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Leander Adrian Paes OLY (/peɪs/ PAYSS; born 17 June 1973) is an Indian former professional tennis player. Regarded as one of the greatest tennis players in doubles, he holds the record for the most doubles wins in the Davis Cup. Paes has won eight men's doubles and ten mixed doubles Grand Slam titles. He holds a career Grand Slam in men's doubles and mixed doubles, and achieved the rare men's doubles/mixed doubles double at the 1999 Wimbledon Championships. His mixed doubles Wimbledon title in 2010 made him the second man (after Rod Laver) to win Wimbledon titles in three decades.
Paes received the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award, India's highest sporting honor, in 1996–97; the Arjuna Award in 1990; the Padma Shri award in 2001; and India's third-highest civilian award, the Padma Bhushan prize in January 2014, for his outstanding contribution to tennis in India. He won a bronze medal for India in men's singles at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. He competed in consecutive Olympics from 1992 to 2016, making him the first Indian and only tennis player to compete at seven Olympic Games.
He is a former Davis Cup team captain, and holds the record for the most Davis Cup doubles wins with 43 victories (surpassing Nicola Pietrangeli's 42). He plays in World Team Tennis for the Washington Kastles. He was on the 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 championship teams and was named Male MVP for 2009 and 2011 for all of World Team Tennis. He is the sports ambassador of the Indian state of Haryana. Paes announced that he would retire in 2020.
Early life
Paes was born in Calcutta, India, on 17 June 1973 to Vece Paes, a Goan, and, Jennifer Paes, from Calcutta. He was educated at La Martiniere Calcutta, Madras Christian College Higher Secondary School and at St. Xavier's College of the University of Calcutta. His parents were both athletes. Vece was a midfield squad member in the bronze medal-winning Indian field hockey team at the 1972 Munich Olympics although he did not personally receive a medal as he did not take to the field in any of India's matches. His mother captained the Indian basketball team in the 1980 Asian basketball championship.Paes is a direct descendant of Bengali poet Michael Madhusudan Dutta through his mother. Paes had a live-in-relationship with Rhea Pillai in 2005. The couple have a daughter, Aiyana. She filed a case at a local metropolitan court against Paes in 2014, alleging that he had her belongings removed from a wing of his home so his visiting parents could stay there.
Paes enrolled with the Britannia Amritraj Tennis Academy in Madras (Chennai) in 1985, where he was coached by Dave O'Meara. The academy played a key role in his early development. Leander earned international fame when he won the 1990 Wimbledon Junior title and rose to no. 1 in the junior world rankings at age 17.
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 Indian athletes.
Career
Early career (1991–1997)
Paes first won titles at the Junior US Open and the Junior Wimbledon and he turned professional in 1991. He rose to number 1 in the world junior rankings. In 1992, he reached the quarter finals of the doubles event in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics with Ramesh Krishnan.
At the 1996 Atlanta Olympics he beat Fernando Meligeni to win the bronze medal, the first Indian to win an individual medal since KD Jadhav won bronze at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. Paes cited the match as one of his greatest performances, in part because his wrist was severely injured. He was awarded the highest sporting honor by the government of India, the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna in 1996.
His first successful year in the ATP circuit came in 1993, when he partnered with Sébastien Lareau to reach the US Open doubles semifinal. After a moderate season in 1994, he reached the quarter-finals of the 1995 Australian Open doubles with Kevin Ullyett. From 1996, he partnered with fellow-Indian Mahesh Bhupathi. Their first year was not successful, especially in the Grand Slams, reaching the round of 32 only at Wimbledon. 1997 proved to be a much better year for the team, reaching the US Open semifinals. Paes climbed the doubles ranking from no. 89 at the beginning of the year to no. 14 at year end. That year he made his best singles performance in a Grand Slam, losing in the third round of the 1997 US Open to Cédric Pioline after beating Carlos Costa and Arnaud Boetsch.
Rise in doubles (1998–2002)
Paes/Bhupathi grew stronger in 1998, reaching the semifinals of three Grand Slams, the Australian Open, the French Open and the US Open. Paes had two of his biggest singles results. The first one came by winning his only ATP singles title at Newport, and the second was beating Pete Sampras, 6–3, 6–4 at the New Haven ATP tournament at their only meeting. In 1999, the duo reached the finals of all four Grand Slams, winning Wimbledon and the French, thus becoming the first Indians to win a doubles event at a Grand Slam. Paes teamed up with Lisa Raymond to win the mixed doubles event at Wimbledon. The year marked his ascent to the no. 1 doubles ranking. The following year, Paes partnered with Sébastien Lareau for the Australian and Jan Siemerink for the French, losing in the first round on both occasions. Paes again teamed with Bhupathi for the US Open, but lost in the first round again.
The duo had a disappointing second round exit to Australian duo of Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde at the Sydney Olympics. Paes was given the honor of carrying the Indian Flag at the opening ceremony.
In spite of winning the French in 2001, Bhupathi/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 with moderate success.
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2003–2007
After 2003 Paes increasingly focused on doubles. He won the mixed doubles events at the Australian and Wimbledon with Martina Navratilova, both in 2003. Weeks later, Paes was admitted to the MD Anderson Cancer Center for a suspected brain tumour that was later found to be neurocysticercosis, a parasitic brain infection. He had to miss the US Open, but recovered by the end of that year.
In the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, he paired up with Bhupathi, failing again at the semifinals stage. His next Grand Slam success was in the US Open doubles event in 2006 with Martin Damm. Paes led the Indian tennis team at the Doha Asian Games in 2006 and won two golds in the men's doubles (with Bhupathi) and mixed doubles (with Sania Mirza). Paes maintained his doubles ranking in the top 20 in the world between 2005 and 2007. With wins in the Rotterdam and Indian Wells, Paes took his doubles tally to 38.
2008
Paes/Bhupathi took part in men's doubles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. They were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka, who went on to win gold. With Cara Black he won the 2008 US Open mixed doubles title.
2009
In 2009, he won the French Open and US Open Men's doubles titles with Lukáš Dlouhý and was the runner-up in mixed at the US Open.
2010
He began the 2010 season in good form, again winning the Australian Open mixed doubles title with Cara Black. This was the pair's third consecutive Grand Slam final and the fourth overall
2012
Paes and Radek Štěpánek's 2012 Wimbledon tournament ended when the duo lost to Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo. Paes and Elena Vesnina reached the finals of the Wimbledon mixed doubles after beating Bob Bryan and Liezel Huber, 7–5, 3–6, 6–3 on 7 July. They lost in the final to Lisa Raymond and Mike Bryan 3–6, 7–5, 4–6.
In the 2012 Summer Olympics, the Indian pair (Vishnu Vardhan) lost to French team Michaël Llodra and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 6–7, 6–4, 3–6.
Paes and Štěpánek advanced to the finals at the 2012 US Open after their Spanish opponents, Marcel Granollers and Marc López, retired because of injury. However the duo lost in the final of US Open 2012 to the Bryan brothers.
Paes and Štěpánek kicked off the ATP World Tour Finals with a win against Pakistan's Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Dutchman Jean Julien Rojer, 6–4, 7–5. They made it to the semifinals, where they were eliminated by eventual runners-up Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna.
2013
Paes/Štěpánek won the 2013 US Open, defeating Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares 6–1, 6–3. This was Paes' 3rd US Open men's doubles title and 14th Grand Slam title. In January 2014, Government of India announced its 3rd Highest Civilian Award Padma Bhushan for Paes.
2014
Paes won the 2014 Malaysian Open men's doubles with Marcin Matkowski.
