Tennis in India

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Tennis enjoys a considerable following in India, although it is limited to urban areas but still it is counted among the most popular sports in India.<ref name="The encyclopaedia of tennis">{{cite book | title=The encyclopedia of tennis | author=Robertson, Max | author-link=India | year=1974 | publisher=[[Allen and Unwin]] | location=London | pages=392 | isbn=0-04-796042-6}}</ref> India has produced a number of tennis players, who have achieved international recognition and have made their presence in some of the top [[List of tennis tournaments|tennis tournament]]s and [[Grand Slam (Tennis)|grand slam]]s.<ref name="iloveindia">{{cite web | url=http://www.iloveindia.com/sports/tennis/ | title=Tennis in India | accessdate=24 March 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110120045617/http://www.iloveindia.com/sports/tennis/ | archive-date=20 January 2011 | url-status=live }}</ref> [[All India Tennis Association]] (AITA) established in 1920, is the governing body of '''tennis in India''' and is a member of the [[Asian Tennis Federation]].<ref name="asiantennis">{{cite web | url=http://asiantennis.com/about_atf/nat_associations.htm | title=National Associations and their Offices | accessdate=24 March 2011 | publisher=[[Asian Tennis Federation]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707174230/http://www.asiantennis.com/about_atf/nat_associations.htm | archive-date=7 July 2011 | url-status=dead }}</ref> [[India Davis Cup team]] is the most successful team of Asia in [[Davis Cup]], who has finished as runners-up 3 times.<ref name="daviscup">{{cite web | url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/history/champions.aspx | title=Champions | accessdate=24 March 2011 | publisher=[[Davis Cup]] (official website) | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222182832/http://www.daviscup.com/en/history/champions.aspx | archive-date=22 December 2010 | url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Sania Mirza - Roland Garros 2011.jpg|thumb|Indian Tennis player [[Sania Mirza]] at [[2011 French Open]].]]

==History==
Tennis has been a popular sport in India since around the 1880s when the British Army and Civilian Officers brought the game to India. Soon after regular tournaments like the 'Punjab Lawn tennis Championship' at [[Lahore]] (Now in [[Pakistan]]) (1885); 'Bengal Lawn Tennis Championship' at [[Calcutta]] (now [[Kolkata]]) (1887) and the 'All India Tennis Championships' at [[Allahabad]] (1910) were organised. In the history of major tournaments, India has already beaten among others [[France Davis Cup team|France]], [[Romania Davis Cup team|Romania]], [[Netherlands Davis Cup team|Holland]], [[Belgium Davis Cup team|Belgium]], [[Spain Davis Cup team|Spain]] and [[Greece Davis Cup team|Greece]] in Davis Cup ties (1921 to 1929).<ref name="aitatennis">{{cite web | url=http://www.aitatennis.com/New%20AITA/about.html | title=AITA History | accessdate=24 March 2011 | publisher=[[All India Tennis Association]] | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111122071350/http://www.aitatennis.com/New%20AITA/about.html | archivedate=22 November 2011 | df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="The Art of Lawn Tennis">{{cite book | title=The Art of Lawn Tennis |author1=Tilden, William Tatem |author2=Fletcher, John |name-list-style=amp | year=2004 | publisher=[[Kessinger Publishing]] | location=U.S. | pages=128 | isbn=1-4191-5265-3}}</ref>

The history of tennis in India goes back a long way. In the 1880s, the British introduced the game of tennis in India during the colonial rule and soon it started gaining momentum. BK Nehru in 1905 and Sardar Nihal Singh in 1908 were later joined by M Saleem, Fayzee brothers and Jagat Mohan Lal who made it to last 16 stages at the Wimbledon. Ghaus Mohammad was the first Indian to reach the quarterfinals at Wimbledon in 1939 where he lost to American champion Bobby Riggs.

According to the All India Tennis Association, in Davis Cup ties between 1921 and 1929, India beat, among others, France, Romania, Holland, Belgium, Spain and Greece. Top Indian players like Saleem, Fayzee brothers, Cotah Ramaswamy and Krishna Prasad beat a large number of ranked European players and teams to bring glory to the nation.

