India Davis Cup team

India
India
Captain	Mahesh Bhupathi
Coach	Zeeshan Ali
ITF ranking	22 (6 December 2021)
Colors	sky blue & white
First year	1921
Years played	84
Ties played (W–L)	201 (119–82)
Years in; World Group	15 (7–15)
Runners-up	3 (1966, 1974 & 1987)
Most total wins	Leander Paes (93–35)
Most singles wins	Ramanathan Krishnan (50–19)
Most doubles wins	Leander Paes (45–13)
Best doubles team	Mahesh Bhupathi/Leander Paes (25–2)
Most ties played	Leander Paes (58)
Most years played	Leander Paes (30)
	Last updated on: 6 May 2020.

The India men's national tennis team represents India in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the All India Tennis Association.

History[]

India competed in its first Davis Cup in 1921 but has yet to win the Cup.^[2]

India finished as runners-up 3 times (1966, 1974, 1987). In 1974, the final was scratched and South Africa were awarded the Davis Cup after India refused to participate in the final due to the South African government's apartheid policies. India were strong favorites to win with Vijay Amritraj and Anand Amritraj at their best.^[3]^[4]

Current team[]

Squad representing the India in the 2020 Davis Cup
Player	Win–loss			Years played	Ties	Ranking
Player	Singles	Doubles	Totals	Years played	Ties	Singles	Doubles
Leander Paes (retired in 2021)	48–22	45–13	93–35	30 (1990–2010, 2012–2020)	58	–	115
Rohan Bopanna	10–17	11–8	21–25	17 (2002–2003, 2005–2012, 2014–present)	29	–	37
Prajnesh Gunneswaran	2–5	0–0	2–5	4 (2017–present)	5	132	966
Ramkumar Ramanathan	8–8	0–0	8–8	5 (2016–present)	10	186	101
Sumit Nagal	2–3	0–0	2–3	4 (2016, 2018–2020)	4	127	1242
Source

Win–loss as of 7 March 2020, rankings as of 16 March 2020.

Non-Playing Captain

Rohit Rajpal

Notable former members[]

Anand Amritraj
Prakash Amritraj
Akhtar Ali
Vijay Amritraj
Mahesh Bhupathi
Somdev Devvarman
Hassan Ali Fyzee
Nitin Kirtane
Sandeep Kirtane
Ramanathan Krishnan
Ramesh Krishnan
Naresh Kumar
Premjit Lall
Harsh Mankad
Sashi Menon
Jaidip Mukerjea
Leander Paes

Results[]

Some Best results[]

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
1966	Eastern, Group B, Semifinals	19–21 Mar 1966	Ahmedabad	Iran	5–0	Won
	Eastern, Group B, Final	7–9 May 1966	Madras	Sri Lanka	5–0	Won
	Eastern Zone, Final	30 Sep–3 Oct 1966	Tokyo	Japan	4–1	Won
	Interzonal, Semifinals	12–14 Nov 1966	Calcutta	West Germany	3–2	Won
	Interzonal, Final	4–6 Dec 1966	Calcutta	Brazil	3–2	Won
	World Group, Challenge Round	26–28 Dec 1966	Melbourne	Australia	1–4	Runner-up
1974	Eastern Zone, Semifinals	3–5 May 1974	Kanpur	Japan	4–1	Won
	Eastern Zone, Final	10–12 May 1974	Calcutta	Australia	3–2	Won
	Interzonal, Final	20–22 Sep 1974	Pune	Soviet Union	3–1	Won
	World Group, Final	1–3 Dec 1974		South Africa	w/o^[a]	Runner-up
1987	World Group, 1st Round	13–15 Mar 1987	New Delhi	Argentina	3–2	Won
	World Group, Quarterfinals	24–26 Jul 1987	New Delhi	Israel	4–0	Won
	World Group, Semifinals	2–4 Oct 1987	Sydney	Australia	3–2	Won
	World Group, Final	18–20 Dec 1987	Gothenburg	Sweden	0–5	Runner-up

2000s[]