2015
Paes started his 25th season on the ATP World Tour by partnering with Klaasen to reach the Chennai final, where the team lost to Lu/Marray. On 17 January, he won his 55th tour-level title in his 93rd final at Auckland, again with Klaasen. The team recorded three match tie break victories en route to the final. With the win, Paes had won at least one trophy every season since 1997.
On 1 February, Paes captured his seventh Grand Slam mixed doubles crown at the 2015 Australian Open with Martina Hingis. It was his 15th major crown overall and his third mixed doubles triumph at Melbourne Park. The pair beat defending champions Daniel Nestor and Kristina Mladenovic in the final. As No. 7 seed with Klaasen in men's doubles, Paes lost to eventual champions Bolelli/Fognini in the second round.
At the 2015 French Open, Paes started a new partnership with Daniel Nestor. The pair crashed out in the third round; however Paes became just the seventh male player in Open Era to complete 700 doubles wins.
At Wimbledon 2015, Paes teamed up with Martina Hingis to win the mixed doubles championship. The final with a 6–1, 6–1 score against fifth seeds Alexander Peya and Tímea Babos lasted only 41 minutes. Paes/Nestor reached the third round. By winning his 4th Wimbledon mixed doubles title, Paes shared the record for men's titles in the open era with Owen Davidson.
On 12 September 2015, Paes won the mixed doubles at the 2015 US Open with Hingis, defeating Sam Querrey and Bethanie Mattek-Sands in three sets.
2016
On 3 June 2016, leander Paes completed his Career Grand Slam in mixed by winning the 2016 French Open with Hingis, thus joining an elite league of players. He broke Davidson's record for most men's titles. Paes qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Men's Doubles, and partnered with Rohan Bopanna. They lost in the first round to the Polish pair of Marcin Matkowski and Łukasz Kubot. He later paired up with Andre Begemann, where they reached the final in the Winston-Salem Open. This pair lost in the first round of the 2016 US Open. He turned up for the Davis cup against Spain with Saketh Myneni, losing to Rafael Nadal and Marc López in 4 sets.
2017
Paes played in the 2017 season with his 111th partner, Andre Sa. The duo lost to the Indian pair of Purav Raja and Divij Sharan in the first round of Aircel Chennai Open in straight sets. With this loss, Paes moved down to 64th in doubles ranks. Though India won their Davis Cup tie against New Zealand, Paes and his last minute partner, Vishnu Vardhan, lost to the New Zealanders Artem Sitak/Michael Venus. Paes and Rohan Bopanna were kept as reserves by new, non-playing captain Mahesh Bhupathi for the tie against Uzbekistan. Eventually, Paes was dropped from final four, which created controversy. Paes reached the semis of the Dubai Open and at Delray Beach. Paes, with Adil Shamasdin, won the Leon Challenger in Mexico. With this victory, he moved to 53rd in the doubles rankings. He then paired with Scott Lipsky and won the Tallahassee Challenger title to move to 49th. Paes and Shamasdin won the Aegon Ilkley Challenger, and Paes moved to 62nd in the rankings. Paes and Purav Raja won the 2017 Knoxville Challenger. With this victory Paes moved to 67th in the rankings. Paes and Purav Raja won the 2017 JSM Challenger of Champaign. With this victory Paes moved to 63rd in the rankings and finished off his 2017 season. It was first time since 1996 that Paes failed to win a title or reach the final at an ATP tour event in a season.
2018
Paes continued his partnership with Raja, losing the Maharashtra Open in the first round to defending champions Bopanna/Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan. In the Australian Open, Paes/Raja lost in the round of 16. Along with James Cerretani, Paes won the Newport Beach Challenger. Paes along with James Cerretani finished as runner up in the Dubai Open. Paes was recalled to India's Davis Cup squad to play against China. On April 7, 2018, Paes became the most successful player in Davis Cup history with his 43rd doubles victory. After going 0–2 down, Paes/Bopanna scripted India's comeback and in the end India won the tie 3–2. After this, Paes skipped clay and grass court seasons. Paes was selected for the 2018 Asian Games, but the day before the Games started, he opted out citing the lack of a doubles specialist to accompany him. Paes/Cerretani finished as runner-ups at the Winston-Salem Open. The same pair lost in the first round of the US Open. Paes along with Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela finished as runner-ups at the Chicago Challenger and Monterrey challenger. Paes along with Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela won the Santo Domingo Challenger and finished as runner up in Brest Challenger.
2019
Paes and Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela started the 2019 season at the Maharashtra Open. The duo lost a very close quarter-final to the eventual champions, Bopanna/Divij Sharan, 17–15 in a match tie-break. Paes/Reyes-Varela then finished as runners-up in the Da Nang Challenger before losing in the first round of the Australian Open. Paes reached the semi finals of the Hall Of Fame Championship in July 2019.
Davis Cup
Paes started his Davis Cup career in 1990, when he partnered Zeeshan Ali in doubles to beat the Japanese team in a five-set encounter. His Davis cup record was 89–32 as of July 2015. He played a key role on the Indian team that reached the World Group from 1991 to 1998. He was part of the Indian team that reached the semifinals 1993 with wins against Switzerland and France, eventually losing to Australia. In singles, his major wins came against the French duo of Arnaud Boetsch and Henri Leconte in 1993, Wayne Ferreira in 1994, and Goran Ivanišević in 1995 when India defeated Croatia, beating Jan Siemerink in 1995 to defeat Netherlands, and Jiří Novák in 1997. He teamed up with Bhupathi to beat Hirszon/Ivanisevic of Croatia in 1995, Damm/Korda of the Czech Republic in 1997, Massú/Ríos of Chile in 1997, Broad/Henman in 1998, and Aspelin/Björkman of Sweden in 2005. In 2007, Leander had three wins (two doubles and one singles) and no losses.
In 1993 he beat No. 25 Arnaud Boetsch on clay in straight sets. He also defeated Henri Leconte in the same week and even though Ramesh Krishnan closed the tie out by beating Rodolphe Gilbert in a five-setter, the architect of that victory was Paes.
In 1994 he beat World No. 13 Wayne Ferreira in straight sets.
In 1995 he beat Ivanišević (1992 and 1994 Wimbledon singles finalist) in a five-setter on grass. Jan Siemerink, in 1996, then ranked No. 20, also fell to Paes.
Year-end finals
Paes appeared with Bhupathi in six season finales.
Paes played at the year-end championships with Bhupathi each year from 1997 to 2000, as well as in 2002 and 2011, reaching three finals. In 1997 they lost the final to Rick Leach and Jonathan Stark. They lost the 1999 final to Sébastien Lareau and Alex O'Brien. In 2000, they lost the final to Donald Johnson and Pieter Norval.
Playing style
Leander has been described as having a strange playing style by Andre Agassi. He varies his play as the match goes on; he is one of the best volleyers and a talented drop shotter. His volleying techniques were learnt from former Indian player Akhtar Ali. He hits a one-handed backhand, which he drives only seldom, preferring instead to slice when returning serve or rallying from his backhand.
Acting career
Leander made his film debut in Ashok Kohli's Rajdhani Express, a socio-political thriller.
Film | Role | Notes | |
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2013 | Rajdhani Express | Keshav | Debut film |
Significant finals
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 16 (8 titles, 8 runner-ups)
By winning the 2012 Australian Open title, Paes achieved the career Grand Slam.