In the 1960s, the sport witnessed a golden era. [[Ramanathan Krishnan]] earned his highest seeding – No. 4 in Wimbledon in 1962. In the Davis Cup, India repeatedly became the Zonal Champions. Ramanathan Krishnan, along with [[Premjit Lall]], SP Misra, [[Jaidip Mukerjea]] and RK Khanna as the non-playing captain, steered India to the Cup finals in 1966. They lost the Cup but not before Krishnan and Mukerjea beat Newcombe and Tony Roche, the Wimbledon champions, (1965) in doubles.

In the 1970s, [[Vijay Amritraj]] burst onto the scene. With teammates [[Sashi Menon]], [[Jasjit Singh (tennis)|Jasjit Singh]] and brother [[Anand Amritraj]], Vijay took India to World Cup Finals for the second time in 1974. Vijay also made it to the quarterfinals of US Open in 1973 and 1981; and Wimbledon in 1973 and 1974. [[Ramesh Krishnan]], the son of Ramanathan Krishnan, won the junior Wimbledon championship and junior French Open title in 1979 and was ranked number 1 junior in the world. He made it to the quarterfinals at Wimbledon (1986) and US Open (twice).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/sports/leander-paes-and-sania-mirza-have-enriched-indian-tennis-1096134.html |title=News, Breaking News, Latest News, News Headlines, Live News, Today News CNN-News18 |access-date=5 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312133305/http://www.ibnlive.com/news/sports/leander-paes-and-sania-mirza-have-enriched-indian-tennis-1096134.html |archive-date=12 March 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The 1990s saw the rise of [[Leander Paes]] who won the bronze medal at the [[Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|1996 Summer Olympics]]. In 1997, [[Mahesh Bhupati]] became India's first ever grand slam winner when he won the mixed doubles at French Open. Paes partnered with Bhupati to reach the finals of all four grand slams in 1999, winning two.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/static/html/fl1613/16131280.htm|title = Latest Volume16-Issue13 News, Photos, Latest News Headlines about Volume16-Issue13}}</ref> In the 2000s and 2010s, playing separately or together, Paes and Bhupati won several grand slam doubles and mixed doubles tournaments.

The 2000s saw India's first WTA tournament winner [[Sania Mirza]]. Mirza also won a number of grand slam titles in doubles in the late 2000s and 2010s.

India's last grand slam win came in 2017 when [[Rohan Bopanna]] won the mixed doubles title at French Open. At the end of 2010s, [[Prajnesh Gunneswaran]] was the only Indian men's singles player in the top 100.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/rankings/singles?rankDate=2019-09-09&rankRange=0-100&countryCode=IND|title = Rankings | Singles | ATP Tour | Tennis}}</ref>
In 2021 Ankita raina becomes 2nd women from India to win a WTA title and enters into top 100 in doubles rankings.

==Grand Slam Finals==
In 1997, India won their first Grand Slam title at the French open, in the Mixed Doubles. Since then Indians have won Grand Slam titles in the Mixed Doubles, Men's Doubles, Women's Doubles besides Girls' Doubles events. No Indian has so far won a Grand Slam Singles title in the Men's or Women's category.

'''Mixed Doubles'''

