Leander Paes career statistics

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

Career finals
DisciplineTypeWonLostTotalWR
Doubles
Grand Slam88160.50
ATP Finals440.00
ATP 1000135180.72
ATP 500610160.36
ATP 2502816440.63
Olympics0
Total5543980.56
Mixed
Doubles
Grand Slam108180.55
Total108180.55
Total65511160.56

Performance timelines

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

Tournament19911992199319941995199619971998199920002001SRW–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

Tournament1990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020SRW–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

Tournament199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020SR
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

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
Runner-up1999Australian OpenHard Mahesh Bhupathi Jonas Björkman
Patrick Rafter
3–6, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(12–10), 4–6
Winner1999French OpenClay Mahesh Bhupathi Goran Ivanišević
Jeff Tarango
6–2, 7–5
Winner1999WimbledonGrass Mahesh Bhupathi Paul Haarhuis
Jared Palmer
6–7(10–12), 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up1999US OpenHard Mahesh Bhupathi Sébastien Lareau
Alex O'Brien
6–7, 4–6
Winner2001French Open (2)Clay Mahesh Bhupathi Petr Pála
Pavel Vízner
7–6, 6–3
Runner-up2004US OpenHard David Rikl Mark Knowles
Daniel Nestor
3–6, 3–6
Runner-up2006Australian OpenHard Martin Damm Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Winner2006US OpenHard Martin Damm Jonas Björkman
Max Mirnyi
6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up2008US OpenHard Lukáš Dlouhý Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
6–7(5–7), 6–7(10–12)
Winner2009French Open (3)Clay Lukáš Dlouhý Wesley Moodie
Dick Norman
3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Winner2009US Open (2)Hard Lukáš Dlouhý Mahesh Bhupathi
Mark Knowles
3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up2010French OpenClay Lukáš Dlouhý Nenad Zimonjić
Daniel Nestor
5–7, 2–6
Runner-up2011Australian OpenHard Mahesh Bhupathi Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
3–6, 4–6
Winner2012Australian OpenHard Radek Štěpánek Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
7–6(7–1), 6–2
Runner-up2012US OpenHard Radek Štěpánek Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
3–6, 4–6
Winner2013US Open (3)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
Winner1999WimbledonGrass Lisa Raymond Anna Kournikova
Jonas Björkman
6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up2001US OpenHard Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs
Todd Woodbridge
6–4, 5–7, [11–9]
Winner2003Australian OpenHard Martina Navratilova Eleni Daniilidou
Todd Woodbridge
6–4, 7–5
Winner2003Wimbledon (2)Grass Martina Navratilova Anastassia Rodionova
Andy Ram
6–3, 6–3
Runner-up2004Australian OpenHard Martina Navratilova Elena Bovina
Nenad Zimonjić
6–1, 7–6
Runner-up2005French OpenClay Martina Navratilova Daniela Hantuchová
Fabrice Santoro
3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up2007US OpenHard Meghann Shaughnessy Victoria Azarenka
Max Mirnyi
6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Winner2008US OpenHard Cara Black Liezel Huber
Jamie Murray
7–6, 6–4
Runner-up2009WimbledonGrass Cara Black Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Mark Knowles
7–5, 6–3
Runner-up2009US OpenHard Cara Black Carly Gullickson
Travis Parrot
6–2, 6–4
Winner2010Australian Open (2)Hard Cara Black Ekaterina Makarova
Jaroslav Levinský
7–5, 6–3
Winner2010Wimbledon (3)Grass Cara Black Lisa Raymond
Wesley Moodie
6–4, 7–6
Runner-up2012Australian OpenHard Elena Vesnina Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Horia Tecău
3–6, 7–5, [3–10]
Runner-up2012WimbledonGrass Elena Vesnina Lisa Raymond
Mike Bryan
3–6, 7–5, 4–6
Winner2015Australian Open (3)Hard Martina Hingis Kristina Mladenovic
Daniel Nestor
6–4, 6–3
Winner2015Wimbledon (4)Grass Martina Hingis Tímea Babos
Alexander Peya
6–1, 6–1
Winner2015US Open (2)Hard Martina Hingis Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Sam Querrey
6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Winner2016French OpenClay 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
Bronze1996 Atlanta Hard Fernando Meligeni 3–6, 6–2, 6–4

Doubles: 1

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
4th place2004AthensHard Mahesh Bhupathi Mario Ančić
Ivan Ljubičić
6–7(5–7), 6–4, 14–16

