Leander Paes is an Indian tennis participant who is understood for holding the file for essentially the most doubles wins within the Davis Cup. He’s the primary Indian who performed six Olympic Video games consecutively.
Wiki/Biography
Leander Adrian Paes was born on Sunday, 17 June 1973 (age 49 years; as of 2022) in Calcutta. His zodiac signal is Gemini. He attended La Martiniere, Calcutta and Madras Christian School Greater Secondary College, Chennai. He pursued his commencement from St. Xavier’s School, Calcutta. He’s a right-handed participant. He has received one singles title, fifty-four doubles, and combined doubles in his profession.
Bodily Look
Top (approx.): 5′ 10″
Weight (approx.): 70 kg
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Black
Household
Leander belongs to a household that has a robust sports activities background.
Dad and mom & Siblings
Leander’s father’s identify is Vece Paes, who was a member of the Indian hockey crew within the 1972 Munich Olympics. His father belonged to Goa whereas his mom was from Calcutta.
Leander Paes along with his father
His mom’s identify is Jennifer Paes, who was the captain of the Indian basketball crew within the 1980 Asian basketball championship.
Leander Paes along with his mom
Paes admired his father loads and wished to win a medal identical to his father did in 1972. In an interview, he stated that each Saturday, he used to shine his father’s medal. When he was younger, he used to go to matches, follow classes and press conferences along with his mom. In an interview, he stated that he learnt the whole lot about sports activities from his mother and father. He additional stated,
They are saying your mother and father are your first lecturers and nothing more true has been stated. My mother and father have been my first gurus who taught me resilience, dedication and psychological tenacity. For a small boy, who was taking over a path that wasn’t very popularly tread in these instances, these preliminary classes modified the way in which I checked out life, each personally and professionally. As a result of I selected sport as my occupation, the expectations and pressures of being my mother and father’ son was felt each day.”
Leander Paes as a child along with his father
He has two sisters, Maria, and Jacqueline.
Leander Paes as a teen along with his sisters
Spouse & Youngsters
In 2005, it was rumoured that Paes bought married to a mannequin, Rhea Pillai.
Leander Paes along with his ex-wife Rhea Pillai
They’ve a daughter, Aiyana.
Leander Paes along with his daughter
Relationships/Affairs
Paes was in a relationship with actress Mahima Chaudhary from 2000 to 2003. In 2016, in an interview, Mahima talked about their breakup and stated,
It wasn’t actually stunning for me once I got here to know that he was going round with another person. His exit had no affect on my life. In truth, I grew to become extra mature as an individual. I really feel he did the identical factor with Rhea (Pillai) as effectively.”
Leander Paes with Mahima Choudhary
In 2005, Paes began courting Rhea Pillai. They have been collectively from 2003 to 2014. In 2016, he dated Tanvi Shah, who’s a tennis participant. In 2021, he began courting actress Kim Sharma. The connection was confirmed after Kim Sharma took to Instagram to substantiate their relationship on 5 September 2021. In 2022, there have been stories that Kim and Leander have been planning a court docket marriage.
Leander Paes with Kim Sharma
Faith
Paes follows Christianity.
Leander Paes celebrating Easter
Signature
Tennis
Paes turned professional in 1991. In 2006, he received two gold medals within the males’s doubles and combined doubles on the Doha Asian Video games.
Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi with their gold medals for Males’s Doubles on the Doha Asian Video games in Doha in 2006
In 1999, Paes and Leander received a doubles occasion at a Grand Slam and have become the primary Indian duo to win this occasion. Within the Nineteen Nineties, they have been thought-about the strongest partnership duo. They grew to become the semi-finalists at three Grand Slams, the Australian Open, the French Open and the US Open.
Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi holding the Wimbledon 1999 cup
In 1996, he received a bronze medal within the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and have become the primary Indian after KD Jadhav to win the medal. He performed the match even after his wrist was harm. In an interview, he talked about this and stated,
My proper wrist was severely injured earlier than coming into that match. Even the physiotherapist and docs stated I used to be taking an enormous danger enjoying in that match, that I might jeopardise my total profession. I believe as an athlete, the best factor for me was to win a medal for our individuals.”
