Mahesh Bhupathi

Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi (born 7 June 1974) is an Indian former doubles world No. 1 tennis player. In 1997, he became the first Indian to win a major tournament (with Rika Hiraki). With his win at the 2006 Australian Open mixed doubles, he joined the elite group of eight tennis players who have achieved a career Grand Slam in mixed doubles. He is also the founder of International Premier Tennis League. In December 2016, Bhupathi was appointed as India's next non-playing Davis Cup captain and took over the reins from Anand Amritraj in February 2017.

Mahesh Bhupathi

Bhupathi at the 2009 US Open
Full name	Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi
Country (sports)	India
Born	(1974-06-07) 7 June 1974 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	1995
Retired	2016
College	Ole Miss
Prize money	$6,665,907
Singles
Career record	10–28
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 217 (2 February 1998)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (1998)
French Open	Q3 (1996, 1999)
Wimbledon	1R (1997, 1998, 2000)
US Open	1R (1995)
Doubles
Career record	687–364
Career titles	52
Highest ranking	No. 1 (26 April 1999)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	F (1999, 2009, 2011)
French Open	W (1999, 2001)
Wimbledon	W (1999)
US Open	W (2002)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	F (1997, 1999, 2000, 2010, 2012)
Olympic Games	SF – 4th (2004)
Mixed doubles
Career record	115–53
Career titles	8
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	W (2006, 2009)
French Open	W (1997, 2012)
Wimbledon	W (2002, 2005)
US Open	W (1999, 2005)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	QF (1996)
Medal record Representing India Men's tennis Asian Games 2002 Busan Doubles 2006 Doha Doubles 2002 Busan Mixed doubles 1998 Bangkok Singles 1998 Bangkok Team Event 1998 Bangkok Mixed doubles Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi Doubles Afro-Asian Games 2003 Hyderabad Doubles 2003 Hyderabad Mixed doubles
Last updated on: 14 November 2016.

Career

1995–2006

Mahesh Bhupathi is considered one of the top doubles players of the 1990s and 2000s. In 1999, Bhupathi won three doubles titles with Leander Paes, including the French Open and Wimbledon. He and 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 of that year, they became the world no. 1 doubles team. Bhupathi also won the US Open mixed doubles with Ai Sugiyama of Japan.

In 2006, Bhupathi teamed with Martina Hingis in the Australian Open mixed doubles competition. Entering the tournament unseeded and as wildcards, the first-time pair defeated four seeded opponents along the way, while only dropping a single set throughout. Bhupathi and Hingis defeated the sixth-seeded team of Daniel Nestor and Elena Likhovtseva in straight sets, 6–3, 6–3, to capture the championship. It was the sixth mixed doubles Grand Slam for Bhupathi, and the first one for Hingis. By winning the Australian Open, Bhupathi completed a career Grand Slam in mixed doubles.

2007–2008

In 2007, Bhupathi and Radek Štěpánek reached the 2007 Australian Open men's doubles event's quarterfinals. Bhupathi teamed with Štěpánek at the 2007 French Open to make the doubles semifinals, defeating two-year defending champions Jonas Björkman and Max Mirnyi in the quarterfinals. The team lost to the eventual champions Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor. After Wimbledon, Bhupathi teamed with Pavel Vízner to win the 2007 Canada Masters, defeating the top-ranked doubles team Bob and Mike Bryan en route. After this victory, he won a tournament in New Haven with Nenad Zimonjić. At the 2007 US Open, he and Zimonjić paired in doubles. After the US Open, the team that beat Bhupathi and Štěpánek in the French Open semifinals, Knowles and Nestor, split up. Bhupathi became Knowles' partner, while Zimonjić became Nestor's, but back surgery meant he was out until the end of the year.

2009–2012

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. The Indian pair thus made up for the disappointment of the previous year's final when they were beaten by Sun Tiantian and Nenad Zimonjić. With this win, Bhupathi's count in mixed doubles Grand Slam titles increased to seven.

Bhupathi broke up his partnership with Knowles and began playing once again with Max Mirnyi, with whom he played to win the 2002 US Open. In 2011, Bhupathi reunited with former playing partner Leander Paes for the 2011 Australian Open. The team reached the final, but lost 3–6, 4–6 to the Bryan brothers. 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. In spite of suffering a setback with their loss against Jonathan Marray and Frederik Nielsen in the ATP Tour Finals opener, the Indian duo reached the final round of the ATP Tour Finals, but suffered a defeat at the hands of Marcel Granollers and Marc López.

Bhupathi serves in his third-round match partnering Mark Knowles during the 2008 US Open.

2013

Bhupathi and Bopanna played with different partners for the first three months of 2013, Bhupathi winning the tournament in Dubai in March with Michaël Llodra, but rejoined starting with the Monte-Carlo Masters.

