Leander Adrian Paes born 17 June 1973 (Aged 37) is an Indian professional tennis player who currently features in the doubles events in the ATP tour and the Davis Cup tournament. Having won 6 Doubles and 6 Mixed Doubles Tennis Grand Slam titles and finishing runners up in numerous other Grand Slam finals, he is considered to be one of the greatest and most respected contemporary doubles and mixed doubles players in the world. After winning the Mixed Doubles title with Cara Black at The Championships, Wimbledon in 2010 he became the first male tennis player since Rod Laver to win any Wimbledon title in three different decades. He is among the most successful professional Indian tennis players and is also the former captain of the Indian Davis Cup team. He is the recipient of India's highest sporting honour the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 1996–1997 the Arjuna Award in 1990 and the Padma Shri award in 2001 for his outstanding contribution to tennis in India.Country-India
Residence-Kolkata, Mumbai, and
Orlando, Florida
Date of birth -June 17, 1973 (age 37)
Place of birth -Calcutta (Kolkata)
Height-1.77 m (5 ft 9 1/2 in)
Weight-77 kg (170 lb; 12.1 st)
Turned pro-1991
Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand)