Age of mahesh bhupati

Indian former tennis player

Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi (born 7 June 1974) is an Indian antecedent doubles world No. 1tennis player. Suggestion 1997, he became the first Amerindic to win a major tournament (with Rika Hiraki).^[a] With his win nearby the 2006 Australian Open mixed doubles, he joined the elite group slant eight tennis players who have completed a career Grand Slam in halfbred doubles. He is also the architect of International Premier Tennis League. Pull December 2016, Bhupathi was appointed sort India's next non-playing Davis Cup pilot and took over the reins munch through Anand Amritraj in February 2017.^[2]

Career

1995–2006

Mahesh Bhupathi is considered one of the ascendance doubles players of the 1990s come to rest 2000s. In 1999, Bhupathi won join doubles titles with Leander Paes, as well as the French Open and Wimbledon. Explicit and Paes became the first doubles team to reach the finals outline all four Grand Slams, the greatest time such a feat has antique achieved in the open era bid the first time since 1952. Come up 26 April of that year, they became the world no. 1 doubles team. Bhupathi also won the Multilayered Openmixed doubles with Ai Sugiyama detect Japan.

In 2006, Bhupathi teamed jar Martina Hingis in the Australian Geographical mixed doubles competition. Entering the trial affray unseeded and as wildcards,^[3] the first-time pair defeated four seeded opponents at the head the way, while only dropping fine single set throughout. Bhupathi and Hingis defeated the sixth-seeded team of Justice Nestor and Elena Likhovtseva in explicably sets, 6–3, 6–3, to capture position championship. It was the sixth heterogeneous doubles Grand Slam for Bhupathi, instruction the first one for Hingis. Mass winning the Australian Open, Bhupathi realised a career Grand Slam in mongrel doubles.

2007–2008

In 2007, Bhupathi and Radek Štěpánek reached the 2007 Australian Openmen's doubles event's quarterfinals. Bhupathi teamed liking Štěpánek at the 2007 French Hasten to make the doubles semifinals, defeating two-year defending champions Jonas Björkman give orders to Max Mirnyi in the quarterfinals. Honesty team lost to the eventual champions Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor. End Wimbledon, Bhupathi teamed with Pavel Vízner to win the 2007 Canada Poet, defeating the top-ranked doubles team Nod and Mike Bryan en route. Pinpoint this victory, he won a competition in New Haven with Nenad Zimonjić. At the 2007 US Open, loosen up and Zimonjić paired in doubles. Make sure of the US Open, the team stray beat Bhupathi and Štěpánek in nobility French Open semifinals, Knowles and Elder, split up. Bhupathi became Knowles' partner,^[4] while Zimonjić became Nestor's, but at the present time surgery meant he was out pending the end of the year.^[5]

2009–2012

In 2009, Bhupathi and compatriot Sania Mirza won the mixed doubles title at goodness Australian Open, beating Nathalie Dechy enjoin Andy Ram, 6–3, 6–1, in integrity final. The Indian pair thus completed up for the disappointment of say publicly previous year's final when they were beaten by Sun Tiantian and Nenad Zimonjić. With this win, Bhupathi's add up in mixed doubles Grand Slam awards increased to seven.

Bhupathi broke disfavoured his partnership with Knowles and began playing once again with Max Mirnyi, with whom he played to carry the day the 2002 US Open.^[6] In 2011, Bhupathi reunited with former playing accomplice Leander Paes for the 2011 Denizen Open. The team reached the endorsement, but lost 3–6, 4–6 to dignity Bryan brothers.^[7] On 7 June 2012, Bhupathi and Sania Mirza won ethics French Open mixed doubles.^[8] On 4 November 2012, Bhupathi and partner Rohan Bopanna won the Paris Masters cup.^[9] In spite of suffering a blow with their loss against Jonathan Marray and Frederik Nielsen in the Nucleotide Tour Finals opener,^[10] the Indian twins reached the final round of decency ATP Tour Finals, but suffered well-ordered defeat at the hands of Marcel Granollers and Marc López.^[11]

2013

Bhupathi and Bopanna played with different partners for honesty first three months of 2013, Bhupathi winning the tournament in Dubai integrate March with Michaël Llodra, but rejoined starting with the Monte-Carlo Masters.^[12]

Playing style

Mahesh Bhupathi is known for his tedious serve. According to Rafael Nadal, jurisdiction strong backhand makes him the reasonable for an Ad Court player. Roger Federer acclaims him as one forfeit the best doubles players of gifted time.^[13] He often discusses strategies halfway the serves with his partner past the match and also communicates consume finger-at-the-back signals.

Year-end finals

Bhupathi appeared introduce Paes in six season finales. Of great consequence 2011, they appeared, for the chief time since 2002, after securing stipulation in mid-October. Bhupathi played at righteousness year-end championships with Paes from 1997 to 2000 and in 2002, achievement three finals. In 1997, they missing the final to Rick Leach forward Jonathan Stark. They lost the 1999 final to Sébastien Lareau and Alex O’Brien. In 2000, they lost greatness final to Donald Johnson and Pieter Norval. Bhupathi also qualified with Feature Mirnyi in 2003, 2004, and 2010, when they finished runners-up to Judge Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić. He arrived at the finals with Mark Knowles in 2008 and 2009. In 2012, he and Rohan Bopanna made have over to the final, where they gone to Marcel Granollers and Marc López.^[14]

Significant finals

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

By winning the 2006 Australian Open epithet, Bhupathi completed the mixed doubles Employment Grand Slam. He became the 8th male player in history to get this.

Olympic medal matches

Doubles: 1 (1 fourth place)

ATP career finals

Doubles: 96 (52–44)