Playing style

Mahesh Bhupathi is known for his strong serve. According to Rafael Nadal, his strong backhand makes him the best for an Ad Court player. Roger Federer acclaims him as one of the best doubles players of all time. He often discusses strategies between the serves with his partner during the match and also communicates using finger-at-the-back signals.

Year-end finals

Bhupathi appeared with Paes in six season finales. In 2011, they appeared, for the first time since 2002, after securing qualification in mid-October. Bhupathi played at the year-end championships with Paes from 1997 to 2000 and in 2002, reaching three finals. In 1997, they lost the final to Rick Leach and Jonathan Stark. They lost the 1999 final to Sébastien Lareau and Alex O’Brien. In 2000, they lost the final to Donald Johnson and Pieter Norval. Bhupathi also qualified with Max Mirnyi in 2003, 2004, and 2010, when they finished runners-up to Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić. He appeared at the finals with Mark Knowles in 2008 and 2009. In 2012, he and Rohan Bopanna made it to the final, where they lost to Marcel Granollers and Marc López.

Significant finals

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1999	Australian Open	Hard	Leander Paes	Jonas Björkman Pat Rafter	3–6, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(12–10), 4–6
Win	1999	French Open	Clay	Leander Paes	Goran Ivanišević Jeff Tarango	6–2, 7–5
Win	1999	Wimbledon	Grass	Leander Paes	Paul Haarhuis Jared Palmer	6–7(10–12), 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	1999	US Open	Hard	Leander Paes	Alex O'Brien Sébastien Lareau	6–7(7–9), 4–6
Win	2001	French Open (2)	Clay	Leander Paes	Petr Pála Pavel Vízner	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win	2002	US Open	Hard	Max Mirnyi	Jiří Novák Radek Štěpánek	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Loss	2003	Wimbledon	Grass	Max Mirnyi	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	6–3, 3–6, 6–7(4–7), 3–6
Loss	2009	Australian Open	Hard	Mark Knowles	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–2, 5–7, 0–6
Loss	2009	US Open	Hard	Mark Knowles	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	2011	Australian Open	Hard	Leander Paes	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 4–6

Mixed doubles: 12 (8 titles, 4 runner-ups)

By winning the 2006 Australian Open title, Bhupathi completed the mixed doubles Career Grand Slam. He became the eighth male player in history to achieve this.

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1997	French Open	Clay	Rika Hiraki	Lisa Raymond Patrick Galbraith	6–4, 6–1
Loss	1998	Wimbledon	Grass	Mirjana Lučić	Serena Williams Max Mirnyi	4–6, 4–6
Win	1999	US Open	Hard	Ai Sugiyama	Kimberly Po Donald Johnson	6–4, 6–4
Win	2002	Wimbledon	Grass	Elena Likhovtseva	Daniela Hantuchová Kevin Ullyett	6–2, 1–6, 6–1
Loss	2003	French Open	Clay	Elena Likhovtseva	Lisa Raymond Mike Bryan	3–6, 4–6
Win	2005	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	Mary Pierce	Tatiana Perebiynis Paul Hanley	6–4, 6–2
Win	2005	US Open (2)	Hard	Daniela Hantuchová	Katarina Srebotnik Nenad Zimonjić	6–4, 6–2
Win	2006	Australian Open	Hard	Martina Hingis	Elena Likhovtseva Daniel Nestor	6–3, 6–3
Loss	2008	Australian Open	Hard	Sania Mirza	Sun Tiantian Nenad Zimonjić	6–7(4–7), 4–6
Win	2009	Australian Open (2)	Hard	Sania Mirza	Nathalie Dechy Andy Ram	6–3, 6–1
Loss	2011	Wimbledon	Grass	Elena Vesnina	Iveta Benešová Jürgen Melzer	3–6, 2–6
Win	2012	French Open (2)	Clay	Sania Mirza	Klaudia Jans-Ignacik Santiago González	7–6(7–3), 6–1

Olympic medal matches

Doubles: 1 (1 fourth place)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
4th place	2004	Summer Olympics, Athens	Hard	Leander Paes	Mario Ančić Ivan Ljubičić	6–7(5–7), 6–4, 14–16

ATP career finals

Doubles: 96 (52–44)

Legend Grand Slam (4–6) ATP World Tour Finals (0–5) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (16–14) ATP World Tour 500 Series (8–7) ATP World Tour 250 Series (24–12)

