Tennis : Top 10 Indian tennis players of all-time

# Leander Paes

Leander Paes with the 2016 French Open Mixed Doubles trophy

The most accomplished Indian tennis player of all-time is Kolkata's Leander Paes. With 8 Doubles and 10 Mixed Doubles Grand Slam titles, Paes is the only Asian athlete to have won a career slam across both categories. In his early days, Paes was also a gifted Singles player winning the Bronze Medal at the Atlanta Olympic Games of 1996. Leander has competed in 7 consecutive Olympic Games from Barcelona in 1992 to Rio de Janeiro in 2016 making him the only tennis player to ever do so. With 43 wins in Davis Cup matches, Leander Paes ranks at the top with players with most Doubles wins in Davis Cup matches. At the age of 43, Leander completed his career slam in Mixed Doubles at the French Open of 2016. He is the only player along with the legendary Rod Laver to have won the Wimbledon Championships in any of the 3 categories in 3 different decades. In close to 3 decades of tennis, Leander has partnered with 121 male players and 25 female players. At the age of 45, Leander may be looking at one final hurrah at the Tokyo Olympic Games of 2020. His commitment and dedication even in his 40's is truly inspiring.