Leander Paes career statistics

This is a list of the main career statistics of Indian professional tennis player Leander Paes.

Career finals
Discipline Type Won Lost Total WR
Doubles
Grand Slam 8 8 16 0.50
ATP Finals 4 4 0.00
ATP 1000 13 5 18 0.72
ATP 500 6 10 16 0.36
ATP 250 28 16 44 0.63
Olympics 0
Total 55 43 98 0.56
Mixed
Doubles
Grand Slam 10 8 18 0.55
Total 10 8 18 0.55
Total 65 51 116 0.56

Performance timelines edit

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles edit

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

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
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 Open 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 Open 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 Masters 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
Italian Open 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 Open 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
Canadian Open 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 Open 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 Masters Not Held A W SF W 2R 2R 2R A A A A NH 2 / 6 12–4
Paris Masters 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
German Open 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
Eurocard Open 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 edit

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
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
National representation
Summer Olympics Not held QF Not held A Not held 0 / 1

Grand Slam finals edit

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

By winning the 2012 Australian Open title, Paes achieved the career Grand Slam.

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1999 Australian Open Hard   Mahesh Bhupathi   Jonas Björkman
  Patrick Rafter
3–6, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(12–10), 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(10–12), 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up 1999 US Open Hard   Mahesh Bhupathi   Sébastien Lareau
  Alex O'Brien
6–7, 4–6
Winner 2001 French Open (2) 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(5–7), 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up 2008 US Open Hard   Lukáš Dlouhý   Bob Bryan
  Mike Bryan
6–7(5–7), 6–7(10–12)
Winner 2009 French Open (3) Clay   Lukáš Dlouhý   Wesley Moodie
  Dick Norman
3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Winner 2009 US Open (2) 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(7–1), 6–2
Runner-up 2012 US Open Hard   Radek Štěpánek   Bob Bryan
  Mike Bryan
3–6, 4–6
Winner 2013 US Open (3) Hard   Radek Štěpánek   Alexander Peya
  Bruno Soares
6–1, 6–3

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

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
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 (2) 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(8–6)
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 (2) Hard   Cara Black   Ekaterina Makarova
  Jaroslav Levinský
7–5, 6–3
Winner 2010 Wimbledon (3) 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 (3) Hard   Martina Hingis   Kristina Mladenovic
  Daniel Nestor
6–4, 6–3
Winner 2015 Wimbledon (4) Grass   Martina Hingis   Tímea Babos
  Alexander Peya
6–1, 6–1
Winner 2015 US Open (2) 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 edit

Singles: 1 (1 bronze medal) edit

Bronze medal final
Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Bronze 1996   Atlanta Hard   Fernando Meligeni 3–6, 6–2, 6–4

Doubles: 1 edit

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
4th place 2004 Athens Hard   Mahesh Bhupathi   Mario Ančić
  Ivan Ljubičić
6–7(5–7), 6–4, 14–16

ATP career finals edit

Singles: 1 (1 title) edit

Legend
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
Win 1–0 Jul 1998 Newport, US Grass   Neville Godwin 6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 98 (55 titles, 43 runners-up) edit

