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India Billie Jean King Cup team

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India
CaptainZeeshan Ali
ITF ranking38 Increase 1 (16 November 2015)
Colorsblue & white
First year1991
Years played24
Ties played (W–L)93 (51–42)
Best finishZonal Group I Promotional Play-off (2006)
Most total winsNirupama Sanjeev (29–14)
Most singles winsNirupama Sanjeev (20–8)
Most doubles winsRushmi Chakravarthi (11–11)
Best doubles teamManisha Malhotra /
Nirupama Vaidyanathan (6–0)
Most ties playedNirupama Sanjeev (31)
Most years playedRushmi Chakravarthi (9)
Sania Mirza (9)

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. 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.

2015 squad

Former members

See also