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1999 | Australian Open | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi | Jonas Björkman Patrick Rafter | 3–6, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 1999 | French Open | Clay | Mahesh Bhupathi | Goran Ivanišević Jeff Tarango | 6–2, 7–5 |
Winner | 1999 | Wimbledon | Grass | Mahesh Bhupathi | Paul Haarhuis Jared Palmer | 6–7, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6 |
Runner-up | 1999 | US Open | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi | Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien | 6–7, 4–6 |
Winner | 2001 | French Open | Clay | Mahesh Bhupathi | Petr Pála Pavel Vízner | 7–6, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 2004 | US Open | Hard | David Rikl | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor | 3–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 2006 | Australian Open | Hard | Martin Damm | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 6–4, 3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 2006 | US Open | Hard | Martin Damm | Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi | 6–7, 6–4, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 2008 | US Open | Hard | Lukáš Dlouhý | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 6–7, 6–7 |
Winner | 2009 | French Open | Clay | Lukáš Dlouhý | Wesley Moodie Dick Norman | 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
Winner | 2009 | US Open | Hard | Lukáš Dlouhý | Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles | 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 2010 | French Open | Clay | Lukáš Dlouhý | Nenad Zimonjić Daniel Nestor | 5–7, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 2011 | Australian Open | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 2012 | Australian Open | Hard | Radek Štěpánek | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 7–6, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 2012 | US Open | Hard | Radek Štěpánek | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 2013 | US Open | Hard | Radek Štěpánek | Alexander Peya Bruno Soares | 6–1, 6–3 |
Mixed doubles: 18 (10 titles, 8 runner-ups)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1999 | Wimbledon | Grass | Lisa Raymond | Anna Kournikova Jonas Björkman | 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 2001 | US Open | Hard | Lisa Raymond | Rennae Stubbs Todd Woodbridge | 6–4, 5–7, [11–9] |
Winner | 2003 | Australian Open | Hard | Martina Navratilova | Eleni Daniilidou Todd Woodbridge | 6–4, 7–5 |
Winner | 2003 | Wimbledon | Grass | Martina Navratilova | Anastassia Rodionova Andy Ram | 6–3, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 2004 | Australian Open | Hard | Martina Navratilova | Elena Bovina Nenad Zimonjić | 6–1, 7–6 |
Runner-up | 2005 | French Open | Clay | Martina Navratilova | Daniela Hantuchová Fabrice Santoro | 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 2007 | US Open | Hard | Meghann Shaughnessy | Victoria Azarenka Max Mirnyi | 6–4, 7–6 |
Winner | 2008 | US Open | Hard | Cara Black | Liezel Huber Jamie Murray | 7–6, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 2009 | Wimbledon | Grass | Cara Black | Anna-Lena Grönefeld Mark Knowles | 7–5, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 2009 | US Open | Hard | Cara Black | Carly Gullickson Travis Parrot | 6–2, 6–4 |
Winner | 2010 | Australian Open | Hard | Cara Black | Ekaterina Makarova Jaroslav Levinský | 7–5, 6–3 |
Winner | 2010 | Wimbledon | Grass | Cara Black | Lisa Raymond Wesley Moodie | 6–4, 7–6 |
Runner-up | 2012 | Australian Open | Hard | Elena Vesnina | Bethanie Mattek-Sands Horia Tecău | 3–6, 7–5, [3–10] |
Runner-up | 2012 | Wimbledon | Grass | Elena Vesnina | Lisa Raymond Mike Bryan | 3–6, 7–5, 4–6 |
Winner | 2015 | Australian Open | Hard | Martina Hingis | Kristina Mladenovic Daniel Nestor | 6–4, 6–3 |
Winner | 2015 | Wimbledon | Grass | Martina Hingis | Tímea Babos Alexander Peya | 6–1, 6–1 |
Winner | 2015 | US Open | Hard | Martina Hingis | Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sam Querrey | 6–4, 3–6, [10–7] |
Winner | 2016 | French Open | Clay | Martina Hingis | Sania Mirza Ivan Dodig | 4–6, 6–4, [10–8] |
Olympic medal matches
Singles: 1 (1 bronze medal)
- Bronze medal final
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Bronze | 1996 | Atlanta | Hard | Fernando Meligeni | 3–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
Doubles: 1
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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4th place | 2004 | Athens | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi | Mario Ančić Ivan Ljubičić | 6–7, 6–4, 14–16 |
ATP career finals
Singles: 1 (1 title)
Legend |
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Grand Slam (0–0) |
Tennis Masters Cup (0–0) |
ATP Masters Series (0–0) |
ATP Tour (1–0) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jul 1998 | Newport, US | Grass | Neville Godwin | 6–3, 6–2 |
Doubles: 98 (55 titles, 43 runners-up)
Legend |
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Grand Slam (8–8) |
ATP World Tour Finals (0–4) |
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (13–5) |
ATP World Tour 500 Series (6–10) |
ATP World Tour 250 Series (28–16) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | Aug 1995 | New Haven, US | Hard | Nicolás Pereira | Rick Leach Scott Melville | 3–6, 7–5, 4–6 | |
Win | Apr 1997 | Chennai, India | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi | Oleg Ogorodov Eyal Ran | 7–6, 7–5 | |
Win | Apr 1997 | Prague, Czech Republic | Clay | Mahesh Bhupathi | Petr Luxa David Škoch | 6–1, 6–1 | |
Win | Jul 1997 | Montreal, Canada | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi | Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien | 7–6, 6–3 | |
Win | Aug 1997 | New Haven, US | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi | Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien | 6–4, 6–7, 6–2 | |
Win | Sep 1997 | Beijing, China | Hard (i) | Mahesh Bhupathi | Alex O'Brien Jim Courier | 7–5, 7–6 | |
Win | Oct 1997 | Singapore, Singapore | Carpet (i) | Mahesh Bhupathi | Rick Leach Jonathan Stark | 6–4, 6–4 | |
Loss | Nov 1997 | Hartford, US | Carpet | Mahesh Bhupathi | Rick Leach Jonathan Stark | 3–6, 4–6, 6–7 | |
Win | Jan 1998 | Doha, Qatar | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi | Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro | 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 | |
Win | Feb 1998 | Dubai, UAE | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi | Donald Johnson Francisco Montana | 6–2, 7–5 | |
Win | Apr 1998 | Chennai, India | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi | Olivier Delaître Max Mirnyi | 6–7, 6–3, 6–2 | |
Win | May 1998 | Rome, Italy | Clay | Mahesh Bhupathi | Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach | 6–4, 4–6, 7–6 | |
Win | Oct 1998 | Shanghai, China | Carpet (i) | Mahesh Bhupathi | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde | 6–4, 6–7, 7–6 | |
