is an Indian professional tennis player who currently features in the doubles events in the ATP tour and the Davis Cup tournament.He is among the most successful professional Indian tennis players and is also the former captain of the Indian Davis Cup team. Paes completed the career grand slam in men's doubles after winning the Australian Open in 2012.
Background
Ethnicity:
Paes is originally from Goa from his father's side. His father, Vece, is an Indian field hockey Olympian, and hails from Velim, South Goa.
Leander Paes is a direct descendant of the Bengali poet Michael Madhusudan Dutt on his mother's side. He is the sports ambassador of the Indian state of Haryana.
Education
He was educated at La Martiniere Calcutta, Madras Christian College Hr Sec School, Chennai, and the Loyola College, Chennai of the University of Madras
Career
Paes showed promise early in his career by winning titles at the Junior US Open and the Junior Wimbledon. He turned professional in 1991.He rose to the number 1 in the world in the junior rankings.In 1992, he reached the quarter finals of the doubles event in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics with Ramesh Krishnan.
Leander is set to make a debut in Ashok Kohli's Rajdhani Express, a socio-political thriller. As per reports Leander plays a terrorist in the film.He has also been offered his first Hollywood script