India Billie Jean King Cup team

India
India
Captain	Zeeshan Ali
ITF ranking	31 ( 25) (19 April 2021)
Colors	blue & white
First year	1991
Years played	29
Ties played (W–L)	112 (61–51)
Best finish	Zonal Group I Promotional Play-off (2006)
Most total wins	Nirupama Sanjeev (29–14)
Most singles wins	Nirupama Sanjeev (20–8)
Most doubles wins	Sania Mirza (14-5)
Best doubles team	Manisha Malhotra /; Nirupama Vaidyanathan (6–0)
Most ties played	Nirupama Sanjeev (31)
Most years played	Sania Mirza (11)
	Last updated on: 6 May 2020.

The India Fed Cup team represents India in the WTA & ITF Fed Cup professional tennis competition and are governed by the All India Tennis Association. They will compete in the Asia/Oceania Zone of Group I in 2016.

History[]

India competed in its first Fed Cup in 1977, but did not compete again until 1991.^[2] Since 1991, India has been competing annually (except 1993). India's best result was reaching the Asia/Oceania Group I final in 2006.

In 2004, Manisha Malhotra and Sania Mirza broke the record for playing the longest tiebreak (21-19) in their doubles match against Uzbekistani pair Vlada Ekshibarova and Ivanna Israilova.^[2]

Current team[]

Squad representing the India in the 2020 Fed Cup
Player	Win–Loss			Years played	Ties	Ranking
Player	Singles	Doubles	Totals	Years played	Ties	Singles	Doubles
Sowjanya Bavisetti	0–0	1–1	1–1	1 (2021)	2	608	694
Riya Bhatia	0–0	1–3	1–3	4 (2017, 2019–21)	4	351	486
Rutuja Bhosale	7–5	2–1	9–6	3 (2012–13, 2021)	14	422	211
Zeel Desai	0–0	1–0	1–0	1 (2021)	1	570	881
Sania Mirza	13–5	14–5	27–10	11 (2003–04, 2006, 2008, 2010–12, 2014–16, 2021)	29	–	155
Ankita Raina	15–13	8–6	23–19	9 (2013–2021)	30	176	97
Karman Thandi	3–7	2–1	5–8	5 (2017–2021)	4	619	–
Source

Win–Loss as of 17 April 2021, rankings as of 23 April 2021.

Players[]

Name	Years	First	Ties	Win/Loss
Name	Years	First	Ties	Singles	Doubles	Total
Sowjanya Bavisetti	1	2020	2	0–0	1–1	1–1
Ankita Bhambri	5	2004	18	6–7	2–7	8–14
Prerna Bhambri	2	2012	7	4–2	1–1	5–3
Sanaa Bhambri	2	2009	7	0–2	3–2	3–4
Riya Bhatia	3	2017	4	0–0	1–3	1–3
Rutuja Bhosale	3	2012	13	7–5	1–1	8–6
Rushmi Chakravarthi	9	1994	26	3–7	11–11	14–18
Shruti Dhawan	1	1999	2	0–0	0–2	0–2
Sheethal Goutham	1	2002	2	0–0	1–1	1–1
Tara Iyer	1	2007	4	1–1	1–2	2–3
Mahak Jain	1	2019	1	0–1	0–0	0–1
Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	4	1996	13	3–1	3–6	6–7
	3	1997	11	9–1	0–1	9–2
	3	1991	6	2–4	2–2	4–6
	3	1991	5	0–0	2–3	2–3
Isha Lakhani	4	2003	13	3–2	6–2	9–4
Manisha Malhotra	7	1995	27	7–11	10–4	17–15
	1	1991	2	0–2	0–1	0–3
Sania Mirza	11	2003	29	13–5	14–5	27–10
Natasha Palha	1	2015	3	0–0	2–0	2–0
	1	1997	4	0–2	0–4	0–6
Sonal Phadke	1	2002	2	0–1	0–1	0–2
	4	1994	14	0–6	4–7	4–13
Ankita Raina	8	2013	29	15–11	8–6	23–17
Sunitha Rao	2	2007	8	2–4	3–2	5–6
	2	1991	6	1–3	0–1	1–5
Snehadevi Reddy	1	2017	1	0–0	0–1	0–1
Ashvarya Shrivastava	1	2011	2	0–2	1–0	1–2
Kyra Shroff	1	2013	3	0–2	0–1	0–3
Rishika Sunkara	2	2013	5	1–2	1–2	2–4
Karman Thandi	3	2017	9	3–6	2–1	5–7
Prarthana Thombare	5	2014	17	7–2	6–6	13–8
Radhika Tulpule	1	2000	1	0–0	1–0	1–0
Shikha Uberoi	4	2005	15	9–3	5–4	14–7
Nirupama Vaidyanathan	8	1992	31	20–8	9–6	29–14
Meghha Vakaria	1	2003	3	0–0	2–0	2–0
Poojashree Venkatesha	2	2010	5	2–3	2–0	4–3
Pranjala Yadlapalli	1	2018	1	0–0	1–0	1–0