Loss | Oct 1998 | Singapore, Singapore | Carpet | Mahesh Bhupathi | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde | 2–6, 3–6 | |
Loss | Nov 1998 | Stuttgart, Germany | Hard (i) | Mahesh Bhupathi | Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien | 3–6, 6–3, 5–7 | |
Win | Nov 1998 | Paris, France | Carpet (i) | Mahesh Bhupathi | Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis | 6–4, 6–2 | |
Loss | Feb 1999 | Melbourne, Australia | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi | Jonas Björkman Patrick Rafter | 3–6, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6, 4–6 | |
Win | Apr 1999 | Chennai, India | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi | Wayne Black Neville Godwin | 4–6, 7–5, 6–4 | |
Win | May 1999 | Paris, France | Clay | Mahesh Bhupathi | Goran Ivanišević Jeff Tarango | 6–2, 7–5 | |
Win | Jun 1999 | 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | Grass | Jan Siemerink | Ellis Ferreira David Rikl | W/O | |
Win | Jun 1999 | London, UK | Grass | Mahesh Bhupathi | Paul Haarhuis Jared Palmer | 6–7, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6 | |
Win | Jul 1999 | Newport, US | Grass | Wayne Arthurs | Sargis Sargsian Chris Woodruff | 6–7, 7–6, 6–3 | |
Loss | Aug 1999 | Indianapolis, US | Hard | Olivier Delaître | Paul Haarhuis Jared Palmer | 3–6, 4–6 | |
Loss | Sep 1999 | New York, US | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi | Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien | 6–7, 4–6 | |
Loss | Nov 1999 | Hartford, US | Carpet | Mahesh Bhupathi | Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien | 3–6, 2–6, 2–6 | |
Win | May 2000 | Orlando, US | Clay | Jan Siemerink | Justin Gimelstob Sébastien Lareau | 6–3, 6–4 | |
Win | Oct 2000 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi | Michael Hill Jeff Tarango | 6–4, 6–7, 6–3 | |
Loss | Dec 2000 | Bangalore, India | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi | Donald Johnson Piet Norval | 6–7, 3–6, 4–6 | |
Win | Apr 2001 | Atlanta, US | Clay | Mahesh Bhupathi | Rick Leach David Macpherson | 6–3, 7–6 | |
Win | Apr 2001 | Houston, US | Clay | Mahesh Bhupathi | Kevin Kim Jim Thomas | 7–6, 6–2 | |
Win | May 2001 | Paris, France | Clay | Mahesh Bhupathi | Petr Pála Pavel Vízner | 7–6, 6–3 | |
Win | Aug 2001 | Cincinnati, US | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi | Martin Damm David Prinosil | 7–6, 6–3 | |
Loss | Oct 2001 | Basel, Switzerland | Carpet | Mahesh Bhupathi | Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach | 6–7, 4–6 | |
Loss | Nov 2001 | Paris, France | Carpet | Mahesh Bhupathi | Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach | 6–3, 4–6, 3–6 | |
Win | Dec 2001 | Chennai, India | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi | Tomáš Cibulec Ota Fukárek | 5–7, 6–2, 7–5 | |
Win | Apr 2002 | Majorca, Spain | Clay | Mahesh Bhupathi | Julian Knowle Michael Kohlmann | 6–2, 6–4 | |
Win | Feb 2003 | Dubai, UAE | Hard | David Rikl | Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett | 6–3, 6–0 | |
Win | Mar 2003 | Delray Beach, US | Hard | Nenad Zimonjić | Raemon Sluiter Martin Verkerk | 7–5, 3–6, 7–5 | |
Loss | Apr 2003 | Miami, US | Hard | David Rikl | Roger Federer Max Mirnyi | 5–7, 3–6 | |
Loss | Jun 2003 | s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | Grass | Donald Johnson | Martin Damm Cyril Suk | 5–7, 6–7 | |
Win | Jul 2003 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | David Rikl | František Čermák Leoš Friedl | 6–3, 6–3 | |
Loss | Feb 2004 | Dubai, UAE | Hard | Jonas Björkman | Mahesh Bhupathi Fabrice Santoro | 2–6, 6–4, 4–6 | |
Win | Jun 2004 | Halle, Germany | Grass | David Rikl | Tomáš Cibulec Petr Pála | 6–2, 7–5 | |
Win | Jul 2004 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | David Rikl | Marc Rosset Stanislas Wawrinka | 6–4, 6–2 | |
Win | Jul 2004 | Toronto, Canada | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi | Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi | 6–4, 6–2 | |
Loss | Sep 2004 | New York, US | Hard | David Rikl | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor | 3–6, 3–6 | |
Win | Sep 2004 | Delray Beach, US | Hard | Radek Štěpánek | Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez | 6–0, 6–3 | |
Win | Apr 2005 | Monte Carlo, Monaco | Clay | Nenad Zimonjić | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | W/O | |
Win | Apr 2005 | Barcelona, Spain | Clay | Nenad Zimonjić | Feliciano López Rafael Nadal | 6–3, 6–3 | |
Win | Sep 2005 | Bangkok, Thailand | Hard (i) | Paul Hanley | Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram | 6–7, 6–1, 6–2 | |
Loss | Oct 2005 | Stockholm, Sweden | Hard (i) | Nenad Zimonjić | Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley | 3–6, 3–6 | |
Loss | Oct 2005 | Madrid, Spain | Hard (i) | Nenad Zimonjić | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor | 6–3, 3–6, 2–6 | |
Loss | Nov 2005 | Shanghai, China | Carpet (i) | Nenad Zimonjić | Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro | 7–6, 3–6, 6–7 | |
Loss | Jan 2006 | Melbourne, Australia | Hard | Martin Damm | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 6–4, 3–6, 4–6 | |
Win | Jun 2006 | 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands (2) | Grass | Martin Damm | Arnaud Clément Chris Haggard | 6–1, 7–6 | |
Win | Aug 2006 | New York, US | Hard | Martin Damm | Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi | 6–7, 6–4, 6–3 | |
Loss | Jan 2007 | Doha, Qatar | Hard | Martin Damm | Mikhail Youzhny Nenad Zimonjić | 1–6, 6–7 | |
Win | Feb 2007 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Hard (i) | Martin Damm | Andrei Pavel Alexander Waske | 6–3, 6–7, [10–7] | |
Win | Mar 2007 | Indian Wells, US | Hard | Martin Damm | Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram | 6–4, 6–4 | |
Loss | Apr 2007 | Miami, US | Hard | Martin Damm | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 6–7, 6–3, [7–10] | |
Loss | Jun 2007 | 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | Grass | Martin Damm | Jeff Coetzee Rogier Wassen | 6–3, 6–7, [10–12] | |
Loss | Jun 2008 | Halle, Germany | Grass | Lukáš Dlouhý | Mikhail Youzhny Mischa Zverev | 6–3, 4–6, [3–10] | |
Loss | Jun 2008 | s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | Grass | Mahesh Bhupathi | Mario Ančić Jürgen Melzer | 6–7, 3–6 | |
Loss | Aug 2008 | New York, US | Hard | Lukáš Dlouhý | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 6–7, 6–7 | |
Win | Sep 2008 | Bangkok, Thailand | Hard (i) | Lukáš Dlouhý | Scott Lipsky David Martin | 6–4, 7–6 | |
Loss | Sep 2008 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | Lukáš Dlouhý | Mikhail Youzhny Mischa Zverev | 3–6, 4–6 | |
Loss | Jan 2009 | Auckland, New Zealand | Hard | Scott Lipsky | Martin Damm Robert Lindstedt | 5–7, 4–6 | |
Loss | Feb 2009 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Hard | Lukáš Dlouhý | Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić | 2–6, 5–7 | |
Win | Jun 2009 | Paris, France | Clay | Lukáš Dlouhý | Wesley Moodie Dick Norman | 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 | |
