| Names |
MAHESH
Shrinivas BHUPATHI |
| Date of Birth |
June 07, 1974 (Chennai, Tamil Nadu,
India) |
|
Profession / Traits / Activities |
Sports - Tennis Player |
| Special Achievements
/ Events |
- 12 Grand Slam titles to his
credit.
- In 1997, he became the first Indian to win a
Grand Slam tournament (with Rika Hiraki).
- With his win of the Australian Open Mixed
Doubles in 2006, he joined the elite group
of eight tennis players who have achieved a Career
Mixed Doubles Grand Slam.
- He and
Leander Paes became the first doubles
team to reach the finals of all four Grand Slams,
the first time such a feat has been achieved in the open era
and the first time since 1952. On 26 April, 1999,
they became the world no. 1 doubles team.
- Bhupathi also won the US Open mixed doubles with Ai
Sugiyama of Japan.
- In 2009, Bhupathi and compatriot Sania Mirza won the
mixed doubles title at the Australian Open, beating Nathalie
Dechy and Andy Ram, 6–3, 6–1, in the final.
- On 7 June 2012, Bhupathi and Sania
Mirza won the French Open mixed doubles.
- On 4 November 2012, Bhupathi and
partner Rohan Bopanna won the Paris Masters cup.
- Bhupathi has played 55 matches for India in the Davis
Cup (from 1995 to 2011), winning 35 and losing 20.
Out of the 35 matches that he won, 27 of his victories came
in doubles matches.
|
| Awards &
Accolades |
- PADMA SHRI - 2001
- Sports people for Change Karmaveer Puraskaar,
2007, iCONGO-Confederation of NGOs.
|
| Other |
He married Miss Universe 2000 Lara Dutta in a
civil ceremony on 16 February 2011 at Bandra,
Mumbai, followed by a Christian ceremony on 20 February
2011 in Goa. |
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