Sampras is a retired American tennis player and former world no. 1. During his 15-year tour career, he won 14 Grand Slam singles titles and became recognized as one of the greatest tennis players of all time....
, 6–3, 6–4, at the New Haven ATP tournament. 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
Lisa Raymond
Lisa Raymond is an American professional tennis player who has achieved notable success in doubles tennis. On June 12, 2000, she reached the world number one ranking in doubles...
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
Sébastien Lareau
Sébastien Lareau is a former touring professional tennis player.-As a singles player:The right-handed Lareau achieved a career best singles ranking of World No. 76 in April 1995. In January 1999 he reached a career second best ranking of World No. 78. He had a career ATP tour event win-loss...
for the Australian Open and Jan Siemerink
Jan Siemerink
Johannes Martinus Siemerink is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.-Career:...
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 -ound exit to Australian duo of Todd Woodbridge
Todd Woodbridge
Todd Andrew Woodbridge is an Australian former tennis player. He was born in Sydney and turned professional in 1988. He is best known for his successful Doubles partnerships with Mark Woodforde and later Jonas Björkman...
and Mark Woodforde
Mark Woodforde
Mark Woodforde is a former professional tennis player from Australia. He is best known as one half of "The Woodies", a doubles partnership with Todd Woodbridge....
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
Government of India
The Government of India, officially known as the Union Government, and also known as the Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of the union of 28 states and seven union territories, collectively called the Republic of India...
in 2001. The duo of Paes and Bhupathi won the gold medal at the 2002 Asian Games
2002 Asian Games
The 2002 Asian Games, also known as XIV Asiad is a multi-sport event held in Busan, South Korea from September 29 to October 14, 2002. Busan is the second city, after Seoul in 1986 to host the Games. A total of 419 events in 38 sports were contested by 7,711 athletes from 44 countries...
in Busan. In 2002, Leander paired up with Michael Hill
Michael Hill (tennis)
Michael Robert Hill is a former tennis player from Australia who turned professional in 1997 and retired in 2005. He was primarily a doubles specialist, achieving a career-high doubles ranking of World Number 18, reached on 30 July 2001.-College:Hill played three years at University of...
for a number of tournaments, with moderate success.
2003–present
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 Navaratilova, both in 2003. Weeks after the win at Wimbledon, Paes was admitted to the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - Orlando for a suspected brain tumor 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 Games2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
, he paired up with Bhupathi, failing again at the semifinals stage. His next Grand Slam success was in the U.S. Open
U.S. Open (tennis)
The US Open, formally the United States Open Tennis Championships, is a hardcourt tennis tournament which is the modern iteration of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, the U.S. National Championship, which for men's singles was first contested in 1881...
doubles event in 2006 with Martin Damm
Martin Damm
Martin Damm was a professional tennis player from Czechia. He is 6'2" 195 lb and is best known as a doubles player . ,his highest singles ranking 42 as of August 1997...
. 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
Sania Mirza
Sania Mirza is a professional Indian tennis player. She began her tennis career in 2003 and is well known for her powerful forehand ground strokes. She is the first ever Indian to break into the top 30 WTA rankings...
). Paes has 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. Paes and Bhupathi took part in the men's doubles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. They were eliminated in the quarterfinals by Roger Federer
Roger Federer
Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the ATP no. 1 position for a record 237 consecutive weeks, and 285 weeks overall. As of 28 November 2011, he is ranked World No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals . Federer has won a men's record 16 Grand Slam singles titles...
and Stanislas Wawrinka
Stanislas Wawrinka
Stanislas Wawrinka is a Swiss professional tennis player. He also holds German citizenship as his father is German. His career ranking high is no. 9, achieved on 9 June 2008. He considers clay his best surface and his backhand his best shot...
, who went on to win the men's doubles gold medal. Later in 2008, with Cara Black
Cara Black
Cara Black is a professional female tennis player from Zimbabwe. She has won 7 singles titles and 63 women's doubles titles. She has won all four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles and three of the four Grand Slam titles in women's doubles. She is currently ranked World No. 28 in women's doubles...
, he won the 2008 US Open mixed doubles title. In 2009, he won the French Open and US Open Men's doubles titles with Lukáš Dlouhý
Lukáš Dlouhý
Lukáš Dlouhý is a professional Czech tennis player on the ATP Tour. A doubles specialist, Dlouhý reached a career-high ranking of World Number 5 on June 22, 2009.-2006-2008:...
and was the runner-up in mixed doubles at the US Open. He began the 2010 season in good form, again winning the Australian Open mixed doubles
2010 Australian Open – Mixed Doubles
Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi were the defending champions. They accepted the invitation for the tournament, but withdrew before their match against Carly Gullickson and Bernard Tomic and were replaced by Akgul Amanmuradova and Rik de Voest....
title with Cara Black
Cara Black
Cara Black is a professional female tennis player from Zimbabwe. She has won 7 singles titles and 63 women's doubles titles. She has won all four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles and three of the four Grand Slam titles in women's doubles. She is currently ranked World No. 28 in women's doubles...
. This was the pair's third consecutive Grand Slam final and the fourth overall. The 2010 Wimbledon win with Black made Paes India's leading Grand Slam winner, ahead of his ex-doubles partner Mahesh Bhupathi
Mahesh Bhupathi
Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi is an Indian professional tennis player widely regarded as among the best doubles players in the world with 11 Grand Slam titles to his credit. In 1997, he became the first Indian to win a Grand Slam tournament...
, with a total of 12 grand slam titles.
Davis Cup career
Leander Paes started his Davis CupDavis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By...
career in 1990 at the young age of 16, when he partnered Zeeshan Ali
Zeeshan Ali
Zeeshan Ali is a former tennis player from India, who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he was defeated in the second round by the number ten seed from Switzerland, Jakob Hlasek....
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 81–30 overall, as of May 2007. 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
India Davis Cup team
The India Davis Cup team represents India in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the All India Tennis Association.India finished as runners-up 3 times . In 1974, the final was scratched and South Africa were awarded the Davis Cup after India refused to particapate in the final due to...
that reached the semifinals of the 1993 Davis Cup
1993 Davis Cup
The 1993 Davis Cup was the 82nd edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. A total of 100 nations participated in the tournament...
with wins against Switzerland and France, eventually losing to Australia. In singles, his major wins came against French duo of Arnaud Boetsch
Arnaud Boetsch
Arnaud Boetsch is a former French tennis player who turned professional in 1987.Boetsch represented France at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he was defeated in the second round by Spain's eventual silver medal winner Sergi Bruguera...
and Henri Leconte
Henri Leconte
Henri Leconte is a former French professional tennis player. He reached the men's singles final at the French Open in 1988, won the French Open men's doubles title in 1984, and helped France win the Davis Cup in 1991.-Biography and career:...
in Frejus, France in 1993, Wayne Ferreira
Wayne Ferreira
Wayne Richard Ferreira is a former tennis player from South Africa. He attended Parktown Boys' High School....
in 1994, and Goran Ivanišević
Goran Ivaniševic
Goran Ivanišević is a retired Croatian professional tennis player. He is best remembered for being the only person to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon as a wildcard. He achieved this in 2001, having previously been runner-up at the championships in 1992, 1994 and 1998. Ivanišević is famous...
in 1995 when India defeated Croatia, Jan Siemerink
Jan Siemerink
Johannes Martinus Siemerink is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.-Career:...
in 1995 to defeat Netherlands, and Jiří Novák
Jirí Novák
Jiří Novák is a former Czech tennis player, who was born in Zlín, Czechoslovakia but resides nowadays in Monte Carlo, Monaco.-Career:Novák turned professional in 1993 and won 7 singles and 18 doubles titles during his career, winning $7,614,063 in prize money. For six years, he was the...
in 1997. He teamed up with Bhupathi to beat Hirszon and Ivanisevic of Croatia in 1995, Martin Damm
Martin Damm
Martin Damm was a professional tennis player from Czechia. He is 6'2" 195 lb and is best known as a doubles player . ,his highest singles ranking 42 as of August 1997...
and Petr Korda
Petr Korda
Petr Korda is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. He is best known for winning the Australian Open in 1998 and for testing positive for the banned substance, nandrolone, following a match at Wimbledon that same year.-Career:Korda was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia.He first...
of the Czech Republic in 1997, Nicolás Massú
Nicolás Massú
Nicolás Alejandro Massú Fried , nicknamed Vampiro , is a Chilean tennis player, a former world number nine in singles, and a two-time Olympic gold medalist...
and Marcelo Ríos
Marcelo Ríos
Marcelo Andrés Ríos Mayorga is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Chile. Nicknamed El Chino and El zurdo de Vitacura , he became the first Latin American player to reach the top position on the Association of Tennis Professionals singles rankings in 1998. He held the World No...
of Chile in 1997, Broad and Tim Henman
Tim Henman
Timothy Henry "Tim" Henman OBE is a retired English professional tennis player and former British Number One. Henman played a serve-and-volley style of tennis that suited the grass courts of Wimbledon. He was the first player from the United Kingdom since Roger Taylor in the 1970s to reach the...
in 1998, and Simon Aspelin
Simon Aspelin
Simon Aspelin is a former professional tennis doubles player from Sweden who turned professional in 1998...
and Jonas Björkman
Jonas Björkman
Jonas Lars Björkman is a former World Number 4 Swedish professional tennis player. He is also a former World No. 1 in doubles. Björkman retired from professional tennis after competing at the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup Doubles championships....
of Sweden in 2005. In 2007, Leander has three wins (two doubles and one singles) and no losses in the Davis Cup.
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
Rick Leach
----Rick Leach is a former professional tennis player and a coach from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won 5 Grand Slam men's doubles titles , and 4 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles . Leach reached the World No...
and Jonathan Stark
Jonathan Stark
Jonathan Stark is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During his career he won two Grand Slam doubles titles . Stark reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1994.-Early life:Stark was born in Southern Oregon in the city of Medford on April 3, 1971...
. They lost the 1999 final to Sébastien Lareau
Sébastien Lareau
Sébastien Lareau is a former touring professional tennis player.-As a singles player:The right-handed Lareau achieved a career best singles ranking of World No. 76 in April 1995. In January 1999 he reached a career second best ranking of World No. 78. He had a career ATP tour event win-loss...
and Alex O’Brien. In 2000, they lost the final to Donald Johnson
Donald Johnson
----Donald James "Don" Johnson is a former professional tennis player from the United States who reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 2002. Although born in Bethlehem, PA he was raised and learned the sport of tennis in the Pittsburgh suburb of Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania...
and Pieter Norval.
