Tennis in India - Grand Slam Finals

Grand Slam Finals

In 1997 India won their first Grand Slam title at the French open, in the Mixed Doubles. Since then India have coninued to win titles in the Mixed doubles as well as the Men's Doubles.

Mixed Doubles

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Players	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1997	French Open	Clay	Mahesh Bhupathi Rika Hiraki	Patrick Galbraith Lisa Raymond	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	1998	Wimbledon	Grass	Mahesh Bhupathi Mirjana Lučić	Serena Williams Max Mirnyi	4–6, 4–6
Winner	1999	US Open	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi Ai Sugiyama	Donald Johnson Kimberly Po	6–4, 6–4
Winner	1999	Wimbledon	Grass	Leander Paes Lisa Raymond	Anna Kournikova Jonas Björkman	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up	2001	US Open	Hard	Leander Paes Lisa Raymond	Rennae Stubbs Todd Woodbridge	6–4, 5–7,
Winner	2002	Wimbledon	Grass	Mahesh Bhupathi Elena Likhovtseva	Daniela Hantuchová Kevin Ullyett	6–2, 7–5
Winner	2003	Australian Open	Hard	Leander Paes Martina Navrátilová	Eleni Daniilidou Todd Woodbridge	6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	2003	French Open	Clay	Mahesh Bhupathi Elena Likhovtseva	Lisa Raymond Mike Bryan	3–6, 4–6
Winner	2003	Wimbledon	Grass	Leander Paes Martina Navrátilová	Anastassia Rodionova Andy Ram	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	2004	Australian Open	Hard	Leander Paes Martina Navrátilová	Elena Bovina Nenad Zimonjić	6–1, 7–6
Runner-up	2005	French Open	Clay	Leander Paes Martina Navrátilová	Daniela Hantuchová Fabrice Santoro	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Winner	2005	Wimbledon	Grass	Mahesh Bhupathi Mary Pierce	Paul Hanley Tatiana Perebiynis	6–4, 6–2
Winner	2005	US Open	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi Daniela Hantuchová	Katarina Srebotnik Nenad Zimonjić	6–4, 6–2
Winner	2006	Australian Open	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi Martina Hingis	Elena Likhovtseva Daniel Nestor	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	2007	US Open	Hard	Leander Paes Meghann Shaughnessy	Victoria Azarenka Max Mirnyi	6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Runner-up	2008	Australian Open	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi Sania Mirza	Sun Tiantian Nenad Zimonjić	6–7(4–7), 4–6
Winner	2008	US Open	Hard	Leander Paes Cara Black	Liezel Huber Jamie Murray	7–6, 6–4
Winner	2009	Australian Open	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi Sania Mirza	Nathalie Dechy Andy Ram	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	2009	Wimbledon	Grass	Leander Paes Cara Black	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Mark Knowles	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	2009	US Open	Hard	Leander Paes Cara Black	Carly Gullickson Travis Parrot	6–2, 6–4
Winner	2010	Australian Open	Hard	Leander Paes Cara Black	Ekaterina Makarova Jaroslav Levinský	7–5, 6–3
Winner	2010	Wimbledon	Grass	Leander Paes Cara Black	Lisa Raymond Wesley Moodie	6–4, 7–6
Runner-up	2011	Wimbledon	Grass	Mahesh Bhupathi Elena Vesnina	Iveta Benešová Jürgen Melzer	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2012	Australian Open	Hard	Leander Paes Elena Vesnina	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Horia Tecău	3–6, 7–5,
Winner	2012	French Open	Clay	Mahesh Bhupathi Sania Mirza	Klaudia Jans-Ignacik Santiago González	7–6(7–3), 6–1
Runner-up	2012	Wimbledon	Grass	Leander Paes Elena Vesnina	Lisa Raymond Mike Bryan	3–6, 7–5, 4–6

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