Win | Sep 2009 | New York, US | Hard | Lukáš Dlouhý | Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles | 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 | |
Loss | Jan 2010 | Brisbane, Australia | Hard | Lukáš Dlouhý | Jérémy Chardy Marc Gicquel | 3–6, 6–7 | |
Loss | Feb 2010 | Dubai, UAE | Hard | Lukáš Dlouhý | Simon Aspelin Paul Hanley | 2–6, 3–6 | |
Win | Apr 2010 | Miami, US | Hard | Lukáš Dlouhý | Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi | 6–2, 7–5 | |
Loss | Jun 2010 | Paris, France | Clay | Lukáš Dlouhý | Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić | 5–7, 2–6 | |
Loss | Jun 2010 | s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | Grass | Lukáš Dlouhý | Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău | 6–1, 5–7, [7–10] | |
Win | Oct 2010 | Shanghai, China | Hard | Jürgen Melzer | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski | 7–5, 4–6, [10–5] | |
Win | Jan 2011 | Chennai, India | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi | Robin Haase David Martin | 6–2, 6–7, [10–7] | |
Loss | Jan 2011 | Melbourne, Australia | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 3–6, 4–6 | |
Win | Apr 2011 | Miami, US | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi | Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor | 6–7, 6–2, [10–5] | |
Loss | Jun 2011 | London, UK | Grass | Mahesh Bhupathi | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 7–6, 6–7, [6–10] | |
Win | Aug 2011 | Cincinnati, US | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi | Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić | 7–6, 7–6 | |
Win | Jan 2012 | Chennai, India | Hard | Janko Tipsarević | Andy Ram Jonathan Erlich | 6–4, 6–4 | |
Win | Jan 2012 | Melbourne, Australia | Hard | Radek Štěpánek | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 7–6, 6–2 | |
Win | Mar 2012 | Miami, US | Hard | Radek Štěpánek | Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor | 3–6, 6–1, [10–8] | |
Loss | Sep 2012 | New York, US | Hard | Radek Štěpánek | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 3–6, 4–6 | |
Loss | Oct 2012 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | Radek Štěpánek | Alexander Peya Bruno Soares | 3–6, 6–7 | |
Win | Oct 2012 | Shanghai, China | Hard | Radek Štěpánek | Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna | 6–7, 6–3, [10–5] | |
Win | Aug 2013 | Winston-Salem, US | Hard | Daniel Nestor | Treat Huey Dominic Inglot | 7–6, 7–5 | |
Win | Sep 2013 | New York, US | Hard | Radek Štěpánek | Alexander Peya Bruno Soares | 6–1, 6–3 | |
Loss | Aug 2014 | Washington, D.C., United States | Hard | Samuel Groth | Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău | 5–7, 4–6 | |
Win | Sep 2014 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Hard (i) | Marcin Matkowski | Jamie Murray John Peers | 3–6, 7–6, [10–5] | |
Loss | Jan 2015 | Chennai, India | Hard | Raven Klaasen | Lu Yen-hsun Jonathan Marray | 3–6, 6–7 | |
Win | Jan 2015 | Auckland, New Zealand | Hard | Raven Klaasen | Dominic Inglot Florin Mergea | 7–6, 6–4 | |
Loss | Feb 2015 | Delray Beach, US | Hard | Raven Klaasen | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 3–6, 6–3, [6–10] | |
Loss | Aug 2016 | Winston-Salem, US | Hard | Andre Begemann | Guillermo García-López Henri Kontinen | 6–4, 6–7, [8–10] | |
Loss | Sep 2016 | St. Petersburg, Russia | Hard (i) | Andre Begemann | Dominic Inglot Henri Kontinen | 6–4, 3–6, [10–12] | |
Loss | Mar 2018 | Dubai, UAE | Hard | James Cerretani | Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău | 2–6, 6–7 | |
Loss | Aug 2018 | Winston-Salem, US | Hard | James Cerretani | Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău | 4–6, 2–6 |
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 14 (11 titles, 3 runner-ups)
Finals by surface |
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Legend |
ATP Challenger (11–3) |
ITF Futures (0–0) |
Finals by surface |
Hard (7–3) |
Clay (0–0) |
Grass (4–0) |
Carpet (0–0) |
ATP Challenger (11–3) |
ITF Futures (0–0) |
Hard (7–3) |
Clay (0–0) |
Grass (4–0) |
Carpet (0–0) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | Dec 1992 | Guangzhou, China | Challenger | Hard | Richard Matuszewski | 6–3, 6–3 | |
Loss | Apr 1994 | Nagoya, Japan | Challenger | Hard | Christophe Van Garsse | 4–6, 3–6 | |
Win | May 1994 | Bombay, India | Challenger | Hard | Joost Winnink | 6–7, 6–3, 6–1 | |
Win | Aug 1994 | Binghamton, USA | Challenger | Hard | David Witt | 6–4, 6–2 | |
Loss | May 1995 | Bombay, India | Challenger | Hard | Byron Black | 3–6, 4–6 | |
Win | Aug 1995 | Brasilia, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | Roberto Jabali | 6–1, 5–7, 6–2 | |
Loss | Sep 1996 | Madras, India | Challenger | Hard | Oleg Ogorodov | 6–7, 3–6 | |
Win | Nov 1996 | Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius | Challenger | Grass | Fabrice Santoro | 7–5, 6–4 | |
Win | Mar 1998 | Bangkok, Thailand | Challenger | Hard | Gouichi Motomura | 6–4, 7–5 | |
Win | Feb 1999 | Calcutta, India | Challenger | Grass | Mahesh Bhupathi | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 | |
Win | Apr 1999 | New Delhi, India | Challenger | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi | 7–5, 6–4 | |
Win | Dec 1999 | Lucknow, India | Challenger | Grass | Jamie Delgado | 7–6, 7–6 | |
Win | Dec 1999 | Jaipur, India | Challenger | Grass | Barry Cowan | 7–6, 6–4 | |
Win | Mar 2000 | Bombay, India | Challenger | Hard | Dennis van Scheppingen | 7–6, 3–2 ret. |
Doubles: 44 (26 titles, 18 runner-ups)
Finals by surface |
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Legend |
ATP Challenger (26–18) |
ITF Futures (0–0) |
Finals by surface |
Hard (17–14) |
Clay (7–1) |
Grass (1–2) |
Carpet (1–1) |
ATP Challenger (26–18) |
ITF Futures (0–0) |
Hard (17–14) |
Clay (7–1) |
Grass (1–2) |
Carpet (1–1) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | Apr 1992 | Nagoya, Japan | Challenger | Hard | Bertrand Madsen | Jeremy Bates Mark Petchey | 5–7, 6–3, 6–7 | |
Win | Aug 1992 | New Haven, USA | Challenger | Hard | Todd Nelson | Jeremy Bates Byron Black | 7–5, 2–6, 7–6 | |
Win | Dec 1992 | Hong Kong, Hong Kong | Challenger | Hard | Donald Johnson | Richard Matuszewski John Sullivan | 6–2, 7–6 | |
Win | Jan 1993 | Bangalore, India | Challenger | Clay | Donald Johnson | Sean Cole Andrei Merinov | 6–4, 6–3 | |
Win | Feb 1993 | Wolfsburg, Germany | Challenger | Carpet (i) | Donald Johnson | Jan Apell Michael Mortensen | 7–6, 6–1 | |
Loss | Aug 1993 | Cincinnati, USA | Challenger | Hard | Wayne Arthurs | Johan de Beer Kevin Ullyett | 6–7, 4–6 | |
Loss | Feb 1994 | Rennes, France | Challenger | Carpet (i) | Mark Knowles | Anders Järryd Bent-Ove Pedersen | 4–6, 3–6 | |
Win | May 1994 | Manila, Philippines | Challenger | Hard | Albert Chang | Richard Matuszewski David Nainkin | 6–4, 6–4 | |
Loss | Oct 1994 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Challenger | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi | Andrew Foster Danny Sapsford | w/o | |
