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India
Captain Vishal Uppal
Coach Zeeshan Ali
ITF ranking32 (25 February 2024) [1]
Colorsblue & white
First year 1991
Years played32
Ties played (W–L)128 (69–59)
Best finishWorld Group play-offs ( 2020-21)
Most total wins Ankita Raina (33–29)
Most singles wins Ankita Raina (21–21)
Most doubles wins Sania Mirza (14–5)
Best doubles team Manisha Malhotra /
Nirupama Vaidyanathan (6–0)
Most ties played Ankita Raina (45)
Most years played Sania Mirza (11)
Last updated on: 13 April 2024.

The India Billie Jean King Cup team represents India in the WTA & ITF Billie Jean King Cup professional tennis competition and are governed by the All India Tennis Association.

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 Uzbekistan pair Vlada Ekshibarova and Ivanna Israilova. [2]

Current team

2022 Billie Jean King Cup
Player Win–loss Years played Ties Ranking
Singles Doubles Totals Singles Doubles
Riya Bhatia 1–1 1–7 2–8 4 (2017, 2019–22) 9 463 469
Rutuja Bhosale 9–6 2–2 11–8 5 (2012–13, 2021–22) 18 477 270
Ankita Raina 18–15 8–6 26–21 10 (2013–2022) 35 319 133
Sowjanya Bavisetti 0–0 1–6 1–6 2 (2020–2022) 7 531 568
Source

Win–loss as of 16 April 2022, rankings as of 16 April 2022.

Players

Name Years First Ties Win/Loss
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
Uzma Khan 3 1997 11 9–1 0–1 9–2
Janaki Krishnamoorthy 3 1991 6 2–4 2–2 4–6
Sohini Kumari 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
Divya Merchant 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
Jahnavi Parekh 1 1997 4 0–2 0–4 0–6
Sonal Phadke 1 2002 2 0–1 0–1 0–2
Arati Ponnappa 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
Aradhana Reddy 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

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1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

References

  1. ^ "Billie Jean King Cup – Rankings". Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Fed Cup India Profile". Billie Jean King Cup. Retrieved 23 April 2021.

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