Legend
Grand Slam (8–8)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–4)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (13–5)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (6–10)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (28–16)
Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 1995 New Haven, US Hard   Nicolás Pereira   Rick Leach
  Scott Melville
3–6, 7–5, 4–6
Win 1–1 Apr 1997 Chennai, India Hard   Mahesh Bhupathi   Oleg Ogorodov
  Eyal Ran
7–6, 7–5
Win 2–1 Apr 1997 Prague, Czech Republic Clay   Mahesh Bhupathi   Petr Luxa
  David Škoch
6–1, 6–1
Win 3–1 Jul 1997 Montreal, Canada Hard   Mahesh Bhupathi   Sébastien Lareau
  Alex O'Brien
7–6, 6–3
Win 4–1 Aug 1997 New Haven, US Hard   Mahesh Bhupathi   Sébastien Lareau
  Alex O'Brien
6–4, 6–7, 6–2
Win 5–1 Sep 1997 Beijing, China Hard (i)   Mahesh Bhupathi   Alex O'Brien
  Jim Courier
7–5, 7–6
Win 6–1 Oct 1997 Singapore, Singapore Carpet (i)   Mahesh Bhupathi   Rick Leach
  Jonathan Stark
6–4, 6–4
Loss 6–2 Nov 1997 Hartford, US Carpet   Mahesh Bhupathi   Rick Leach
  Jonathan Stark
3–6, 4–6, 6–7
Win 7–2 Jan 1998 Doha, Qatar Hard   Mahesh Bhupathi   Olivier Delaître
  Fabrice Santoro
6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Win 8–2 Feb 1998 Dubai, UAE Hard   Mahesh Bhupathi   Donald Johnson
  Francisco Montana
6–2, 7–5
Win 9–2 Apr 1998 Chennai, India (2) Hard   Mahesh Bhupathi   Olivier Delaître
  Max Mirnyi
6–7, 6–3, 6–2
Win 10–2 May 1998 Rome, Italy Clay   Mahesh Bhupathi   Ellis Ferreira
  Rick Leach
6–4, 4–6, 7–6
Win 11–2 Oct 1998 Shanghai, China Carpet (i)   Mahesh Bhupathi   Todd Woodbridge
  Mark Woodforde
6–4, 6–7, 7–6
Loss 11–3 Oct 1998 Singapore, Singapore Carpet   Mahesh Bhupathi   Todd Woodbridge
  Mark Woodforde
2–6, 3–6
Loss 11–4 Nov 1998 Stuttgart, Germany Hard (i)   Mahesh Bhupathi   Sébastien Lareau
  Alex O'Brien
3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win 12–4 Nov 1998 Paris, France Carpet (i)   Mahesh Bhupathi   Jacco Eltingh
  Paul Haarhuis
6–4, 6–2
Loss 12–5 Feb 1999 Melbourne, Australia Hard   Mahesh Bhupathi   Jonas Björkman
  Patrick Rafter
3–6, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6, 4–6
Win 13–5 Apr 1999 Chennai, India (3) Hard   Mahesh Bhupathi   Wayne Black
  Neville Godwin
4–6, 7–5, 6–4
Win 14–5 May 1999 Paris, France Clay   Mahesh Bhupathi   Goran Ivanišević
  Jeff Tarango
6–2, 7–5
Win 15–5 Jun 1999 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Grass   Jan Siemerink   Ellis Ferreira
  David Rikl
W/O
Win 16–5 Jun 1999 London, UK Grass   Mahesh Bhupathi   Paul Haarhuis
  Jared Palmer
6–7, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6
Win 17–5 Jul 1999 Newport, US Grass   Wayne Arthurs   Sargis Sargsian
  Chris Woodruff
6–7, 7–6, 6–3
Loss 17–6 Aug 1999 Indianapolis, US Hard   Olivier Delaître   Paul Haarhuis
  Jared Palmer
3–6, 4–6
Loss 17–7 Sep 1999 New York, US Hard   Mahesh Bhupathi   Sébastien Lareau
  Alex O'Brien
6–7, 4–6
Loss 17–8 Nov 1999 Hartford, US Carpet   Mahesh Bhupathi   Sébastien Lareau
  Alex O'Brien
3–6, 2–6, 2–6
Win 18–8 May 2000 Orlando, US Clay   Jan Siemerink   Justin Gimelstob
  Sébastien Lareau
6–3, 6–4
Win 19–8 Oct 2000 Tokyo, Japan Hard   Mahesh Bhupathi   Michael Hill
  Jeff Tarango
6–4, 6–7, 6–3
Loss 19–9 Dec 2000 Bangalore, India Hard   Mahesh Bhupathi   Donald Johnson
  Piet Norval
6–7, 3–6, 4–6
Win 20–9 Apr 2001 Atlanta, US Clay   Mahesh Bhupathi   Rick Leach
  David Macpherson
6–3, 7–6
Win 21–9 Apr 2001 Houston, US (2) Clay   Mahesh Bhupathi   Kevin Kim
  Jim Thomas
7–6, 6–2
Win 22–9 May 2001 Paris, France (2) Clay   Mahesh Bhupathi   Petr Pála
  Pavel Vízner
7–6, 6–3
Win 23–9 Aug 2001 Cincinnati, US Hard   Mahesh Bhupathi   Martin Damm
  David Prinosil
7–6, 6–3
Loss 23–10 Oct 2001 Basel, Switzerland Carpet   Mahesh Bhupathi   Ellis Ferreira
  Rick Leach
6–7, 4–6
