Leander Paes conquered a century, having now experimented with 100 different players. Teaming up with Spain’s Marcel Granollers at the Nottingham grasscourt tournament, he reached the century milestone in men’s doubles.
He is the 47th player to catch up with 100 different partners.
About Leander Paes:
- Paes is an Indian professional tennis player who typically plays in doubles events on the ATP Tour andDavis Cup
- Paes has completed the career Grand Slam in doubles and won the first two of his eight men’s doubles majors (the French Open and Wimbledon in 1999) with compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi.
- He also played with Bhupathi to win the 2001 French Open but has since found Czech mates in the form of Martin Damm, Lukas Dlouhy and Radek Stepanek to win his other men’s doubles majors.
- He is the oldest man to have won a grand slam title.
- He is also the former captain of the Indian Davis Cup team.
- He is the sports ambassador of the Indian state of Haryana
- Paes completed the career grand slam in men’s doubles after winning the Australian Open in 2012.
Awards and Honours:
- He is the recipient of India’s highest sporting honour, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, in 1996–1997.
- The Arjuna Award in 1990
- The Padma Shri award in 2001 for his outstanding contribution to tennis in India.
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