India Fed Cup team

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.

India
CaptainZeeshan Ali
ITF ranking56 ( -20) (10 February 2020)[1]
Colorsblue & white
First year1991
Years played29
Ties played (W–L)112 (61–51)
Best finishZonal Group I Promotional Play-off (2006)
Most total winsNirupama Sanjeev (29–14)
Most singles winsNirupama Sanjeev (20–8)
Most doubles winsSania Mirza (14-5)
Best doubles teamManisha Malhotra /
Nirupama Vaidyanathan (6–0)
Most ties playedNirupama Sanjeev (31)
Most years playedSania Mirza (11)
Last updated on: 6 May 2020.

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
SinglesDoublesTotalsSinglesDoubles
Ankita Raina15–118–623–178 (2013–2020)29163122
Sania Mirza13–514–527–1011 (2003–04, 2006, 2008, 2010–12, 2014–16, 2020)29–226
Rutuja Bhosale7–51–18–63 (2012–13, 2020)13443196
Sowjanya Bavisetti0–01–11–11 (2020)2613789
Riya Bhatia0–01–31–33 (2017, 2019–20)4––
Source

Win–Loss as of 7 March 2020, rankings as of 29 January 2020.

Notable Former members

Results

2000s

2010s

2020s
Year Competition Date Location Surface Opponent Score Result
2020 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 TBA TBA TBA Latvia Pending

References
  1. "Fed Cup - Rankings". Fed Cup. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  2. "Fed Cup India Profile". Fed Cup. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
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