Leander Paes - Indian Tennis Player

 

Born on June 17,1973 in a family in Calcutta that has always valued the sporting culture, Leander took to tennis like a fish takes to water.

His father, Vece Paes, was a part of the bronze medal-winning Indian hockey team at the 1972 Munich Olympics and his mother,Jennifer captained the Indian basketball team in the 1980 Asian championship.

So the attitude to win was right there with Leander from a very young age

Following his success in the singles event, largely in Davis Cup, Leander teamed up with Mahesh Bhupathi in the same year, that later went on to become one of the best doubles pair in the history of Indian and world tennis.
The duo won both the French Open and the Wimbledon in 1999 and became the first Indian pair to win a doubles event at a Grand Slam that earned Leander world No.1 doubles rank for the first time

also achieved the rare men's doubles/mixed doubles double at the 1999 Wimbledon Championships

after winning the mixed doubles Wimbledon title in 2010, became only the second man (after Rod Laver) to win Wimbledon titles in three different decades


Leadner Paes won his 16th Grand Slam trophy, winning the mixed doubles event of the 2015 Wimbledon Championship with legendary Martina Hingis on Sunday July 12,2015

Till Date July 12,2015 had won 8 doubles and 8 mixed doubles Grand Slam titles

8 Men's Doubles Title
Australian Open - 2012
French Open - 1999,2001 and 2009
Wimbledon -1999
US Open -2006,2009 and 2013

8 Mixed Doubles Title 
Australian Open - 2003,2010 and 2015
Wimbledon - 1999,2003,2010 and 2015
US Open-2008
To add to his Grand Slam titles, Leander Paes also won a bronze medal in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, India’s first individual medal in about 40 years

consecutive Olympic appearances from 1992 to 2012 make him the first Indian and first & only tennis player to compete at 6 Olympic Games