Leander Paes

Quick Facts

Full Name	Leander Paes
Occupation	Tennis Player
Date Of Birth	Jun 17, 1973(1973-06-17)
Age	51
Birthplace	Kolkata
Country	India
Birth City	West Bengal
Horoscope	Gemini

Leander Paes Biography

Leander Paes is one of the most popular and richest Tennis Player who was born on June 17, 1973 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

Leander Adrian Paes (/p eɪ s / PAYSS ; born 17 June 1973) is an Indian professional tennis player who is considered as one of the greatest doubles player in the history of the sport along the record of most doubles wins in the Davis Cup.

Paes enrolled with the Britannia Amritraj Tennis Academy in Madras (Chennai) in 1985, where he was coached by Dave O’Meara. The academy played a key role in his early development. Leander earned international fame when he won the 1990 Wimbledon Junior title and rose to no. 1 in the junior world rankings at age 17.

Leander Paes Net Worth

Leander Paes is one of the richest Tennis Player from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Leander Paes 's net worth $8,587,586. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Leander was born in Calcutta, India, on 17 June 1973 to Vece Paes, a Goan, and, Jennifer Paes, from Calcutta. He was educated at La Martiniere Calcutta, Madras Christian College Higher Secondary School and the St. Xavier’s College of the University of Calcutta. His parents were both athletes. Vece was a midfielder in the bronze medal-winning Indian field hockey team at the 1972 Munich Olympics. His mother captained the Indian basketball team in the 1980 Asian basketball championship. Paes is a direct descendant of Bengali poet Michael Madhusudan Dutta through his mother. Paes had a live-in-relationship with Rhea Pillai in 2005. The couple have a daughter, Aiyana. She filed a case at a local metropolitan court against Paes in 2014, alleging that he had her belongings removed from a wing of his home so his visiting parents could stay there.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Leander Paes height 5 ft 10 in Lenar weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Leander Paes Dating?

According to our records, Leander Paes is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, Leander Paes’s is not dating anyone.

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In 1994 he beat World No. 13 Wayne Ferreira in straight sets.

Facts & Trivia

Lenar Ranked on the list of most popular Tennis Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Leander Paes celebrates birthday on June 17 of every year.

At the 1996 Atlanta Olympics he beat Fernando Meligeni to win the bronze medal, the first Indian to win an individual medal since KD Jadhav won bronze at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. Paes cited the match as one of his greatest performances, in part because his wrist was severely injured. He was awarded the highest sporting honor by the government of India, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in 1996.

Who is the wife of Leander?

The case involving tennis player Leander Paes and his ex-wife Rhea Pillai is back in the headlines. A Mumbai metropolitan magistrate court, in a domestic violence case filed by Rhea Pillai against Leander Paes has held in its order that he committed various acts of domestic violence against her.

How many wives does Leander Paes have?

Bio/Wiki
Family
Wife/Spouse| Rhea Pillai (rumored ex-wife) (model) (2005- 2014)
Children| Daughter- Aiyana
Parents| Father- Vece Paes (hockey player) Mother- Jennifer Paes (basketball coach)

Why did Paes and Bhupathi split?

“The bosom friends who understood each other so well suddenly found a cacophony of clashing egos too much to bear. Paes blamed his former coach — now in Bhupathi’s corner — Enrico Piperno – for the break up. Bhupathi cited irreconcilable differences.

Is a first Indian tennis player won Olympic medal?

Paes joined the Indian Davis Cup team in 1990 and turned professional in 1991. In 1996 when he took the men’s singles tennis bronze medal at the Atlanta Olympic Games, he became the first Indian athlete since 1952 to win an individual Olympic medal.

Why did Rhea Pillai divorce?

The famous Indian model, Rhea Pillai is so unlucky in love that she ended up divorcing twice. Rhea was the second wife of Bollywood actor, Sanjay Dutt, but the two got separated after Rhea had fallen in love with Tennis star, Leander Paes.