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Asia/Oceania Group I, 1st Round	28–30 Jan 2000	Lucknow	Grass	Lebanon	3–2	Won
	Asia/Oceania Group I, 2nd Round	7–9 Apr 2000	New Delhi	Grass	South Korea	4–1	Won
	World Group, Qualifying Round	21–23 Jul 2000	Båstad	Clay	Sweden	0–5	Lost
2001	Asia/Oceania Group I, 1st Round	9–11 Feb 2001	Hebei	Hard(i)	China	3–2	Won
	Asia/Oceania Group I, 2nd Round	6–8 Apr 2001	Tokyo	Hard(i)	Japan	3–2	Won
	World Group, Qualifying Round	21–23 Sep 2001	Winston-Salem	Hard(i)	United States	1-4	Lost
2002	Asia/Oceania Group I, 1st Round	8–10 Feb 2002	Beirut	Hard(i)	Lebanon	5–0	Won
	Asia/Oceania Group I, 2nd Round	5–7 Apr 2002	Wellington	Hard	New Zealand	4–1	Won
	World Group, Qualifying Round	20–22 Sep 2002	Adelaide	Hard	Australia	0-5	Lost
2003	Asia/Oceania Group I, 1st Round	7–9 Feb 2003	New Delhi	Grass	Japan	4–1	Won
	Asia/Oceania Group I, 2nd Round	4–6 Apr 2003	Kolkata	Grass	New Zealand	4–1	Won
	World Group, Play-offs	19–21 Sep 2003	Zwolle	Hard(i)	Netherlands	0-5	Lost
2004	Asia/Oceania Group I, 1st Round	6–8 Feb 2004	Invercargill	Carpet(i)	New Zealand	3–2	Won
2004	Asia/Oceania Group I, 2nd Round	9–11 Apr 2004	Osaka	Hard	Japan	2–3	Lost
2005	Asia/Oceania Group I, 1st Round	4–6 Mar 2005	New Delhi	Grass	China	5–0	Won
	Asia/Oceania Group I, 2nd Round	29 Apr–1 May 2005	Jaipur	Grass	Uzbekistan	5–0	Won
	World Group, Play-offs	23–26 Sep 2005	New Delhi	Grass	Sweden	1-3	Lost
2006	Asia/Oceania Group I, 1st Round	10–12 Feb 2006	Changwon	Hard	South Korea	1–4	Lost
2006	Asia/Oceania Group I, 1st Rd Play-offs	7–9 Apr 2006	Mumbai	Grass	Pakistan	3–2	Won
2007	Asia/Oceania Group I, 1st Round	9–11 Feb 2007	Namangan	Clay	Uzbekistan	1–4	Lost
2007	Asia/Oceania Group I, 1st Rd Play-offs	6–8 Apr 2007	Almaty	Hard(i)	Kazakhstan	3–2	Won
2008	Asia/Oceania Group I, 1st Round	8–10 Feb 2008	New Delhi	Grass	Uzbekistan	3–2	Won
	Asia/Oceania Group I, 2nd Round	11–13 Apr 2008	New Delhi	Grass	Japan	3–2	Won
	World Group, Play-offs	19–21 Sep 2008	Bucharest	Clay	Romania	1-4	Lost
2009	Asia/Oceania Group I, 1st Round	6–8 Mar 2009	Kaohsiung	Hard	Chinese Taipei	3–2	Won
	Asia/Oceania Group I, 2nd Round	8–10 May 2009	Chennai	Hard	Australia	w/o	Won
	World Group, Play-offs	18–20 Sep 2009	Johannesburg	Hard(i)	South Africa	4-1	Won

2010s[]

