Leander Paes
Rezumat

Leander Paes (născut în Calcutta, India pe 17 iunie 1973) este un jucător indian de tenis. Este un reper major în istoria tenisului. A câștigat 18 titluri de Mare Șlem, 8 la dublu și 10 la dublu mixt. Deține câteva recorduri mondiale.
Turnee de Mare Șlem (18)
Dublu (8)
Australian Open în 2012, 3X finalist în 2011, 2006, 1999
3X Roland Garros în 2009, 2001, 1999, finalist în 2010
Wimbledon în 1999
3X US Open în 2013, 2009, 2006
Dublu mixt (10)
3X Australian Open în 2015, 2010, 2003
Roland Garros în 2016
4X Wimbledon în 2015, 2010, 2003, 1999
2X US Open în 2015, 2008
Jocurile Olimpice
Simplu
Bronz 1996 Olimpiada de Vară Atlanta (SUA)
Finale de Mare Șlem
Dublu
16 (8 titluri, 8 locuri 2)
Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Locul 2 1999 Australian Open Hard India Mahesh Bhupathi Sweden Jonas Björkman
Australia Patrick Rafter 3–6, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(12–10), 4–6
Câștigător 1999 French Open Clay India Mahesh Bhupathi Croatia Goran Ivanišević
United States Jeff Tarango 6–2, 7–5
Câștigător 1999 Wimbledon Grass India Mahesh Bhupathi Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
United States Jared Palmer 6–7(10–12), 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Locul 2 1999 US Open Hard India Mahesh Bhupathi Canada Sébastien Lareau
United States Alex O’Brien 6–7, 4–6
Câștigător 2001 French Open (2) Clay India Mahesh Bhupathi Czech Republic Petr Pála
Czech Republic Pavel Vízner 7–6, 6–3
Locul 2 2004 US Open Hard Czech Republic David Rikl The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor 3–6, 3–6
Locul 2 2006 Australian Open Hard Czech Republic Martin Damm United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Câștigător 2006 US Open Hard Czech Republic Martin Damm Sweden Jonas Björkman
Belarus Max Mirnyi 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–3
Locul 2 2008 US Open Hard Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan 6–7(5–7), 6–7(10–12)
Câștigător 2009 French Open (3) Clay Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý South Africa Wesley Moodie
Belgium Dick Norman 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Câștigător 2009 US Open (2) Hard Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý India Mahesh Bhupathi
The Bahamas Mark Knowles 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Locul 2 2010 French Open Clay Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
Canada Daniel Nestor 5–7, 2–6
Locul 2 2011 Australian Open Hard India Mahesh Bhupathi United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan 3–6, 4–6
Câștigător 2012 Australian Open Hard Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan 7–6(7–1), 6–2
Locul 2 2012 US Open Hard Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan 3–6, 4–6
Câștigător 2013 US Open (3) Hard Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek Austria Alexander Peya
Brazil Bruno Soares 6–1, 6–3
Dublu mixt
18 (10 titluri, 8 locuri 2)
Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Câștigător 1999 Wimbledon Grass United States Lisa Raymond Russia Anna Kournikova
Sweden Jonas Björkman 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Locul 2 2001 US Open Hard United States Lisa Raymond Australia Rennae Stubbs
Australia Todd Woodbridge 6–4, 5–7, [11–9]
Câștigător 2003 Australian Open Hard United States Martina Navratilova Greece Eleni Daniilidou
Australia Todd Woodbridge 6–4, 7–5
Câștigător 2003 Wimbledon (2) Grass United States Martina Navratilova Russia Anastassia Rodionova
Israel Andy Ram 6–3, 6–3
Locul 2 2004 Australian Open Hard United States Martina Navratilova Russia Elena Bovina
Serbia and Montenegro Nenad Zimonjić 6–1, 7–6
Locul 2 2005 French Open Clay United States Martina Navratilova Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová
France Fabrice Santoro 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Locul 2 2007 US Open Hard United States Meghann Shaughnessy Belarus Victoria Azarenka
Belarus Max Mirnyi 6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Câștigător 2008 US Open Hard Zimbabwe Cara Black United States Liezel Huber
United Kingdom Jamie Murray 7–6, 6–4
Locul 2 2009 Wimbledon Grass Zimbabwe Cara Black Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld
The Bahamas Mark Knowles 7–5, 6–3
Locul 2 2009 US Open Hard Zimbabwe Cara Black United States Carly Gullickson
United States Travis Parrot 6–2, 6–4
Câștigător 2010 Australian Open (2) Hard Zimbabwe Cara Black Russia Ekaterina Makarova
Czech Republic Jaroslav Levinský 7–5, 6–3
Câștigător 2010 Wimbledon (3) Grass Zimbabwe Cara Black United States Lisa Raymond
South Africa Wesley Moodie 6–4, 7–6
