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Leander Paes

IND Age 53 178 cm / 5'10" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1991–2005

Leander Paes represented India on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 73. In TennisDB's records, Leander Paes finished with a career record of 53–77 and one singles title.

Peak ranking

73 (Aug 24, 1998)

Elo peak

1738 (60th percentile)

Career record

53–77 (40.8%)

Career titles

Prize money

$8,587,586

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's ATP event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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ATP Matches full match log →

Leander Paes's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Yen-Hsun Lu #87	2-6 6-7(5)	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 6, 2005*	R32	Chennai	ATP 250	Hard
Juan Ignacio Chela #23	6-7(5) 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 2, 2003*	R32	Chennai	ATP 250	Hard
Andrei Stoliarov #81	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 3, 2002*	R32	Chennai	ATP 250	Hard
Nicolas Escude #38	3-6 4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 29, 2001*	R64	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Daniel Elsner #150	6-0 6-1 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 27, 2001*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass

Rivals all rivalries →

Leander Paes's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Byron Black	1	2	3	Apr 9, 1999	H2H
Grant Stafford	1	2	3	Jun 10, 1998	H2H
Jeff Tarango	2	1	3	Feb 1, 1997	H2H
Mikael Tillstrom	0	2	2	Sep 21, 2000	H2H
Cedric Pioline	0	2	2	Jan 7, 2000	H2H

Titles (1)

Leander Paes titles by season and category
Season	Age	Titles	GS	Masters 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP Finals	Tournaments
1998	25	1	—	—	—	1	—	Newport
Total		1	—	—	—	1	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Olympic Singles Results (3)

Leander Paes Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
1992	Barcelona Olympics	First Round	0	1	Jaime Yzaga #75 def. Leander Paes #237 1-6 7-6(4) 6-0 6-0	H2H	Match data
1996	Atlanta Olympics	Bronze Medal	5	1	Leander Paes #127 def. Fernando Meligeni #96 3-6 6-2 6-4	H2H	Match data
2000	Sydney Olympics	First Round	0	1	Mikael Tillstrom #61 def. Leander Paes #149 6-2 6-4	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Leander Paes career results by season
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1991	18	ATP	1	2	3	33.3%	404	278
1992	19	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	278	194
1993	20	ATP	1	3	4	25.0%	194	260
1994	21	ATP	2	3	5	40.0%	260	139
1995	22	ATP	3	9	12	25.0%	139	130
1996	23	ATP	13	11	24	54.2%	130	129
1997	24	ATP	13	18	31	41.9%	127	122
1998	25	ATP	13	10	23	56.5%	122	91
1999	26	ATP	3	9	12	25.0%	91	142
2000	27	Qualifying Q	3	1	4	75.0%	—	—
2000	27	ATP	3	6	9	33.3%	137	188
2001	28	Qualifying Q	5	1	6	83.3%	—	—
2001	28	ATP	1	2	3	33.3%	188	299
2002	29	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	299	998
2003	30	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	998	1,032
2005	32	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	1,060	1,102
Career		—	53	77	130	40.8%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Leander Paes career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Type	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1991	18	ATP	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1992	19	ATP	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1993	20	ATP	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%
1994	21	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	2	3	5	40.0%
1995	22	ATP	0	6	6	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	3	9	12	25.0%
1996	23	ATP	8	6	14	57.1%	—	—	—	—	5	3	8	62.5%	0	2	2	0.0%	13	11	24	54.2%
1997	24	ATP	4	11	15	26.7%	1	2	3	33.3%	5	4	9	55.6%	3	1	4	75.0%	13	18	31	41.9%
1998	25	ATP	7	6	13	53.8%	—	—	—	—	5	2	7	71.4%	1	2	3	33.3%	13	10	23	56.5%
1999	26	ATP	1	7	8	12.5%	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	3	9	12	25.0%
2000	27	Qualifying Q	3	0	3	100.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	1	4	75.0%
2000	27	ATP	3	5	8	37.5%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	6	9	33.3%
2001	28	Qualifying Q	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	3	0	3	100.0%	—	—	—	—	5	1	6	83.3%
2001	28	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
2002	29	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2003	30	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2005	32	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	—	25	50	75	33.3%	1	4	5	20.0%	18	13	31	58.1%	9	10	19	47.4%	53	77	130	40.8%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Leander Paes career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1991	18	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
1992	19	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1993	20	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%
1994	21	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	3	5	40.0%
1995	22	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	3	9	12	25.0%
1996	23	0	2	2	0.0%	4	1	5	80.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	6	3	9	66.7%	13	10	23	56.5%
1997	24	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	7	11	18	38.9%	6	3	9	66.7%	13	17	30	43.3%
1998	25	1	2	3	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	5	8	37.5%	7	0	7	100.0%	11	8	19	57.9%
1999	26	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	3	8	11	27.3%
2000	27	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	2	6	8	25.0%
2001	28	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
2002	29	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2003	30	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2005	32	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		1	6	7	14.3%	4	10	14	28.6%	18	36	54	33.3%	27	20	47	57.4%	50	72	122	41.0%

