The Indian ace predicted a tough time for him and partner Max Mirnyi at Wimbledon.
The eighth seeds beat Jonas Bjorkman of Sweden and Belarussian Max Mirnyi 6-4, 6-2 in the final.
He and Elena Likhovtseva won their second round match against Liezel Huber and Pavel Vizner at the French Open.
Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi of Belarus have been seeded second, while Paes and his Czech partner David Rikl are the fifth seeds.
The third seeds were shocked by 16th seeds Julian Knowle of Austria and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia and Montenegro in the men's doubles third round at Wimbledon.
Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi entered the third round of the men's doubles at Wimbledon while Paes and partner David Rikl lost their second round match.
The pair beat Michael Llodra and Fabrice Santoro in the final.
Czech duo Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka won the U.S. Open women's doubles title on Saturday with a 6-7(4), 6-1, 6-4 win over Australia's Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua.
Paes and the Czech Republic's Rikl defeated fifth seed Australian duo Wayne Arthurs and Paul Hanley 6-3, 6-2.
The top seeds lost to seventh seeds Gaston Etlis and Martin Rodriguez of Argentina in the quarter-finals of the Monte Carlo Masters.\n\n
The Indo-Belarussian pair lost to Arnaud Clement and Sebastian Grosjean in the second round at the Miami Masters.
In the women's event of the Nasdaq 100 Open, second seed Venus Williams joined sister Serena in the last eight.
Bhupathi and partner Max Mirnyi advanced to the second round in the ATP Tennis Masters while Paes and Divid Rikl lost in the first.
Their exit gave the Bryan twins, Mike and Bob, the year-end world No. 1 ranking.
The World No. 2 doubles pair beat Australia's Wayne Arthurs and Paul Hanley for their first victory in the ATP Masters Cup.
Belarus will figure in the Davis Cup World Group for the first time while Germany are relegated for the first time in 20 years.
The Indo-Belarusian pair was given a scare by Anthony Dupuis of France and Lee Hung-taik of South Korea at the US Open.
The duo will take on Dominik Hrbaty of Slovakia and Andre Sa of Brazil in the first round.
The top seeds will take on seventh seeds Wayne Arthurs and Paul Hanley of Australia.
American twins Bob and Mike Bryan beat top seeds Jonas Bjorkman of Sweden and Belarussian Max Mirnyi in the final at the US Open.
Australian Todd Woodbridge clinched a record-equalling eighth men's doubles title at Wimbledon.
The top seeds beat Leander Paes and David Rikl in the semi-finals
The top seeds will take on Leander Paes and David Rikl.
The top seeds beat Gaston Etlis and Martin Rodriques of Argentina in straight sets.
They were beaten by the Bryan twins, Bob and Mike, in the men's doubles at the French Open.
Leander's father said tennis legend Martina Navratilova has rekindled his son's zest for the game.\n\n
They beat the Indo-Belarusian pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi to make the grade at the French Open.
His combination with Max Mirnyi, with whom he won the US Open doubles\n\ncrown last year, has brought him tremendous success.
They beat Joshua Eagle and Jared Palmer in the quarter-final of the Italia Masters. \n\n
The pair had to concede a walk-over at the Barcelona Open as Miryni too ill.
The pair beat the Czech Republic duo of Frantisek Cermak/Leos Friedl in the semi-finals.
The Indo-Belarusian pair easily beat Lucas Arnold and Mariano Hood of Argentina in the final.\n\n
The US ace broke his record with a 155mph (249kph) serve as the U.S. took a 2-0 lead over Belarus in their Davis Cup semi-final.
Leander Paes and Raven Klaasen breezed into the title clash of the Heineken Open after knocking out second seeds Bruno Soares and Alexander Peya in the semi-finals in Auckland on Friday.
The Australian Open runner-up let slip a two-set advantage on the Davis Cup tie against Belarus.\n\n
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