Singles titles
| Legend (Singles) |
|---|
| Grand Slam (0) |
| Tennis Masters Cup (0) |
| ATP Masters Series (0) |
| ATP Tour (1) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in final | Score in final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 6 July 1998 | Newport, Rhode Island, U.S. | Grass |  Neville GodwinNeville Godwin Neville Godwin is a former tennis player from South Africa.Godwin turned professional in 1994. The right-hander won one singles title in his career, and reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on March 31, 1997, when he became World number 90.His highest world ranking for doubles... |
6–3, 6–2 |
Men's doubles titles (46)
| Legend (Doubles) |
|---|
| Grand Slam (6) |
| Tennis Masters Cup / ATP World Tour Finals (0) |
| ATP Masters Series / ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (11) |
| ATP International Series Gold / ATP World Tour 500 Series (6) |
| ATP International Series / ATP World Tour 250 Series (23) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponent in final | Score in final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 7 April 1997 | Chennai Chennai Open The Chennai Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour... , India |
Hard |  Mahesh BhupathiMahesh Bhupathi Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi is an Indian professional tennis player widely regarded as among the best doubles players in the world with 11 Grand Slam titles to his credit. In 1997, he became the first Indian to win a Grand Slam tournament... |
 Oleg OgorodovOleg Ogorodov Oleg Ogorodov is a former tennis player, who turned professional in 1995. He represented Uzbekistan at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. His career high singles rank came on May 13, 1996 when he was ranked 101st in men's singles tennis rankings...  Eyal RanEyal Ran Eyal Ran is a professional Israeli tennis player and Captain of the Israeli Davis Cup team.His career high ATP ranking in singles was 138 , and in doubles it was 71 .-Tennis career:... |
7–6, 7–5 |
| 2. | 28 April 1997 | Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million... , Czech Republic |
Clay | Mahesh Bhupathi |
 Petr LuxaPetr Luxa Petr Luxa is a retired professional tennis player from Czech Republic. He mainly plays doubles.-Doubles :-External links:... David ŠkochDavid Škoch David Škoch is a professional doubles tennis player from the Czech Republic. , he has a good doubles rank and his usual doubles partner is his countryman Jaroslav Levinský.-Wins :... |
6–1, 6–1 |
| 3. | 28 July 1997 | Montreal Canada Masters The Canada Masters , currently sponsored as the Rogers Cup, is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. The men's competition is a Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour. The women's competition is a Premier 5 tournament on the Women's Tennis Association tour... , Canada |
Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi |
 Sébastien LareauSébastien Lareau Sébastien Lareau is a former touring professional tennis player.-As a singles player:The right-handed Lareau achieved a career best singles ranking of World No. 76 in April 1995. In January 1999 he reached a career second best ranking of World No. 78. He had a career ATP tour event win-loss...  Alex O'BrienAlex O'Brien Alex O'Brien is a professional tennis player from the United States, who competed on the ATP Tour. He was the No. 1 doubles player in the world and was ranked as high as 30 in the world in singles .He won his only singles title at New Haven, Connecticut, in 1996... |
7–6, 6–3 |
| 4. | 11 August 1997 | New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi |
Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien |
6–4, 6–7, 6–2 |
| 5. | 29 September 1997 | Beijing China Open (tennis) The China Open is an annual professional tennis tournament held in Beijing, China. The men's singles and doubles events were first held in 1993, the year in which the Qatar Open and Dubai Tennis Championships were also introduced to the men's tour, as the ATP opened a series of new tournaments in... , China |
Hard (I) | Mahesh Bhupathi |
Alex O'Brien Jim Courier Jim Courier James Spencer "Jim" Courier, Jr. is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. During his career, he won four Grand Slam singles titles, two at the French Open and two at the Australian Open... |
7–5, 7–6 |
| 6. | 6 October 1997 | Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the... |
Carpet (I) | Mahesh Bhupathi |
Rick Leach Rick Leach ----Rick Leach is a former professional tennis player and a coach from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won 5 Grand Slam men's doubles titles , and 4 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles . Leach reached the World No... Jonathan StarkJonathan Stark Jonathan Stark is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During his career he won two Grand Slam doubles titles . Stark reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1994.-Early life:Stark was born in Southern Oregon in the city of Medford on April 3, 1971... |
6–4, 6–4 |
| 7. | 5 January 1998 | Doha Qatar ExxonMobil Open The Qatar Open, currently known as the Qatar ExxonMobil Open for sponsorship reasons, is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour... , Qatar |
Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi |
 Olivier DelaîtreOlivier Delaître Olivier Delaître is a former tennis player from France. He won 15 doubles titles during a fourteen year career becoming the world's 3rd ranked doubles player on July 12, 1999.... Fabrice SantoroFabrice Santoro Fabrice Vetea Santoro is a retired French professional male tennis player from Tahiti. Though not counted among the top ranked players, he had an unusually long professional career – with many of his accomplishments coming toward the end of his career – and he is popular among spectators and other... |
6–4, 3–6, 6–4 |
| 8. | 9 February 1998 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi |
Donald Johnson Donald Johnson ----Donald James "Don" Johnson is a former professional tennis player from the United States who reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 2002. Although born in Bethlehem, PA he was raised and learned the sport of tennis in the Pittsburgh suburb of Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania... Francisco MontanaFrancisco Montana Francisco Montana is a former professional male tennis player from the United States. He turned pro in 1990.He reached his career high doubles ranking, World No. 13, on July 8, 1998.-Doubles titles :... |
6–2, 7–5 |
| 9. | 6 April 1998 | Chennai, India (2) | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi |
Olivier Delaître  Max MirnyiMax Mirnyi Max Mirnyi is a professional tennis player from Belarus.Today Mirnyi is a doubles specialist, but he also enjoyed a good singles career, finishing in the top 50 in the world for seven straight years, as well as representing Belarus in Davis Cup competition since April 1994, where he holds a... |
6–7, 6–3, 6–2 |
| 10. | 11 May 1998 | Rome Rome Masters The Italian Open is an annual tennis tournament held in Rome, Italy. It is the most prestigious red clay tennis tournament in the world after the French Open, with the men's competition being an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, and the women's... , Italy |
Clay | Mahesh Bhupathi |
Ellis Ferreira Ellis Ferreira Ellis Ferreira is a former professional male tennis player from South Africa. He played collegiately at the University of Alabama, earning all-SEC and all-American honors. He won 2 Grand Slam doubles titles, the Men's title at the 2000 Australian Open with Rick Leach and the mixed doubles at the... Rick Leach |
6–4, 4–6, 7–6 |
| 11. | 5 October 1998 | Shanghai, China | Carpet (I) | Mahesh Bhupathi |
 Todd WoodbridgeTodd Woodbridge Todd Andrew Woodbridge is an Australian former tennis player. He was born in Sydney and turned professional in 1988. He is best known for his successful Doubles partnerships with Mark Woodforde and later Jonas Björkman... Mark WoodfordeMark Woodforde Mark Woodforde is a former professional tennis player from Australia. He is best known as one half of "The Woodies", a doubles partnership with Todd Woodbridge.... |
6–4, 6–7, 7–6 |
| 12. | 2 November 1998 | Paris Paris Masters The Paris Masters is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Paris, France. It is played indoors at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. The event is part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour... , France |
Carpet (I) | Mahesh Bhupathi |
 Jacco EltinghJacco Eltingh Jacco Folkert Eltingh is a former professional male tennis player and former World No. 1 doubles player from the Netherlands.He is best remembered for his success in doubles with fellow countryman Paul Haarhuis... Paul HaarhuisPaul Haarhuis Paul Vincent Nicholas Haarhuis is a Dutch former professional tennis player. He is a former World No. 1 doubles player. He won six Grand Slam men's doubles titles, five with Jacco Eltingh and one with Yevgeny Kafelnikov.-Personal life:... |
6–4, 6–2 |
| 13. | 5 April 1999 | Chennai, India (3) | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi |
 Wayne BlackWayne Black Wayne Hamilton Black is a former professional male tennis player from Zimbabwe.Black is the son of Don and Velia Black and the brother of Cara Black and Byron Black, also professional tennis players. He attended the University of Southern California and was an All-American in singles and doubles... Neville GodwinNeville Godwin Neville Godwin is a former tennis player from South Africa.Godwin turned professional in 1994. The right-hander won one singles title in his career, and reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on March 31, 1997, when he became World number 90.His highest world ranking for doubles... |
4–6, 7–5, 6–4 |
| 14. | 24 May 1999 | French Open 1999 French Open -Men's Singles:* Men's SinglesList of the 1999 French Open champions:-Men's singles: Andre Agassi def. Andrei Medvedev, 1–6, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4... , France |
Clay | Mahesh Bhupathi |
 Goran IvaniševićGoran Ivaniševic Goran Ivanišević is a retired Croatian professional tennis player. He is best remembered for being the only person to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon as a wildcard. He achieved this in 2001, having previously been runner-up at the championships in 1992, 1994 and 1998. Ivanišević is famous... Jeff TarangoJeff Tarango Jeffrey Gail Tarango is a retired American professional tennis player. He was a top ten doubles player and a French Open doubles runner up, but is mostly remembered for defaulting a match at Wimbledon and his wife assaulting the umpire once Tarango had left the court.-Career summary:Tarango... |
6–2, 7–5 |
| 15. | 21 June 1999 | Wimbledon 1999 Wimbledon Championships The 1999 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon in London in England... , United Kingdom |
Grass | Mahesh Bhupathi |
Paul Haarhuis Jared Palmer Jared Palmer Jared Eiseley Palmer is a professional tennis player who won 28 professional doubles titles and one singles title in his career on the ATP Tour. He also won four double titles on the challenger's circuit... |
6–7, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6 |
| 16. | 5 July 1999 | Newport, Rhode Island, U.S. | Grass | Wayne Arthurs |
 Sargis SargsianSargis Sargsian Sargis Sargsian is a former professional tennis player from Armenia.Sargsian turned pro in 1995, and has won one singles and two doubles titles during his career on the ATP Tour... Chris WoodruffChris Woodruff Chris Woodruff is an American former professional male tennis player. He hails from Knoxville, Tennessee and was trained at the Knoxville Racquet Club.- College career :... |
6–7, 7–6, 6–3 |
| 17. | 1 May 2000 | Orlando, Florida U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships The U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship is an annual ATP Tour tennis tournament that started in 1910. It is the last remaining ATP Tour-level tournament in the United States to be played on clay courts.... , U.S. |
Clay | Jan Siemerink Jan Siemerink Johannes Martinus Siemerink is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.-Career:... |
Justin Gimelstob Justin Gimelstob Justin Jeremy Gimelstob is a retired American tennis player. Gimelstob has been a resident of Morristown, New Jersey and as of 2009 resided in Santa Monica, California.... Sébastien Lareau |
6–3, 6–4 |
| 18. | 9 October 2000 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi |
Michael Hill Michael Hill (tennis) Michael Robert Hill is a former tennis player from Australia who turned professional in 1997 and retired in 2005. He was primarily a doubles specialist, achieving a career-high doubles ranking of World Number 18, reached on 30 July 2001.-College:Hill played three years at University of... Jeff Tarango |
6–4, 6–7, 6–3 |
| 19. | 23 April 2001 | Atlanta Verizon Tennis Challenge The Verizon Tennis Challenge is a defunct Grand Prix circuit and ATP Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1987 to 2001. It was held in Orlando, Florida in the United States from 1987 to 1991 and at the Atlanta Athletic Club in what is now Johns Creek, Georgia in the United States from 1992... , U.S. |
Clay | Mahesh Bhupathi |
Rick Leach David Macpherson David Macpherson (tennis) ----David Macpherson is a former professional male tennis player on the ATP tour.A product of player and coach, Tony Roche's junior tennis academy, he played lefthanded and turned professional in 1985. As a junior player Macpherson was one of Australia's top prospects in his peer group, reaching... |
6–3, 7–6 |
| 20. | 30 April 2001 | Houston, Texas U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships The U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship is an annual ATP Tour tennis tournament that started in 1910. It is the last remaining ATP Tour-level tournament in the United States to be played on clay courts.... , U.S. (2) |
Clay | Mahesh Bhupathi |
Kevin Kim Kevin Kim - External links :* *... Jim ThomasJim Thomas (tennis) Jim Thomas is a professional American tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking was World No. 288, which he reached on November 2, 1998. His career high in doubles was at 29 set at August 21, 2006.... |
7–6, 6–2 |
| 21. | 28 May 2001 | French Open 1999 French Open -Men's Singles:* Men's SinglesList of the 1999 French Open champions:-Men's singles: Andre Agassi def. Andrei Medvedev, 1–6, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4... , France (2) |
Clay | Mahesh Bhupathi |
Petr Pála Petr Pála Petr Pála is a former professional male tennis player from the Czech Republic. Together with Pavel Vízner he reached the men's doubles final of the 2001 French Open but lost to Indians Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes... Pavel VíznerPavel Vízner Pavel Vízner is a professional male tennis player from the Czech Republic. Vízner has reached the French Open final twice, having had turned professional in 1990 and achieved a career high doubles ranking of World Number 5 on September 10, 2007.- Career :While Vízner had played tournaments in 1988... |
7–6, 6–3 |
| 22. | 6 August 2001 | Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati Masters The Cincinnati Open is an annual outdoor hardcourts tennis event held in the Cincinnati suburb of Mason, Ohio, USA. The event started on September 18, 1899 and is the oldest tennis tournament in the United States played in its original city., Between... , U.S. |
Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi |
Martin Damm Martin Damm Martin Damm was a professional tennis player from Czechia. He is 6'2" 195 lb and is best known as a doubles player . ,his highest singles ranking 42 as of August 1997...  David PrinosilDavid Prinosil David Prinosil is a former tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 1991. He represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the first round by Daniel Vacek of the Czech Republic... |
7–6, 6–3 |
| 23. | 31 December 2001 | Chennai, India (4) | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi |
Tomáš Cibulec Tomáš Cibulec Tomáš Cibulec is a quad-lingual professional Czech tennis player who turned professional in 1996. Cibulec reached his highest singles ranking on August 3, 1998, becoming world number 646. His highest doubles ranking is world number 21, which he reached on March 17, 2003... Ota FukárekOta Fukárek Ota Fukárek is a retired tennis player from Czech Republic.-Wins :-Runners-up :-Wins :-Runner-ups :-External links:... |
5–7, 6–2, 7–5 |
| 24. | 29 April 2002 | Majorca Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana The Valencia Open 500, formerly known as Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana, is a professional tennis tournament played in Valencia, Spain. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour. The tournament was first played in Valencia in 1995 before moving to Marbella, Spain for... , Spain |
Clay | Mahesh Bhupathi |
 Julian KnowleJulian Knowle ----Julian Knowle is an Austrian male professional tennis player. Being a born left-hander Knowle is one of now only few on the ATP Tour who plays his forehand, backhand and even volleys double-handed. He is Austria's most successful doubles player in history by reaching no... Michael KohlmannMichael Kohlmann Michael Kohlmann is a professional tennis player from Germany. Primarily a doubles specialist, he has won five ATP Tour doubles titles in his career. On 5 March 2007, he reached his highest doubles ranking of No... |
6–2, 6–4 |
| 25. | 24 February 2003 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates (2) | Hard | David Rikl David Rikl David Rikl is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. The left-handed Rikl turned professional in 1989. The Czech's success came mostly in doubles, having been a runner-up at the 2004 US Open and 2001 Wimbledon Championships. However, Rikl did achieve a top-100 singles... |
Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett Kevin Ullyett Kevin Ullyett is a former professional tennis player from Zimbabwe. His primary success on the tour has been in men's doubles. He has won 24 doubles titles, including the 2001 US Open and the 2005 Australian Open, both with Wayne Black... |
6–3, 6–0 |
| 26. | 3 March 2003 | Delray Beach, Florida, U.S. | Hard |  Nenad ZimonjićNenad Zimonjic Nenad Zimonjić is a professional Serbian tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 3 in men's doubles. He is the second tennis doubles player from Serbia to hold the World No.1, after Slobodan Živojinović.-Career:... |
Raemon Sluiter Raemon Sluiter Raemon Sluiter is a professional male tennis player from the Netherlands. His career-high Association of Tennis Professionals Entry ranking is Number 46... Martin VerkerkMartin Verkerk Martin Willem Verkerk is a retired Dutch tennis player. As a relatively unknown player, he had a brilliant run at the French Open in 2003, reaching the final before losing to Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero... |
7–5, 3–6, 7–5 |
| 27. | 7 July 2003 | Gstaad Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad The Swiss Open is a tennis tournament held in Gstaad, Switzerland. Held since 1915, the tournament is played on outdoor clay courts... , Switzerland |
Clay | David Rikl |
František Čermák František Cermák ----František Čermák is a Czech professional tennis player. Čermák turned pro in 1998. He has won 26 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, and has been a finalist 19 times. He reached his career high doubles ranking of World No. 14 on February 1, 2010... Leoš FriedlLeoš Friedl Leoš Friedl is a Czech professional tennis player best known for his doubles play with František Čermák. He is coached by Lubomir Gerla. In his career, he has won 15 top-level doubles titles and $1,027,625 in prize money... |
6–3, 6–3 |
| 28. | 7 June 2004 | Halle Gerry Weber Open The Gerry Weber Open is a tennis tournament held in Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Held since 1993, the tournament is played on four outdoor grass courts and is a part of the ATP World Tour 250 series on the ATP Tour schedule.... , Germany |
Grass | David Rikl |
Tomáš Cibulec Tomáš Cibulec Tomáš Cibulec is a quad-lingual professional Czech tennis player who turned professional in 1996. Cibulec reached his highest singles ranking on August 3, 1998, becoming world number 646. His highest doubles ranking is world number 21, which he reached on March 17, 2003... Petr PálaPetr Pála Petr Pála is a former professional male tennis player from the Czech Republic. Together with Pavel Vízner he reached the men's doubles final of the 2001 French Open but lost to Indians Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes... |
6–2, 7–5 |
| 29. | 5 July 2004 | Gstaad, Switzerland (2) | Clay | David Rikl |
 Marc RossetMarc Rosset Marc Rosset is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland who is best remembered for winning the men's singles Gold Medal at the 1992 Olympic Games.... Stanislas WawrinkaStanislas Wawrinka Stanislas Wawrinka is a Swiss professional tennis player. He also holds German citizenship as his father is German. His career ranking high is no. 9, achieved on 9 June 2008. He considers clay his best surface and his backhand his best shot... |
6–4, 6–2 |
| 30. | 26 July 2004 | Toronto Canada Masters The Canada Masters , currently sponsored as the Rogers Cup, is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. The men's competition is a Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour. The women's competition is a Premier 5 tournament on the Women's Tennis Association tour... , Canada (2) |
Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi |
 Jonas BjörkmanJonas Björkman Jonas Lars Björkman is a former World Number 4 Swedish professional tennis player. He is also a former World No. 1 in doubles. Björkman retired from professional tennis after competing at the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup Doubles championships.... Max Mirnyi |
6–4, 6–2 |
| 31. | 13 September 2004 | Delray Beach, Florida, U.S. (2) | Hard | Radek Štěpánek Radek Štepánek Radek Štěpánek is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic.-Career:Štěpánek turned professional in 1997. He started on tour as a doubles specialist, winning 12 ATP titles. Since 2002, Štěpánek has focused on being a better singles player while still playing top-level doubles... |
 Gastón EtlisGastón Etlis Gastón Etlis is a former tennis player from Argentina. He is Jewish.In January 2005 Etlis was ranked No.17 in doubles.... Martín RodríguezMartín Rodríguez (tennis) Martín Rodríguez is a former professional tennis player from Argentina.Rodríguez turned professional in 1991. He reached his career-high singles ranking when he became World Number 71 on June 14, 1999... |
6–0, 6–3 |
| 32. | 11 April 2005 | Monte Carlo, Monaco | Clay | Nenad Zimonjić |
Bob Bryan Bob Bryan Robert Charles "Bob" Bryan is an American male professional tennis player. With his twin brother Mike, he has spent over 200 weeks as a World No. 1 doubles player. He has won eighteen Grand Slam titles, 11 in men's doubles and seven in mixed doubles. He turned professional in 1998... Mike BryanMike Bryan Michael Carl "Mike" Bryan is an American professional tennis player. He stands tall, weighs 192 lbs and plays right-handed. He turned professional in 1998. With his twin brother Bob, he has been World No... |
W/O |
| 33. | 18 April 2005 | Barcelona, Spain | Clay | Nenad Zimonjić |
 Feliciano LópezFeliciano López Feliciano López Diaz-Guerra is a Spanish professional male tennis player. He was born in Toledo and now lives in the Spanish capital Madrid.... Rafael NadalRafael Nadal Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. , he is ranked No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals... |
6–3, 6–3 |
| 34. | 26 September 2005 | Bangkok Thailand Open (tennis) The Thailand Open is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour... , Thailand |
Hard (I) | Paul Hanley Paul Hanley (tennis) Paul Jason Hanley is a professional male tennis player from Australia, specialising in doubles. His parents, Jay and Judy, co-own a tennis centre, one of the main reasons Hanley pursued a career in the sport.He lost the 2005 Wimbledon finals in mixed doubles, playing with Tatiana Perebiynis... |
Jonathan Erlich Jonathan Erlich Jonathan Dario "Yoni" Erlich is a professional Israeli tennis player... Andy RamAndy Ram Andy Ram is a professional tennis player from Israel, and the first Israeli tennis player to win a seniors Grand Slam event . He plays more doubles than singles as he prefers doubles more and wins more matches... |
6–7, 6–1, 6–2 |
| 35. | 19 June 2006 | 's-Hertogenbosch Ordina Open The Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, now sponsored by UNICEF and called the UNICEF Open, is a tennis tournament on the ATP Tour and WTA Tour held in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.-Singles:-Doubles:-Singles:-Doubles:-External links:*... , Netherlands |
Grass | Martin Damm Martin Damm Martin Damm was a professional tennis player from Czechia. He is 6'2" 195 lb and is best known as a doubles player . ,his highest singles ranking 42 as of August 1997... |