Titles by surface Hard (32–26) Clay (13–4) Grass (2–6) Carpet (5–7)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 1997	Chennai, India	Hard	Leander Paes	Oleg Ogorodov Eyal Ran	7–6, 7–5
Win	2–0	May 1997	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Leander Paes	Petr Luxa David Škoch	6–1, 6–1
Loss	2–1	Jul 1997	Los Angeles, United States	Hard	Rick Leach	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	6–7, 4–6
Win	3–1	Aug 1997	Montréal, Canada	Hard	Leander Paes	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	7–6, 6–3
Win	4–1	Aug 1997	New Haven, United States	Hard	Leander Paes	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	6–4, 6–7, 6–2
Win	5–1	Oct 1997	Beijing, China	Hard (i)	Leander Paes	Jim Courier Alex O'Brien	7–5, 7–6
Win	6–1	Oct 1997	Singapore, Singapore	Carpet	Leander Paes	Rick Leach Jonathan Stark	6–4, 6–4
Loss	6–2	Nov 1997	Hartford, United States	Carpet	Leander Paes	Rick Leach Jonathan Stark	3–6, 4–6, 6–7
Win	7–2	Jan 1998	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Leander Paes	Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Win	8–2	Feb 1998	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Leander Paes	Donald Johnson Francisco Montana	6–2, 7–5
Win	9–2	Apr 1998	Chennai, India	Hard	Leander Paes	Olivier Delaître Max Mirnyi	6–7, 6–3, 6–2
Win	10–2	May 1998	Rome, Italy	Clay	Leander Paes	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	6–4, 4–6, 7–6
Win	11–2	Oct 1998	Shanghai, China	Carpet	Leander Paes	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–4, 6–7, 7–6
Loss	11–3	Oct 1998	Singapore, Singapore	Carpet	Leander Paes	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	2–6, 3–6
Loss	11–4	Nov 1998	Stuttgart, Germany	Hard (i)	Leander Paes	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win	12–4	Nov 1998	Paris, France	Carpet	Leander Paes	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–4, 6–2
Loss	12–5	Feb 1999	Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Leander Paes	Jonas Björkman Patrick Rafter	3–6, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6, 4–6
Win	13–5	Apr 1999	Chennai, India	Hard	Leander Paes	Wayne Black Neville Godwin	4–6, 7–5, 6–4
Win	14–5	Jun 1999	Paris, France	Clay	Leander Paes	Goran Ivanišević Jeff Tarango	6–2, 7–5
Win	15–5	Jul 1999	London, United Kingdom	Grass	Leander Paes	Paul Haarhuis Jared Palmer	6–7, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6
Loss	15–6	Sep 1999	New York, United States	Hard	Leander Paes	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	6–7, 4–6
Loss	15–7	Nov 1999	Hartford, United States	Carpet	Leander Paes	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	3–6, 2–6, 2–6
Win	16–7	May 2000	St. Poelten, Austria	Clay	Andrew Kratzmann	Andrea Gaudenzi Diego Nargiso	7–6, 6–7, 6–4
Loss	16–8	Jun 2000	Halle, Germany	Grass	David Prinosil	Nicklas Kulti Mikael Tillström	6–7, 6–7
Win	17–8	Oct 2000	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Leander Paes	Michael Hill Jeff Tarango	6–4, 6–7, 6–3
Loss	17–9	Dec 2000	Bangalore, India	Hard	Leander Paes	Donald Johnson Piet Norval	6–7, 3–6, 4–6
Win	18–9	Apr 2001	Atlanta, United States	Clay	Leander Paes	Rick Leach David Macpherson	6–3, 7–6
Win	19–9	May 2001	Houston, United States	Clay	Leander Paes	Kevin Kim Jim Thomas	7–6, 6–2
Win	20–9	Jun 2001	Paris, France	Clay	Leander Paes	Petr Pála Pavel Vízner	7–6, 6–3
Win	21–9	Aug 2001	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Leander Paes	Martin Damm David Prinosil	7–6, 6–3
Loss	21–10	Aug 2001	Indianapolis, United States	Hard	Sébastien Lareau	Mark Knowles Brian MacPhie	6–7, 7–5, 4–6
Loss	21–11	Oct 2001	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Jeff Tarango	Max Mirnyi Sandon Stolle	3–6, 0–6
Loss	21–12	Oct 2001	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet	Leander Paes	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	6–7, 4–6
Loss	21–13	Nov 2001	Paris, France	Carpet	Leander Paes	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Win	22–13	Jan 2002	Chennai, India	Hard	Leander Paes	Tomáš Cibulec Ota Fukárek	5–7, 6–2, 7–5
Win	23–13	May 2002	Majorca, Spain	Clay	Leander Paes	Julian Knowle Michael Kohlmann	6–2, 6–4
Win	24–13	May 2002	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Jan-Michael Gambill	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	6–2, 6–4
Loss	24–14	Jun 2002	London, United Kingdom	Grass	Max Mirnyi	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	5–7, 3–6
Loss	24–15	Aug 2002	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Max Mirnyi	James Blake Todd Martin	5–7, 3–6
Loss	24–16	Aug 2002	Indianapolis, United States	Hard	Max Mirnyi	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–7, 7–6, 4–6
Win	25–16	Aug 2002	Long Island, United States	Hard	Mike Bryan	Petr Pála Pavel Vízner	6–3, 6–4
Win	26–16	Sep 2002	New York, United States	Hard	Max Mirnyi	Jiří Novák Radek Štěpánek	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Loss	26–17	Oct 2002	Madrid, Spain	Hard (i)	Max Mirnyi	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	3–6, 5–7, 0–6
Loss	26–18	Jan 2003	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Joshua Eagle	Paul Hanley Nathan Healey	6–7, 4–6
Win	27–18	Apr 2003	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Max Mirnyi	Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood	6–1, 6–2
Win	28–18	Apr 2003	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Max Mirnyi	Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro	6–4, 3–6, 7–6
Loss	28–19	May 2003	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Max Mirnyi	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	4–6, 6–7
Loss	28–20	Jun 2003	London, United Kingdom	Grass	Max Mirnyi	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	7–5, 4–6, 6–7
Loss	28–21	Jul 2003	London, United Kingdom	Grass	Max Mirnyi	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	6–3, 3–6, 6–7, 3–6