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!Outcome
!Year
!Championship
!Surface
!Players
!Opponents in the final
!class="unsortable"|Score in the final
|-bgcolor=#ebc2af
|bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||1997||French Open||Clay||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Mahesh Bhupathi]] {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Rika Hiraki]]||[[Patrick Galbraith]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lisa Raymond]]||6–4, 6–1
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up||[[1998 Wimbledon Championships|1998]]||[[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]]||Grass||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Mahesh Bhupathi]] {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Mirjana Lučić]]||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Serena Williams]] {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Max Mirnyi]]||4–6, 4–6
|-bgcolor=#ccccff
|bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||1999||[[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]||Hard||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Mahesh Bhupathi]] {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ai Sugiyama]]||[[Donald Johnson]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kimberly Po]]||6–4, 6–4
|-bgcolor=CCFFCC
|bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||[[1999 Wimbledon Championships|1999]]||[[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]]||Grass||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Leander Paes]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lisa Raymond]]||{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anna Kournikova]] {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Jonas Björkman]]||6–4, 3–6, 6–3
|-bgcolor=CCCCFF
|bgcolor=ffa07a|Runner-up||2001||US Open||Hard||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Leander Paes]] {{flagicon|USA}} Lisa Raymond||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Rennae Stubbs]] {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Todd Woodbridge]]||6–4, 5–7, 6–7 (9–11)
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
|bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||[[2002 Wimbledon Championships|2002]]||Wimbledon (2)||Grass||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Mahesh Bhupathi]] {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Elena Likhovtseva]]||{{flagicon|SVK}} [[Daniela Hantuchová]] {{flagicon|ZIM}} [[Kevin Ullyett]]||6–2, 7–5
|-bgcolor=FFFFCC
|bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2003||Australian Open||Hard||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Leander Paes]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Martina Navratilova]]||{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Eleni Daniilidou]] {{flagicon|AUS}} Todd Woodbridge||6–4, 7–5
|-bgcolor=#ebc2af
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up||2003||French Open||Clay||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Mahesh Bhupathi]] {{flagicon|RUS}} Elena Likhovtseva||{{flagicon|USA}} Lisa Raymond {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Bryan]]||3–6, 4–6
|-bgcolor=CCFFCC
|bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||[[2003 Wimbledon Championships|2003]]||Wimbledon (3)||Grass||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Leander Paes]] {{flagicon|USA}} Martina Navratilova||{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anastasia Rodionova]] {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Andy Ram]]||6–3, 6–3
|-bgcolor=FFFFCC
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up||2004||Australian Open||Hard||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Leander Paes]] {{flagicon|USA}} Martina Navratilova||{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Elena Bovina]] {{flagicon|SCG}} [[Nenad Zimonjić]]||6–1, 7–6
|-bgcolor=EBC2AF
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up||2005||French Open||Clay||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Leander Paes]] {{flagicon|USA}} Martina Navratilova||{{flagicon|SVK}} [[Daniela Hantuchová]] {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Fabrice Santoro]]||3–6, 6–3, 6–2
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
|bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||[[2005 Wimbledon Championships|2005]]||Wimbledon (4)||Grass||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Mahesh Bhupathi]] {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Mary Pierce]]||{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Tatiana Perebiynis]] {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Paul Hanley (tennis)|Paul Hanley]]||6–4, 6–2
|-bgcolor=#ccccff
|bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2005||US Open (2)||Hard||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Mahesh Bhupathi]] {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Daniela Hantuchová]]||{{flagicon|SLO}} [[Katarina Srebotnik]] {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Nenad Zimonjić]]||6–4, 6–2
|-bgcolor=#ffffcc
|bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2006||Australian Open (2)||Hard||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Mahesh Bhupathi]] {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Martina Hingis]]||{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Elena Likhovtseva]] {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Daniel Nestor]]||6–3, 6–3
|-bgcolor=CCCCFF
