Mahesh Bhupathi

Mahesh Bhupathi
Mahesh Bhupathi at the 2013 French Open
Nation:	India
Birthday:	June 7th 1974
Size:	185 cm
Weight:	88 kg
1st professional season:	1995
Resignation:	2016
Playing hand:	Right
Prize money:	$ 6,665,907
singles
Career record:	10:28
Highest ranking:	217 (February 2, 1998)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	687: 364
Career title:	52
Highest ranking:	1 (April 26, 1999)
Weeks as No. 1:	4th
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi ( Tamil : மகேஷ் பூபதி, born June 7, 1974 in Chennai ) is a former Indian tennis player who mainly specialized in doubles.

Career

2007 at the Australian Open

Mahesh Bhupathi belonged to the world class in tennis doubles from 1997. He won 52 tournaments on the ATP Tour and four Grand Slam titles in doubles and seven in mixed .

Bhupathi was particularly successful as a partner of Leander Paes , at whose side he won 26 titles. The so-called "Indian Express" has a particularly impressive record in the Davis Cup : between 1996 and 2011, Bhupathi and Paes did not lose a double there; they remained unbeaten in the last 25 Davis Cup games. From the late 1990s, Bhupathi limited himself to doubles. His career highlight in singles was also in the Davis Cup in February 1996, when he secured his team a 3-2 win against the Netherlands with successes against Jan Siemerink and Jacco Eltingh in Jaipur .

Bhupathi has had several doubles partners throughout his career. He also won several titles together with Max Mirny and Mark Knowles . But he has the best record with Leander Paes, at whose side he played regularly from the beginning of his career until 2002 and won 22 tournaments. In 2004 and in the 2011 season, the two played a few more tournaments together and won another four titles.

In mixed he won seven Grand Slam titles with seven different partners.

In 2001 Mahesh Bhupathi was awarded the Padma Shri , the fourth highest Indian civil order.

successes

Legend Grand Slam (11) Tennis Masters Cup / ATP World Tour Finals ATP Masters Series / ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (16) ATP International Series Gold / ATP World Tour 500 Series (8) ATP International Series / ATP World Tour 250 Series (24) ATP Challenger Tour (14)

Title after covering Hard Court (39) Sand (14) Grass (3) Carpet (3)

singles

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	October 23, 1994	Jakarta	Hard court	Igor Šarić	6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 4

