Leander Paes

Insights

Only one second-week breakthrough

Across 15 Grand Slam tournaments and 22 matches, Leander Paes reached the round of 32 just once: the 1997 US Open at age 24. His other best results were five round-of-64 finishes and nine round-of-128 exits.

Best stretch came in 1997

His strongest season in the data is 1997, when he posted four results and twice reached the round of 64, including the French Open and Australian Open. That year also produced his lone round-of-32 appearance at the US Open.

Career peak arrived before age 25

Paes’s best Grand Slam result came at age 24 in 1997, and his only other age-24 result was a round-of-128 finish at Wimbledon. After turning 25, his results were mostly early exits, with only one round of 64 after that point.

Hard-court events dominated his Slam schedule

Australian Open and US Open appearances account for 10 of his 15 tournaments in the table. Wimbledon appears four times and the French Open only once, showing a heavily skewed Grand Slam schedule.

Late-career results trended downward

From 1998 through 2001, every listed result was round of 128 or round of 64, with no repeat of the 1997 round-of-32 peak. His final two entries were a 2000 Australian Open round of 64 and a 2001 Wimbledon round of 64.