Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi was born on June 7, 1974, in Peddapuram. After Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi is the most recognizable face in Indian men`s tennis. The year 1999 was the best year for Bhupathi on the professional circuit. Firstly, he and Leander made it to the final of all four major tournaments winning the French Open and the coveted Wimbledon title. After winning the Australian Open Mixed Doubles in 2006, he joined the best group of eight tennis players who have achieved a Career Mixed Doubles Grand Slam.

Career
Bhupathi also won the US Open mixed doubles title partnering Ai Sugiyama of Japan. Leander and Mahesh reclaimed the French Open title in 2001 but a split meant the two would never win any other doubles tournament as a pair. Even though they both split, Bhupathi went on to win the 2002 US Open men`s doubles along with Max Mirnyi of Belarus. He has tasted great success in mixed doubles also winning Grand Slams in 1997, 1999, 2002, 2005 and 2006.

Mahesh Bhupathi holds a great doubles record to his name. He has won 521 matches while lost 253 matches, so far in all the doubles matches he has played. He has also won 44 doubles title, with different partners. However, his singles record is not that much noteworthy as he won only 10 singles matches, while lost 28 matches, so far in his career. He was ranked as the World No. 6 in the ATP Doubles Ranking in the year of 2008. He reached the highest ranking of World No. 1 in ATP Doubles Rankings on 26 April, 1999. Bhupathi had teamed up with Pavel V¡zner to win the 2007 Canada Masters. In 2011, Bhupathi reunited with Leander Paes for the Australian Open. They reached the finals but lost.

In all, he has won 10 grand slam titles. For his achievements, Bhupathi was awarded the Padma Shri in 2001.Currently residing in Bangalore; Bhupathi floats a Sports Management Company Globosport. The company is involved in developing tennis facilities in India and has also played a pivotal role in shaping and managing careers of many Indian athletes like rising tennis star Sania Mirza.

Mahesh Bhupathi`s Grand Slam success records include:

Men`s Doubles

Year	Championship	Partner	Year	Championship	Partner
1999	French Open, Wimbledon	Leander Paes (IND)	2002	U.S. Open	Max Mirnyi (BLR)
2001	French Open	Leander Paes (IND)	-	-	-

Mixed Doubles

Year	Championship	Partner	Year	Championship	Partner
1997	French Open	Rika Hiraki (JPN)	2005	Wimbledon French Open	Mary Pierce (FRA) Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)
1999	U.S. Open	Ai Sugiyama (JPN)	2006	Australian Open	Martina Hingis (SUI)
2002	Wimbledon	Elena Likhovtseva (RUS)	2009	Australian Open	Sani Mirza (IND)