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up||2007||[[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]||Hard||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Leander Paes]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Meghann Shaughnessy]]||{{flagicon|BLR}} [[Victoria Azarenka]] {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Max Mirnyi]]||6–4, 7–6(8–6)
|-bgcolor=#ffffcc
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up||2008||Australian Open||Hard||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Mahesh Bhupathi]] {{flagicon|IND}} [[Sania Mirza]]||{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Sun Tiantian]] {{flagicon|SRB}} Nenad Zimonjić||6–7(4–7), 4–6
|-bgcolor=CCCCFF
|bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2008||US Open (3)||Hard||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Leander Paes]] {{flagicon|ZIM}} [[Cara Black]]||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Liezel Huber]] {{flagicon|UK}} [[Jamie Murray]]||7–6, 6–4
|-bgcolor=#ffffcc
|bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2009||Australian Open (3)||Hard||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Mahesh Bhupathi]] {{flagicon|IND}} [[Sania Mirza]]||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Nathalie Dechy]] {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Andy Ram]]||6–3, 6–1
|-bgcolor=CCFFCC
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up||[[2009 Wimbledon Championships|2009]]||Wimbledon||Grass||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Leander Paes]] {{flagicon|ZIM}} Cara Black||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Anna-Lena Grönefeld]] {{flagicon|BAH}} [[Mark Knowles]]||7–5, 6–3
|-bgcolor=CCCCFF
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up||2009||US Open||Hard||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Leander Paes]] {{flagicon|ZIM}} Cara Black||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Carly Gullickson]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Travis Parrot]]||6–2, 6–4
|-bgcolor=FFFFCC
|bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2010||Australian Open (4)||Hard||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Leander Paes]] {{flagicon|ZIM}} Cara Black||{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Ekaterina Makarova]] {{flagicon|Czech Republic}} [[Jaroslav Levinský]]||7–5, 6–3
|-bgcolor=CCFFCC
|bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||[[2010 Wimbledon Championships|2010]]||Wimbledon (5)||Grass||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Leander Paes]] {{flagicon|ZIM}} Cara Black||{{flagicon|USA}} Lisa Raymond {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Wesley Moodie]]||6–4, 7–6
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up||[[2011 Wimbledon Championships|2011]]||Wimbledon||Grass||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Mahesh Bhupathi]] {{flagicon|RUS}} Elena Vesnina||{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Iveta Benešová]] {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Jürgen Melzer]]||3–6, 2–6
|-bgcolor=FFFFCC
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up||2012||Australian Open||Hard||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Leander Paes]] {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Elena Vesnina]]||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Bethanie Mattek-Sands]] {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Horia Tecău]]||3–6, 7–5, [3–10]
|-bgcolor=#ebc2af
|bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2012||French Open (2)||Clay||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Mahesh Bhupathi]] {{flagicon|IND}} [[Sania Mirza]]||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Klaudia Jans-Ignacik]] {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Santiago González (tennis)|Santiago González]]
|7–6(7–3), 6–1
|-bgcolor=CCFFCC
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up||[[2012 Wimbledon Championships|2012]]||Wimbledon||Grass||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Leander Paes]] {{flagicon|RUS}} Elena Vesnina||{{flagicon|USA}} Lisa Raymond {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Bryan]]||3–6, 7–5, 4–6
|-bgcolor=FFFFCC
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up||2014||Australian Open||Hard||{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Horia Tecău]] {{flagicon|IND}} [[Sania Mirza]]||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Kristina Mladenovic]] {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Daniel Nestor]]||3–6, 2–6
|-bgcolor=CCCCFF
|bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2014||US Open||Hard||{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Bruno Soares]] {{flagicon|IND}} [[Sania Mirza]]||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Abigail Spears]] {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Santiago González (tennis)|Santiago González]]||6–1, 2–6, [11–9]
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2015||Australian Open (3)||Hard||{{flagicon|IND}} Leander Paes {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Martina Hingis]]||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Kristina Mladenovic]] {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Daniel Nestor]]||6–4, 6–3
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2015||Wimbledon (4)||Grass|||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Leander Paes]] {{flagicon|SUI}} Martina Hingis||{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Alexander Peya]] {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Timea Babos]]||6–1, 6–1

