Former tennis player • Sports administrator • Politician
Leander Paes Grand Slam Titles
Event
Men’s Doubles
Mixed Doubles
Australian Open
2012
2003, 2010, 2015
French Open
1999, 2001, 2009
2016
Wimbledon
1999
1999, 2003, 2010, 2015
US Open
2006, 2009, 2013
2008, 2015
Paes completed a career Grand Slam in men’s doubles in 2012 and in mixed doubles in 2016.
Breakthrough: Wimbledon Junior Champion to Olympic Medallist
Paes won the Wimbledon boys’ singles title in 1990, the same year he made his Davis Cup debut, and turned professional in 1991. His defining moment came at Atlanta in 1996, when he beat Fernando Meligeni in the bronze-medal match. Three years later, he and Mahesh Bhupathi won the French Open and Wimbledon men’s doubles titles, and Paes reached world No. 1 in doubles in June 1999.
Leander Paes Career Journey
Period
Milestone
1990
Wimbledon boys’ singles champion; Davis Cup debut
1992 to 2016
Competed at seven Olympic Games
1996
Olympic bronze in men’s singles at Atlanta
1999
Two men’s doubles Slams with Bhupathi; world No. 1 in doubles
2006 to 2013
Men’s doubles Slams with Martin Damm, Lukáš Dlouhý and Radek Štěpánek
2015 to 2016
Four mixed doubles Slams with Martina Hingis, completing the mixed career Grand Slam
2020
Retired from professional tennis
2024
Inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame
Leander Paes Records and Milestones
Most doubles wins in Davis Cup history (45)
Played at seven Olympic Games, from Barcelona 1992 to Rio 2016
Career Grand Slam in both men’s doubles and mixed doubles
Five gold and three bronze medals at the Asian Games
First Asian man inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame (2024)
Leander Paes Awards and Honours
Year
Award
1990
Arjuna Award
1996-97
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (now Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna)
