7 players with most mixed doubles Grand Slam titles in Open Era

Modified Jul 09, 2019 10:49 GMT

Mart Riessen - One of the best doubles players of all-time forged a strong partnership with the great Margaret Court in the late 1960s and early 1970s

Mahesh Bhupathi

The present Indian Davis Cup Captain Mahesh Bhupathi was one of two great male Doubles tennis players to emerge from India. His camaraderie and later following out with fellow Indian tennis great Leander Paes made a lot of headlines back in the day. The two combined to win 3 Grand Slam Singles titles.

Mahesh enjoyed more success in the Mixed Doubles format. In his 19-year tennis career, Mahesh Bhupathi had 27 Mixed Doubles partners, winning Grand Slam titles with 7 different partners - Martina Hingis, Sania Mirza, Rika Hiraki, Elena Likhovtseva, Mary Pierce, Ai Sugiyama, Daniela Hantuchova. Two of them, including the 2009 Australian Open and the 2012 French Open came with India's Sania Mirza.

In 1997, Mahesh Bhupathi won the 1997 French Open Mixed Doubles title with Japan's Rika Hiraki. The two made history as the first ever winners of a Grand Slam title from their respective countries.

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Edited by Arvind Sriram