Results[]

2000s[]

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Asia/Oceania Group I	25 Apr 2000	Osaka	Hard	Thailand	2–1	Won
		26 Apr 2000			Japan	0–2	Lost
		27 Apr 2000			Kazakhstan	3–0	Won
		29 Apr 2000			Hong Kong	3–0	Won
2001	Asia/Oceania Group I	10 Apr 2001	Kaohsiung	Hard	Pacific Oceania	3–0	Won
		11 Apr 2001			New Zealand	1–2	Lost
		12 Apr 2001			Indonesia	0–3	Lost
		13 Apr 2001			South Korea	2–1	Won
2002	Asia/Oceania Group I	4 Mar 2002	Guangzhou	Hard	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Lost
		5 Mar 2002			New Zealand	1–2	Lost
		6 Mar 2002			South Korea	0–3	Lost
		8 Mar 2002			Indonesia	0–3	Lost
2003	Asia/Oceania Group II	21 Apr 2003	Tokyo	Hard	Philippines	3–0	Won
		22 Apr 2003			Kyrgyzstan	3–0	Won
		23 Apr 2003			Pacific Oceania	2–0	Won
2004	Asia/Oceania Group I	19 Apr 2004	New Delhi	Hard	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Won
		20 Apr 2004			South Korea	2–1	Won
		22 Apr 2004			Indonesia	1–2	Lost
		23 Apr 2004			Uzbekistan	2–1	Won
	Asia/Oceania Group I, Play-offs	24 Apr 2004			Thailand	0–2	Lost
2005	Asia/Oceania Group I	20 Apr 2005	New Delhi	Hard	Singapore	3–0	Won
		21 Apr 2005			Kazakhstan	3–0	Won
		22 Apr 2005			China	0–3	Lost
	Asia/Oceania Group I, Play-offs	23 Apr 2005			South Korea	2–1	Won
2006	Asia/Oceania Group I	20 Apr 2006	Seoul	Hard	Philippines	2–0	Won
		20 Apr 2006			Chinese Taipei	2–0	Won
		21 Apr 2006			New Zealand	2–1	Won
	Asia/Oceania Group I, Play-offs	22 Apr 2006			Australia	1–2	Lost
2007	Asia/Oceania Group I	16 Apr 2007	Christchurch	Hard	Kazakhstan	3–0	Won
		17 Apr 2007			Jordan	3–0	Won
		18 Apr 2007			New Zealand	2–1	Won
		20 Apr 2007			Chinese Taipei	0–3	Lost
	Asia/Oceania Group I, Play-offs	21 Apr 2007			Uzbekistan	0–3	Lost
2008	Asia/Oceania Group I	30 Jan 2008	Bangkok	Hard	Indonesia	1–2	Lost
		31 Jan 2008			New Zealand	1–2	Lost
		1 Feb 2008			Australia	0–3	Lost
	Asia/Oceania Group I, Play-offs	2 Feb 2008			Hong Kong	2–1	Won
2009	Asia/Oceania Group I	4 Feb 2009	Perth	Hard	New Zealand	0–3	Lost
		5 Feb 2009			Indonesia	0–3	Lost
		6 Feb 2009			Uzbekistan	0–3	Lost
	Asia/Oceania Group I, Play-offs	7 Feb 2009			Chinese Taipei	0–3	Lost

2010s[]

