<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 2003 Hyderabad </Td> <Td> Mixed Doubles </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Last updated on: 14 November 2016 . </Td> </Tr> <P> Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi (born 7 June 1974) is a retired Indian professional tennis player . In 1997, he became the first Indian to win a Grand Slam tournament (with Rika Hiraki). With his win at the Australian Open mixed doubles in 2006, he joined the elite group of eight tennis players who have achieved a career Grand Slam in mixed doubles . He is also the founder of International Premier Tennis League . In December 2016, Bhupathi was appointed as India's next non-playing Davis Cup captain and took over the reins from Anand Amritraj in February 2017 . </P> <P> Mahesh Bhupathi is known as one of the top doubles players in the 1990s and 2000s . In 1999, Bhupathi won three doubles titles with Leander Paes, including the French Open and Wimbledon . He and Paes became the first doubles team to reach the finals of all four Grand Slams, the first time such a feat has been achieved in the open era and the first time since 1952 . On 26 April of that year, they became the world no . 1 doubles team . Bhupathi also won the US Open mixed doubles with Ai Sugiyama of Japan . </P>

First indian to win grand slam in tennis