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Tour (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win 1–0 Jul 1998 Newport, US Grass Neville Godwin 6–3, 6–2

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

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

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

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)

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

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

Men's doubles

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
594
1
7
8
2
5
Year Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
1992did not playdid not playdid not qualifydid not play
1993did not playdid not playqualifiernot seeded
1994not seededdid not playnot seedednot seeded
1995not seededdid not playdid not playnot seeded
1996did not playdid not playnot seededdid not qualify
1997not seedednot seedednot seeded10th
19982nd3rd3rd4th
19991st (1)1st (1)1st (2)1st (2)
20001stnot seededdid not playnot seeded
2001not seedednot seeded (3)6th5th
20023rd14thnot seeded13th
20039th5th5thdid not play
200410th10th11th14th (3)
2005did not play6th5th5th
20067th (4)7th7th6th (4)
20075th3rd5th4th
20085th9th9th7th (5)
20094th3rd (5)3rd4th (6)
20103rd3rd (6)3rd3rd
20113rd (7)3rd3rd4th
2012not seeded (7)7th4th5th (8)
20132nd9th4th4th (8)
20145thdid not play5th6th
201510th10th11thnot seeded
2016not seeded16thnot seededprotected ranking
2017not seedednot seedednot seedednot seeded
2018not seededdid not playdid not playnot seeded
2019not seedednot seedednot seedednot seeded

Mixed doubles

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
381
3
1
4
1
3
Year Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
1994did not playdid not playnot seededdid not play
1995did not playdid not playdid not playnot seeded
1996did not playdid not playnot seededdid not play
1997did not playnot seedednot seedednot seeded
1998did not play1st1stnot seeded
19996th1st1st (1)1st
20002nd2nddid not playnot seeded
2001not seedednot seeded6th2nd (1)
2002not seeded4th5thnot seeded
2003wild card (2)7th5th (3)did not play
20044th (2)6th9th8th
2005did not play6th (3)did not play7th
2006not seedednot seeded4th3rd
20073rdnot seeded8thnot seeded (4)
2008not seedednot seeded10th5th (4)
20091st2nd1st (5)2nd (6)
20101st (5)2nd2nd (6)2nd
20114th7th14th7th
20125th (7)5th4th (8)3rd
20132ndnot seeded15thdid not play
2014not seededdid not play4thdid not play
20157th (7)8th7th (8)4th (9)
2016not seedednot seeded (10)16thwild card
2017wild cardnot seedednot seededdid not play
2018did not play
2019wild carddid not playnot seededdid not play
2020wild cardtournament cancelled

Partnerships

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

No.PartnerYear
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

No.PartnerYear
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

Indian Team

World Team Tennis

Champions Tennis League

Partnership with Mahesh Bhupathi

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

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

SL Year Opponent Result
11995 Saša Hiršzon / Goran IvaniševićWon
21996 Jacco Eltingh / Paul HaarhuisLost
31996 Jonas Björkman / Nicklas KultiLost
41997 Martin Damm / Petr KordaWon
51997 Nicolás Massú / Marcelo RíosWon
61998 Neil Broad / Tim HenmanWon
71999 Kim Dong-hyun / Hyung-Taik LeeWon
81999 Shan Jiang / Zhu BenqiangWon
92001 Ran Xu / Jing-Zhu YangWon
102001 Thomas Shimada / Takao SuzukiWon
112001 Donald Johnson / Jared PalmerWon
122002 Patrick Chucri / Ali HamadehWon
132002 James Shortall / Daniel WillmanWon
142003 Jun Kato / Thomas ShimadaWon
152003 Alistair Hunt / Mark NielsenWon
162004 Mark Nielsen / Matt PrenticeWon
172004 Thomas Shimada / Takahiro TerachiWon
182005 Wang Yu / Zhu BenqiangWon
192005 Murad Inoyatov / Denis IstominWon
202005 Simon Aspelin / Jonas BjörkmanWon
212006 Woong-Sun Jun / Oh-Hee KwonWon
222006 Jalil Khan / Asim ShafikWon
232008 Satoshi Iwabuchi / Takao SuzukiWon
242008 Adrian Cruciat / Horia TecăuWon
252009 Tsung-Hua Yang / Chu-Huan YiWon
262010 Teymuraz Gabashvili / Igor KunitsynWon
272010 Marcelo Melo / Bruno SoaresWon

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