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This is a list of tennis players who have represented the India Davis Cup team in an official Davis Cup match. India have taken part in the competition since 1921. [1]
| Player | W-L (Total) | W-L (Singles) | W-L (Doubles) | Ties | Debut |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zeeshan Ali | 3–10 | 1–8 | 2–2 | 7 | 1989 |
| Akhtar Ali | 9–2 | 5–2 | 4–0 | 8 | 1958 |
| Anand Amritraj | 32–31 | 11–17 | 21–14 | 39 | 1968 |
| Vijay Amritraj | 45–28 | 27–18 | 18–10 | 32 | 1970 |
| Prakash Amritraj | 7–11 | 7–11 | 0–0 | 10 | 2003 |
| Eric Andrea | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2 | 1925 |
| Nandan Bal | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2 | 1980 |
| Yuki Bhambri | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2 | 2009 |
| Man-Mohan Bhandari | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1 | 1934 |
| Mahesh Bhupathi | 35–20 | 8–14 | 27–6 | 35 | 1995 |
| E.V. Bobb | 1–4 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2 | 1928 |
| Sandford Bobb | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1 | 1926 |
| Rohan Bopanna | 12–21 | 9–17 | 3–4 | 17 | 2002 |
| Dilip Bose | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2 | 1947 |
| A.E. Browne | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1 | 1934 |
| Janmeja Charanjiva | 2–6 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 3 | 1930 |
| Lewis Deane | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3 | 1921 |
| Somdev Devvarman | 6–9 | 6–8 | 0–1 | 8 | 2008 |
| Mark Ferreira | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1 | 1989 |
| Hassan Ali Fyzee | 10–18 | 4–13 | 6–5 | 11 | 1921 |
| Athar-Ali Fyzee | 4–3 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 4 | 1921 |
| Syed Mohammed Hadi | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 4 | 1924 |
| Sydney Jacob | 7–4 | 7–3 | 0–1 | 6 | 1921 |
| Ramesh Krishnan | 29–21 | 23–19 | 6–2 | 24 | 1978 |
| Ramanathan Krishnan | 69–28 | 50–19 | 19–9 | 43 | 1953 |
| Harishanker Krishnan | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1 | 1980 |
| Naresh Kumar | 26–20 | 14–15 | 12–5 | 17 | 1952 |
| Jagat-Mohan Lal | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3 | 1925 |
| Premjit Lall | 58–32 | 34–20 | 24–12 | 41 | 1959 |
| Harsh Mankad | 6–10 | 6–10 | 0–0 | 10 | 2000 |
| Manek Mehta | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1 | 1947 |
| Sashi Menon | 18–16 | 13–13 | 5–3 | 19 | 1970 |
| Shyam Minotra | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1 | 1968 |
| Gaurav Misra | 6–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 5 | 1968 |
| Sumant Misra | 2–10 | 2–6 | 0–4 | 4 | 1947 |
| Shiv-Prakash Misra | 18–1 | 13–1 | 5–0 | 11 | 1964 |
| Ghaus Mohammed Khan | 3–4 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3 | 1938 |
| Atri-Madan Mohan | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 2 | 1930 |
| Jaidip Mukerjea | 62–35 | 39–23 | 23–12 | 43 | 1960 |
| Chiradip Mukerjea | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3 | 1973 |
| Gaurav Natekar | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 5 | 1992 |
| Narendra Nath | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2 | 1954 |
| Leander Paes | 86–32 | 48–22 | 38–10 | 48 | 1990 |
| Dudley Pitt | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1 | 1928 |
| Srinath Prahlad | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 2 | 1998 |
| Sri-Krishna Prasada | 5–4 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 4 | 1927 |
| Vishal Punna | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1 | 2004 |
| Rohit Rajpal | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1 | 1990 |
| Cotah Ramaswami | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2 | 1922 |
| Karan Rastogi | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 3 | 2007 |
| Yaswanath-Rao Savur | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1 | 1939 |
| Subba Sawhney | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2 | 1938 |
| Vivek Shokeen | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1 | 2007 |
| Jasjit Singh | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2 | 1974 |
| Sanam Singh | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1 | 2012 |
| Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1 | 2007 |
| Mohammed Sleem | 7–8 | 7–7 | 0–1 | 7 | 1921 |
| Hira-Lal Soni | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3 | 1928 |
| Fazaluddin Syed | 4–7 | 4–4 | 0–3 | 6 | 1998 |
| A.J. Udaykumar | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2 | 1956 |
| Vishal Uppal | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2 | 2000 |
| Vishnu Vardhan | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1 | 2011 |
| Srinivasan Vasudevan | 6–4 | 6–3 | 0–1 | 8 | 1983 |
| Ravi Venkatesan | 5–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 5 | 1965 |
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