Locul 2 2012 Australian Open Hard Russia Elena Vesnina United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Romania Horia Tecău 3–6, 7–5, [3–10]
Locul 2 2012 Wimbledon Grass Russia Elena Vesnina United States Lisa Raymond
United States Mike Bryan 3–6, 7–5, 4–6
Câștigător 2015 Australian Open (3) Hard Switzerland Martina Hingis France Kristina Mladenovic
Canada Daniel Nestor 6–4, 6–3
Câștigător 2015 Wimbledon (4) Grass Switzerland Martina Hingis Hungary Tímea Babos
Austria Alexander Peya 6–1, 6–1
Câștigător 2015 US Open (2) Hard Switzerland Martina Hingis United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
United States Sam Querrey 6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Câștigător 2016 French Open Clay Switzerland Martina Hingis India Sania Mirza
Croatia Ivan Dodig 4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Titluri
Simplu
1998 1 Newport (Outdoor/Grass)
Dublu
2015 1 Auckland ( w/ Raven Klaasen ) (Outdoor/Hard)
2014 1 Kuala Lumpur ( w/ Marcin Matkowski ) (Indoor/Hard)
2013 2 US Open ( w/ Radek Stepanek ) (Outdoor/Hard)
Winston-Salem ( w/ Daniel Nestor ) (Outdoor/Hard)
2012 4 ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai ( w/ Radek Stepanek ) (Outdoor/Hard)
ATP Masters 1000 Miami ( w/ Radek Stepanek ) (Outdoor/Hard)
Australian Open ( w/ Radek Stepanek ) (Outdoor/Hard)
Chennai ( w/ Janko Tipsarevic ) (Outdoor/Hard)
2011 3 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati ( w/ Mahesh Bhupathi ) (Outdoor/Hard)
ATP Masters 1000 Miami ( w/ Mahesh Bhupathi ) (Outdoor/Hard)
Chennai ( w/ Mahesh Bhupathi ) (Outdoor/Hard)
2010 2 ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai ( w/ Jurgen Melzer ) (Outdoor/Hard)
ATP Masters 1000 Miami ( w/ Lukas Dlouhy ) (Outdoor/Hard)
2009 2 US Open ( w/ Lukas Dlouhy ) (Outdoor/Hard)
Roland Garros ( w/ Lukas Dlouhy ) (Outdoor/Clay)
2008 1 Bangkok ( w/ Lukas Dlouhy ) (Indoor/Hard)
2007 2 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells ( w/ Martin Damm ) (Outdoor/Hard)
Rotterdam ( w/ Martin Damm ) (Indoor/Hard)
2006 2 US Open ( w/ Martin Damm ) (Outdoor/Hard)
‘s-Hertogenbosch ( w/ Martin Damm ) (Outdoor/Grass)
2005 3 Bangkok ( w/ Paul Hanley ) (Indoor/Hard)
Barcelona ( w/ Nenad Zimonjic ) (Outdoor/Clay)
ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo ( w/ Nenad Zimonjic ) (Outdoor/Clay)
2004 4 Delray Beach ( w/ Radek Stepanek ) (Outdoor/Hard)
ATP Masters 1000 Canada ( w/ Mahesh Bhupathi ) (Outdoor/Hard)
Gstaad ( w/ David Rikl ) (Outdoor/Clay)
Halle ( w/ David Rikl ) (Outdoor/Grass)
2003 3 Gstaad ( w/ David Rikl ) (Outdoor/Clay)
Delray Beach ( w/ Nenad Zimonjic ) (Outdoor/Hard)
Dubai ( w/ David Rikl ) (Outdoor/Hard)
2002 2 Mallorca ( w/ Mahesh Bhupathi ) (Outdoor/Clay)
Chennai ( w/ Mahesh Bhupathi ) (Outdoor/Hard)
2001 4 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati ( w/ Mahesh Bhupathi ) (Outdoor/Hard)
Roland Garros ( w/ Mahesh Bhupathi ) (Outdoor/Clay)
Houston ( w/ Mahesh Bhupathi ) (Outdoor/Clay)
Atlanta ( w/ Mahesh Bhupathi ) (Outdoor/Clay)
2000 2 Tokyo ( w/ Mahesh Bhupathi ) (Outdoor/Hard)
Orlando ( w/ Jan Siemerink ) (Outdoor/Clay)
1999 4 Newport ( w/ Wayne Arthurs ) (Outdoor/Grass)
Wimbledon ( w/ Mahesh Bhupathi ) (Outdoor/Grass)
Roland Garros ( w/ Mahesh Bhupathi ) (Outdoor/Clay)
Chennai ( w/ Mahesh Bhupathi ) (Outdoor/Hard)
1998 6 ATP Masters 1000 Paris ( w/ Mahesh Bhupathi ) (Indoor/Carpet)
Shanghai ( w/ Mahesh Bhupathi ) (Outdoor/Hard)
ATP Masters 1000 Rome ( w/ Mahesh Bhupathi ) (Outdoor/Clay)
Chennai ( w/ Mahesh Bhupathi ) (Outdoor/Hard)
Dubai ( w/ Mahesh Bhupathi ) (Outdoor/Hard)
Doha ( w/ Mahesh Bhupathi ) (Outdoor/Hard)
1997 6 Singapore ( w/ Mahesh Bhupathi ) (Indoor/Carpet)
Beijing ( w/ Mahesh Bhupathi ) (Indoor/Hard)
New Haven ( w/ Mahesh Bhupathi ) (Outdoor/Hard)
ATP Masters 1000 Canada ( w/ Mahesh Bhupathi ) (Outdoor/Hard)
Prague ( w/ Mahesh Bhupathi ) (Outdoor/Clay)
Chennai ( w/ Mahesh Bhupathi ) (Outdoor/Hard)
Date fizice
Are 1,78 m și 78 kg.
Profil
Este dreptaci. Joacă pe rever cu o singură mână.
Recorduri
Nicola Pietrangeli (Italia) și Leander Paes (India) au câștigat 42 meciuri la dublu în Cupa Davis.(record mondial) Paes l-a egalat pe Nicola Pietrangeli în 2016. Paes a avut o serie de 24 victorii consecutive la Cupa Davis, când a făcut echipă cu Mahesh Bhupathi.[1]
A realizat 2 Grand Slamuri ale Carierei, unul la dublu și unul la dublu mixt.
A câștigat Wimbledonul în 2009 și la dublu și la dublu mixt.
A câștigat Wimbledonul în 3 decenii diferite, ceea ce în istorie a reușit doar Rod Laver.
Bibliografie
https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/P269/overview
https://www.itftennis.com/en/players/leander-paes/800180151/ind/mt/s/overview/
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