Loss 23–11 Nov 2001 Paris, France Carpet   Mahesh Bhupathi   Ellis Ferreira
  Rick Leach
6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Win 24–11 Dec 2001 Chennai, India (4) Hard   Mahesh Bhupathi   Tomáš Cibulec
  Ota Fukárek
5–7, 6–2, 7–5
Win 25–11 Apr 2002 Majorca, Spain Clay   Mahesh Bhupathi   Julian Knowle
  Michael Kohlmann
6–2, 6–4
Win 26–11 Feb 2003 Dubai, UAE (2) Hard   David Rikl   Wayne Black
  Kevin Ullyett
6–3, 6–0
Win 27–11 Mar 2003 Delray Beach, US Hard   Nenad Zimonjić   Raemon Sluiter
  Martin Verkerk
7–5, 3–6, 7–5
Loss 27–12 Apr 2003 Miami, US Hard   David Rikl   Roger Federer
  Max Mirnyi
5–7, 3–6
Loss 27–13 Jun 2003 s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Grass   Donald Johnson   Martin Damm
  Cyril Suk
5–7, 6–7
Win 28–13 Jul 2003 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay   David Rikl   František Čermák
  Leoš Friedl
6–3, 6–3
Loss 28–14 Feb 2004 Dubai, UAE (3) Hard   Jonas Björkman   Mahesh Bhupathi
  Fabrice Santoro
2–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win 29–14 Jun 2004 Halle, Germany Grass   David Rikl   Tomáš Cibulec
  Petr Pála
6–2, 7–5
Win 30–14 Jul 2004 Gstaad, Switzerland (2) Clay   David Rikl   Marc Rosset
  Stanislas Wawrinka
6–4, 6–2
Win 31–14 Jul 2004 Toronto, Canada (2) Hard   Mahesh Bhupathi   Jonas Björkman
  Max Mirnyi
6–4, 6–2
Loss 31–15 Sep 2004 New York, US Hard   David Rikl   Mark Knowles
  Daniel Nestor
3–6, 3–6
Win 32–15 Sep 2004 Delray Beach, US (2) Hard   Radek Štěpánek   Gastón Etlis
  Martín Rodríguez
6–0, 6–3
Win 33–15 Apr 2005 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay   Nenad Zimonjić   Bob Bryan
  Mike Bryan
W/O
Win 34–15 Apr 2005 Barcelona, Spain Clay   Nenad Zimonjić   Feliciano López
  Rafael Nadal
6–3, 6–3
Win 35–15 Sep 2005 Bangkok, Thailand Hard (i)   Paul Hanley   Jonathan Erlich
  Andy Ram
6–7, 6–1, 6–2
Loss 35–16 Oct 2005 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i)   Nenad Zimonjić   Wayne Arthurs
  Paul Hanley
3–6, 3–6
Loss 35–17 Oct 2005 Madrid, Spain Hard (i)   Nenad Zimonjić   Mark Knowles
  Daniel Nestor
6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 35–18 Nov 2005 Shanghai, China Carpet (i)   Nenad Zimonjić   Michaël Llodra
  Fabrice Santoro
7–6(8–6), 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 35–19 Jan 2006 Melbourne, Australia Hard   Martin Damm   Bob Bryan
  Mike Bryan
6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win 36–19 Jun 2006 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands (2) Grass   Martin Damm   Arnaud Clément
  Chris Haggard
6–1, 7–6
Win 37–19 Aug 2006 New York, US Hard   Martin Damm   Jonas Björkman
  Max Mirnyi
6–7, 6–4, 6–3
Loss 37–20 Jan 2007 Doha, Qatar Hard   Martin Damm   Mikhail Youzhny
  Nenad Zimonjić
1–6, 6–7
Win 38–20 Feb 2007 Rotterdam, Netherlands Hard (i)   Martin Damm   Andrei Pavel
  Alexander Waske
6–3, 6–7, [10–7]
Win 39–20 Mar 2007 Indian Wells, US Hard   Martin Damm   Jonathan Erlich
  Andy Ram
6–4, 6–4
Loss 39–21 Apr 2007 Miami, US Hard   Martin Damm   Bob Bryan
  Mike Bryan
6–7, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss 39–22 Jun 2007 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Grass   Martin Damm   Jeff Coetzee
  Rogier Wassen
6–3, 6–7, [10–12]
Loss 39–23 Jun 2008 Halle, Germany Grass   Lukáš Dlouhý   Mikhail Youzhny
  Mischa Zverev
6–3, 4–6, [3–10]
Loss 39–24 Jun 2008 s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Grass   Mahesh Bhupathi   Mario Ančić
  Jürgen Melzer
6–7, 3–6
Loss 39–25 Aug 2008 New York, US Hard   Lukáš Dlouhý   Bob Bryan
  Mike Bryan
6–7(5–7), 6–7(10–12)
Win 40–25 Sep 2008 Bangkok, Thailand (2) Hard (i)   Lukáš Dlouhý   Scott Lipsky
  David Martin
6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 40–26 Sep 2008 Tokyo, Japan Hard   Lukáš Dlouhý   Mikhail Youzhny
  Mischa Zverev
3–6, 4–6
