Leander Paes qualified for his 13th Grand Slam doubles final (eight in men’s and five in mixed) on Friday when he and Martin Damm advanced to a showdown with Jonas Bjorkman and Max Mirnyi at the US Open. In his 12 previous final appearances, Paes won six and lost six. Following are the results of the dozen finals the Indian featured in before the 2006 US Open:

MEN’S DOUBLES

1999 Australian Open — Leander Paes & Mahesh Bhupathi lost to Jonas Bjorkman & Patrick Rafter 3-6, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6, 4-6

1999 French Open — Paes & Bhupathi bt Goran Ivanisevic & Jeff Tarango 6-2, 7-5.

1999 Wimbledon — Paes & Bhupathi bt Paul Haarhuis & Jared Palmer 6-7, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6.

1999 US Open — Paes & Bhupathi lost to Sebastian Lareau & Alex ’Brien 6-7, 4-6.

2001 French Open — Paes & Bhupathi bt Petr Pala & Pavel Vizner 7-6, 6-3.

2004 US Open — Paes & David Rikl lost to Mark Knowles & Daniel Nestor 3-6, 3-6.

2006 Australian Open — Paes & Martin Damm lost to Bob & Mike Bryan 6-4, 3-6, 4-6

MIXED DOUBLES

1999 Wimbledon — Paes & Lisa Raymond bt Jonas Bjorkman & Anna Kournikova 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.

2003 Australian Open — Paes & Martina Navratilova bt Eleni Daniilidou & Todd Woodbridge 6-4, 7-5.

2003 Wimbledon — Paes & Navratilova bt Andy Ram & Anastassia Rodionova 6-3, 6-3.

2004 Australian Open — Paes & Navratilova lost to Elena Bovina & Nenad Zimonjiae 1-6, 6-7.

2005 French Open — Paes & Navratilova lost to Daniela Hantuchova & Fabrice Santoro 6-3, 3-6, 2-6