
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 ranking | No. 73 (24 August 1998) |
French Open | 2R (1997) |
Australian Open | 2R (1997, 2000) |
Career titles | 10 |
Highest ranking | No. 1 (21 June 1999) |
Career record | 101–99 (%) |
Olympic Games | QF (2012) |
Wimbledon | W (1999) |
Australian Open | W (2012) |
Career titles | 54 |
Australian Open | W (2003, 2010, 2015) |
Tour Finals | F (1997, 1999, 2000, 2005) |
French Open | W (1999, 2001, 2009) |
Turned pro | 1991 |
Country (sports) | India |
Olympic Games | SF – 4th (2004) |
Residence | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
US Open | W (2008, 2015) |
US Open | 3R (1997) |
Wimbledon | W (1999, 2003, 2010, 2015) |
Career titles | 1 |
Wimbledon | 2R (2001) |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Born | June 17, 1973, Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
Current ranking | No. 115 (16 March 2020) |
Prize money | $8,587,586 |
Career record | 770–457 (%) |
French Open | W (2016) |
Retired | 2021 |
Height | 1.78 m |
US Open | W (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.
Leander Adrian Paes Height, Weight & Physique Measurements
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