Opponent ranking data available for 122/130 (93.8%) of Leander Paes's ATP main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Leander Paes performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
1991	18	3/3	3.0	3.7	58.6%	71.0%	47.9%	77.5%	23.3%	61.5%	35.9%
1993	20	4/4	3.0	4.8	66.2%	67.5%	51.2%	45.8%	42.6%	61.8%	38.1%
1994	21	4/5	3.0	4.0	58.1%	73.3%	37.5%	40.8%	32.0%	58.1%	38.2%
1995	22	11/12	2.9	3.8	61.2%	64.3%	45.8%	55.8%	32.3%	57.2%	32.9%
1996	23	16/24	4.2	3.7	61.2%	68.8%	47.3%	55.1%	40.0%	60.6%	38.4%
1997	24	25/31	3.6	3.8	61.6%	74.3%	49.6%	58.7%	39.3%	64.9%	36.6%
1998	25	20/23	4.1	2.9	58.7%	71.2%	53.2%	70.8%	45.8%	63.8%	38.1%
1999	26	10/12	3.4	4.4	56.2%	71.4%	50.7%	61.7%	31.5%	62.2%	33.4%
2000	27	7/9	4.0	4.3	61.1%	65.9%	46.3%	44.5%	26.8%	58.0%	29.9%
2001	28	3/3	8.7	7.3	58.3%	70.9%	42.7%	53.6%	31.8%	59.1%	30.1%
2002	29	1/1	5.0	1.0	55.0%	54.5%	55.6%	20.0%	—	55.0%	28.3%
2003	30	1/1	0.0	8.0	58.4%	61.0%	50.0%	66.7%	42.9%	56.4%	37.6%
2005	32	1/1	2.0	0.0	60.0%	66.7%	41.7%	42.9%	66.7%	56.7%	27.6%
Career		106/130	3.8	3.8	60.2%	70.2%	48.7%	58.3%	37.5%	61.7%	35.8%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 106/130 (81.5%) of Leander Paes's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Leander Paes advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1991	18	1493	103.0	-1.66	+0.58	0.932	49.1%	+36	—	—	28.6%	-0.43	1–0	0–1	—	+0.26
1992	19	1486	102.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	25.0%	-2.00	—	0–1	—	-0.04
1993	20	1483	104.5	-0.63	+0.03	0.998	49.6%	+25	—	—	36.4%	-0.18	1–2 (33%)	1–1	—	+0.15
1994	21	1496	104.2	-1.44	-1.83	0.912	47.8%	+3	—	—	41.7%	-0.92	0–1	2–0	—	+0.34
1995	22	1486	109.8	-2.61	-2.49	0.768	45.6%	+14	—	—	28.6%	-1.29	1–2 (33%)	2–2 (50%)	99.3	+0.09
1996	23	1655	129.5	-1.01	-0.14	0.975	49.4%	-32	—	-11	50.0%	-0.11	4–1 (80%)	5–5 (50%)	105.7	+0.13
1997	24	1634	115.9	+1.36	-1.27	1.044	50.5%	-37	-94	+43	43.0%	-0.43	4–5 (44%)	4–9 (31%)	96.3	+1.81
1998	25	1660	131.9	+0.72	+0.24	1.053	51.4%	-30	—	+69	51.0%	+0.26	2–2 (50%)	2–4 (33%)	98.3	+1.30
1999	26	1562	108.9	-1.02	-2.19	0.884	47.9%	-19	—	+132	25.0%	-1.18	1–1	1–4 (20%)	—	+0.75
2000	27	1538	104.1	-1.46	-3.99	0.711	44.3%	+15	—	—	36.4%	-1.23	0–1	3–1 (75%)	—	+0.88
2001	28	1596	106.9	-0.83	-2.86	0.736	45.8%	—	—	—	33.3%	-0.67	—	0–1	—	+0.48
2002	29	1579	97.0	-2.95	-4.40	0.628	40.7%	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.00	—	—	—	+0.12
2003	30	1572	104.5	+2.28	-1.66	0.864	47.8%	—	—	—	0.0%	-1.50	—	0–1	—	-0.16
2005	32	1551	95.8	-1.30	-1.39	0.637	42.4%	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.50	—	0–1	—	+0.29
Career		1738	121.9	-0.33	-1.21	0.934	48.8%	-15	-94	+47	40.3%	-0.54	14–15 (48%)	20–31 (39%)	96.9	+4.92