Win	29–21	Aug 2003	Montréal, Canada	Hard	Max Mirnyi	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	6–3, 7–6
Win	30–21	Oct 2003	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Max Mirnyi	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	6–3, 7–5
Loss	30–22	Oct 2003	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Max Mirnyi	Yves Allegro Roger Federer	6–7, 5–7
Win	31–22	Oct 2003	Madrid, Spain	Hard (i)	Max Mirnyi	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	6–2, 2–6, 6–3
Win	32–22	Jan 2004	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Fabrice Santoro	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	4–6, 7–5, 6–3
Win	33–22	Mar 2004	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Fabrice Santoro	Jonas Björkman Leander Paes	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Win	34–22	May 2004	Rome, Italy	Clay	Max Mirnyi	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	35–22	Jul 2004	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Jonas Björkman	Simon Aspelin Todd Perry	4–6, 7–6, 7–6
Win	36–22	Aug 2004	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Leander Paes	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	6–4, 6–2
Loss	36–23	Oct 2004	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Jonas Björkman	Igor Andreev Nikolay Davydenko	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	36–24	Jan 2005	Chennai, India	Hard	Jonas Björkman	Yen-Hsun Lu Rainer Schüttler	5–7, 6–4, 6–7
Win	37–24	Jan 2005	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra	6–3, 6–3
Win	38–24	Sep 2006	Beijing, China	Hard	Mario Ančić	Michael Berrer Kenneth Carlsen	6–4, 6–3
Win	39–24	Oct 2006	Mumbai, India	Hard	Mario Ančić	Rohan Bopanna Mustafa Ghouse	6–4, 6–7, [10–8]
Loss	39–25	Mar 2007	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Radek Štěpánek	Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić	5–7, 7–6, [7–10]
Win	40–25	Aug 2007	Montréal, Canada	Hard	Pavel Vízner	Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett	6–4, 6–4
Win	41–25	Aug 2007	New Haven, United States	Hard	Nenad Zimonjić	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	6–3, 6–3
Win	42–25	Mar 2008	Memphis, United States	Hard (i)	Mark Knowles	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	7–6, 6–2
Win	43–25	Mar 2008	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Mark Knowles	Martin Damm Pavel Vízner	7–5, 7–6
Loss	43–26	Mar 2008	Miami, United States	Hard	Mark Knowles	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	2–6, 2–6
Loss	43–27	Apr 2008	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Mark Knowles	Rafael Nadal Tommy Robredo	3–6, 3–6
Loss	43–28	Jun 2008	s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Leander Paes	Mario Ančić Jürgen Melzer	6–7, 3–6
Loss	43–29	Aug 2008	New Haven, United States	Hard	Mark Knowles	Marcelo Melo André Sá	5–7, 2–6
Loss	43–30	Oct 2008	Madrid, Spain	Hard (i)	Mark Knowles	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	4–6, 2–6
Win	44–30	Oct 2008	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet	Mark Knowles	Christopher Kas Philipp Kohlschreiber	6–3, 6–3
Loss	44–31	Jan 2009	Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Mark Knowles	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–2, 5–7, 0–6
Loss	44–32	Apr 2009	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Mark Knowles	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	3–6, 6–7
Win	45–32	Aug 2009	Montréal, Canada	Hard	Mark Knowles	Max Mirnyi Andy Ram	6–4, 6–3
Loss	45–33	Sep 2009	New York, United States	Hard	Mark Knowles	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	45–34	Apr 2010	Miami, United States	Hard	Max Mirnyi	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	2–6, 5–7
Loss	45–35	Apr 2010	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Max Mirnyi	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	3–6, 0–2, RET.
Loss	45–36	Aug 2010	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Max Mirnyi	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 4–6
Loss	45–37	Nov 2010	Valencia, Spain	Hard (i)	Max Mirnyi	Andy Murray Jamie Murray	6–7(8–10), 7–5, [7–10]
Win	46–37	Nov 2010	Paris, France	Hard (i)	Max Mirnyi	Mark Knowles Andy Ram	7–5, 7–5
Loss	46–38	Nov 2010	London, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Max Mirnyi	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	6–7(6–8), 4–6
Win	47–38	Jan 2011	Chennai, India	Hard	Leander Paes	Robin Haase David Martin	6–2, 6–7(3–7), [10–7]
Loss	47–39	Jan 2011	Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Leander Paes	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 4–6
Win	48–39	Apr 2011	Miami, United States	Hard	Leander Paes	Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor	6–7(5–7), 6–2, [10–5]
Loss	48–40	Jun 2011	London, United Kingdom	Grass	Leander Paes	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6(7–2), 6–7(4–7), [6–10]
Win	49–40	Aug 2011	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Leander Paes	Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–2)
Win	50–40	Mar 2012	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Rohan Bopanna	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
Loss	50–41	Aug 2012	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Rohan Bopanna	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău	4–6, 4–6
Loss	50–42	Oct 2012	Shanghai, China	Hard	Rohan Bopanna	Leander Paes Radek Štěpánek	7–6(9–7), 3–6, [5–10]
Win	51–42	Nov 2012	Paris, France	Hard (i)	Rohan Bopanna	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Jean-Julien Rojer	7–6(8–6), 6–3
Loss	51–43	Nov 2012	London, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Rohan Bopanna	Marcel Granollers Marc López	5–7, 6–3, [3–10]
Win	52–43	Mar 2013	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Michaël Llodra	Robert Lindstedt Nenad Zimonjić	7–6(8–6), 7–6(8–6)
Loss	52–44	May 2013	Rome, Italy	Clay	Rohan Bopanna	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	2–6, 3–6