|-style="background:#ebc2af;"
| bgcolor=98fb98|Winner
| [[2017 French Open – Mixed Doubles|2017]]
| [[French Open]]
| Clay
| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Gabriela Dabrowski]] {{flagicon|IND}} [[Rohan Bopanna]]
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Anna-Lena Grönefeld]] {{flagicon|COL}} [[Robert Farah (tennis)|Robert Farah]]
| 2–6, 6–2, [12–10]
|- bgcolor=#FFFFCC
|bgcolor=#ffa07a|Runner up
| [[2018 Australian Open – Mixed Doubles|2018]]
| [[Australian Open]]
| Hard
| {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Tímea Babos]] {{flagicon|IND}} [[Rohan Bopanna]]
| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Gabriela Dabrowski]] {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Mate Pavić]]
| 6–2, 4–6, [9–11]

|}

'''Men's Doubles'''

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!width=80|Outcome
!width=50|Year
!width=180|Championship
!width=75|Surface
!width=210|Players
!width=210|Opponents in the final
!width=200|Score in the final
|-bgcolor=FFFFCC
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up||1999||Australian Open||Hard||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Leander Paes]] {{flagicon|IND}} [[Mahesh Bhupathi]]||{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Jonas Björkman]] {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Patrick Rafter]]||3–6, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(12–10), 4–6
|-bgcolor=#ebc2af
|bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||1999||French Open||Clay||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Leander Paes]] {{flagicon|IND}} [[Mahesh Bhupathi]]||{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Goran Ivanišević]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jeff Tarango]]||6–2, 7–5
|-bgcolor=CCFFCC
|bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||[[1999 Wimbledon Championships|1999]]||[[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]]||Grass||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Leander Paes]] {{flagicon|IND}} [[Mahesh Bhupathi]]||{{flagicon|NED}} [[Paul Haarhuis]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jared Palmer]]||6–7, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6
|-bgcolor=#ccccff
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up||1999||[[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]||Hard||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Leander Paes]] {{flagicon|IND}} [[Mahesh Bhupathi]]||{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Sébastien Lareau]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Alex O'Brien]]||6–7, 4–6
|-bgcolor=#ebc2af
|bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2001||French Open (2)||Clay||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Leander Paes]] {{flagicon|IND}} [[Mahesh Bhupathi]]||{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Petr Pála]] {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Pavel Vízner]]||7–6, 6–3
|-bgcolor=#ccccff
|bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2002||[[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]||Hard||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Mahesh Bhupathi]] {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Max Mirnyi]]||{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Jiří Novák]] {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Radek Štěpánek]]||6–3, 3–6, 6–4
|-bgcolor=CCFFCC
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up||[[2003 Wimbledon Championships|2003]]||[[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]]||Grass||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Mahesh Bhupathi]] {{flagicon|BLR}} Max Mirnyi||{{flagicon|SWE}} Jonas Björkman {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Todd Woodbridge]]||6–3, 3–6, 6–7(4–7), 3–6
|-bgcolor=#ccccff
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up||2004||[[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]||Hard||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Leander Paes]] {{flagicon|CZE}} [[David Rikl]]||{{flagicon|BAH}} [[Mark Knowles]] {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Daniel Nestor]]||3–6, 3–6
|-bgcolor=FFFFCC
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up||2006||Australian Open||Hard||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Leander Paes]] {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Martin Damm]]||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Bob Bryan]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Bryan]]||6–4, 3–6, 4–6
|-bgcolor=#ccccff
|bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2006||[[US Open (tennis)|US Open]] (2)||Hard||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Leander Paes]] {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Martin Damm]]||{{flagicon|SWE}} Jonas Björkman {{flagicon|BLR|1995}} [[Max Mirnyi]]||6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–3
|-bgcolor=#ccccff
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up||2008||[[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]|||Hard||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Leander Paes]] {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Lukáš Dlouhý]]||{{flagicon|USA}} Bob Bryan {{flagicon|USA}} Mike Bryan||6–7(5–7), 6–7(10–12)
|-bgcolor=FFFFCC
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up||2009||Australian Open||Hard||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Mahesh Bhupathi]] {{flagicon|BAH}} [[Mark Knowles]]||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Bob Bryan]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Bryan]]||6–2, 5–7, 0–6
|-bgcolor=#ebc2af
|bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2009||French Open (3)||Clay||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Leander Paes]] {{flagicon|CZE}} Lukáš Dlouhý||{{flagicon|RSA}} [[Wesley Moodie]] {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Dick Norman]]||3–6, 6–3, 6–2
|-bgcolor=#ccccff
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up||2009||[[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]||Hard||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Mahesh Bhupathi]] {{flagicon|BAH}} Mark Knowles||{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Lukáš Dlouhý]] {{flagicon|IND}} [[Leander Paes]]||6–3, 3–6, 2–6
|-bgcolor=#ccccff
|bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2009||[[US Open (tennis)|US Open]] (3)||Hard||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Leander Paes]] {{flagicon|CZE}} Lukáš Dlouhý||{{flagicon|IND}} Mahesh Bhupathi {{flagicon|BAH}} Mark Knowles||3–6, 6–3, 6–2
|-bgcolor=#ebc2af
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up||2010||French Open||Clay||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Leander Paes]] {{flagicon|CZE}} Lukáš Dlouhý||{{flagicon|SER}} [[Nenad Zimonjić]] {{flagicon|CAN}} Daniel Nestor||5–7, 2–6
|- style="background:#ccf;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up|| [[2010 US Open (tennis)|2010]] || [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]] || Hard || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Rohan Bopanna]] {{flagicon|PAK}} [[Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi]] ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Bob Bryan]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Bryan]]|| 6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7)
|-bgcolor=FFFFCC
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up||2011||Australian Open||Hard||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Leander Paes]] {{flagicon|IND}} [[Mahesh Bhupathi]]||{{flagicon|USA}} Bob Bryan {{flagicon|USA}} Mike Bryan||3–6, 4–6
|-bgcolor=FFFFCC
|bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2012||Australian Open||Hard||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Leander Paes]] {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Radek Štěpánek]]||{{flagicon|USA}} Bob Bryan {{flagicon|USA}} Mike Bryan||7–6(7–1), 6–2
|-bgcolor=#ccccff
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up||2012||[[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]||Hard||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Leander Paes]] {{flagicon|CZE}} Radek Štěpánek||{{flagicon|USA}} Bob Bryan {{flagicon|USA}} Mike Bryan||3–6, 4–6
|-bgcolor=#ccccff
|bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2013||[[US Open (tennis)|US Open]] (4)||Hard||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Leander Paes]] {{flagicon|CZE}} Radek Štěpánek||{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Alexander Peya]] {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Bruno Soares]]||6–1, 6–3
|}