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Leander Paes Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1994	21	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1995	22	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1996	23	—	—	R128	R64	1–2 (33%)
1997	24	R64	R64	R128	R32	4–4 (50%)
1998	25	R128	—	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
1999	26	R128	—	R128	—	0–2 (0%)
2000	27	R64	Q1	—	—	4–2 (67%)
2001	28	Q3	—	R64	—	6–2 (75%)
W-L		7–6 (54%)	1–2 (33%)	4–5 (44%)	3–4 (43%)	15–17 (47%)

Masters 1000

Leander Paes Masters 1000 results by season
Season	Age	CAN	CIN	IW	MIA	W-L Win %
1993	20	—	R64	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1995	22	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1996	23	—	—	—	R64	1–1 (50%)
1997	24	R64	—	R64	R128	0–3 (0%)
1998	25	—	—	—	R64	1–1 (50%)
1999	26	R64	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–4 (33%)	2–8 (20%)

ATP 500

Leander Paes ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	NAP	TKY	WAS	NEW	BRI	W-L Win %
1991	18	—	—	—	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
1995	22	—	R32	—	R64	—	1–2 (33%)
1996	23	—	—	R64	R32	—	1–2 (33%)
1997	24	—	R64	—	R64	—	0–2 (0%)
1998	25	—	—	—	QF	R32	3–2 (60%)
1999	26	R64	—	—	—	R32	0–2 (0%)
2000	27	—	R32	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	4–5 (44%)	0–2 (0%)	6–12 (33%)

ATP 250

Leander Paes ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	BEI	CHN	DOH	DUB	MRS	NWP	QUE	SEL	SHA	STO	JAK	BRI	LOS	NEW	ORL	PRA	LIB	SIN	TOU	ZAR	W-L Win %
1991	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1993	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	1–2 (33%)
1994	21	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–2 (50%)
1995	22	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–4 (33%)
1996	23	R32	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	—	5–5 (50%)
1997	24	R16	R32	R32	R32	—	SF	R32	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	9–9 (50%)
1998	25	—	SF	—	—	—	W	R64	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9–4 (69%)
1999	26	—	R16	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–4 (43%)
2000	27	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
2001	28	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2002	29	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2003	30	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2005	32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		3–3 (50%)	5–8 (38%)	0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	13–4 (76%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	4–3 (57%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	33–38 (46%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Aug 24, 1998