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	World Group, 1st Round	5–7 Mar 2010	Moscow	Hard(i)	Russia	2–3	Lost
2010	World Group, Play-offs	17–19 Sep 2010	Chennai	Hard	Brazil	3–2	Won
2011	World Group, 1st Round	4–6 Mar 2011	Novi Sad	Hard(i)	Serbia	1–4	Lost
2011	World Group, Play-offs	16–18 Sep 2011	Tokyo	Hard	Japan	1–4	Lost
2012	Asia/Oceania Group I, 2nd Round	6–8 Apr 2012	Namangan	Clay	Uzbekistan	2–3	Lost
2012	Asia/Oceania Group I, 1st Rd Play-offs	14–16 Sep 2012	Chandigarh	Hard	New Zealand	5–0	Won
2013	Asia/Oceania Group I, 1st Round	1–3 Feb 2013	New Delhi	Hard	South Korea	1–4	Lost
2013	Asia/Oceania Group I, 1st Rd Play-offs	5–7 Apr 2013	Bangalore	Hard	Indonesia	5–0	Won
2014	Asia/Oceania Group I, 1st Round	31 Jan-2 Feb 2014	Indore	Hard	Chinese Taipei	5–0	Won
	Asia/Oceania Group I, 2nd Round	4–6 Apr 2014	Busan	Hard	South Korea	3–1	Won
	World Group, Play-offs	12–14 Sep 2014	Bangalore	Hard	Serbia	2–3	Lost
2015	Asia/Oceania Group I, 2nd Round	17-19 Jul 2015	Christchurch	Hard(i)	New Zealand	3–2	Won
2015	World Group, Play-offs	18–20 Sep 2015	New Delhi	Hard	Czech Republic	1–3	Lost
2016	Asia/Oceania Group I, 2nd Round	15-17 Jul 2016	Chandigarh	Grass	South Korea	4–1	Won
2016	World Group, Play-offs	16–18 Sep 2016	New Delhi	Hard	Spain	0–5	Lost
2017	Asia/Oceania Group I, 1st Round	3-5 Feb 2017	Pune	Hard	New Zealand	4–1	Won
	Asia/Oceania Group I, 2nd Round	7–9 Apr 2017	Bangalore	Hard	Uzbekistan	4–1	Won
	World Group, Play-offs	15–17 Sep 2017	Edmonton	Hard(i)	Canada	2–3	Lost
2018	Asia/Oceania Group I, 2nd Round	6-8 Apr 2018	Tianjin	Hard	China	3–2	Won
2018	World Group, Play-offs	14–16 Sep 2018	Kraljevo	Clay(i)	Serbia	0–4	Lost
2019	World Group, Qualifying Round	1–2 Feb 2019	Kolkata	Grass	Italy	1–3	Lost
2019	Asia/Oceania Group I	29–30 Nov 2019	Nur-Sultan^[b]	Hard(i)	Pakistan	4–0	Won

2020s[]

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score	Result
2020–21	Finals, Qualifying Round	6–7 Mar 2020	Zagreb	Hard(i)	Croatia	1–3	Lost
2020–21	World Group I	17–18 Sep 2021	Espoo	Hard(i)	Finland	1–3	Lost
2022	World Group I, Play-offs	4–5 Mar 2022	New Delhi	Grass	Denmark	4–0	Won

Notes[]

Footnotes[]

^ India boycotted Davis Cup final owing to the South African government's apartheid policies.^[4]
^ The Davis Cup tie was postponed from 14-15 September to 29-30 November and shifted out of Pakistan to a neutral venue due to the security concerns raised by India.^[5]^[6]

References[]

^ "Davis Cup - Rankings". Davis Cup. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
^ "Davis Cup India Profile". Davis Cup. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
^ "India turns to a Californian to regain Davis Cup prestige". Bill Dwyre. Los Angeles Times. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
^ ^a ^b "The Year the Davis Cup Felt Empty". Dave Seminia. New York Times. 28 November 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
^ "ITF STATEMENT REGARDING PAKISTAN V INDIA". Davis Cup. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
^ "ITF rejects PTF's appeal, nominates Nur-Sultan as venue for India-Pakistan Davis Cup tie". The Times of India. Press Trust of India. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019.

External links[]

Team page on DavisCup.com, the official website of the Davis Cup

[boycott-5] India boycotted Davis Cup final owing to the South African government's apartheid policies.^[4]

[indvpak2019-8] The Davis Cup tie was postponed from 14-15 September to 29-30 November and shifted out of Pakistan to a neutral venue due to the security concerns raised by India.^[5]^[6]

[1] "Davis Cup - Rankings". Davis Cup. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.

[2] "Davis Cup India Profile". Davis Cup. Retrieved 4 February 2018.

[3] "India turns to a Californian to regain Davis Cup prestige". Bill Dwyre. Los Angeles Times. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2015.

[finalboycott-4] "The Year the Davis Cup Felt Empty". Dave Seminia. New York Times. 28 November 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2015.

[6] "ITF STATEMENT REGARDING PAKISTAN V INDIA". Davis Cup. Retrieved 25 November 2019.

[7] "ITF rejects PTF's appeal, nominates Nur-Sultan as venue for India-Pakistan Davis Cup tie". The Times of India. Press Trust of India. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019.

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