Loss 40–27 Jan 2009 Auckland, New Zealand Hard   Scott Lipsky   Martin Damm
  Robert Lindstedt
5–7, 4–6
Loss 40–28 Feb 2009 Rotterdam, Netherlands Hard   Lukáš Dlouhý   Daniel Nestor
  Nenad Zimonjić
2–6, 5–7
Win 41–28 Jun 2009 Paris, France (3) Clay   Lukáš Dlouhý   Wesley Moodie
  Dick Norman
3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win 42–28 Sep 2009 New York, US (2) Hard   Lukáš Dlouhý   Mahesh Bhupathi
  Mark Knowles
3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss 42–29 Jan 2010 Brisbane, Australia Hard   Lukáš Dlouhý   Jérémy Chardy
  Marc Gicquel
3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 42–30 Feb 2010 Dubai, UAE Hard   Lukáš Dlouhý   Simon Aspelin
  Paul Hanley
2–6, 3–6
Win 43–30 Apr 2010 Miami, US Hard   Lukáš Dlouhý   Mahesh Bhupathi
  Max Mirnyi
6–2, 7–5
Loss 43–31 Jun 2010 Paris, France Clay   Lukáš Dlouhý   Daniel Nestor
  Nenad Zimonjić
5–7, 2–6
Loss 43–32 Jun 2010 s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Grass   Lukáš Dlouhý   Robert Lindstedt
  Horia Tecău
6–1, 5–7, [7–10]
Win 44–32 Oct 2010 Shanghai, China Hard   Jürgen Melzer   Mariusz Fyrstenberg
  Marcin Matkowski
7–5, 4–6, [10–5]
Win 45–32 Jan 2011 Chennai, India (5) Hard   Mahesh Bhupathi   Robin Haase
  David Martin
6–2, 6–7(3–7), [10–7]
Loss 45–33 Jan 2011 Melbourne, Australia Hard   Mahesh Bhupathi   Bob Bryan
  Mike Bryan
3–6, 4–6
Win 46–33 Apr 2011 Miami, US (2) Hard   Mahesh Bhupathi   Max Mirnyi
  Daniel Nestor
6–7(5–7), 6–2, [10–5]
Loss 46–34 Jun 2011 London, UK Grass   Mahesh Bhupathi   Bob Bryan
  Mike Bryan
7–6(7–2), 6–7(4–7), [6–10]
Win 47–34 Aug 2011 Cincinnati, US Hard   Mahesh Bhupathi   Michaël Llodra
  Nenad Zimonjić
7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–2)
Win 48–34 Jan 2012 Chennai, India (6) Hard   Janko Tipsarević   Andy Ram
  Jonathan Erlich
6–4, 6–4
Win 49–34 Jan 2012 Melbourne, Australia Hard   Radek Štěpánek   Bob Bryan
  Mike Bryan
7–6(7–1), 6–2
Win 50–34 Mar 2012 Miami, US (3) Hard   Radek Štěpánek   Max Mirnyi
  Daniel Nestor
3–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Loss 50–35 Sep 2012 New York, US Hard   Radek Štěpánek   Bob Bryan
  Mike Bryan
3–6, 4–6
Loss 50–36 Oct 2012 Tokyo, Japan Hard   Radek Štěpánek   Alexander Peya
  Bruno Soares
3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win 51–36 Oct 2012 Shanghai, China (2) Hard   Radek Štěpánek   Mahesh Bhupathi
  Rohan Bopanna
6–7(7–9), 6–3, [10–5]
Win 52–36 Aug 2013 Winston-Salem, US Hard   Daniel Nestor   Treat Huey
  Dominic Inglot
7–6(12–10), 7–5
Win 53–36 Sep 2013 New York, US Hard   Radek Štěpánek   Alexander Peya
  Bruno Soares
6–1, 6–3
Loss 53–37 Aug 2014 Washington, D.C., United States Hard   Samuel Groth   Jean-Julien Rojer
  Horia Tecău
5–7, 4–6
Win 54–37 Sep 2014 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Hard (i)   Marcin Matkowski   Jamie Murray
  John Peers
3–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–5]
Loss 54–38 Jan 2015 Chennai, India Hard   Raven Klaasen   Lu Yen-hsun
  Jonathan Marray
3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 55–38 Jan 2015 Auckland, New Zealand Hard   Raven Klaasen   Dominic Inglot
  Florin Mergea
7–6(7–1), 6–4
Loss 55–39 Feb 2015 Delray Beach, US Hard   Raven Klaasen   Bob Bryan
  Mike Bryan
3–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Loss 55–40 Aug 2016 Winston-Salem, US Hard   Andre Begemann   Guillermo García López
  Henri Kontinen
6–4, 6–7(6–8), [8–10]
Loss 55–41 Sep 2016 St. Petersburg, Russia Hard (i)   Andre Begemann   Dominic Inglot
  Henri Kontinen
6–4, 3–6, [10–12]
Loss 55–42 Mar 2018 Dubai, UAE Hard   James Cerretani   Jean-Julien Rojer
  Horia Tecău
2–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss 55–43 Aug 2018 Winston-Salem, US Hard   James Cerretani   Jean-Julien Rojer
  Horia Tecău
4–6, 2–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals edit