First Top 100

Sep 8, 1997

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Leander Paes ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1991	18	—	401	408	323	329	338	350	328	332	281	275	278
1992	19	277	252	245	271	267	262	237	250	247	280	273	194
1993	20	195	203	203	206	202	197	216	198	199	189	182	260
1994	21	289	324	352	263	218	180	174	150	155	137	135	139
1995	22	138	129	127	127	130	137	128	131	122	128	132	130
1996	23	131	130	126	133	141	143	127	149	143	150	128	129
1997	24	122	106	103	102	109	103	109	110	111	105	125	122
1998	25	124	162	128	103	105	123	103	76	87	86	91	91
1999	26	93	81	101	103	99	102	128	180	178	208	202	142
2000	27	122	134	117	138	136	134	152	154	149	145	129	188
2001	28	231	213	274	277	283	284	216	222	228	254	298	299
2002	29	316	440	441	445	445	449	976	985	972	965	946	998
2003	30	1002	1001	1003	998	997	999	992	1001	1018	1026	1016	1032
2004	31	1032	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	32	1064	1083	1066	1074	1081	1094	1072	1100	1114	1140	1124	1102
2006	33	1102	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other ATP players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Leander Paes's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Jens Knippschild	GER	76	1,701	0	116	47	69	40.5%	1994–2002	Match log
Alexander Popp	GER	74	1,709	0	110	45	65	40.9%	1999–2005	Match log
Laurence Tieleman	ITA	76	1,653	0	103	41	62	39.8%	1993–2000	Match log
Wayne Black	ZIM	69	1,721	0	136	53	83	39.0%	1993–2003	Match log
Peter Wessels	NED	72	1,714	1	101	43	58	42.6%	1996–2007	Match log
Mauricio Hadad	COL	78	1,734	1	92	43	49	46.7%	1993–2001	Match log
Andrei Stoliarov	RUS	71	1,646	0	93	35	58	37.6%	1997–2004	Match log
Dennis van Scheppingen	NED	72	1,640	0	115	42	73	36.5%	1992–2007	Match log
Markus Hantschk	GER	71	1,608	0	67	26	41	38.8%	1998–2004	Match log
Joern Renzenbrink	GER	70	1,711	0	88	34	54	38.6%	1993–1996	Match log
Lucas Arnold Ker	ARG	77	1,637	0	49	19	30	38.8%	1996–2000	Match log
Emilio Benfele Alvarez	ESP	81	1,670	0	112	45	67	40.2%	1993–2001	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Leander Paes?: Leander Paes is 53 years old, born on June 17, 1973.
Which country does Leander Paes represent?: Leander Paes represents India in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Leander Paes?: Leander Paes is 178 cm / 5'10".
Is Leander Paes left-handed or right-handed?: Leander Paes plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Leander Paes won?: Leander Paes has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Leander Paes won?: TennisDB does not group any of Leander Paes's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Leander Paes won?: Leander Paes has won 1 ATP singles title across all categories. The most recent was Newport in 1998.
What is Leander Paes' highest ATP ranking?: Leander Paes' career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 73, first achieved on August 24, 1998.
What is Leander Paes' career win-loss record?: Leander Paes has a career ATP singles record of 53 wins and 77 losses (40.8%).
How much career prize money has Leander Paes earned?: Leander Paes has earned at least $8,587,586 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Leander Paes's career appear in TennisDB?: Leander Paes appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1991 through 2005.
On which surface does Leander Paes have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Leander Paes's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on grass: 58.1% (18–13).
Who has Leander Paes faced most often?: Leander Paes' most frequent opponent is Byron Black, with a head-to-head record of 1–2 across 3 meetings.