Arnaud Clément Arnaud Clément Arnaud Clément is a professional tennis player from France. His best achievement is reaching the final of the 2001 Australian Open.-Career:Clément was born in Aix-en-Provence, and currently lives in Geneva, Switzerland... Chris HaggardChris Haggard Chris Haggard is a professional tennis player from South Africa.After finishing runner-up in the NAIA national men's tennis championship singles draw in 1991 while playing for Auburn University-Montgomery, Haggard turned pro in 1993. He has won six ATP Tour doubles titles and finished runner-up a... |
6–1, 7–6 |
| 36. | 28 August 2006 | US Open, U.S. | Hard | Martin Damm |
Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi |
6–7, 6–4, 6–3 |
| 37. | 19 February 2007 | Rotterdam ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament The ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the 500 series of the ATP Tour... , Netherlands |
Hard (I) | Martin Damm |
 Andrei PavelAndrei Pavel Andrei Pavel is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from Romania. He is currently coaching former world No. 1 and the current world No. 15 of the WTA, Jelena Janković.-Career:... Alexander WaskeAlexander Waske Alexander Waske is a professional male tennis player from Germany. He turned pro in 2000.On June 12, 2006, Waske achieved his career-high singles ranking: World No. 89.-Doubles: 7 :-External links:... |
6–3, 6–7, [10–7] |
| 38. | 5 March 2007 | Indian Wells, California Indian Wells Masters The Indian Wells Masters is an annual tennis tournament held in Indian Wells, California.... , U.S. |
Hard | Martin Damm |
Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram |
6–4, 6–4 |
| 39. | 21 September 2008 | Bangkok Thailand Open (tennis) The Thailand Open is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour... , Thailand (2) |
Hard (I) | Lukáš Dlouhý Lukáš Dlouhý Lukáš Dlouhý is a professional Czech tennis player on the ATP Tour. A doubles specialist, Dlouhý reached a career-high ranking of World Number 5 on June 22, 2009.-2006-2008:... |
Scott Lipsky Scott Lipsky Scott Lipsky is a professional tennis player from the United States. He is primarily a doubles specialist.... David MartinDavid Martin (tennis) David Martin is a professional American tennis player.He teamed with Scott Lipsky to win his first ATP doubles title in February 2008 at the SAP Open in San Jose, California, defeating the number one ranked doubles team of Bob and Mike Bryan.-Tennis career:Before attending Stanford, David was a US... |
6–4, 7–6(4) |
| 40. | 6 June 2009 | French Open 2009 French Open The 2009 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 108th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year... , France (3) |
Clay | Lukáš Dlouhý | Wesley Moodie Wesley Moodie Wesley Moodie is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. Wesley is now retired.-Early life and college career:...  Dick NormanDick Norman Dick Norman is a professional tennis player. He has achieved a degree of folk popularity among tennis fans due to his height , his left-handed power game and, in the last few years, his age .Turning professional in 1991, Norman notched up only his 14th Grand Slam... |
3–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| 41. | 13 September 2009 | US Open 2009 US Open (tennis) The 2009 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts, held from August 31 to September 14, 2009 in the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, New York City, United States. Originally, it was scheduled to end with the mens' singles final match on Sunday,... , U.S. (2) |
Hard | Lukáš Dlouhý | Mahesh Bhupathi Mahesh Bhupathi Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi is an Indian professional tennis player widely regarded as among the best doubles players in the world with 11 Grand Slam titles to his credit. In 1997, he became the first Indian to win a Grand Slam tournament...  Mark KnowlesMark Knowles Mark Knowles is a former World number 1 doubles professional male tennis player from the Bahamas, who will go down as one of the greatest athletes of his country for his longevity within his sport and charitable contributions off the court.After being awarded a scholarship to the Nick... |
3–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| 42. | 3 April 2010 | Miami, Florida 2010 Sony Ericsson Open The 2010 Sony Ericsson Open , was a tennis tournament for men and women held from March 22 to April 4, 2010. It was the 26th edition of the Miami Masters event and is played on outdoor hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, Florida, located near Miami... , U.S. |
Hard | Lukáš Dlouhý | Mahesh Bhupathi Mahesh Bhupathi Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi is an Indian professional tennis player widely regarded as among the best doubles players in the world with 11 Grand Slam titles to his credit. In 1997, he became the first Indian to win a Grand Slam tournament... Max MirnyiMax Mirnyi Max Mirnyi is a professional tennis player from Belarus.Today Mirnyi is a doubles specialist, but he also enjoyed a good singles career, finishing in the top 50 in the world for seven straight years, as well as representing Belarus in Davis Cup competition since April 1994, where he holds a... |
6–2, 7–5 |
| 43. | 17 October 2010 | Shanghai, China | Hard | Jürgen Melzer Jürgen Melzer Jürgen Melzer is an Austrian tennis player. He reached a career-high ranking of no. 8 on 18 April 2011, and a doubles ranking of no. 6 on 13 September 2010. He is the only current player on the ATP Tour to be ranked in the top 10 in both singles and doubles. He is a left-handed tennis player, but... |
 Mariusz FyrstenbergMariusz Fyrstenberg Mariusz Fyrstenberg is a left-handed Polish professional tennis player whose speciality is in doubles. His current partner is Marcin Matkowski; they have been playing together since 2003.... Marcin MatkowskiMarcin Matkowski Marcin Matkowski is a right-handed Polish professional tennis player whose speciality is in doubles. His current partner is Mariusz Fyrstenberg; they have been playing together since 2003, he occasionally plays mixed doubles with Caroline Wozniacki.Matkowski and Fyrstenberg qualified as the eighth... |
7–5, 4–6, [10–5] |
| 44. | 9 January 2011 | Chennai Chennai Open The Chennai Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour... , India (5) |
Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi Mahesh Bhupathi Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi is an Indian professional tennis player widely regarded as among the best doubles players in the world with 11 Grand Slam titles to his credit. In 1997, he became the first Indian to win a Grand Slam tournament... |
Robin Haase Robin Haase Robin Haase is a Dutch tennis player. Haase is currently the highest-ranked Dutch player, with his career high of No. 41 coming on 29 August 2011. He is endorsed by Head and SNS Reaal.-Career:... David MartinDavid Martin (tennis) David Martin is a professional American tennis player.He teamed with Scott Lipsky to win his first ATP doubles title in February 2008 at the SAP Open in San Jose, California, defeating the number one ranked doubles team of Bob and Mike Bryan.-Tennis career:Before attending Stanford, David was a US... |
6–2, 6–7(3), [10–7] |
| 45. | 2 April 2011 | Miami, U.S. (2) | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi |
Max Mirnyi Max Mirnyi Max Mirnyi is a professional tennis player from Belarus.Today Mirnyi is a doubles specialist, but he also enjoyed a good singles career, finishing in the top 50 in the world for seven straight years, as well as representing Belarus in Davis Cup competition since April 1994, where he holds a... Daniel Nestor |
6–7(5), 6–2, [10–5] |
| 46. | 21 August 2011 | Cincinnati 2011 Western & Southern Open The 2011 Cincinnati Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, near Cincinnati, United States. The tournament was a joint men's and women's event, with six new courts being built for the tournament... , U.S. |
Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi |
Michaël Llodra Michaël Llodra Michaël Llodra is a French professional tennis player. He is a prolific doubles player with three Grand Slam championships, and has also had success in singles.-Life and career:...  Nenad ZimonjićNenad Zimonjic Nenad Zimonjić is a professional Serbian tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 3 in men's doubles. He is the second tennis doubles player from Serbia to hold the World No.1, after Slobodan Živojinović.-Career:... |
7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–2) |
Men's doubles: 13 finals (6 titles, 7 runners-up)
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1999 1999 Australian Open – Men's Doubles Jonas Björkman and Jacco Eltingh were the defending champions, but Eltingh did not compete this year.Björkman teamed up with Patrick Rafter, and they won the title defeating the first-seeded Indian team of Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes in the final, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–7, 6–4... |
Australian Open | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi Mahesh Bhupathi Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi is an Indian professional tennis player widely regarded as among the best doubles players in the world with 11 Grand Slam titles to his credit. In 1997, he became the first Indian to win a Grand Slam tournament... |
Jonas Björkman Jonas Björkman Jonas Lars Björkman is a former World Number 4 Swedish professional tennis player. He is also a former World No. 1 in doubles. Björkman retired from professional tennis after competing at the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup Doubles championships.... Patrick RafterPatrick Rafter Patrick "Pat" Michael Rafter is an Australian former World No. 1 tennis player. He twice won the men's singles title at the US Open and was twice the runner-up at Wimbledon. Rafter was elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2006. He was known for his natural serve-and-volley style of... |
6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–7(10–12), 6–4 |
| Winner | 1999 1999 French Open – Men's Doubles Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis were the defending champions, but Eltingh did not compete this year. Haarhuis competed with American Jared Palmer as the seventh seed, but they were eliminated in the second round by Javier Sánchez and Jan Siemerink.... |
French Open | Clay | Mahesh Bhupathi |
Goran Ivanišević Goran Ivaniševic Goran Ivanišević is a retired Croatian professional tennis player. He is best remembered for being the only person to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon as a wildcard. He achieved this in 2001, having previously been runner-up at the championships in 1992, 1994 and 1998. Ivanišević is famous... Jeff TarangoJeff Tarango Jeffrey Gail Tarango is a retired American professional tennis player. He was a top ten doubles player and a French Open doubles runner up, but is mostly remembered for defaulting a match at Wimbledon and his wife assaulting the umpire once Tarango had left the court.-Career summary:Tarango... |
6–2, 7–5 |
| Winner | 1999 1999 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis were the defending champions but only Haarhius competed that year with Jared Palmer.Haarhius and Palmer reached the final, but lost to first seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes, 6–7, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6 .-Seeds:# Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes #... |
Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors... |
Grass | Mahesh Bhupathi |
Paul Haarhuis Paul Haarhuis Paul Vincent Nicholas Haarhuis is a Dutch former professional tennis player. He is a former World No. 1 doubles player. He won six Grand Slam men's doubles titles, five with Jacco Eltingh and one with Yevgeny Kafelnikov.-Personal life:... Jared PalmerJared Palmer Jared Eiseley Palmer is a professional tennis player who won 28 professional doubles titles and one singles title in his career on the ATP Tour. He also won four double titles on the challenger's circuit... |
6–7(10–12), 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(7–4) |
| Runner-up | 1999 | US Open | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi |
Sébastien Lareau Sébastien Lareau Sébastien Lareau is a former touring professional tennis player.-As a singles player:The right-handed Lareau achieved a career best singles ranking of World No. 76 in April 1995. In January 1999 he reached a career second best ranking of World No. 78. He had a career ATP tour event win-loss... Alex O'BrienAlex O'Brien Alex O'Brien is a professional tennis player from the United States, who competed on the ATP Tour. He was the No. 1 doubles player in the world and was ranked as high as 30 in the world in singles .He won his only singles title at New Haven, Connecticut, in 1996... |
7–6, 6–4 |
| Winner | 2001 | French Open (2) | Clay | Mahesh Bhupathi |
Petr Pála Petr Pála Petr Pála is a former professional male tennis player from the Czech Republic. Together with Pavel Vízner he reached the men's doubles final of the 2001 French Open but lost to Indians Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes... Pavel VíznerPavel Vízner Pavel Vízner is a professional male tennis player from the Czech Republic. Vízner has reached the French Open final twice, having had turned professional in 1990 and achieved a career high doubles ranking of World Number 5 on September 10, 2007.- Career :While Vízner had played tournaments in 1988... |
7–6, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 2004 | US Open | Hard | David Rikl David Rikl David Rikl is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. The left-handed Rikl turned professional in 1989. The Czech's success came mostly in doubles, having been a runner-up at the 2004 US Open and 2001 Wimbledon Championships. However, Rikl did achieve a top-100 singles... |
Mark Knowles Mark Knowles Mark Knowles is a former World number 1 doubles professional male tennis player from the Bahamas, who will go down as one of the greatest athletes of his country for his longevity within his sport and charitable contributions off the court.After being awarded a scholarship to the Nick... Daniel NestorDaniel Nestor Daniel Mark Nestor, CM , born Danijel Nestorović September 4, 1972, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, is a Serbian-born Canadian professional tennis player from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.... |
6–3, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 2006 | Australian Open | Hard | Martin Damm Martin Damm Martin Damm was a professional tennis player from Czechia. He is 6'2" 195 lb and is best known as a doubles player . ,his highest singles ranking 42 as of August 1997... |
Bob Bryan Bob Bryan Robert Charles "Bob" Bryan is an American male professional tennis player. With his twin brother Mike, he has spent over 200 weeks as a World No. 1 doubles player. He has won eighteen Grand Slam titles, 11 in men's doubles and seven in mixed doubles. He turned professional in 1998... Mike BryanMike Bryan Michael Carl "Mike" Bryan is an American professional tennis player. He stands tall, weighs 192 lbs and plays right-handed. He turned professional in 1998. With his twin brother Bob, he has been World No... |
4–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| Winner | 2006 | US Open | Hard | Martin Damm |
Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi Max Mirnyi Max Mirnyi is a professional tennis player from Belarus.Today Mirnyi is a doubles specialist, but he also enjoyed a good singles career, finishing in the top 50 in the world for seven straight years, as well as representing Belarus in Davis Cup competition since April 1994, where he holds a... |
6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 2008 | US Open | Hard | Lukáš Dlouhý Lukáš Dlouhý Lukáš Dlouhý is a professional Czech tennis player on the ATP Tour. A doubles specialist, Dlouhý reached a career-high ranking of World Number 5 on June 22, 2009.-2006-2008:... |
Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
7–6(7–5), 7–6(12–10) |
| Winner | 2009 2009 French Open – Men's Doubles Pablo Cuevas and Luis Horna were the defending champions, but lost in the third round to Igor Kunitsyn and Dmitry Tursunov.Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes won in the final 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 against Wesley Moodie and Dick Norman.-Seeds:... |
French Open (3) | Clay | Lukáš Dlouhý |
Wesley Moodie Wesley Moodie Wesley Moodie is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. Wesley is now retired.-Early life and college career:... Dick NormanDick Norman Dick Norman is a professional tennis player. He has achieved a degree of folk popularity among tennis fans due to his height , his left-handed power game and, in the last few years, his age .Turning professional in 1991, Norman notched up only his 14th Grand Slam... |
3–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| Winner | 2009 | US Open (2) | Hard | Lukáš Dlouhý |
Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles Mark Knowles Mark Knowles is a former World number 1 doubles professional male tennis player from the Bahamas, who will go down as one of the greatest athletes of his country for his longevity within his sport and charitable contributions off the court.After being awarded a scholarship to the Nick... |
3–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 2010 2010 French Open – Men's Doubles Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes were the defending champions, but they lost in the final to Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić.-Seeds:# Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan # Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić '... |
French Open | Clay | Lukáš Dlouhý |
Nenad Zimonjić Nenad Zimonjic Nenad Zimonjić is a professional Serbian tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 3 in men's doubles. He is the second tennis doubles player from Serbia to hold the World No.1, after Slobodan Živojinović.-Career:... Daniel Nestor |
7–5, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 2011 2011 Australian Open – Men's Doubles Bob and Mike Bryan, the two-time defending champions in this event, successfully defended their title. They defeated Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes 6–3, 6–4 in the final.-Seeds:# Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan ... |
Australian Open | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi |
Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
3–6, 4–6 |
Mixed Doubles: 11 finals (6 titles, 5 runners-up)
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1999 | Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors... |
Grass | Lisa Raymond Lisa Raymond Lisa Raymond is an American professional tennis player who has achieved notable success in doubles tennis. On June 12, 2000, she reached the world number one ranking in doubles... |
 Anna KournikovaAnna Kournikova Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova is a Russian retired professional tennis player. Her beauty and celebrity status made her one of the best known tennis stars worldwide, despite the fact that she never won a WTA singles title. At the peak of her fame, fans looking for images of Kournikova made her name... Jonas BjörkmanJonas Björkman Jonas Lars Björkman is a former World Number 4 Swedish professional tennis player. He is also a former World No. 1 in doubles. Björkman retired from professional tennis after competing at the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup Doubles championships.... |
6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |
| Winner | 2003 | Australian Open | Hard | Martina Navrátilová |
 Eleni DaniilidouEleni Daniilidou Eleni Daniilidou is a Greek tennis player born in Chania, on the island of Crete.As of 2011, she has won five WTA singles titles and three doubles titles. In 2003, she reached the Australian Open mixed doubles final. Her highest singles ranking has been 14th... Todd WoodbridgeTodd Woodbridge Todd Andrew Woodbridge is an Australian former tennis player. He was born in Sydney and turned professional in 1988. He is best known for his successful Doubles partnerships with Mark Woodforde and later Jonas Björkman... |
6–4, 7–5 |
| Winner | 2003 | Wimbledon (2) | Grass | Martina Navrátilová |
Anastassia Rodionova Anastassia Rodionova Anastasia Rodionova is an Australian professional female tennis player, and the current Australian No. 1 in doubles. She achieved her career high rank of #62 on 16 August 2010... Andy RamAndy Ram Andy Ram is a professional tennis player from Israel, and the first Israeli tennis player to win a seniors Grand Slam event . He plays more doubles than singles as he prefers doubles more and wins more matches... |
6–3, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 2004 | Australian Open | Hard | Martina Navrátilová |
Elena Bovina Elena Bovina Elena Olegovna Bovina is a Russian professional female tennis player. On April 4, 2005 Bovina reached her career-high singles ranking: World No. 14.... Nenad ZimonjićNenad Zimonjic Nenad Zimonjić is a professional Serbian tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 3 in men's doubles. He is the second tennis doubles player from Serbia to hold the World No.1, after Slobodan Živojinović.-Career:... |
6–1, 7–6 |
| Runner-up | 2005 | French Open | Clay | Martina Navrátilová |
 Daniela HantuchováDaniela Hantuchová Daniela Hantuchová is a Slovak professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first Tier I tournament and ended the year in the top 10.She is currently coached by Larri Passos... Fabrice SantoroFabrice Santoro Fabrice Vetea Santoro is a retired French professional male tennis player from Tahiti. Though not counted among the top ranked players, he had an unusually long professional career – with many of his accomplishments coming toward the end of his career – and he is popular among spectators and other... |
3–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 2007 | US Open | Hard | Meghann Shaughnessy Meghann Shaughnessy Meghann Shaughnessy is an American professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of #11 in 2001, and has won six WTA Tour singles titles... |
Victoria Azarenka Victoria Azarenka Victoria Azarenka is a Belarusian professional tennis player. Her career high and current ranking is world no. 3, which she first achieved on 12 September 2011. She became the highest-ranked Belarusian player ever, surpassing Natasha Zvereva by two spots.... Max MirnyiMax Mirnyi Max Mirnyi is a professional tennis player from Belarus.Today Mirnyi is a doubles specialist, but he also enjoyed a good singles career, finishing in the top 50 in the world for seven straight years, as well as representing Belarus in Davis Cup competition since April 1994, where he holds a... |
6–4, 7–6(8–6) |
| Winner | 2008 | US Open | Hard | Cara Black Cara Black Cara Black is a professional female tennis player from Zimbabwe. She has won 7 singles titles and 63 women's doubles titles. She has won all four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles and three of the four Grand Slam titles in women's doubles. She is currently ranked World No. 28 in women's doubles... |
Liezel Huber Liezel Huber Liezel Huber is a professional tennis player who competes for, resides in, and is a naturalized citizen of the United States. Huber has won four Grand Slam titles in women's doubles with partner Cara Black, one with Lisa Raymond, and two mixed doubles titles with Bob Bryan. On November 12, 2007,... Jamie Murray Jamie Murray Jamie Robert Murray is a British tennis player from Scotland who specialises in doubles and is Britain's number 1 doubles player. He is the older brother of Andy Murray. He won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title in 2007 with Jelena Janković. Murray had an early career partnership with Eric Butorac,... |
7–6, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 2009 | Wimbledon | Grass | Cara Black |
Anna-Lena Grönefeld Anna-Lena Grönefeld Anna-Lena Grönefeld is a professional tennis player from Germany. She turned professional in April 2003.As of September 2011, Grönefeld is the No. 12 tennis player from Germany. She was coached and trained by Rafael Font de Mora in Scottsdale, Arizona until 2006... Mark KnowlesMark Knowles Mark Knowles is a former World number 1 doubles professional male tennis player from the Bahamas, who will go down as one of the greatest athletes of his country for his longevity within his sport and charitable contributions off the court.After being awarded a scholarship to the Nick... |
7–5, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 2009 | US Open | Hard | Cara Black |
Carly Gullickson Carly Gullickson Carly Gullickson is an American professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA singles ranking is No. 123, which she reached on July 20, 2009. Her career high doubles ranking is No. 52, set at April 3, 2006. She is the daughter of former major league baseball player Bill Gullickson, and the... Travis Parrot |
6–2, 6–4 |
| Winner | 2010 | Australian Open (2) | Hard | Cara Black |