Win | Apr 1995 | Nagoya, Japan | Challenger | Hard | Kevin Ullyett | Joshua Eagle Andrew Kratzmann | 7–6, 7–5 | |
Loss | Jun 1995 | Medellín, Colombia | Challenger | Clay | Maurice Ruah | Wayne Black László Markovits | 5–7, 4–6 | |
Win | Jun 1995 | Bogotá, Colombia | Challenger | Clay | Óscar Ortiz | Sergio Cortés João Cunha Silva | 7–6, 7–6 | |
Win | Sep 1995 | Aruba, Aruba | Challenger | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi | José Antonio Conde Christo van Rensburg | 6–4, 4–6, 7–6 | |
Win | Apr 1996 | Fergana, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi | Geoff Grant Maurice Ruah | 6–3, 7–6 | |
Loss | May 1996 | Andijan, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi | Geoff Grant Maurice Ruah | 4–6, 3–6 | |
Win | May 1996 | Jerusalem, Israel | Challenger | Hard | Neville Godwin | Noam Behr Eyal Ran | 7–6, 7–5 | |
Loss | Jun 1996 | Annenheim, Austria | Challenger | Grass | Mahesh Bhupathi | Sandon Stolle Michael Tebbutt | 2–6, 4–6 | |
Win | Sep 1996 | Aruba, Aruba | Challenger | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi | Sébastien Leblanc Grant Stafford | 6–2, 6–2 | |
Win | Sep 1996 | Madras, India | Challenger | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi | Sander Groen Oleg Ogorodov | 7–5, 6–1 | |
Win | Nov 1996 | Ahmedabad, India | Challenger | Clay | Mahesh Bhupathi | Georg Blumauer Udo Plamberger | 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 | |
Loss | Nov 1996 | Reunion Island, Reunion | Challenger | Hard | Donald Johnson | Hendrik Jan Davids Fabrice Santoro | 3–6, 6–7 | |
Win | Jan 1997 | Singapore, Singapore | Challenger | Hard (i) | Mahesh Bhupathi | Michael Joyce Scott Melville | 6–4, 4–6, 7–6 | |
Win | Apr 1997 | Prague, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Mahesh Bhupathi | Devin Bowen Tuomas Ketola | 6–4, 6–0 | |
Win | May 1997 | Jerusalem, Israel | Challenger | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi | Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett | 6–7, 6–2, 7–6 | |
Win | Apr 2000 | Bermuda, Bermuda | Challenger | Clay | Jan Siemerink | Jeff Coetzee Brent Haygarth | 6–3, 6–2 | |
Loss | Mar 2010 | Sunrise, USA | Challenger | Hard | Lukáš Dlouhý | Martin Damm Filip Polášek | 6–4, 1–6, [11–13] | |
Loss | Apr 2016 | León, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | Sam Groth | Santiago González Mate Pavić | 4–6, 6–3, [11–13] | |
Win | May 2016 | Busan, South Korea | Challenger | Hard | Sam Groth | Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana | 4–6, 6–1, [10–7] | |
Win | Jul 2016 | Biella, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Andre Begemann | Andrej Martin Hans Podlipnik Castillo | 6–4, 6–4 | |
Loss | Oct 2016 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Hard | Andre Begemann | Mikhail Elgin Denis Istomin | 4–6, 2–6 | |
Win | Apr 2017 | León, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | Adil Shamasdin | Luca Margaroli Caio Zampieri | 6–1, 6–4 | |
Win | Apr 2017 | Tallahassee, USA | Challenger | Clay | Scott Lipsky | Máximo González Leonardo Mayer | 4–6, 7–6, [10–7] | |
Win | Jun 2017 | Ilkley, Great Britain | Challenger | Grass | Adil Shamasdin | Brydan Klein Joe Salisbury | 6–2, 2–6, [10–8] | |
Win | Nov 2017 | Knoxville, USA | Challenger | Hard (i) | Purav Raja | James Cerretani John-Patrick Smith | 7–6, 7–6 | |
Win | Nov 2017 | Champaign, USA | Challenger | Hard (i) | Purav Raja | Ruan Roelofse Joe Salisbury | 6–3, 6–7, [10–5] | |
Win | Jan 2018 | Newport Beach, USA | Challenger | Hard | James Cerretani | Treat Huey Denis Kudla | 6–4, 7–5 | |
Loss | Feb 2018 | Dallas, USA | Challenger | Hard (i) | Joe Salisbury | Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Christopher Rungkat | 4–6, 6–3, [7–10] | |
Loss | Sep 2018 | Chicago, USA | Challenger | Hard | Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela | Luke Bambridge Neal Skupski | 3–6, 4–6 | |
Loss | Oct 2018 | Monterrey, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela | Marcelo Arévalo Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan | 1–6, 4–6 | |
Win | Oct 2018 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | Challenger | Hard | Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela | Ariel Behar Roberto Quiroz | 4–6, 6–3, [10–5] | |
Loss | Oct 2018 | Brest, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela | Sander Gillé Joran Vliegen | 6–3, 4–6, [2–10] | |
Loss | Jan 2019 | Da Nang, Vietnam | Challenger | Hard | Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela | Hsieh Cheng-peng Christopher Rungkat | 3–6, 6–2, [9–11] | |
Loss | Jun 2019 | Ilkley, UK | Challenger | Grass | Marcus Daniell | Santiago González Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | 3–6, 4–6 | |
Loss | Feb 2020 | Bangalore, India | Challenger | Hard | Matthew Ebden | Purav Raja Ramkumar Ramanathan | 0–6, 3–6 |
Performance timelines
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | F-S | SF-B | NMS | P | NH |
Singles
Tournament | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | SR | W–L |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | Q1 | Q2 | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | Q3 | 0 / 5 | 2–5 |
French Open | A | A | Q2 | A | A | A | 2R | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 |
Wimbledon | Q2 | Q1 | Q1 | Q3 | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | 0 / 5 | 1–5 |
US Open | A | Q3 | Q2 | 1R | Q3 | 2R | 3R | 1R | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 4 | 3–4 |
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–4 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0 / 15 | 7–15 |
National representation | |||||||||||||
Summer Olympics | NH | 1R | Not Held | SF-B | Not Held | 1R | NH | 0 / 3 | 5–3 | ||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||
Titles / Finals | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 1 | |
Year-end ranking | 278 | 194 | 260 | 139 | 130 | 129 | 122 | 91 | 142 | 188 | 299 |
Doubles
Current through the 2020 ATP Tour.
Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | SR | W–L |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | QF | A | 1R | SF | F | 1R | 1R | 2R | QF | 1R | A | F | 3R | 2R | SF | QF | F | W | 1R | QF | 2R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | A | 1 / 24 | 49–23 |
French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | SF | W | 1R | W | SF | SF | 2R | QF | 1R | 2R | 3R | W | F | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | 3R | QF | 2R | A | 2R | A | 3 / 21 | 53–18 |
Wimbledon | A | A | Q1 | 1R | 3R | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | W | A | 1R | 1R | SF | 2R | QF | SF | QF | SF | 1R | 2R | 2R | 3R | SF | SF | 3R | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | NH | 1 / 24 | 44–23 |
US Open | A | A | A | SF | 2R | 1R | Q1 | SF | SF | F | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | F | 1R | W | 1R | F | W | 1R | QF | F | W | 3R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | 3 / 25 | 59–22 |
