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Leander Paes

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Leander Paes is an Indian former professional tennis player, born on 17 June 1973, regarded as one of the greatest doubles players of all time and holder of the record for most doubles wins in the Davis Cup. He won eight men's doubles and ten mixed doubles Grand Slam titles, and he holds a career Grand Slam in both men's and mixed doubles. At Wimbledon in 1999 he won the rare men's and mixed doubles double, and his 2015 mixed doubles title made him the second man after Rod Laver to win Wimbledon titles in three different decades. He won the Wimbledon junior title in 1990 and reached number one on the junior ranking at seventeen.

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1973 1
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born 17 June 1973) is an Indian former professional tennis player
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    born 17 June 1973) is an Indian former professional tennis player
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    He is regarded as one of the greatest doubles tennis players of all-time
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    Paes won eight men's doubles and ten mixed doubles Grand Slam titles
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    born 17 June 1973) is an Indian former professional tennis player
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    born 17 June 1973) is an Indian former professional tennis player
  • Competed In: Wimbledon, Lead, Wimbledon
    won the rare men's/mixed double at the 1999 Wimbledon Championships
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