Singles: 14 (11 titles, 3 runner-ups) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (11–3)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–3)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (4–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Dec 1992 Guangzhou, China Challenger Hard   Richard Matuszewski 6–3, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Apr 1994 Nagoya, Japan Challenger Hard   Christophe Van Garsse 4–6, 3–6
Win 2–1 May 1994 Bombay, India Challenger Hard   Joost Winnink 6–7, 6–3, 6–1
Win 3–1 Aug 1994 Binghamton, USA Challenger Hard   David Witt 6–4, 6–2
Loss 3–2 May 1995 Bombay, India Challenger Hard   Byron Black 3–6, 4–6
Win 4–2 Aug 1995 Brasília, Brazil Challenger Hard   Roberto Jabali 6–1, 5–7, 6–2
Loss 4–3 Sep 1996 Madras, India Challenger Hard   Oleg Ogorodov 6–7, 3–6
Win 5–3 Nov 1996 Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius Challenger Grass   Fabrice Santoro 7–5, 6–4
Win 6–3 Mar 1998 Bangkok, Thailand Challenger Hard   Gouichi Motomura 6–4, 7–5
Win 7–3 Feb 1999 Calcutta, India Challenger Grass   Mahesh Bhupathi 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win 8–3 Apr 1999 New Delhi, India Challenger Hard   Mahesh Bhupathi 7–5, 6–4
Win 9–3 Dec 1999 Lucknow, India Challenger Grass   Jamie Delgado 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5)
Win 10–3 Dec 1999 Jaipur, India Challenger Grass   Barry Cowan 7–6(10–8), 6–4
Win 11–3 Mar 2000 Bombay, India Challenger Hard   Dennis van Scheppingen 7–6(7–2), 3–2 ret.