Leander Paes along with his Bronze Medal at Atlanta Olympics 1996
In 1992, on the age of 19, he grew to become a quarter-finalist within the doubles occasion on the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
Leander Paes on the 1992 Barcelona Olympics
In 1990, on the age of seventeen, he received the Wimbledon Junior title and earned No. 1 within the junior world rankings.
Leander Paes after successful Wimbledon Junior
Politics
On 29 October 2021, Paes joined the Trinamool Congress in presence of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Panaji. In 2021, in an interview, he talked about being part of politics and stated,
The chance of becoming a member of politics has been coming to me for a few years. However this time, it was the precise alternative, the right time, I used to be in the precise place of my life the place I’ve completed with my tennis profession and have the time, area, thoughts and the fervour to offer to this (new profession in politics).”
Leander Paes as part of the All India Trinamool Congress
Controversies
Sania’s unwillingness to crew up with Paes:
In 2012, Paes’s father requested Sania Mirza to offer him a written software to play with Paes in a combined doubles occasion on the Olympics. Sanya was paired with him due to the All India Tennis Affiliation’s determination after Leander had refused to play with Vishnu Vardhan.
Sania vs Leander:
In 2016, Paes questioned the partnership within the Indian combined doubles crew for the Rio Video games. In a Twitter submit, she stated,
The ONLY technique to win with a poisonous individual, is to not play.”
Accusations of Home Violence:
In 2016, he was accused of home violence by his rumoured ex-wife Rhea Pillai. In a press release, she stated that he used to abuse her verbally, emotionally and economically. In 2022, the court docket discovered him chargeable for home abuse.
Breakpoint in Mahesh and Paes’s partnership:
Leander was concerned in an issue after his partnership with Mahesh Bhupathi led to 2000. In an interview, Paes stated that their friendship suffered due to Bhupati’s closeness with Paes’s ex-girlfriend Mahima Chaudhary. In an interview, he stated,
It was exhausting for me, 1999. There have been so many issues for me that have been breaking down. I used to be at a really fragile stage in my life with my tennis partnership, with my relationship. And I used to be being informed rumours about Mahesh being near her, very near her.”
Awards
- Main Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award (1996)
- Padma Shri Award (2001)
Leander Paes receiving Padma Shri Award
- CNN IBN Indian of the 12 months (2013)
Leander Paes wins CNN IBN Indian of the 12 months (2013)
- Padma Bhushan Award (2014)
Leander Paes wins Padma Bhushan Award
- CNN IBN Indian of the 12 months (2016)
Leander Paes wins CNN IBN Indian of the 12 months (2016)
Automotive Assortment
Paes owns a Porsche Cayenne and Ford Endeavour.
Leander Paes along with his Porsche Cayenne
Favourites
- Tennis Participant(s): Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer
- Meals: Southern Indian with rice, rasam (a broth you set within the rice), Hen, Sushi
- Singer(s): Andrea Bocelli, Adele
- Books: Nelson Mandela ( Lengthy Stroll to Freedom) (1994), Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts, Michael Jordan: The Life (2014), My Life (2004)
- Ice cream: Haagen Dazs mint chocolate chip
Information/Trivia
- Paes’s hobbies embody scuba diving and cooking.
- He follows a non-vegetarian weight loss program.
Leander Paes consuming rooster
- In 1985, he enrolled within the Britannia Amritraj Tennis Academy in Madras (now Chennai) the place he was skilled by Dave O’Meara. In an interview, he talked concerning the preliminary days of his profession and stated,
I take into account myself extraordinarily fortunate to have grown up in a metropolis that was so captivated with sports activities and valued group residing above the rest. Within the early years, most of my sports activities experiences have been both in school, or with my mother and father or on the numerous golf equipment that they have been a part of. But it surely was within the Maidans of Kolkata that I learnt the which means of being a sports activities individual within the truest sense of the phrase. Kolkata offered a tremendous atmosphere to nurture a younger champion and it taught me the teachings of teamwork and group constructing.”
