Paes-Dlouhy pair triumphs
(French Open tennis tournament, France)

MONDAY 08, JUNE 2009.

Leander Paes and his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy won the French Open men’s doubles title with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over Wesley Moodie of South Africa and Belgium’s Dick Norman.

It was Paes’s fifth men’s Grand Slam doubles title having won twice here in 1999 and 2001 with Mahesh Bhupathi, 1999 Wimbledon with Bhupathi and the 2006 U.S. Open with Martin Damm. The Indian also has four Grand Slam mixed doubles crowns.

Paes and Dlouhy first teamed up at Roland Garros last year, losing in the last 16 to eventual champion Pablo Cuevas and Luis Horna.

They then finished runners-up to Mike and Bob Bryan in the 2008 U.S. Open final.