LEANDER PAES (INDIA) -------------------- (pronounced: pays) Birthdate: June 17,1973 Turned pro:1991 Birthplace: Goa, India Residence: Calcutta, India; Orlando, Florida Height: 5'10" (1.75m) Weight:171 (78 kg) Plays: Right-handed Earnings till end of 1996: $425,857 1997 earnings: $462,383 1998 earnings: $674,079 Highest singles ranking: 73 (Aug 24, 1998) Highest doubles ranking: 1 (June 21, 1999) YEAR-END RANKING HISTORY 1998: 91 1997: 114 1996: 128 1995: 132 1994: 133 1993: 178 1992: 273 1991: 275 1996 HIGHLIGHTS Prize money: $115,125 Matches won-lost: Tour:14-14 (singles), 5-13 (doubles); Challenger:11-9 (singles), 28-3(doubles) Singles Semifinalist: Newport. Atlanta Olympics. Quarterfinalist: Rosmalen. 1996 IN REVIEW Highlight was Olympic bronze medal in August, which set off wild celebration in India...Greeted by 5,000 people at airport when he arrived home at 4 a.m....ln Atlanta he beat Reneberg, Pereira, Enqvist and Furlan before losing to Agassi in a SF match in which he held two set points...Bounced back for win over Meligeni in bronze medal match to become first athlete from India to win an individual medal since 1952...The effort matched the effort of his father, who won a bronze medal in the 1972 Olympics as part of India's field hockey team...Faced Agassi again in remarkable U.S. Open 2nd RD match, taking 6-3 4-0 lead before losing in four sets... Reached first ATP Tour SF on the grass in Newport (l.to Pereira)with wins over Cash, Knowles and B. Black...Also gained QF on grass in Rosmalen...Best Challenger results were the title at Mauritius (on grass) in November, final in Madras (l. to Ogorodov) in September, SF in Jerusalem and QF in Salinas and Tanagura...Strong Challenger doubles results with four titles (Fergana, Aruba and Madras all w/Bhupathi Jerusalem w/Godwin) and two finals (Andijan and Annenheim, both w/Bhupathi)...Established career high for wins (14)...Finished No. 89 in doubles. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS 1990 - Represented India for the first time in Davis Cup play vs. Korea... 1991- Qualifier at the Tour stop in New Haven... Posted two singles wins vs. Indonesia in Davis Cup play and a 1-1 record vs. Korea... 1992 - Represented India at the Barcelona Olympics in singles and doubles (w/Krishnan) reaching QF... Singles titlist at the Guangzhoa Challenger... Doubles titlist at the New Haven (w/Nelson) and Hong Kong (w/Johnson) Challengers... 1993 - Won Challenger doubles titles in Bangalore and Wolfsburg (both w/Johnson)... SF at the U.S. Open (w/Lareau)... 1994 - Won Bombay and Binghamton Challengers... ln doubles, won two Challengers... 1995 - Reached QF at Australian Open (w/Ullyett), won Challengers in Nagoya (w/Ullyett), Bogota (w/Ortiz) and Aruba (w/Bhupathi)...Earned career-best $120,318. PERSONAL Began playing tennis at age 5...Captured the 1990 Wimbledon Junior title and ranked as the No.1 junior player in the world at one time before finishing No. 2...Father, Vece, was a member of the Indian field hockey team in the 1972 Munich Olympic Games and mother, Jennifer, was a member of the basketball team... Member of the Davis Cup squad since 1990, compiling a 32-19 career record (21-12 in singles)...Trains at L.G.E. Sports Science Center in Orlando.