Ekaterina Makarova Ekaterina Makarova Ekaterina Valeryevna Makarova is a professional Russian tennis player. She achieved her career high ranking of number 29 on June 6, 2011.-Career:... Jaroslav LevinskýJaroslav Levinský Jaroslav Levinský is a professional doubles tennis player from the Czech Republic.-Mixed doubles: 1 :-Doubles: 5 :-External links:... |
7–5, 6–3 |
| Winner | 2010 | Wimbledon (3) | Grass | Cara Black |
Lisa Raymond Lisa Raymond Lisa Raymond is an American professional tennis player who has achieved notable success in doubles tennis. On June 12, 2000, she reached the world number one ranking in doubles... Wesley MoodieWesley Moodie Wesley Moodie is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. Wesley is now retired.-Early life and college career:... |
6–4, 7–6 |
Doubles performance timeline
| Tournament | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | SR | W–L |
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| Australian Open Australian Open The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court... |
A | A | A | 2R 1994 Australian Open The 1994 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Flinders Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia... |
QF 1995 Australian Open The 1995 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Flinders Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 83rd edition of the Australian Open and was held from 16 through 29 January 1995.-Men's Singles:... |
A | 1R 1997 Australian Open The 1997 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Melbourne Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 85th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 13 through 26 January 1997.-Men's Singles:... |
SF 1998 Australian Open The 1998 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Melbourne Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 86th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 19 January through 1 February 1998.-Men's Singles:... |
F 1999 Australian Open The 1999 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Melbourne Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 87th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 18 through 31 January 1999. This was the first Grand Slam of the calendar year.In the singles... |
1R 2000 Australian Open The 2000 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts from 17 through to 30 January.-Singles players:Men's SinglesWomen's Singles-Former champions:... |
1R 2001 Australian Open The 2001 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts from 15 to 28 January.-Men's Singles: Andre Agassi def. Arnaud Clément, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2... |
2R | QF | 1R | A | F | 3R | 2R | SF | QF 2010 Australian Open – Men's Doubles Bob and Mike Bryan were the defending champions and they defended their title after winning 6–3, 6–7, 6–3, against Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić.-Seeds:# Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan ... |
F 2011 Australian Open – Men's Doubles Bob and Mike Bryan, the two-time defending champions in this event, successfully defended their title. They defeated Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes 6–3, 6–4 in the final.-Seeds:# Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan ... |
0 / 16 | 37–16 |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R 1997 French Open List of the 1997 French Open champions:-Men's Singles: Gustavo Kuerten def. Sergi Bruguera, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2*It was Kuerten's 1st overall title.-Women's Singles: Iva Majoli def. Martina Hingis, 6–4, 6–2... |
SF 1998 French Open List of the 1998 French Open champions:-Men's singles: Carlos Moyá def. Àlex Corretja, 6–3, 7–5, 6–3*It was Moyá's 2nd title of the year, and his 5th overall. It was his 1st career Grand Slam title.-Women's singles:... |
W 1999 French Open – Men's Doubles Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis were the defending champions, but Eltingh did not compete this year. Haarhuis competed with American Jared Palmer as the seventh seed, but they were eliminated in the second round by Javier Sánchez and Jan Siemerink.... |
1R 2000 French Open List of the 2000 French Open champions:-Men's Singles:* Men's Singles-Men's singles: Gustavo Kuerten def. Magnus Norman, 6–2, 6–3, 2–6, 7–6... |
W 2001 French Open The 2001 French Open was the second Grand Slam event of 2001 and the 100th edition of the French Open. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from late May through early June, 2001.-Men's Singles:... |
SF 2002 French Open The 2002 French Open was the second Grand Slam event of 2002 and the 101st edition of the French Open. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from late May through early June, 2002.-Men's singles:... |
SF | 2R | QF | 1R | 2R | 3R | W 2009 French Open – Men's Doubles Pablo Cuevas and Luis Horna were the defending champions, but lost in the third round to Igor Kunitsyn and Dmitry Tursunov.Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes won in the final 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 against Wesley Moodie and Dick Norman.-Seeds:... |
F 2010 French Open – Men's Doubles Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes were the defending champions, but they lost in the final to Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić.-Seeds:# Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan # Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić '... |
2R 2011 French Open – Men's Doubles Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić were the defending champions, but this year Nestor partnered Max Mirnyi, while Zimonjić teamed up with Michaël Llodra. Mirnyi and Nestor defeated Zimonjić and Llodra in the semifinals, 7–6, 7–6... |
3 / 15 | 44–12 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | 1R 1993 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles John McEnroe and Michael Stich were the defending champions but only Stich competed that year with Wayne Ferreira.Ferreira and Stich lost in the third round to Jeremy Bates and Byron Black.... |
3R 1994 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde were the defending champions and won in the final 7–6 , 6–3, 6–1 against Grant Connell and Patrick Galbraith.-Seeds:... |
A | 2R 1996 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde were the defending champions and won in the final 4–6, 6–1, 6–3, 6–2 against Byron Black and Grant Connell.-Seeds:... |
1R 1997 Wimbledon Championships The 1997 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on :grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon in London in England... |
2R 1998 Wimbledon Championships The 1998 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on :grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon in London in England... |
W 1999 Wimbledon Championships The 1999 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon in London in England... |
A | 1R 2001 Wimbledon Championships The 2001 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom the event was part of the 2001 ATP Tour and 2001 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from June 25 to July 9, 2001... |
1R 2002 Wimbledon Championships List of the 2002 Wimbledon Champions:-Men's singles: Lleyton Hewitt def. David Nalbandian, 6–1, 6–3, 6–2*It was Hewitt's 4th title of the year, and his 16th overall. It was his 2nd career Grand Slam title, and his 1st Wimbledon title.-Women's singles: Serena Williams def... |
SF | 2R | QF | SF | QF | SF | 1R | 2R 2010 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić were the defending champions, however they were beaten in the second round by British wildcards, Chris Eaton and Dominic Inglot.Jürgen Melzer and Philipp Petzschner won the final against Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecău 6–1, 7–5, 7–5.-Seeds:# Daniel Nestor / Nenad... |
2R 2011 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles The Men's Doubles event was originally scheduled to begin on June 22, but due to bad weather it was delayed until the next day. To accommodate other rain delayed matches, the first-round matches were played best of three sets, with best of five set scoring being resumed in the second round.Jürgen... |
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| US Open | A | A | SF | 2R | 1R | A | SF | SF | F | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | F | 1R | W | 1R | F | W | 1R 2010 US Open – Men's Doubles Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Martin Damm and Filip Polášek 6–7, 6–3, 6–4.Bob and Mike Bryan won in the final 7–6, 7–6, against Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi.- Seeds :... |
QF 2011 US Open – Men's Doubles Bob and Mike Bryan were the defending champions , but lost in the first round to Ivo Karlović and Frank Moser.Jürgen Melzer and Philipp Petzschner won the title defeating the Polish team of Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski in the final, 6–2, 6–2.-Seeds:# Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan... |
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| Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 5–4 | 13–4 | 22–2 | 0–3 | 6–3 | 6–4 | 11–3 | 7–4 | 6–3 | 15–3 | 6–4 | 16–4 | 16–2 | 9–4 | 10–4 | 6 / 65 | 156–59 |
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| Tennis Masters Cup Tennis Masters Cup The Barclays ATP World Tour Finals is a tennis tournament played at the end of each year, involving the top eight players in the men's tennis world rankings.... |
A | A | A | A | A | A | F | RR | F | F | RR | NH | A | A | F | SF | SF | RR 2008 Tennis Masters Cup – Doubles Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions. They were both present but did not compete together.Knowles partnered with Mahesh Bhupathi, but lost in the round robin.... |
RR | RR 2010 ATP World Tour Finals – Doubles Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan were the defending champions, however lost to Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić in the semifinals.Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić won the final 7–6, 6–4, against Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi.-Seeds:... |
SF 2011 ATP World Tour Finals – Doubles Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić were the defending champions, but they split in 2011. Daniel Nestor qualified with his new partner Max Mirnyi and Nenad Zimonjić with Michaël Llodra.... |
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| Summer Olympics Tennis at the Summer Olympics Tennis was part of the Summer Olympic Games program from the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics, but was dropped after the 1924 Summer Olympics... |
NH | QF | Not Held | 2R | Not Held | 2R | Not Held | SF | Not Held | QF Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Doubles The Men's Doubles tennis competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held from August 10 to August 16 at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre. The DecoTurf surface rendered the event a hardcourt tournament. Matches were best-of-3 sets, except for the final which was best-of-5 sets... |
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| Indian Wells Indian Wells Masters The Indian Wells Masters is an annual tennis tournament held in Indian Wells, California.... |
A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R 1997 Newsweek Champions Cup and the State Farm Evert Cup The 1997 Newsweek Champions Cup and the State Farm Evert Cup were tennis tournaments played on outdoor hard courts that were part of the Mercedes Super 9 of the 1997 ATP Tour and of Tier I of the 1997 WTA Tour... |
A | SF 1999 Newsweek Champions Cup and the Evert Cup The 1999 Newsweek Champions Cup and the Evert Cup were tennis tournaments played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 22nd edition of the Indian Wells Masters and was part of the Super 9 of the 1999 ATP Tour and of Tier I of the 1999 WTA Tour... |
2R 2000 Indian Wells Masters The 2000 Indian Wells Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 24th edition of the Indian Wells Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2000 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 2000 WTA Tour... |
1R 2001 Indian Wells Masters – Men's Doubles Alex O'Brien and Jared Palmer were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, O'Brien with Sébastien Lareau and Palmer with Byron Black.Lareau and O'Brien lost in the second round to Mark Knowles and Brian MacPhie.... |
1R 2002 Pacific Life Open – Men's Doubles Wayne Ferreira and Yevgeny Kafelnikov were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor.Knowles and Nestor won in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Roger Federer and Max Mirnyi.-Seeds:... |
