Name: Leander Adrian Paes
Occupation: Tennis Player
Gender: Male
Birth Day: June 17, 1973
Age: 51
Birth Place: India
Zodiac Sign: Gemini
DOB in Roman: VI.XVII.MCMLXXIII

Leander Adrian Paes

Leander Adrian Paes was born on 17 June 1973(51 years old) in India. Leander Adrian Paes is Tennis Player, Zodiac sign - Gemini. More detail about Leander Adrian Paes given below.

About Leander Adrian Paes

Indian tennis pro and Olympic bronze medallist who began playing professionally in 1991 and went on to win 13 Grand Slam titles by the year 2013.

Leander Adrian Paes is an Indian professional tennis player. He holds the record for the most doubles wins in the Davis Cup. Paes has won eight 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 tournament. His mixed doubles Wimbledon title in 2010 made him the second man to win Wimbledon titles in three decades. Paes received the Rajiv Gandhi 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 singles in 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.

Highest rankingNo. 73 (24 August 1998)
French Open2R (1997)
Australian Open2R (1997, 2000)
Career titles10
Highest rankingNo. 1 (21 June 1999)
Career record101–99 (%)
Olympic GamesQF (2012)
WimbledonW (1999)
Australian OpenW (2012)
Career titles54
Australian OpenW (2003, 2010, 2015)
Tour FinalsF (1997, 1999, 2000, 2005)
French OpenW (1999, 2001, 2009)
Turned pro1991
Country (sports)India
Olympic GamesSF – 4th (2004)
ResidenceMumbai, Maharashtra, India
US OpenW (2008, 2015)
US Open3R (1997)
WimbledonW (1999, 2003, 2010, 2015)
Career titles1
Wimbledon2R (2001)
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
BornJune 17, 1973, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Current rankingNo. 115 (16 March 2020)
Prize money$8,587,586
Career record770–457 (%)
French OpenW (2016)
Retired2021
Height1.78 m
US OpenW (2006, 2009, 2013)


Trivia

He was born into an athletic family: his father won a 1972 Olympic bronze medal in hockey and his mother was a basketball team captain for India in the 1980 Asian Basketball Championship.

Leander Adrian Paes before fame

He went to La Martiniere College in Kolkata, Madras Christian College Hr Sec School in Chennai, and Loyola College in Chennai.

Achievement of Leander Adrian Paes

His father was an Olympic bronze medalist in hockey in 1972, and his mother was the captain of India's basketball squad in the 1980 Asian Basketball Championship.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Leander Adrian Paes family life

He married Rhea Pillai and had a daughter, Aiyana, with her.

Associations of Leander Adrian Paes

In a doubles match at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, he was defeated by Roger Federer.

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