Doubles: 44 (26 titles, 18 runner-ups) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (26–18)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (17–14)
Clay (7–1)
Grass (1–2)
Carpet (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 1992 Nagoya, Japan Challenger Hard   Bertrand Madsen   Jeremy Bates
  Mark Petchey
5–7, 6–3, 6–7
Win 1–1 Aug 1992 New Haven, USA Challenger Hard   Todd Nelson   Jeremy Bates
  Byron Black
7–5, 2–6, 7–6
Win 2–1 Dec 1992 Hong Kong, Hong Kong Challenger Hard   Donald Johnson   Richard Matuszewski
  John Sullivan
6–2, 7–6
Win 3–1 Jan 1993 Bangalore, India Challenger Clay   Donald Johnson   Sean Cole
  Andrei Merinov
6–4, 6–3
Win 4–1 Feb 1993 Wolfsburg, Germany Challenger Carpet (i)   Donald Johnson   Jan Apell
  Michael Mortensen
7–6, 6–1
Loss 4–2 Aug 1993 Cincinnati, USA Challenger Hard   Wayne Arthurs   Johan de Beer
  Kevin Ullyett
6–7, 4–6
Loss 4–3 Feb 1994 Rennes, France Challenger Carpet (i)   Mark Knowles   Anders Järryd
  Bent-Ove Pedersen
4–6, 3–6
Win 5–3 May 1994 Manila, Philippines Challenger Hard   Albert Chang   Richard Matuszewski
  David Nainkin
6–4, 6–4
Loss 5–4 Oct 1994 Jakarta, Indonesia Challenger Hard   Mahesh Bhupathi   Andrew Foster
  Danny Sapsford
w/o
Win 6–4 Apr 1995 Nagoya, Japan Challenger Hard   Kevin Ullyett   Joshua Eagle
  Andrew Kratzmann
7–6, 7–5
Loss 6–5 Jun 1995 Medellín, Colombia Challenger Clay   Maurice Ruah   Wayne Black
  László Markovits
5–7, 4–6
Win 7–5 Jun 1995 Bogotá, Colombia Challenger Clay   Óscar Ortiz   Sergio Cortés
  João Cunha Silva
7–6, 7–6
Win 8–5 Sep 1995 Aruba, Aruba Challenger Hard   Mahesh Bhupathi   José Antonio Conde
  Christo van Rensburg
6–4, 4–6, 7–6
Win 9–5 Apr 1996 Fergana, Uzbekistan Challenger Hard   Mahesh Bhupathi   Geoff Grant
  Maurice Ruah
6–3, 7–6
Loss 9–6 May 1996 Andijan, Uzbekistan Challenger Hard   Mahesh Bhupathi   Geoff Grant
  Maurice Ruah
4–6, 3–6
Win 10–6 May 1996 Jerusalem, Israel Challenger Hard   Neville Godwin   Noam Behr
  Eyal Ran
7–6, 7–5
Loss 10–7 Jun 1996 Annenheim, Austria Challenger Grass   Mahesh Bhupathi   Sandon Stolle
  Michael Tebbutt
2–6, 4–6
Win 11–7 Sep 1996 Aruba, Aruba Challenger Hard   Mahesh Bhupathi   Sébastien Leblanc
  Grant Stafford
6–2, 6–2
Win 12–7 Sep 1996 Madras, India Challenger Hard   Mahesh Bhupathi   Sander Groen
  Oleg Ogorodov
7–5, 6–1
Win 13–7 Nov 1996 Ahmedabad, India Challenger Clay   Mahesh Bhupathi   Georg Blumauer
  Udo Plamberger
6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 13–8 Nov 1996 Reunion Island, Reunion Challenger Hard   Donald Johnson   Hendrik Jan Davids
  Fabrice Santoro
3–6, 6–7
Win 14–8 Jan 1997 Singapore, Singapore Challenger Hard (i)   Mahesh Bhupathi   Michael Joyce
  Scott Melville
6–4, 4–6, 7–6
Win 15–8 Apr 1997 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay   Mahesh Bhupathi   Devin Bowen
  Tuomas Ketola
6–4, 6–0
Win 16–8 May 1997 Jerusalem, Israel Challenger Hard   Mahesh Bhupathi   Wayne Black
  Kevin Ullyett
6–7, 6–2, 7–6
Win 17–8 Apr 2000 Bermuda, Bermuda Challenger Clay   Jan Siemerink   Jeff Coetzee
  Brent Haygarth
6–3, 6–2
Loss 17–9 Mar 2010 Sunrise, USA Challenger Hard   Lukáš Dlouhý   Martin Damm
  Filip Polášek
6–4, 1–6, [11–13]
Loss 17–10 Apr 2016 León, Mexico Challenger Hard   Sam Groth   Santiago González
  Mate Pavić
4–6, 6–3, [11–13]
Win 18–10 May 2016 Busan, South Korea Challenger Hard   Sam Groth   Sanchai Ratiwatana
  Sonchat Ratiwatana
4–6, 6–1, [10–7]
Win 19–10 Jul 2016 Biella, Italy Challenger Clay   Andre Begemann   Andrej Martin
  Hans Podlipnik Castillo
6–4, 6–4
Loss 19–11 Oct 2016 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Challenger Hard   Andre Begemann   Mikhail Elgin
  Denis Istomin
4–6, 2–6
Win 20–11 Apr 2017 León, Mexico Challenger Hard   Adil Shamasdin   Luca Margaroli
  Caio Zampieri
6–1, 6–4
Win 21–11 Apr 2017 Tallahassee, USA Challenger Clay   Scott Lipsky   Máximo González
  Leonardo Mayer
4–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–7]
Win 22–11 Jun 2017 Ilkley, Great Britain Challenger Grass   Adil Shamasdin   Brydan Klein
  Joe Salisbury
6–2, 2–6, [10–8]
Win 23–11 Nov 2017 Knoxville, USA Challenger Hard (i)   Purav Raja   James Cerretani
  John-Patrick Smith
7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)
Win 24–11 Nov 2017 Champaign, USA Challenger Hard (i)   Purav Raja   Ruan Roelofse
  Joe Salisbury
6–3, 6–7(5–7), [10–5]
Win 25–11 Jan 2018 Newport Beach, USA Challenger Hard   James Cerretani   Treat Huey
  Denis Kudla
6–4, 7–5
Loss 25–12 Feb 2018 Dallas, USA Challenger Hard (i)   Joe Salisbury   Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
  Christopher Rungkat
4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss 25–13 Sep 2018 Chicago, USA Challenger Hard   Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela   Luke Bambridge
  Neal Skupski
3–6, 4–6
Loss 25–14 Oct 2018 Monterrey, Mexico Challenger Hard   Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela   Marcelo Arévalo
  Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
1–6, 4–6
Win 26–14 Oct 2018 Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic
Challenger Hard   Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela   Ariel Behar
  Roberto Quiroz
4–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Loss 26–15 Oct 2018 Brest, France Challenger Hard (i)   Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela   Sander Gillé
  Joran Vliegen
6–3, 4–6, [2–10]
Loss 26–16 Jan 2019 Da Nang, Vietnam Challenger Hard   Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela   Hsieh Cheng-peng
  Christopher Rungkat
3–6, 6–2, [9–11]
Loss 26–17 Jun 2019 Ilkley, UK Challenger Grass   Marcus Daniell   Santiago González
  Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
3–6, 4–6
Loss 26–18 Feb 2020 Bangalore, India Challenger Hard   Matthew Ebden   Purav Raja
  Ramkumar Ramanathan
0–6, 3–6

