India Billie Jean King Cup team explained

India
Type:Fed
Captain:Vishal Uppal
Coach:Zeeshan Ali
Itf Rank:32 (25 February 2024)[1]
Colors:blue & white
First Year:1991
Years Played:32
Ties Played:128 (69–59)
Best:World Group play-offs (2020-21)
Player Wins:Ankita Raina (33–29)
Singles Wins:Ankita Raina (21–21)
Doubles Wins:Sania Mirza (14–5)
Best Doubles:Manisha Malhotra /
Nirupama Vaidyanathan (6–0)
Most Ties:Ankita Raina (45)
Most Years:Sania Mirza (11)
Updated: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.

Brief 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
PlayerWin–lossYears playedTiesRanking
data-sort-type="number"Singles!data-sort-type="number"Doubles!data-sort-type="number"Totals!SinglesDoubles
1–1 1–7 2–8 4 (2017, 2019–22) 9 463 469
9–6 2–2 11–8 5 (2012–13, 2021–22) 18 477 270
18–15 8–6 26–21 10 (2013–2022) 35 319 133
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

NameYearsFirstTiesWin/Loss
SinglesDoublesTotal
Sowjanya Bavisetti1202020–01–11–1
Ankita Bhambri52004186–72–78–14
Prerna Bhambri2201274–21–15–3
Sanaa Bhambri2200970–23–23–4
Riya Bhatia3201740–01–31–3
Rutuja Bhosale32012137–51–18–6
Rushmi Chakravarthi91994263–711–1114–18
Shruti Dhawan1199920–00–20–2
Sheethal Goutham1200220–01–11–1
Tara Iyer1200741–11–22–3
Mahak Jain1201910–10–00–1
Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram41996133–13–66–7
Uzma Khan31997119–10–19–2
Janaki Krishnamoorthy3199162–42–24–6
Sohini Kumari3199150–02–32–3
Isha Lakhani42003133–26–29–4
Manisha Malhotra71995277–1110–417–15
Divya Merchant1199120–20–10–3
Sania Mirza1120032913–514–527–10
Natasha Palha1201530–02–02–0
Jahnavi Parekh1199740–20–40–6
Sonal Phadke1200220–10–10–2
Arati Ponnappa41994140–64–74–13
Ankita Raina820132915–118–623–17
Sunitha Rao2200782–43–25–6
Aradhana Reddy2199161–30–11–5
Snehadevi Reddy1201710–00–10–1
Ashvarya Shrivastava1201120–21–01–2
Kyra Shroff1201330–20–10–3
Rishika Sunkara2201351–21–22–4
Karman Thandi3201793–62–15–7
Prarthana Thombare52014177–26–613–8
Radhika Tulpule1200010–01–01–0
Shikha Uberoi42005159–35–414–7
Nirupama Vaidyanathan819923120–89–629–14
Meghha Vakaria1200330–02–02–0
Poojashree Venkatesha2201052–32–04–3
Pranjala Yadlapalli1201810–01–01–0

Results

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Billie Jean King Cup – Rankings. 25 February 2024.
  2. Web site: Fed Cup India Profile. Billie Jean King Cup. 23 April 2021.

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