Double

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	April 7, 1997	Chennai (1)	Hard court	Leander Paes 1	Oleg Ogorodov Eyal Ran	7: 6, 7: 5
2.	April 28, 1997	Prague	sand	Leander Paes 2	Petr Luxa David Škoch	6: 1, 6: 1
3.	July 28, 1997	Canada Masters (1)	Hard court	Leander Paes 3	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	7: 6, 6: 3
4th	August 11, 1997	New Haven (1)	Hard court	Leander Paes 4	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	6: 4, 6: 7, 6: 2
5.	September 29, 1997	Beijing (1)	Hard court	Leander Paes 5	Alex O'Brien Jim Courier	7: 5, 7: 6
6th	October 6, 1997	Singapore	Carpet (i)	Leander Paes 6	Rick Leach Jonathan Stark	6: 4, 6: 4
7th	January 5, 1998	Doha	Hard court	Leander Paes 7	Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro	6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 4
8th.	February 9, 1998	Dubai (1)	Hard court	Leander Paes 8	Donald Johnson Francisco Montana	6: 2, 7: 5
9.	April 6, 1998	Chennai (2)	Hard court	Leander Paes 9	Olivier Delaître Max Mirny	6: 7, 6: 3, 6: 2
10.	May 11, 1998	Rome Masters (1)	sand	Leander Paes 10	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	6: 4, 4: 6, 7: 6
11.	October 5, 1998	Shanghai	Hard court	Leander Paes 11	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6: 4, 6: 7, 7: 6
12.	November 2, 1998	Paris Masters (1)	Carpet (i)	Leander Paes 12	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6: 4, 6: 2
13.	April 5, 1999	Chennai (3)	Hard court	Leander Paes 13	Wayne Black Neville Godwin	4: 6, 7: 5, 6: 4
14th	May 24, 1999	French Open (1)	sand	Leander Paes 14	Goran Ivanišević Jeff Tarango	6: 2, 7: 5
15th	June 21, 1999	Wimbledon	race	Leander Paes 15	Paul Haarhuis Jared Palmer	6: 7 10 , 6: 3, 6: 4, 7: 6 4
16.	May 22, 2000	St. Polten	sand	Andrew Kratzmann	Andrea Gaudenzi Diego Nargiso	7: 6 10 , 6: 7 2 , 6: 4
17th	October 9, 2000	Tokyo	Hard court	Leander Paes 16	Michael Hill Jeff Tarango	6: 4, 6: 7 1 , 6: 3
18th	April 23, 2001	Atlanta	sand	Leander Paes 17	Rick Leach David Macpherson	6: 3, 7: 6 7
19th	April 30, 2001	Houston	sand	Leander Paes 18th	Kevin Kim Jim Thomas	7: 6 4 , 6: 2
20th	May 28, 2001	French Open (2)	sand	Leander Paes 19	Petr Pála Pavel Vízner	7: 6 5 , 6: 3
21st	August 6, 2001	Cincinnati Masters (1)	Hard court	Leander Paes 20th	Martin Damm David Prinosil	7: 6 3 , 6: 3
22nd	December 31, 2001	Chennai (4)	Hard court	Leander Paes 21	Tomáš Cibulec Ota Fukárek	5: 7, 6: 2, 7: 5
23.	April 29, 2002	Mallorca	sand	Leander Paes 22	Julian Knowle Michael Kohlmann	6: 2, 6: 4
24.	May 13, 2002	Hamburg Masters	sand	Jan-Michael Gambill	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	6: 2, 6: 4
25th	August 19, 2002	long Island	Hard court	Mike Bryan	Petr Pála Pavel Vízner	6: 3, 6: 4
26th	August 26, 2002	US Open	Hard court	Max Mirny 1	Jiří Novák Radek Štěpánek	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 4
27.	April 7, 2003	Estoril	sand	Max Mirny 2	Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood	6: 1, 6: 2
28.	April 14, 2003	Monte Carlo Masters	sand	Max Mirny 3	Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro	6: 4, 3: 6, 7: 6 6
29	August 4, 2003	Canada Masters (2)	Hard court	Max Mirny 3	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	6: 3, 7: 6 4
30th	September 29, 2003	Moscow	Carpet (i)	Max Mirny 4	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	6: 3, 7: 5
31.	October 13, 2003	Madrid Masters	Hard court (i)	Max Mirny 5	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	6: 2, 2: 6, 6: 3
32.	January 12, 2004	Auckland	Hard court	Fabrice Santoro 1	Jiří Novák Radek Štěpánek	4: 6, 7: 5, 6: 3
33.	March 1, 2004	Dubai (2)	Hard court	Fabrice Santoro 2	Jonas Björkman Leander Paes	6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 4
34.	May 3, 2004	Rome Masters (2)	sand	Max Mirny 6	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	2: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
35.	July 5, 2004	Båstad	sand	Jonas Björkman	Simon Aspelin Todd Perry	4: 6, 7: 6 2 , 7: 6 6
36.	July 26, 2004	Canada Masters (3)	Hard court	Leander Paes 23	Jonas Björkman Max Mirny	6: 4, 6: 2
37.	January 10, 2005	Sydney	Hard court	Todd Woodbridge	Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra	6: 3, 6: 3
38.	September 11, 2006	Beijing (2)	Hard court	Mario Ančić 1	Michael Berrer Kenneth Carlsen	6: 4, 6: 3
39.	September 15, 2006	Mumbai	Hard court	Mario Ančić 2	Rohan Bopanna Mustafa Ghouse	6: 4, 6: 7 6 , [10: 8]
40.	August 5, 2007	Canada Masters (4)	Hard court	Pavel Vízner	Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett	6: 4, 6: 4
41.	August 19, 2007	New Haven (2)	Hard court	Nenad Zimonjić	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	6: 3, 6: 3
42.	February 25, 2008	Memphis	Hard court (i)	Mark Knowles 1st	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	7: 6 5 , 6: 2
43.	March 3, 2008	Dubai (3)	Hard court	Mark Knowles 2	Martin dam Pavel Vízner	7: 5, 7: 6 7
44.	October 20, 2008	Basel	Hard court (i)	Mark Knowles 3	Christopher Kas Philipp Kohlschreiber	6: 3, 6: 3
45.	August 10, 2009	Canada Masters (5)	Hard court	Mark Knowles 4	Max Mirny Andy Ram	6: 4, 6: 3
46.	November 14, 2010	Paris Masters (2)	Hard court (i)	Max Mirny 7	Mark Knowles Andy Ram	7: 5, 7: 5
47.	January 9, 2011	Chennai (5)	Hard court	Leander Paes 24	Robin Haase David Martin	6: 2, 6: 7 3 , [10: 7]
48.	April 3, 2011	Miami Masters	Hard court	Leander Paes 25	Daniel Nestor Max Mirny	6: 7 5 , 6: 2, [10: 5]
49.	August 21, 2011	Cincinnati Masters (2)	Hard court	Leander Paes 26	Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić	7: 6 4 , 7: 6 2
50.	March 3, 2012	Dubai (4)	Hard court	Rohan Bopanna 1	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	6: 4, 3: 6, [10: 5]
51.	4th November 2012	Paris Masters (3)	Hard court (i)	Rohan Bopanna 2	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Jean-Julien Rojer	7: 6 6 , 6: 3
52.	March 3, 2013	Dubai (5)	Hard court	Michaël Llodra	Robert Lindstedt Nenad Zimonjić	7: 6 6 , 7: 6 6