Grand Slam seedings edit

The tournaments won by Paes are in boldface, and advances into finals by Paes are in italics.

Men's doubles edit

Legend (slams won / times seeded)
seeded No. 1 (2 / 5)
seeded No. 2 (0 / 2)
seeded No. 3 (1 / 13)
seeded No. 4–10 (3 / 37)
Seeded outside the top 10 (0 / 6)
not seeded (2 / 30)
Longest / total
5 94
1
7
8
2
5
Year Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
1992 did not play did not play did not qualify did not play
1993 did not play did not play qualifier not seeded
1994 not seeded did not play not seeded not seeded
1995 not seeded did not play did not play not seeded
1996 did not play did not play not seeded did not qualify
1997 not seeded not seeded not seeded 10th
1998 2nd 3rd 3rd 4th
1999 1st (1) 1st (1) 1st (2) 1st (2)
2000 1st not seeded did not play not seeded
2001 not seeded not seeded (3) 6th 5th
2002 3rd 14th not seeded 13th
2003 9th 5th 5th did not play
2004 10th 10th 11th 14th (3)
2005 did not play 6th 5th 5th
2006 7th (4) 7th 7th 6th (4)
2007 5th 3rd 5th 4th
2008 5th 9th 9th 7th (5)
2009 4th 3rd (5) 3rd 4th (6)
2010 3rd 3rd (6) 3rd 3rd
2011 3rd (7) 3rd 3rd 4th
2012 not seeded (7) 7th 4th 5th (8)
2013 2nd 9th 4th 4th (8)
2014 5th did not play 5th 6th
2015 10th 10th 11th not seeded
2016 not seeded 16th not seeded protected ranking
2017 not seeded not seeded not seeded not seeded
2018 not seeded did not play did not play not seeded
2019 not seeded not seeded not seeded not seeded

Mixed doubles edit

Legend (slams won / times seeded)
seeded No. 1 (2 / 8)
seeded No. 2 (1 / 9)
seeded No. 3 (0 / 3)
seeded No. 4–10 (5 / 27)
Seeded outside the top 10 (0 / 3)
not seeded (2 / 30)
Longest / total
3 81
3
1
4
1
3
Year Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
1994 did not play did not play not seeded did not play
1995 did not play did not play did not play not seeded
1996 did not play did not play not seeded did not play
1997 did not play not seeded not seeded not seeded
1998 did not play 1st 1st not seeded
1999 6th 1st 1st (1) 1st
2000 2nd 2nd did not play not seeded
2001 not seeded not seeded 6th 2nd (1)
2002 not seeded 4th 5th not seeded
2003 wild card (2) 7th 5th (3) did not play
2004 4th (2) 6th 9th 8th
2005 did not play 6th (3) did not play 7th
2006 not seeded not seeded 4th 3rd
2007 3rd not seeded 8th not seeded (4)
2008 not seeded not seeded 10th 5th (4)
2009 1st 2nd 1st (5) 2nd (6)
2010 1st (5) 2nd 2nd (6) 2nd
2011 4th 7th 14th 7th
2012 5th (7) 5th 4th (8) 3rd
2013 2nd not seeded 15th did not play
2014 not seeded did not play 4th did not play
2015 7th (7) 8th 7th (8) 4th (9)
2016 not seeded not seeded (10) 16th wild card
2017 wild card not seeded not seeded did not play
2018 did not play
2019 wild card did not play not seeded did not play
2020 wild card tournament cancelled