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Doubles

Tournament	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	1R	SF	F	A	1R	2R	1R	QF	QF	3R	QF	SF	F	1R	F	3R	3R	2R	1R	2R	41–19
French Open	A	A	2R	SF	W	2R	W	SF	QF	SF	1R	QF	SF	1R	3R	2R	2R	1R	1R	A	1R	A	40–16
Wimbledon	Q1	Q2	1R	2R	W	3R	1R	QF	F	3R	2R	1R	A	1R	QF	3R	2R	2R	QF	A	1R	A	29–16
US Open	2R	Q1	SF	SF	F	1R	1R	W	QF	3R	3R	1R	2R	3R	F	2R	QF	1R	1R	A	A	A	38–17
Win–loss	1–1	0–0	5–4	13–4	22–2	3–3	6–3	14–3	10–4	10–4	6–4	5–4	8–3	6–4	15–4	4–4	10–4	3–4	5–4	1–1	0–3	1–1	148–68
Year-end championship
Masters Cup	DNQ		F	RR	F	F	NH	RR	RR	RR	Did not qualify			RR	SF	F	SF	F	Did not qualify				24–23
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	NH	2R	Not Held			2R	Not Held			4th	Not Held			QF	Not Held			2R	Not Held			A	8–6
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	SF	A	1R	2R	2R	SF	1R	1R	1R	QF	2R	1R	2R	1R	1R	A	A	A	11–14
Miami	A	Q1	2R	1R	2R	A	A	QF	1R	2R	QF	A	1R	F	1R	F	W	SF	2R	1R	A	A	23–14
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	SF	2R	A	SF	1R	W	QF	QF	SF	2R	F	QF	F	A	2R	A	A	A	A	22–13
Madrid	Not Held							F	W	SF	QF	1R	A	F	2R	A	A	SF	QF	A	1R	2R	16–10
Rome	A	A	A	W	1R	1R	1R	QF	SF	W	SF	2R	1R	2R	SF	2R	2R	SF	F	A	A	A	21–14
Canada	A	A	W	SF	A	QF	1R	2R	W	W	QF	A	W	QF	W	SF	2R	2R	A	A	A	A	28–9
Cincinnati	A	A	QF	1R	2R	1R	W	F	SF	QF	QF	2R	2R	SF	SF	F	W	F	A	A	A	A	27–14
Shanghai	Not Held														SF	QF	SF	F	A	A	A	A	8–4
Paris	A	A	1R	W	2R	1R	F	2R	A	SF	A	A	A	2R	2R	W	2R	W	A	A	A	A	16–9
Hamburg	A	A	A	QF	2R	2R	1R	W	F	2R	QF	1R	2R	2R	Not Masters Series								12–9
Stuttgart	A	A	QF	F	A	2R	QF	Not Held															6–4
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	9–4	17–6	2–6	4–6	12–7	18–8	19–5	17–7	9–8	4–6	7–6	12–9	12–8	16–7	11–5	16–8	5–5	0–1	0–1	1–1	190–114
Career statistics
	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Career
Titles / Finals	0 / 0	0 / 0	6 / 8	6 / 8	3 / 6	2 / 4	4 / 8	5 / 9	5 / 10	5 / 6	1 / 2	2 / 2	2 / 3	3 / 8	1 / 4	1 / 6	3 / 5	2 / 5	1 / 2	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	52 / 96
Year-end ranking	162	106	11	3	2	39	6	4	4	7	19	30	21	6	7	6	7	11	35	344	699	186

