Tennis star Leander Paes created history by becoming the first Indian to complete a career Grand Slam by winning the Australian Open men's doubles title with Czech player Radek Stepanek. They defeated the top seeds Bob and Mike Bryan of the US in straight sets in Melbourne on Saturday. The unseeded Indo-Czech pair played tremendously to win 7-6, 6-2 in the summit clash, which lasted one hour and 24 minutes.Thrice Paes had reached the Australian open final but lost on all occasions, twice to Bryan brothers. This title has eluded Paes since the late 90s when he along with estranged partner Mahesh Bhupathi dominated the doubles tennis and reached the number one spot as a team in 1999.In their quest to complete their slam tally, Paes and Bhupathi had joined hands in 2011 after a gap 11 years but the title slipped out of their hands as they lost to Bryan brothers.Paes began the season by winning the Chennai Open with Serbian Janko Tipsarevic.This is the 13th Grand Slam title for Paes with seven men's doubles trophies and six mixed doubles titles and is India 's most successful doubles player in majors.Paes won French Open thrice in 1999, 2001 and 2009, and Wimbledon in 1999 and US Open in 2006.Paes now has a chance to repeat the rare success of winning both men's doubles and mixed doubles titles in the same Grand Slam tournament as he is due to play the mixed doubles final on Sunday with Russian partner Elena Vesnina.