Leander Paes as a teen
- In an interview, he recalled that in 2000, he was lucky sufficient to hold the Indian flag on the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympics.
Leander Paes holding the Indian flag on the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympics
- In 2003, he was admitted to the MD Anderson Most cancers Heart, after being detected with a mind an infection because of which he missed the US Open.
- In 2010, he grew to become one of many Board of Administrators of Olympic Gold Quest, a basis that helps proficient Indian athletes.
- In 2012, he grew to become the sports activities ambassador of Haryana.
- In 2013, he was featured within the movie Rajdhani Categorical through which he performed the position of Keshav.
Leander Paes within the film ‘Rajdhani Categorical’
- In 2013, he received the US Open males’s doubles title and have become the oldest man on the age of forty to win the title.
Leander Paes wins the US Open males’s doubles title in 2013
- In 2015, Leander and Martina Hingis performed the Australian Open combined doubles and reached the semi-final. In an interview, he talked about his partnership with Martina and stated,
Martina and myself have been enjoying collectively for the Washington Kastles on the World Workforce Tennis and have been unbeaten for 2 seasons, however in some way we by no means go collectively for the Slams. I used to be too shy to ask Martina to play a Slam with me and he or she most likely felt the identical.”
Leander Paes and Martina Hingis within the semi-final of the Australian Open combined doubles
- In 2016, Paes moved in along with his ex-wife Rhea after his daughter was identified with a mind tumour.
- On 7 April 2018, he grew to become essentially the most profitable participant in Davis Cup historical past after successful forty-three doubles.
- In 2020, he took to Instagram to share an image of himself on the age of six when he received a contest.
Leander Paes on the age of six
- In 2021, Paes didn’t get an opportunity to play within the Olympics because of the Covid-19 lockdown. In an interview, he talked about this and stated that Rio Olympics in 2016 can be the final sport that he performed. In an interview, he talked about this and stated,
If the Tokyo Olympics is cancelled then I’ve already performed my final Olympics in Rio. I’m not going to attend for the following Olympics.”
- In 2021, a documentary internet collection ‘Break Level’ was launched on ZEE5 which was based mostly on the partnership of Chief and Bhupati. They performed the position within the internet collection themselves.
Poster of the net collection ‘Break Level’
- Paes calls himself an ‘Olympic child.’ In an interview, he talked about this and stated,
I’m an Olympic child! If my father was not in Munich in 1972 when Palestinian terrorists took 12 Israeli hostage and the video games weren’t shut down for 4 days, I’d have by no means occurred. I used to be conceived in these 4 days. I suppose my mother and father had nothing else higher to do and that’s why I’m an Olympic child.”
- On 7 Could 2022, he participated in a soccer match with the crew of All Stars Soccer Membership to gather cash for a social trigger.
Leander Paes with different stars enjoying soccer for All Stars Soccer Membership
- In 2022, Inexperienced Gold Animation launched an animation collection titled ‘Little Leander,’ for kids. The collection was based mostly on the journey of Paes to changing into a profitable tennis participant. In an interview, he talked concerning the animation collection and stated,
I’ve plenty of free time now that I’ve retired from skilled tennis after 31 years. I’ve already dabbled with performing by way of movies and documentaries, however certainly one of my largest ambitions is to encourage and inspire right this moment’s youth all all over the world to pursue sports activities as a profession.”
Leander Paes with the animation lower out of ‘Little Leander’
- He works out frequently and infrequently posts footage of his exercise on social media.
Leander Paes whereas figuring out within the health club
- He’s usually featured on numerous journal covers.
Leander Paes featured on the duvet of {a magazine}
- He’s a passionate animal lover and infrequently posts footage of them on social media.
Leander Paes along with his canine on the seaside