Mixed doubles

Tournament	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	SR
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	SF	2R	A	2R	SF	QF	1R	A	W	1R	F	W	A	QF	SF	QF	2R	1R	2 / 15
French Open	W	2R	QF	A	SF	QF	F	1R	QF	2R	1R	SF	1R	1R	2R	W	1R	A	A	2 / 16
Wimbledon	3R	F	2R	1R	SF	W	3R	QF	W	2R	2R	2R	3R	2R	F	2R	1R	A	1R	2 / 18
US Open	1R	QF	W	1R	1R	2R	2R	2R	W	A	QF	2R	SF	1R	1R	2R	1R	A	A	2 / 16
SR	1 / 3	0 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 2	0 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	2 / 3	1 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 1	0 / 2	8 / 65

Grand Slam seedings

The tournaments won by Bhupathi are in boldface, and advanced into finals by Bhupathi are in italics.

Men's doubles

  Not seeded at all, or not seeded inside the top 10   Seeded 10–4   Seeded no. 3   Seeded no. 2   Seeded no. 1

Legend seeded No. 1 (2 / 6) seeded No. 2 (0 / 3) seeded No. 3 (1 / 14) seeded No. 4–10 (0 / 29) seeded No. 11–16 (0 / 2) unseeded (1 / 16)

Longest streak 4 1 4 8 1 3

Year	Australian Open	French Open	Wimbledon	US Open
1995	did not play	did not play	did not qualify	unseeded
1996	did not play	did not play	did not qualify	did not qualify
1997	unseeded	unseeded	unseeded	10th
1998	2nd	3rd	3rd	4th
1999	1st (1)	1st (1)	1st (2)	1st (2)
2000	did not play	9th	10th	unseeded
2001	unseeded	unseeded (3)	6th	5th
2002	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd (4)
2003	6th	2nd	1st (3)	1st
2004	2nd	3rd	3rd	4th
2005	3rd	4th	6th	7th
2006	11th	unseeded	13th	unseeded
2007	unseeded	unseeded	did not play	6th
2008	6th	4th	4th	4th
2009	3rd (4)	4th	4th	3rd (5)
2010	4th	5th	4th	4th
2011	3rd (6)	3rd	3rd	4th
2012	4th	6th	7th	8th
2013	5th	4th	8th	unseeded
2014	unseeded	did not play	did not play	did not play
2015	protected ranking	protected ranking	protected ranking	did not play
2016	protected ranking	did not play	did not play	did not play

Mixed doubles

  Not seeded at all, or not seeded inside the top 10   Seeded 10–4   Seeded no. 3   Seeded no. 2   Seeded no. 1

Legend seeded No. 1 (0 / 6) seeded No. 2 (1 / 3) seeded No. 3 (1 / 8) seeded No. 4–10 (1 / 20) seeded No. 11–16 (1 / 5) unseeded (4 / 23)

Longest streak 2 1 3 9 2 6

Year	Australian Open	French Open	Wimbledon	US Open
1997	did not play	16th (1)	15th	8th
1998	4th	3rd	5th (1)	5th
1999	4th	3rd	unseeded	2nd (2)
2000	did not play	did not play	Wild card	5th
2001	7th	unseeded	4th	6th
2002	2nd	3rd	3rd (3)	3rd
2003	unseeded	3rd (2)	1st	1st
2004	2nd	1st	1st	3rd
2005	did not play	7th	unseeded (4)	unseeded (5)
2006	Wild card (6)	unseeded	11th	did not play
2007	unseeded	unseeded	unseeded	unseeded
2008	unseeded (3)	unseeded	11th	unseeded
2009	Wild card (7)	unseeded	13th	1st
2010	did not play	1st	3rd	unseeded
2011	unseeded	5th	4th (4)	6th
2012	6th	7th (8)	5th	6th
2013	5th	7th	unseeded	Wild card
2014	8th	did not play	did not play	did not play
2015	Wild card	did not play	unseeded	did not play

Davis Cup and Asian Games

Bhupathi has donned Indian colours numerous times for the Davis Cup as well as other international tournaments, including the Asian Games.

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.

In 2006, Bhupathi won the doubles championship with Leander Paes at the Asian Games in Doha.

Personal life

In 2001, he was awarded the Padma Shri, one of India's highest civilian awards. Bhupathi is an alumnus of the University of Mississippi in the United States. He is the founder of Globosport India private Limited which he started in 2002 as a sports and entertainment agency.

He married model Shvetha Jaishankar in 2002 but the couple got divorced in 2009 after seven years of marriage. He then married Miss Universe 2000 Lara Dutta in a civil ceremony on 16 February 2011 at Bandra, Mumbai. It was followed by a Christian ceremony on 20 February 2011 at Sunset Point in Goa.

On 1 August 2011, Dutta confirmed that she was pregnant with their first child. Their daughter Saira was born on 20 January 2012. In 2010, the couple started a film production company, Big Daddy Productions.