Partnerships edit

Leander Paes is known for changing partnerships, and he has had over 100 different partners over his career.[1] Paes teamed with 25 players in Grand Slam mixed doubles.

Partners in men's doubles edit

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 Fernández 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   Mårten 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 Martín del Potro 2017
115   Dustin Brown 2017
116   Adil Shamasdin 2017
117   Antonio Šančić 2017
118   Alexander Zverev 2017
119   James Cerretani 2018
120   Joe Salisbury 2018
121   Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela 2018
122   Benoît 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 edit

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   Jeļena Ostapenko 2020

Other partners edit

Indian Team edit

World Team Tennis edit

Champions Tennis League edit

Partnership with Mahesh Bhupathi edit

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.[2][3][4] 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.[5] He once stated in an interview that although he and Bhupathi are friends, he did not consider pairing with his former teammate.[6] However, for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, they reunited for their country,[7] losing in the quarterfinals to eventual champions Federer/Wawrinka.[8]

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.[9]

The Indian duo has a 303–103 career record together. They have a high success rate against various top teams.[10] They have a Davis Cup record for the longest doubles winning streak, with 24 straight wins.[11]

Paes paired with Vishnu Vardhan at the London Olympics 2012, following Bhupathi and Bopanna 's refusal.[12] Paes threatened to withdraw from the Olympics rather than play with Vardhan, whose world ranking was 296,[13] but withdrew the threat a week later.[14] Paes and Vardhan reached the second round of the tournament, losing to French silver medalists Llodra/Tsonga.

In 2021, Zee5 produced a documentary called Break Point, showing the ups and downs in the relationship between Paes and Bhupathi.[15]

Davis Cup record edit

The duo has the longest doubles streak in Davis Cup history.[16]
(24 consecutive wins, total 25–2)

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

References edit

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  2. ^ M S Unnikrishnan (20 May 2000). "Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi finally part ways". Archived from the original on 23 June 2007. Retrieved 1 June 2007.
  3. ^ M S Unnikrishnan (23 March 2002). "Did 'sibling' rivalry lead to Paes-Bhupathi split?". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 1 June 2007.
  4. ^ The Hindu (4 October 2002). "AITA wants Mahesh Bhupathi back in the team". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Archived from the original on 16 May 2007. Retrieved 1 June 2007.
  5. ^ Times Now (5 December 2006). "Paes questions Mahesh's commitment". Archived from the original on 13 February 2007. Retrieved 1 June 2007.
  6. ^ IBNLIVE (27 May 2006). "Pairing Hesh not on my mind: Paes". Archived from the original on 14 December 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2007.
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  8. ^ "Match Statistics:Men's Doubles Quarterfinal 2". Official website of Beijing Olympics. 15 August 2008. Archived from the original on 11 February 2009. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
  9. ^ Brulliard, Nicolas (26 January 2011). "A Doubles Pair Reunited, And It Feels So Good". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 4 July 2017.
  10. ^ Tennislive Match Stats – Mahesh Bhupathi, Leander Paes "Mahesh Bhupathi/Leander Paes – TennisLive.net". Archived from the original on 11 December 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  11. ^ Davis Cup Records "Davis Cup – Statistics". Archived from the original on 9 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  12. ^ "AITA may send two teams to London Olympics". The Times Of India. 19 June 2012. Archived from the original on 19 June 2012.
  13. ^ "Leander Paes threatens to withdraw from London Olympics". The Times Of India. 19 June 2012. Archived from the original on 21 June 2012.
  14. ^ "I'm focussed on playing sport not politics: Leander Paes". 29 June 2012. Archived from the original on 14 December 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  15. ^ "Break Point: Mahesh Bhupathi offers his glasses to Ashwiny Iyer as she picks DiCaprio to play Leander Paes in biopic". October 2021. Archived from the original on 22 July 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
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