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 5–4 | 13–4 | 22–2 | 0–3 | 6–3 | 6–4 | 11–3 | 7–4 | 6–3 | 15–3 | 6–4 | 12–4 | 16–2 | 9–4 | 10–4 | 14–3 | 11–3 | 9–3 | 6–4 | 4–4 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 8 / 94 | 205–86 |
Year-end championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ATP Finals | Did Not Qualify | F | RR | F | F | RR | NH | A | DNQ | F | SF | SF | RR | RR | RR | SF | SF | RR | Did Not Qualify | 0 / 14 | 20–29 | ||||||||||||
National representation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Olympics | NH | QF | Not Held | 2R | Not Held | 2R | Not Held | 4th | Not Held | QF | Not Held | 2R | Not Held | 1R | Not Held | 0 / 7 | 10–8 | ||||||||||||||||
Davis Cup | Z1 | PO | PO | SF | 1R | PO | QF | 1R | 1R | Z1 | PO | PO | PO | PO | Z1 | PO | Z1 | Z1 | PO | PO | 1R | A | Z1 | Z1 | PO | PO | PO | PO | PO | Z1 | QR | 0 / 6 | 45–13 |
Win–Loss | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0 / 13 | 55–21 |
ATP Tour Masters 1000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indian Wells | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | 1R | 1R | A | SF | 2R | 1R | 1R | SF | 1R | QF | 2R | W | QF | 2R | 1R | 2R | QF | A | QF | 2R | A | 1R | A | A | NH | 1 / 19 | 22–18 |
Miami | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | 2R | F | QF | 1R | A | F | QF | 2R | W | W | W | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | NH | 3 / 20 | 33–17 |
Monte Carlo | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | SF | 2R | A | SF | 1R | 2R | A | W | 2R | A | 2R | SF | 2R | A | QF | QF | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | NH | 1 / 13 | 14–12 |
Rome | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | W | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | QF | 2R | SF | 2R | QF | QF | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | 1 / 15 | 10–14 |
Madrid | Not Held | 2R | A | 1R | F | 1R | 2R | 2R | A | SF | A | QF | 2R | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | NH | 0 / 10 | 6–10 | |||||||||||
Canada | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | W | SF | QF | A | 1R | QF | QF | W | 2R | SF | QF | SF | A | 2R | 2R | SF | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | A | A | A | NH | 2 / 17 | 21–15 |
Cincinnati | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | QF | A | 2R | A | W | 1R | 2R | QF | QF | SF | SF | QF | 2R | 2R | W | 2R | QF | 2R | QF | A | 1R | A | A | A | 2 / 19 | 20–17 |
Shanghai | Not Held | A | W | SF | W | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | A | A | A | NH | 2 / 6 | 12–4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Paris | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | W | A | A | F | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 2R | A | 2R | QF | 2R | 2R | 2R | QF | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 1 / 15 | 11–14 |
Hamburg | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | 1R | 2R | SF | SF | SF | A | A | SF | Not Masters Series | 0 / 7 | 11–6 | |||||||||||
Stuttgart | Not Masters Series | A | QF | F | A | A | QF | Discontinued | 0 / 3 | 5–3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 9–5 | 16–4 | 3–5 | 1–2 | 12–7 | 5–9 | 9–7 | 11–7 | 12–8 | 6–6 | 12–6 | 11–9 | 5–6 | 12–7 | 11–5 | 14–7 | 4–8 | 5–6 | 5–9 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 13 / 144 | 165–130 |
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | |
Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 98 | |
Overall W–L | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 8–8 | 5–8 | 13–10 | 5–13 | 44–17 | 55–16 | 48–14 | 18–14 | 40–16 | 24–23 | 36–15 | 42–18 | 36–19 | 33–20 | 40–19 | 41–26 | 28–17 | 32–20 | 32–14 | 43–19 | 29–18 | 26–16 | 27–26 | 14–16 | 16–22 | 11–14 | 12–14 | 3–2 | 770–457 | |
Year-end ranking | – | 481 | 179 | 93 | 142 | 76 | 89 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 84 | 9 | 33 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 41 | 59 | 63 | 63 | 105 | 129 | 62.75% |
Mixed doubles
Tournament | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | SR |
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | W | F | A | SF | QF | 2R | 2R | W | 2R | F | 2R | QF | W | QF | QF | A | 2R | 2R | 3 / 20 |
French Open | A | A | A | 3R | 2R | QF | 3R | QF | 2R | 2R | 2R | F | QF | QF | 1R | 2R | QF | QF | SF | 2R | A | 2R | W | 1R | A | A | NH | 1 / 20 |
Wimbledon | 3R | A | 1R | QF | QF | W | A | 3R | QF | W | 3R | A | QF | QF | 2R | F | W | QF | F | 2R | 2R | W | 3R | 1R | A | 1R | NH | 4 / 22 |
US Open | A | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | F | 2R | A | SF | QF | 1R | F | W | F | QF | SF | QF | A | QF | W | 2R | A | A | A | NH | 2 / 19 |
SR | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 1 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 2 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 1 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 2 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 3 / 4 | 1 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 10 / 81 |
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Summer Olympics | Not held | QF | Not held | A | Not held | 0 / 1 |
Partnerships
Leander Paes is known for changing partnerships, and he has had over 100 different partners over his career. Paes has also teamed with 25 players in Grand Slam mixed doubles.
Partners in men's doubles
No. | Partner | Year |
---|---|---|
1 | Zeeshan Ali | 1990 |
2 | Ramesh Krishnan | 1991–1993 |
3 | Juan Rios | 1991 |
4 | Charlton Eagle | 1991 |
5 | Andrew Sznajder | 1992 |
6 | Bertrand Madsen | 1992 |
7 | Nicola Bruno | 1992 |
8 | Kevin Ullyett | 1992, 1995, 1997 |
9 | Nicklas Utgren | 1992 |
10 | Todd Nelson | 1992, 1993 |
11 | Gilad Bloom | 1992, 1994 |
12 | Donald Johnson | 1992–1994, 1996, 2003 |
13 | Tommy Ho | 1993 |
14 | Vladimir Gabrichidze | 1993 |
15 | Arne Thoms | 1993 |
16 | Byron Black | 1993, 2000 |
17 | Laurence Tieleman | 1993, 1995 |
18 | Fernon Wibier | 1993 |
19 | Oliver Fernandez | 1993 |
20 | Jean-Philippe Fleurian | 1993 |
21 | Wayne Arthurs | 1993, 1999–2000 |
22 | Sébastien Lareau | 1993–1994, 2000 |
23 | Stefan Kruger | 1993 |
24 | Ellis Ferreira | 1993 |
25 | Johan de Beer | 1993 |
26 | Shuzo Matsuoka | 1993 |
27 | Marten Renström | 1994 |
28 | Mark Knowles | 1994 |
29 | Gaurav Natekar | 1994–1995 |
30 | Marius Barnard | 1994 |
31 | Albert Chang | 1994 |
32 | Stephen Noteboom | 1994 |
33 | Daniel Nestor | 1994, 2013, 2015 |
34 | Richard Matuszewski | 1994 |
35 | Mark Kaplan | 1994 |
36 | Mahesh Bhupathi | 1994–2006, 2008–2011 |
37 | Adam Malik | 1994 |
38 | Wayne Black | 1995–1996 |
39 | Lars-Anders Wahlgren | 1995 |
40 | Kent Kinnear | 1995 |
41 | Matt Lucena | 1995 |
42 | Clinton Ferreira | 1995 |
43 | Eyal Ran | 1995 |
44 | Maurice Ruah | 1995 |
45 | Óscar Ortiz | 1995 |
46 | Nicolás Pereira | 1995–1996 |
47 | David Adams | 1995 |
48 | Devin Bowen | 1996 |
49 | Jeff Belloli | 1996 |
50 | Neville Godwin | 1996 |
51 | David DiLucia | 1996 |
52 | Chris Haggard | 1996, 2000 |
53 | Marcos Ondruska | 1997 |
54 | Roger Smith | 1997 |
55 | Mark Keil | 1997 |
56 | Nitin Kirtane | 1997 |
57 | Piet Norval | 1998 |