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Asia/Oceania Group II	4 Feb 2010	Kuala Lumpur	Hard	Singapore	3–0	Won
	Asia/Oceania Group II	5 Feb 2010			Malaysia	3–0	Won
	Asia/Oceania Group II, Play-offs	6 Feb 2010			Kyrgyzstan	3–0	Won
2011	Asia/Oceania Group I	2 Feb 2011	Nonthaburi	Hard	China	1–2	Lost
		3 Feb 2011			Uzbekistan	1–2	Lost
		4 Feb 2011			Thailand	1–2	Lost
	Asia/Oceania Group I, Play-offs	5 Feb 2011			Chinese Taipei	1–2	Lost
2012	Asia/Oceania Group II	30 Jan 2012	Shenzhen	Hard	Iran	3–0	Won
		31 Jan 2012			Oman	3–0	Won
		1 Feb 2012			Turkey	3–0	Won
		3 Feb 2012			Philippines	2–1	Won
	Asia/Oceania Group II, Play-offs	4 Feb 2012			Hong Kong	2–1	Won
2013	Asia/Oceania Group I	6 Feb 2013	Astana	Hard(i)	Kazakhstan	0–3	Lost
	Asia/Oceania Group I	8 Feb 2013			Thailand	0–3	Lost
	Asia/Oceania Group I, Play-offs	9 Feb 2013			South Korea	0–3	Lost
2014	Asia/Oceania Group II	4 Feb 2014	Astana	Hard(i)	Iran	3–0	Won
		5 Feb 2014			Pakistan	3–0	Won
		6 Feb 2014			New Zealand	2–1	Won
	Asia/Oceania Group II, Play-offs	7 Feb 2014			Hong Kong	1–2	Lost
2015	Asia/Oceania Group II	15 Apr 2015	Hyderabad	Hard(i)	Pakistan	3–0	Won
	Asia/Oceania Group II	16 Apr 2015			Malaysia	3–0	Won
	Asia/Oceania Group II, Play-offs	17 Apr 2015			Turkmenistan	2–0	Won
	Asia/Oceania Group II, Play-offs	18 Apr 2015			Philippines	2–1	Won
2016	Asia/Oceania Group I	3 Feb 2016	Hua Hin	Hard	Thailand	0–3	Lost
		4 Feb 2016			Japan	1–2	Lost
		5 Feb 2016			Uzbekistan	3–0	Won
	Asia/Oceania Group I, Play-offs	6 Feb 2016			Kazakhstan	3–0	Won
2017	Asia/Oceania Group I	8 Feb 2017	Astana	Hard(i)	Philippines	2–1	Won
		9 Feb 2017			Japan	0–3	Lost
		10 Feb 2017			China	0–3	Lost
2018	Asia/Oceania Group I	7 Feb 2018	New Delhi	Hard	China	1–2	Lost
		8 Feb 2018			Kazakhstan	1–2	Lost
		9 Feb 2018			Hong Kong	3–0	Won
	Asia/Oceania Group I, Play-offs	10 Feb 2018			Chinese Taipei	2–0	Won
2019	Asia/Oceania Group I	7 Feb 2019	Astana	Hard(i)	Thailand	2–1	Won
	Asia/Oceania Group I	8 Feb 2019			Kazakhstan	0–3	Lost
	Asia/Oceania Group I, Play-offs	9 Feb 2019			South Korea	1–2	Lost

2020s[]

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score	Result
2020–21	Asia/Oceania Group I	3 Mar 2020	Dubai	Hard	China	0–3	Lost
		4 Mar 2020			Uzbekistan	3–0	Won
		5 Mar 2020			South Korea	2–1	Won
		6 Mar 2020			Chinese Taipei	2–1	Won
		7 Mar 2020			Indonesia	2–1	Won
	Play-offs	16–17 Apr 2021	Jūrmala	Hard (i)	Latvia	1–3	Lost

References[]

^ "Billie Jean King Cup - Rankings". Billie Jean King Cup. 19 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Fed Cup India Profile". Billie Jean King Cup. Retrieved 23 April 2021.

External links[]

Team page on BillieJeanKingCup.com, the official website of the Billie Jean King Cup

[1] "Billie Jean King Cup - Rankings". Billie Jean King Cup. 19 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.

[fedcupprofile-2] "Fed Cup India Profile". Billie Jean King Cup. Retrieved 23 April 2021.

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