TENNIS PLAYER

Leander Paes

1973 - Today

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Leander Adrian Paes ( PAYSS; born 17 June 1973) is an Indian former professional tennis player and the first Asian man to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. He is regarded as one of the greatest doubles tennis players of all-time and holds the record for the most doubles wins in the Davis Cup. Paes won eight men's doubles and ten mixed doubles Grand Slam titles. He holds a career Grand Slam in men's doubles and mixed doubles making him one of only three men in the Open era to achieve this distinction and won the rare men's/mixed double at the 1999 Wimbledon Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2024). Leander Paes is the 829th most popular tennis player (down from 658th in 2024), the 1,208th most popular biography from India (down from 1,078th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Indian Tennis Player.

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Leander Paes ranks 829 out of 1,569. Before him are Alex Bogomolov Jr., Édouard Roger-Vasselin, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Ugo Humbert, Esther Vergeer, and David Rikl. After him are Mikael Tillström, David Prinosil, Franco Squillari, María Vento-Kabchi, Kristýna Plíšková, and Paul Annacone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Leander Paes ranks 675. Before him are Valérie Donzelli, Dan Swanö, Nicola Vizzoni, František Kaberle, José Azevedo, and Monkaen Kaenkoon. After him are Yuko Nakazawa, José Alexandre Alves Lindo, Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, David Prinosil, Tadatoshi Masuda, and Nikolai Khabibulin.

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In India

Among people born in India, Leander Paes ranks 1,208 out of 1,861. Before him are Manik Sarkar (1949), Athiya Shetty (1992), Deven Verma (1937), Mohammed Shami (1990), Moon Moon Sen (1954), and Shwetha Menon (1974). After him are Vijaya Mehta (1934), Uma Bharti (1959), Michael Bennet (1964), Sushant Singh Rajput (1986), Urvashi Butalia (1952), and Bina Agarwal (1951).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In India

Among tennis players born in India, Leander Paes ranks 4. Before him are George Caridia (1869), Ramanathan Krishnan (1937), and Sania Mirza (1986). After him are Rohan Bopanna (1980), Ramesh Krishnan (1961), Mahesh Bhupathi (1974), Ankita Raina (1993), Somdev Devvarman (1985), Rushmi Chakravarthi (1977), Yuki Bhambri (1992), and Manika Batra (1995).

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