58 | Peter Tramacchi | 1998 |
59 | Jan Siemerink | 1999, 2000 |
60 | Jonas Björkman | 1999, 2004 |
61 | Jared Palmer | 1999 |
62 | Olivier Delaître | 1999 |
63 | Fazaluddin Syed | 2000 |
64 | Nicolás Lapentti | 2000 |
65 | Vishal Uppal | 2000, 2002 |
66 | Mustafa Ghouse | 2001 |
67 | John-Laffnie de Jager | 2002 |
68 | Justin Gimelstob | 2002 |
69 | Tomáš Cibulec | 2002, 2004 |
70 | Michaël Llodra | 2002, 2013 |
71 | Stephen Huss | 2002 |
72 | Michael Hill | 2002 |
73 | David Rikl | 2002–2004 |
74 | Nenad Zimonjić | 2003, 2005 |
75 | Jonathan Erlich | 2004 |
76 | Radek Štěpánek | 2004, 2006, 2012–2015 |
77 | Paul Hanley | 2005, 2007–2008 |
78 | Martin Damm | 2006–2007 |
79 | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | 2006 |
80 | Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya | 2007 |
81 | Rohan Bopanna | 2007, 2012, 2014–2016, 2018, 2020 |
82 | Tommy Robredo | 2008 |
83 | Lukáš Dlouhý | 2008–2010 |
84 | Scott Lipsky | 2009, 2012 |
85 | Jürgen Melzer | 2010, 2012–2013 |
86 | Janko Tipsarević | 2012 |
87 | Alexander Peya | 2012 |
88 | Kevin Anderson | 2012 |
89 | Vishnu Vardhan | 2012, 2017 |
90 | Horia Tecău | 2012 |
91 | Édouard Roger-Vasselin | 2013 |
92 | Purav Raja | 2013, 2017–2018 |
93 | Sanam Singh | 2013 |
94 | Daniele Bracciali | 2013 |
95 | Sam Groth | 2014 |
96 | David Marrero | 2014 |
97 | Marcin Matkowski | 2014 |
98 | Stan Wawrinka | 2014 |
99 | Raven Klaasen | 2015 |
100 | Marcel Granollers | 2015 |
101 | Andy Murray | 2015 |
102 | Fernando Verdasco | 2015 |
103 | Grigor Dimitrov | 2015 |
104 | John Peers | 2015 |
105 | Łukasz Kubot | 2015 |
106 | Rafael Nadal | 2015 |
107 | Jérémy Chardy | 2016 |
108 | Andre Begemann | 2016 |
109 | Saketh Myneni | 2016 |
110 | Ramkumar Ramanathan | 2016 |
111 | André Sá | 2017 |
112 | Guillermo García-López | 2017 |
113 | Yen-Hsun Lu | 2017 |
114 | Juan Martin Del Potro | 2017 |
115 | Dustin Brown | 2017 |
116 | Adil Shamasdin | 2017 |
117 | Antonio Sancic | 2017 |
118 | Alexander Zverev | 2017 |
119 | James Cerretani | 2018 |
120 | Joe Salisbury | 2018 |
121 | Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela | 2018 |
122 | Benoit Paire | 2019 |
123 | Philipp Oswald | 2019 |
124 | Sander Gillé | 2019 |
125 | Rameez Junaid | 2019 |
126 | Marcus Daniell | 2019 |
127 | Marius Copil | 2019 |
128 | Jack Sock | 2019 |
129 | Guillermo Durán | 2019 |
130 | Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan | 2019 |
131 | Matthew Ebden | 2020 |
Partners in Mixed doubles
No. | Partner | Year |
---|---|---|
1 | Yayuk Basuki | 1994–1995 |
2 | Kyōko Nagatsuka | 1996 |
3 | Ruxandra Dragomir-Ilie | 1997 |
4 | Larisa Savchenko | 1998 |
5 | Rika Hiraki | 1998 |
6 | Katrina Adams | 1999 |
7 | Lisa Raymond | 1999–2002 |
8 | Miriam Oremans | 2002 |
9 | Martina Navratilova | 2002–2005 |
10 | Nathalie Dechy | 2006 |
11 | Maria Kirilenko | 2006 |
12 | Samantha Stosur | 2006–2007, 2019 |
13 | Meghann Shaughnessy | 2007 |
14 | Ágnes Szávay | 2008 |
15 | Nadia Petrova | 2008 |
16 | Rennae Stubbs | 2008 |
17 | Cara Black | 2008–2011 |
18 | Iveta Benešová | 2011 |
19 | Elena Vesnina | 2011–2013 |
20 | Sania Mirza | 2012 (Olympics) |
21 | Jelena Janković | 2013 |
22 | Zheng Saisai | 2013 |
23 | Daniela Hantuchová | 2014 |
24 | Martina Hingis | 2015–2017 |
25 | Xu Yifan | 2017 |
26 | Jelena Ostapenko | 2020 |
- These lists only consists of players who played with Leander Paes in ATP and ITF-recognized tournaments which include the Olympics, Grand Slams, World Tour Finals, World Tour Masters, World Tour Series, Davis Cup ties, and ATP Challengers. They do not include the players who played with him in the other unrecognized multi-sport events and leagues such as World TeamTennis. The lists might be incomplete when all the other tournaments are considered. The order of the players in the list is based on their first partnering with Paes. Sania Mirza had also earlier played with Leander Paes in 2006 and 2010 in the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games.
Other partners
Indian Team
World Team Tennis
Champions Tennis League
- Garbiñe Muguruza
- Somdev Devvarman
Partnership with Mahesh Bhupathi
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The duo of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi was nicknamed the ″Indian Express″. Paes' off-and-on partnership with Bhupathi drew constant media attention in their home country. In the 2006 Asian Games, a loss to the Chinese Taipei team in the team event led Leander to question Bhupathi's commitment to Team India. He once stated in an interview that although he and Bhupathi are friends, he did not consider pairing with his former teammate. However, for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, they reunited for their country, losing in the quarterfinals to eventual champions Federer/Wawrinka.
In 2011, the pair won doubles at the Chennai Open. They reunited to play in a Grand Slam Tournament after nine years and claimed runners-up in the 2011 Australian Open and reached the semifinals in the year-end championships.
The Indian duo has a 303–103 career record together. They have a high success rate against various top teams. They have a Davis Cup record for the longest doubles winning streak, with 24 straight wins.
Paes paired with Vishnu Vardhan at the London Olympics 2012, following Bhupathi and Bopanna 's refusal. Paes threatened to withdraw from the Olympics rather than play with Vardhan, whose world ranking was 296, but withdrew the threat a week later. Paes and Vardhan reached the second round of the tournament, losing to French silver medalists Llodra/Tsonga.
Davis Cup record
The duo has the longest doubles streak in Davis Cup history.
(24 consecutive wins, total 25–2)
SL | Year | Opponent | Result |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 1995 | Sasa Hirszon / Goran Ivanišević | W |
2 | 1996 | Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis | L |
3 | 1996 | Jonas Björkman / Nicklas Kulti | L |
4 | 1997 | Martin Damm / Petr Korda | W |
5 | 1997 | Nicolás Massú / Marcelo Ríos | W |
6 | 1998 | Neil Broad / Tim Henman | W |
7 | 1999 | Kim Dong-hyun / Hyung-Taik Lee | W |
8 | 1999 | Shan Jiang / Zhu Benqiang | W |
9 | 2001 | Ran Xu / Jing-Zhu Yang | W |
10 | 2001 | Thomas Shimada / Takao Suzuki | W |
11 | 2001 | Donald Johnson / Jared Palmer | W |
12 | 2002 | Patrick Chucri / Ali Hamadeh | W |
13 | 2002 | James Shortall / Daniel Willman | W |
14 | 2003 | Jun Kato / Thomas Shimada | W |
15 | 2003 | Alistair Hunt / Mark Nielsen | W |
16 | 2004 | Mark Nielsen / Matthew Prentice | W |
17 | 2004 | Thomas Shimada / Takahiro Terachi | W |
18 | 2005 | Wang Yu / Zhu Benqiang | W |
19 | 2005 | Murad Inoyatov / Denis Istomin | W |
20 | 2005 | Simon Aspelin / Jonas Björkman | W |
21 | 2006 | Woong-Sun Jun / Oh-Hee Kwon | W |
22 | 2006 | Jalil Khan / Asim Shafik | W |
23 | 2008 | Satoshi Iwabuchi / Takao Suzuki | W |
24 | 2008 | Adrian Cruciat / Horia Tecău | W |
25 | 2009 | Tsung-Hua Yang / Chu-Huan Yi | W |
26 | 2010 | Teymuraz Gabashvili / Igor Kunitsyn | W |
27 | 2010 | Marcelo Melo / Bruno Soares | W |