ATP Challenger Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	December 18, 1994	Adelaide	race	Dick Norman	Scott Draper Peter Tramacchi	7: 6, 7: 6
2.	September 10, 1995	Aruba (1)	Hard court	Leander Paes 1	Jose-Antonio Conde Christo van Rensburg	6: 4, 4: 6, 7: 6
3.	April 28, 1996	Fargʻona	Hard court	Leander Paes 2	Geoff Grant Maurice Ruah	6: 3, 7: 6
4th	September 8, 1996	Aruba (2)	Hard court	Leander Paes 3	Sébastien Leblanc Grant Stafford	6: 2, 6: 2
5.	September 15, 1996	Chennai	Hard court	Leander Paes 4	Sander Groen Oleg Ogorodov	7: 5, 6: 1
6th	September 29, 1996	Beijing	Hard court	Peter Tramacchi 1	Nir Welgreen Andrés Zingman	6: 2, 6: 3
7th	November 2, 1996	Ahmedabad	sand	Leander Paes 5	Georg Blumauer Udo Plamberger	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3
8th.	February 15, 1998	Singapore	Hard court	Leander Paes 6	Donald Johnson Francisco Montana	6: 2, 7: 5
9.	February 23, 1997	Kyoto	Carpet (i)	Wayne Black	Satoshi Iwabuchi Takao Suzuki	6: 4, 6: 7, 6: 1
10.	April 13, 1997	Prague	sand	Leander Paes 7	Devin Bowen Tuomas Ketola	6: 4, 6: 0
11.	May 10, 1997	Jerusalem	Hard court	Leander Paes 8	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	6: 7, 6: 2, 7: 6
12.	March 1, 1998	Ho Chi Minh City	Hard court	Peter Tramacchi 2	Max Mirny Kevin Ullyett	6: 4, 6: 0
13.	February 21, 2016	New Delhi	Hard court	Yuki Bhambri	Saketh Myneni Sanam Singh	6: 3, 4: 6, [10: 5]

Mixed

No.	date	competition	Topping	Partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	June 1, 1997	French Open	sand	Rika Hiraki	Patrick Galbraith Lisa Raymond	6: 4, 6: 1
2.	September 12, 1999	US Open (1)	Hard court	Ai Sugiyama	Donald Johnson Kimberly Po	6: 4, 6: 4
3.	July 7, 2002	Wimbledon (1)	race	Jelena Lichowzewa	Daniela Hantuchová Kevin Ullyett	6: 2, 1: 6, 6: 1
4th	July 3, 2005	Wimbledon (2)	race	Mary Pierce	Tetjana Perebyjnis Paul Hanley	6: 4, 6: 2
5.	September 11, 2005	US Open (2)	Hard court	Daniela Hantuchová	Nenad Zimonjić Katarina Srebotnik	6: 4, 6: 2
6th	January 29, 2006	Australian Open (1)	Hard court	Martina Hingis	Jelena Lichowzewa Daniel Nestor	6: 3, 6: 3
7th	February 1, 2009	Australian Open (2)	Hard court	Sania Mirza	Nathalie Dechy Andy Ram	6: 3, 6: 1

Web links

Commons : Mahesh Bhupathi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• ATP profile of Mahesh Bhupathi (English)
• ITF Profile of Mahesh Bhupathi (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Mahesh Bhupathi (English)
• Indian tennis fan club