SF 2003 Pacific Life Open – Men's Doubles Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Leander Paes and David Rikl.Wayne Ferreira and Yevgeny Kafelnikov won in the final 3–6, 7–5, 6–4 against Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan.-Seeds:... |
1R 2004 Pacific Life Open – Men's Doubles Wayne Ferreira and Yevgeny Kafelnikov were the defending champions but did not compete that year.Arnaud Clément and Sébastien Grosjean won in the final 6–3, 4–6, 7–5 against Wayne Black and Kevin Ullyett.-Seeds:... |
QF 2005 Pacific Life Open The 2005 Indian Wells Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 29th edition of the Indian Wells Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2005 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 2005 WTA Tour... |
2R | W | QF | 2R | 1R 2010 BNP Paribas Open – Men's Doubles Mardy Fish and Andy Roddick were the defending champions, but they chose not to play together.Fish partnered up with Mario Ančić, but they lost to Feliciano López and Fernando Verdasco in the first round.... |
2R 2011 BNP Paribas Open – Men's Doubles The 2011 BNP Paribas Open was a tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California in March 2011. It was the 37th edition of the event, known as the BNP Paribas Open, and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2011 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2011... |
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| Miami Miami Masters The Miami Masters is an annual tennis tournament for men and women held in Key Biscayne, Miami, Florida. It is an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the men's tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the women's tour and is played on hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park... |
A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R 1997 Lipton Championships The 1997 Lipton Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 13th edition of the Miami Masters and was part of the Mercedes Super 9 of the 1997 ATP Tour and of Tier I of the 1997 WTA Tour... |
2R 1998 Lipton Championships The 1998 Lipton Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 14th edition of the Miami Masters and was part of the Super 9 of the 1998 ATP Tour and of Tier I of the 1998 WTA Tour... |
2R 1999 Lipton Championships The 1999 Lipton Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 15th edition of the Miami Masters and was part of the Super 9 of the 1999 ATP Tour and of Tier I of the 1999 WTA Tour... |
2R 2000 Ericsson Open The 2000 Ericsson Open was the 16th edition of this tennis tournament and was played on outdoor hard courts. The tournament was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2000 ATP Tour and was classified as a Tier I event on the 2000 WTA Tour... |
A | 2R 2002 NASDAQ-100 Open – Men's Doubles Jiří Novák and David Rikl were the defending champions but lost in the second round to Chris Haggard and Tom Vanhoudt.Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor won in the final 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 against Donald Johnson and Jared Palmer.-Seeds:... |
F 2003 NASDAQ-100 Open – Men's Doubles Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Roger Federer and Max Mirnyi.Federer and Mirnyi won in the final 7–5, 6–3 against Leander Paes and David Rikl.-Seeds:... |
QF 2004 NASDAQ-100 Open – Men's Doubles Roger Federer and Max Mirnyi were the defending champions but only Mirnyi competed that year with Mahesh Bhupathi.Bhupathi and Mirnyi lost in the second round to Arnaud Clément and Sébastien Grosjean.... |
1R | A | F | QF | 2R | W 2010 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's Doubles Max Mirnyi and Andy Ram were the defending champions. Both were present, but chose not to compete together this year.Ram partnered with Michaël Llodra, but they lost to Feliciano López and Fernando Verdasco in the first round.... |
W 2011 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's Doubles Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together.Dlouhý competed together with Paul Hanley, however they lost to Jürgen Melzer and Philipp Petzschner in the second round.... |
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| Monte Carlo | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | SF 1998 Monte Carlo Open The 1998 Monte Carlo Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 92nd edition of the Monte Carlo Open, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It took place at the Monte Carlo Country Club in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, near Monte Carlo, Monaco,... |
2R 1999 Monte Carlo Open The 1999 Monte Carlo Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 93rd edition of the Monte Carlo Open, and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1999 ATP Tour. It took place at the Monte Carlo Country Club in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, near Monte Carlo, Monaco, from... |
A | SF 2001 Monte Carlo Masters – Doubles Wayne Ferreira and Yevgeny Kafelnikov were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Scott Humphries and Andrei Olhovskiy.Jonas Björkman and Todd Woodbridge won in the final 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 against Joshua Eagle and Andrew Florent.... |
1R 2002 Monte Carlo Masters – Doubles Jonas Björkman and Todd Woodbridge were the defending champions and won in the final 6–3, 3–6, [10–7] against Paul Haarhuis and Yevgeny Kafelnikov.-Seeds:... |
2R 2003 Monte Carlo Masters – Doubles Jonas Björkman and Todd Woodbridge were the defending champions but lost in the second round to František Čermák and Leoš Friedl.Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi won in the final 6–4, 3–6, 7–6 against Michaël Llodra and Fabrice Santoro.... |
A | W | 2R 2006 Monte Carlo Masters The 2006 Monte Carlo Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 100th edition of the Monte Carlo Masters and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2006 ATP Tour. It took place at the Monte Carlo Country Club from April 17 through April 25, 2006.The men's singles... |
A | 2R | SF | 2R 2010 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters – Doubles Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić were the defending champions and won in the final after the retirement of Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi .-Seeds:All seeds receive a bye into the second round.... |
A | 1 / 10 | 11–9 |
| Rome Rome Masters The Italian Open is an annual tennis tournament held in Rome, Italy. It is the most prestigious red clay tennis tournament in the world after the French Open, with the men's competition being an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, and the women's... |
A | A | A | A | A | A | A | W 1998 Italian Open (tennis) The 1998 Italian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 57th edition of the Rome Masters and was part of the Super 9 of the 1998 ATP Tour and of Tier I of the 1998 WTA Tour. Both the men's and women's events took place at the Foro Italico in Rome in Italy... |
A | A | 1R 2001 Rome Masters – Men's Doubles Martin Damm and Dominik Hrbatý were the defending champions but only Hrbatý competed that year with Jeff Tarango.Hrbatý and Tarango lost in the first round to Mose Navarra and Vincenzo Santopadre.... |
1R 2002 Internazionali BNL d'Italia – Men's Doubles Wayne Ferreira and Yevgeny Kafelnikov were the defending champions but lost in the second round to Wayne Black and Kevin Ullyett.Martin Damm and Cyril Suk won in the final 7–5, 7–5 against Black and Ullyett.-Seeds:... |
2R 2003 Internazionali BNL d'Italia – Men's Doubles Martin Damm and Cyril Suk were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Michaël Llodra and Fabrice Santoro.Wayne Arthurs and Paul Hanley won in the final 6–1, 6–3 against Llodra and Santoro.-Seeds:... |
2R | QF 2005 Internazionali BNL d'Italia The 2005 Rome Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 62nd edition of the Rome Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2005 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 2005 WTA Tour... |
2R | SF | 2R | QF | QF 2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia – Men's Doubles Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić were the defending champions, but lost in the second round to Pablo Cuevas and Juan Mónaco.Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan defeated their compatriots John Isner and Sam Querrey in the final... |
2R 2011 Internazionali BNL d'Italia – Men's Doubles Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan were the defending champions, but they lost to Mardy Fish and Andy Roddick in the quarterfinals.Roddick eventually withdrew from the final because of a shoulder injury and American couple John Isner and Sam Querrey won the title.-Seeds:... |
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| Madrid (Stuttgart) Madrid Masters There are two sporting events named the Madrid Masters:*Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open — a men's and women's tennis tournament*Madrid Masters... |
A | A | A | A | A | A | QF 1997 Eurocard Open The 1997 Stuttgart Masters was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 2nd edition of the Stuttgart Masters, and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1997 ATP Tour. It took place at the Schleyerhalle in Stuttgart, Germany, from October 20 through October 27, 1997.The singles... |
F 1998 Eurocard Open The 1998 Stuttgart Masters was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 3rd edition of the Stuttgart Masters, and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1998 ATP Tour. It took place at the Schleyerhalle in Stuttgart, Germany, from October 26 through November 2, 1998.The singles... |
A | A | QF 2001 Stuttgart Masters – Doubles Jiří Novák and David Rikl were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Ellis Ferreira and Jeff Tarango.Max Mirnyi and Sandon Stolle won in the final 7–6 , 7–6 against Ferreira and Tarango.-Seeds:... |
2R 2002 Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid – Doubles Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor won in the final 6–3, 7–5, 6–0 against Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi.-Seeds:Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated... |
A | 1R 2004 Mutua Madrilena Masters Madrid The 2004 Madrid Masters was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 3rd edition of the Madrid Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2004 ATP Tour... |
F 2005 Mutua Madrilena Masters Madrid The 2005 Madrid Masters was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 4th edition of the Madrid Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2005 ATP Tour. It took place at the Madrid Arena in Madrid, Spain, from October 17 through October 24, 2005.The singles field... |
1R 2006 Mutua Madrilena Masters Madrid The 2006 Madrid Masters was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is the 5th edition of the Madrid Masters, and is part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2006 ATP Tour... |
2R | 2R | A | SF 2010 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open – Men's Doubles Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić were the defending champions, but they lost in the final against Bob and Mike Bryan 3–6, 4–6.-Seeds:All seeds receive a bye into the second round.# Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić ... |
A | 0 / 10 | 10–10 |
| Canada Canada Masters The Canada Masters , currently sponsored as the Rogers Cup, is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. The men's competition is a Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour. The women's competition is a Premier 5 tournament on the Women's Tennis Association tour... |
A | A | A | A | A | A | W 1997 du Maurier Open The 1997 Canadian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 110th edition of the Canada Masters and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1997 ATP Tour and of Tier I of the 1997 WTA Tour... |
SF 1998 du Maurier Open The 1998 du Maurier Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 110th edition of the Canada Masters and was part of the Super 9 of the 1998 ATP Tour and of Tier I of the 1998 WTA Tour... |
QF 1999 du Maurier Open The 1999 Canadian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 110th edition of the Canada Masters, and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1999 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 1999 WTA Tour... |
A | 1R | QF | QF | W | 2R | SF | QF | SF | A | 2R 2010 Rogers Cup – Men's Doubles Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles were the defending champions, but they chose to not compete together this year.Bhupathi plays with Max Mirnyi and Knowles partnered with Radek Štěpánek.... |