In 2014, Mahesh Bhupathi launched an authentic Indian sports brand, ZEVEN. The company currently endorses Ravindra Jadeja, Rohan Bopanna, Shikhar Dhawan and Mary Kom, amongst others.

Partnerships

Partners in doubles

No.	Partner	Year
1	Leander Paes	1994–2006 2008–2011
2	Dick Norman	1994
3	Sulistyo Wibowo	1995
4	Jeff Belloli	1995
5	Peter Tramacchi	1995–1996, 1998–1999
6	Chris Haggard	1995–1996, 2006
7	Ross Matheson	1995
8	Robert Devens	1995
9	Ali Hamadeh	1995–1996
10	João Cunha-Silva	1995
11	Tomas Nydahl	1996
12	Jamie Holmes	1996
13	Nebojsa Djordjevic	1996
14	Wayne Black	1996–1997
15	Kent Kinnear	1996
16	Jean-Philippe Fleurian	1997
17	Tommy Ho	1997
18	Rick Leach	1997
19	Sandeep Kirtane	1997
20	Fazaluddin Syed	1998, 2000–2001
21	Mark Knowles	1998, 2000, 2008–2009, 2011
22	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	1998
23	Baris Ergun	1998
24	Paul Haarhuis	1998
25	Srinath Prahlad	1998
26	Gaurav Natekar	1998
27	Mosé Navarra	1999, 2001
28	Tim Henman	1999, 2003, 2007
29	Andrei Pavel	1999
30	Wayne Ferreira	1999
31	Andrew Florent	1999
32	Wayne Arthurs	2000
33	Andrew Kratzmann	2000
34	David Prinosil	2000
35	Kevin Ullyett	2000
36	Nenad Zimonjić	2000, 2002, 2007, 2012
37	Scott Humphries	2000
38	Byron Black	2000
39	Dominik Hrbatý	2001
40	Sébastien Lareau	2001
41	Jeff Tarango	2001–2002
42	Vittaya Samrej	2001
43	Jan-Michael Gambill	2002, 2004
44	Brian MacPhie	2002
45	Max Mirnyi	2002–2004, 2010
46	Todd Woodbridge	2002–2003, 2005
47	Mike Bryan	2002
48	Jonas Björkman	2002, 2004–2005
49	Joshua Eagle	2003
50	Rohan Bopanna	2003, 2007–2013
51	Dmitry Tursunov	2004
52	Fabrice Santoro	2004, 2006–2007
53	Paul Hanley	2004, 2007
54	Fernando González	2005
55	Martin Damm	2005
56	Justin Gimelstob	2005–2007
57	Wesley Moodie	2006
58	Radek Štěpánek	2006–2007
59	Leoš Friedl	2006
60	Robby Ginepri	2006
61	Julian Knowle	2006, 2013
62	Xavier Malisse	2006
63	Alexander Waske	2006
64	Mario Ančić	2006
65	James Blake	2006
66	Pavel Vízner	2007
67	Jamie Murray	2007
68	Marcel Granollers	2011
69	Michal Mertiňák	2011
70	Daniel Nestor	2013
71	Michaël Llodra	2013
72	Philipp Petzschner	2013
73	Robert Lindstedt	2013
74	Rajeev Ram	2014
75	Denis Istomin	2014
75	Kevin Anderson	2014
76	Saketh Myneni	2015
77	Jürgen Melzer	2015
78	Mikhail Youzhny	2015
79	Nick Kyrgios	2015
80	Juan Sebastián Cabal	2015
81	Janko Tipsarević	2015
82.	Gilles Müller	2016
83.	Purav Raja	2016
84.	Jonathan Marray	2016
85.	Yuki Bhambri	2016

Partners in mixed doubles

No.	Partner	Year	Australian Open	French Open	Wimbledon	US Open
1	Rika Hiraki	1997	Y	Y	Y	Y
2	Caroline Vis	1998	Y
3	Rennae Stubbs	1998		Y
4	Mirjana Lučić	1998 1999	Y		Y	Y
5	Ai Sugiyama	1999 2000 2001	Y	Y		Y
6	Annabel Ellwood	1999			Y
7	Martina Navratilova				Y
8	Elena Likhovtseva	2001 2002 2003 2004	Y	Y	Y	Y
9	Jelena Dokić	2001				Y
10	Iroda Tulyaganova	2003	Y
11	Paola Suárez	2003, 2007		Y	Y	Y
12	Lisa Raymond	2004 2005			Y	Y
13	Mary Pierce	2005			Y
14	Daniela Hantuchová	2005 2007 2010 2013	Y		Y	Y
15	Martina Hingis	2006 2013	Y	Y
16	Yan Zi	2006			Y
17	Sania Mirza	2007 2008 2009 2011 2012	Y	Y	Y	Y
18	Zheng Jie	2008 2011		Y
19	Samantha Stosur	2008				Y
20	Liezel Huber	2009 2010			Y	Y
21	Anastasia Rodionova	2011	Y
22	Elena Vesnina	2011 2014	Y		Y
23	Andrea Hlaváčková	2012				Y
24	Nadia Petrova	2013	Y
25	Casey Dellacqua	2013		Y
26	Jarmila Gajdošová	2015	Y
27.	Alla Kudryavtseva	2015			Y

• These lists only consists of players who played with Mahesh Bhupathi in ATP(& ITF)-recognized tournaments which include the Olympics, Grand Slams, World Tour Finals, World Tour Masters, World Tour Series, Davis Cup Ties, and ATP Challengers. The lists might be incomplete when all the other tournaments are considered. The order of the players in the list is based on their first partnering with Mahesh Bhupathi.

