India Billie Jean King Cup team

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India
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Captain Vishal Uppal
Coach Zeeshan Ali
ITF ranking 32 (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.

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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
SinglesDoublesTotalsSinglesDoubles
Riya Bhatia 1–11–72–84 (2017, 2019–22)9463469
Rutuja Bhosale 9–62–211–85 (2012–13, 2021–22)18477270
Ankita Raina 18–158–626–2110 (2013–2022)35319133
Sowjanya Bavisetti 0–01–61–62 (2020–2022)7531568
Source

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

Players

NameYearsFirstTiesWin/Loss
SinglesDoublesTotal
Sowjanya Bavisetti 1202020–01–11–1
Ankita Bhambri 52004186–72–78–14
Prerna Bhambri 2201274–21–15–3
Sanaa Bhambri 2200970–23–23–4
Riya Bhatia 3201740–01–31–3
Rutuja Bhosale 32012137–51–18–6
Rushmi Chakravarthi 91994263–711–1114–18
Shruti Dhawan 1199920–00–20–2
Sheethal Goutham 1200220–01–11–1
Tara Iyer 1200741–11–22–3
Mahak Jain 1201910–10–00–1
Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram 41996133–13–66–7
Uzma Khan 31997119–10–19–2
Janaki Krishnamoorthy 3199162–42–24–6
Sohini Kumari 3199150–02–32–3
Isha Lakhani 42003133–26–29–4
Manisha Malhotra 71995277–1110–417–15
Divya Merchant 1199120–20–10–3
Sania Mirza 1120032913–514–527–10
Natasha Palha 1201530–02–02–0
Jahnavi Parekh 1199740–20–40–6
Sonal Phadke 1200220–10–10–2
Arati Ponnappa 41994140–64–74–13
Ankita Raina 820132915–118–623–17
Sunitha Rao 2200782–43–25–6
Aradhana Reddy 2199161–30–11–5
Snehadevi Reddy 1201710–00–10–1
Ashvarya Shrivastava 1201120–21–01–2
Kyra Shroff 1201330–20–10–3
Rishika Sunkara 2201351–21–22–4
Karman Thandi 3201793–62–15–7
Prarthana Thombare 52014177–26–613–8
Radhika Tulpule 1200010–01–01–0
Shikha Uberoi 42005159–35–414–7
Nirupama Vaidyanathan 819923120–89–629–14
Meghha Vakaria 1200330–02–02–0
Poojashree Venkatesha 2201052–32–04–3
Pranjala Yadlapalli 1201810–01–01–0

Results

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1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

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References

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