2R 2011 Rogers Cup – Men's Doubles Bob and Mike Bryan were the defending champions and they reached to the final. Michaël Llodra and Nenad Zimonjić defeated them 6–4, 6–7, [10–5] and won the title.-Seeds:The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.... |
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| Cincinnati Cincinnati Masters The Cincinnati Open is an annual outdoor hardcourts tennis event held in the Cincinnati suburb of Mason, Ohio, USA. The event started on September 18, 1899 and is the oldest tennis tournament in the United States played in its original city., Between... |
A | A | 1R 1993 Thriftway ATP Championships The 1993 Cincinnati Open, known by the corporate title of the Thriftway ATP Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts... |
A | A | A | QF 1997 Great American Insurance ATP Championships The 1997 Cincinnati Open, known by the corporate title of the Great American Insurance ATP Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 96th edition of the tournament previously known as the Thriftway ATP Championships, and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1997... |
A | 2R | A | W 2001 Cincinnati Masters – Doubles Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde were the defending champions but only Woodbridge competed that year with Jonas Björkman.Björkman and Woodbridge lost in the semifinals to Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes.... |
1R 2002 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters – Doubles Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Bhupathi with Max Mirnyi and Paes with Michael Hill.Hill and Paes lost in the first round to Ivan Ljubičić and Andrei Pavel.... |
2R 2003 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters – Doubles James Blake and Todd Martin were the defending champions but lost in the second round to Wayne Arthurs and Paul Hanley.Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan won in the final 7–5, 7–6 against Arthurs and Hanley.-Seeds:... |
QF 2004 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters The 2004 Cincinnati Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts... |
QF 2005 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters The 2005 Cincinnati Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts... |
SF 2006 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters The 2006 Cincinnati Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts... |
SF | QF | 2R | 2R 2010 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters – Doubles Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić were the defending champions, but they lost to František Čermák and Michal Mertiňák 7–5, 6–2 in the first round.Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan won in the final against Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi, 6–3, 6–4.-Seeds:... |
W 2011 Western & Southern Open – Men's Doubles Bob and Mike Bryan were the defending champions, but lost to Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes in the semifinals.Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes won the title, defeating Michaël Llodra and Nenad Zimonjić 7–6, 7–6 in the final.-Seeds:... |
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| Shanghai Shanghai Masters (tennis) The Shanghai Masters is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour. It is held annually in October at the Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai, People's... |
Not Held | A | W 2010 Shanghai Rolex Masters 1000 – Doubles Julien Benneteau and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga were the defending champions, but Benneteau chose to not participate due to left wrist injury.Tsonga partnered with Michaël Llodra, but they were eliminated by Novak Djokovic and Jonathan Erlich already in the first round.... |
SF 2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Doubles Jürgen Melzer and Leander Paes were the defending champions but decided not to participate together.Melzer partnered up with Philipp Petzschner, while Paes played alongside Mahesh Bhupathi... |
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| Paris Paris Masters The Paris Masters is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Paris, France. It is played indoors at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. The event is part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour... |
A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R 1997 Paris Open The 1997 Paris Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 23rd edition of the Paris Masters, and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1997 ATP Tour. It took place at the Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France, from October 27 through November 3, 1997.The draw... |
W 1998 Paris Open The 1998 Paris Masters was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 24th edition of the Paris Masters, and is part of the ATP Masters Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It took place at the Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France, from November 2 through November 9,... |
A | A | F 2001 Paris Masters – Doubles Nicklas Kulti and Max Mirnyi were the defending champions but only Mirnyi competed that year with Sandon Stolle.Mirnyi and Stolle lost in the quarterfinals to Wayne Black and Kevin Ullyett.... |
2R 2002 BNP Paribas Masters – Doubles Ellis Ferreira and Rick Leach were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Ferreira with Pavel Vízner and Leach with Brian MacPhie.Ferreira and Vízner lost in the quarterfinals to Leach and MacPhie.... |
1R 2003 BNP Paribas Masters – Doubles Nicolas Escudé and Fabrice Santoro were the defending champions but only Santoro competed that year with Michaël Llodra.Llodra and Santoro lost in the final 6–3, 1–6, 6–3 against Wayne Arthurs and Paul Hanley.-Seeds:... |
1R | A | 1R 2006 BNP Paribas Masters The 2006 Paris Masters was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 32nd edition of the Paris Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2006 ATP Tour... |
2R | A | 2R | QF 2010 BNP Paribas Masters – Doubles Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić were the defending champions, but lost to Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi in the quarterfinals.Bhupathi and Mirnyi won this tournament, by defeating Mark Knowles and Andy Ram 7–5, 7–5 in the final.-Seeds:... |
2R 2011 BNP Paribas Masters – Doubles Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi were the defending champions, but decided not to participate together.Bhupathi played alongside Leander Paes but were eliminated in the second round, while Mirnyi partnered up with Daniel Nestor but were eliminated in the semifinals.In the final, Rohan Bopanna and... |
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| Hamburg Hamburg Masters The German Open Hamburg, established in 1892, is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Hamburg, Germany and part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour. Originally a Grand Prix Tennis Tour event between 1978 and 1989 it was part of the Grand Prix Championship... |
A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R 1999 ATP German Open The 1999 German Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 92nd edition of the Hamburg Masters , and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1999 ATP Tour. It took place at the Rothenbaum Tennis Center in Hamburg, Germany, from through 3 May through 10 May 1999.The men's... |
A | 1R 2001 Hamburg Masters – Doubles Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde were the defending champions but only Woodbridge competed that year with Jonas Björkman.Björkman and Woodbridge won in the final 7–6 , 3–6, 6–3 against Daniel Nestor and Sandon Stolle.-Seeds:... |
2R 2002 Hamburg Masters – Doubles Jonas Björkman and Todd Woodbridge were the defending champions but lost in the final 6–2, 6–4 against Mahesh Bhupathi and Jan-Michael Gambill.-Seeds:... |
SF 2003 Hamburg Masters – Doubles Mahesh Bhupathi and Jan-Michael Gambill were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Bhupathi with Max Mirnyi and Gambill with Graydon Oliver.Gambill and Oliver lost in the first round to Gustavo Kuerten and Tim Henman.... |
SF 2004 Hamburg Masters The 2004 Hamburg Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 97th edition of the Hamburg Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2004 ATP Tour. It took place at the Rothenbaum Tennis Center in Hamburg, Germany, from May 10 through May 17, 2004.The men's... |
SF 2005 Hamburg Masters The 2005 Hamburg Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 98th edition of the Hamburg Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2005 ATP Tour. It took place at the Rothenbaum Tennis Center in Hamburg, Germany, from May 9 through May 16, 2005.The men's... |
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 | 11 / 110 | 137–98 |
| Ranking | 481 | 179 | 93 | 142 | 76 | 89 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 84 | 9 | 33 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 5 | |||
Relationship with Mahesh Bhupathi
The duo of Leander Paes and Mahesh BhupathiMahesh Bhupathi
Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi is an Indian professional tennis player widely regarded as among the best doubles players in the world with 11 Grand Slam titles to his credit. In 1997, he became the first Indian to win a Grand Slam tournament...
were nicknamed as "Indian Express". Leander Paes' off-and-on partnership with Bhupathi draws constant media attention in his home country, India.
In the 2006 Asian Games
2006 Asian Games
The 15th Asian Games, officially known as the XV Asiad, is Asia's Olympic-style sporting event that was held in Doha, Qatar from December 1 to December 15, 2006. Doha was the first city in its region and only the second in West Asia to host the 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 team-mate.
However, for the 2008 Beijing Olympics
Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Doubles
The Men's Doubles tennis competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held from August 10 to August 16 at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre. The DecoTurf surface rendered the event a hardcourt tournament. Matches were best-of-3 sets, except for the final which was best-of-5 sets...
, they decided to play together for their country,
and lost in the quarterfinals to the eventual champions Roger Federer
Roger Federer
Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the ATP no. 1 position for a record 237 consecutive weeks, and 285 weeks overall. As of 28 November 2011, he is ranked World No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals . Federer has won a men's record 16 Grand Slam singles titles...
and Stanislas Wawrinka
Stanislas Wawrinka
Stanislas Wawrinka is a Swiss professional tennis player. He also holds German citizenship as his father is German. His career ranking high is no. 9, achieved on 9 June 2008. He considers clay his best surface and his backhand his best shot...
.
In 2011, the "Indian Express" pair won the doubles title at Chennai Open
2011 Aircel Chennai Open
The 2011 Aircel Chennai Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 16th edition of the Chennai Open, and part of the 250 series of the 2011 ATP World Tour. It took place at the SDAT Tennis Stadium in Chennai, India, from January 3 through January 9, 2011.-Seeds:*...
. They reunited to play in a Grand Slam Tournament after nine years and claimed runners-up in the 2011 Australian Open
2011 Australian Open
The 2011 Australian Open was a tennis tournament featuring six different competitions, and part of the 2011 ATP World Tour, the 2011 WTA Tour, ITF Junior Tour and the NEC Tour, as tournaments for professional, junior and wheelchair players were held...
and reached the semifinals in the year-end championships.
It has been announced that Bhupathi will team with Rohan Bopanna
Rohan Bopanna
Rohan Bopanna is an Indian professional tennis player. His singles career high ranking was 213th in 2007. Recently, most of his appearances in professional tournaments has been in doubles matches. He is a member of the Indian Davis Cup team since 2002...
for the 2012 season. Paes will partner Czech Radek Štěpánek
Radek Štepánek
Radek Štěpánek is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic.-Career:Štěpánek turned professional in 1997. He started on tour as a doubles specialist, winning 12 ATP titles. Since 2002, Štěpánek has focused on being a better singles player while still playing top-level doubles...
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