'''Women's Doubles'''

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97%
!width=80|Outcome
!width=50|Year
!width=180|Championship
!width=75|Surface
!width=210|Players
!width=210|Opponents in the final
!width=200|Score in the final
|-bgcolor=#ebc2af
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up||2011||French Open||Clay||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sania Mirza]] {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Elena Vesnina]] || {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Andrea Hlaváčková]] {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Lucie Hradecká]] || 4–6, 3–6
|-bgcolor=CCFFCC
|bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||[[2015 Wimbledon Championships|2015]]||[[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]]||Grass||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sania Mirza]] {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Martina Hingis]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Ekaterina Makarova]] {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Elena Vesnina]] || 5–7, 7–6(7–4), 7–5
|-bgcolor=CCCCFF
|bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||[[2015 US Open – Women's Doubles|2015]]||[[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]||Hard||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sania Mirza]] {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Martina Hingis]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Casey Dellacqua]] {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Yaroslava Shvedova]] || 6-3, 6-3
|-bgcolor=FFFFCC
|bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||[[2016 Australian Open – Women's Doubles|2016]]||[[Australian Open]]||Hard||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sania Mirza]] {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Martina Hingis]] || {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Andrea Hlaváčková]] {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Lucie Hradecká]] || 7–6(7–1), 6-3
|}

==Total medals won by Indian Tennis players in Major tournaments==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
! Competition
! Gold
! Silver
! Bronze
! Total
|-

|[[Tennis at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|0
|0
|1
|1
|-
|[[Davis Cup|Davis Cup]]
|0
|3
|1
|4
|-
|[[Tennis at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|1
|1
|2
|4
|-
|[[Tennis at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]
|9
|6
|17
|32
|-
| Total || '''10''' || '''10''' || '''21''' || '''41'''
|-
|}

== Notable Performance at Summer Olympics ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Event !! Player !! Result !! Notes
|-
|rowspan = "3"|[[Tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics|1924]]
|-
| [[Tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]] || [[Sydney Jacob]] || '''Quarter-finals''' ||
|-
| [[Tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles|Men's doubles]] || [[Syed Mohammad Hadi]] [[Donald Rutnam]] || '''Quarter-finals''' ||
|-
|rowspan = "2"|[[Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992]]
|-
| [[Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles|Men's doubles]] || [[Leander Paes]] [[Ramesh Krishnan]] || '''Quarter-finals''' ||
|-
|rowspan = "2"|[[Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996]]
|-
| [[Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]] || '''[[Leander Paes]]'''
| style="background:#c96;" align=center| {{brca}}
|-
|rowspan = "2"|[[Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004]]
|-
| [[Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles|Men's doubles]] || [[Leander Paes]] [[Mahesh Bhupathi]] || '''4th''' ||
|-
|rowspan = "2"|[[Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008]]
|-
| [[Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles|Men's doubles]] || [[Leander Paes]] [[Mahesh Bhupathi]] || '''Quarter-finals''' ||
|-
|rowspan = "2"|[[Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012]]
|-
| [[Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Mixed doubles|Mixed doubles]] || [[Leander Paes]] [[Sania Mirza]] || '''Quarter-finals''' ||
|-
|rowspan = "2"|[[Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016]]
|-
| [[Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Mixed doubles|Mixed doubles]] || [[Rohan Bopanna]] [[Sania Mirza]] || '''4th''' ||
|}

==See also==
* [[All India Tennis Association]]
* [[India Davis Cup team]]
* [[India Billie Jean King Cup team| India Fed Cup team]]
* [[India at the Hopman Cup]]

==References==
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