Other partners

India – Asian Games/Commonwealth Games/Other Events

• Leander Paes

Partnership with Leander Paes

Bhupathi (right) and Leander Paes

Bhupathi and Leander Paes partnered in the men's doubles event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but lost the quarterfinals, to Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland, who went on to win the gold medal.

Paes and Bhupathi decided to team up again at the Australian Open 2011, ending a nine-year separation on the ATP circuit. They reached the finals of the event, but lost to American twins Bob and Mike Bryan. Paes stated at the time that the best thing has been to have their friendship back.

The Indian duo has a 303–103 career record together. They have a Davis Cup record of longest winning streak in doubles, with 23 straight wins.

Leander Paes wanted to play with Mahesh Bhupathi in the men's doubles event of the London Olympics, to be held July–August 2012. On 19 June 2012, the All India Tennis association relented to the demands of Bhupathi and Bopanna of not playing along Paes. Two teams were sent for the London Olympics- 2012, with Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna as one team and the other team consisting of Leander Paes and Vishnu Vardhan. Bhupathi also accused AITA of using Sania Mirza as bait for Leander's participation in the Olympics. When AITA relented to the wishes of Bhupathi and Bopanna and permitted them to play together, they lost in the second round to the unseeded French pairing of Richard Gasquet and Julien Benneteau.

Davis Cup record

The duo of Bhupathi and Paes has the longest doubles streak in Davis Cup history.

SL	Year	Opponent	Result
1	1995	Saša Hiršzon / Goran Ivanišević	W
2	1996	Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis	L
3	1996	Jonas Björkman / Nicklas Kulti	L
4	1997	Martin Damm / Petr Korda	W
5	1997	Nicolás Massú / Marcelo Ríos	W
6	1998	Neil Broad / Tim Henman	W
7	1999	Kim Dong-hyun / Hyung-Taik Lee	W
8	1999	Shan Jiang / Zhu Benqiang	W
9	2001	Ran Xu / Jing-Zhu Yang	W
10	2001	Thomas Shimada / Takao Suzuki	W
11	2001	Donald Johnson / Jared Palmer	W
12	2002	Patrick Chucri / Ali Hamadeh	W
13	2002	James Shortall / Daniel Willman	W
14	2003	Jun Kato / Thomas Shimada	W
15	2003	Alistair Hunt / Mark Nielsen	W
16	2004	Mark Nielsen / Matt Prentice	W
17	2004	Thomas Shimada / Takahiro Terachi	W
18	2005	Wang Yu / Zhu Benqiang	W
19	2005	Murad Inoyatov / Denis Istomin	W
20	2005	Simon Aspelin / Jonas Björkman	W
21	2006	Woong-Sun Jun / Oh-Hee Kwon	W
22	2006	Jalil Khan / Asim Shafik	W
23	2008	Satoshi Iwabuchi / Takao Suzuki	W
24	2008	Adrian Cruciat / Horia Tecău	W
25	2009	Tsung-Hua Yang / Chu-Huan Yi	W
26	2010	Teymuraz Gabashvili / Igor Kunitsyn	W
27	2010	Marcelo Melo / Bruno Soares	W

Sports management and e-commerce

Bhupathi has also been involved in developing tennis facilities in India and, along with his company Globosport, has played a key role in developing and managing the careers of many Indian athletes, including Sania Mirza.

International Premier Tennis League

Mahesh Bhupathi announced the founding of the International Premier Tennis League on 25 May 2013, in Paris. The initial plan was to start the league with six charter franchises in Asia with the inaugural season commencing in November 2014. Bhupathi said the league would be modeled after the Indian Premier League, a cricket league in India. Justin Gimelstob said that the league would be star-driven as World Team Tennis was in the 1970s.

In popular culture

Break Point – A documentary series of Zee5 app released in 2021 unfolding the ups and downs in the relationship between Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi.

Awards

• Padma Shri, 2001
• Sports people for Change Karmaveer Puraskaar, 2007, iCONGO-Confederation of NGOs
• Davis Cup Commitment Award

See also

Forca Kochi FC

External links

• Mahesh Bhupathi at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Mahesh Bhupathi at the International Tennis Federation
• Mahesh Bhupathi at the Davis Cup