Leander Paes

Leander Adrian Paes is an Indian professional tennis player who is considered to be one of the best doubles and mixed doubles players of all time.

Leander was born in Calcutta, India, onJune 1973 to a Goan father. Vece Paes and Jennifer Paes were his parents and he was raised in Kolkata. He was educated at La Martiniere Calcutta, and the St. Xaviers College of the University of Calcutta. His parents were both sports persons. Vece was a midfielder in the bronze medalwinning Indian field hockey team at the 1972 Munich Olympics. His mother captained the Indian basketball team in the 1980 Asian basketball championship. Paes enrolled with the Britannia Amritraj Tennis Academy in Madras in 1985, where he was coached by Dave OMeara. 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.in the junior world rankings.

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