The India Fed Cup team represents India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 in the WTA & ITF

ITF Women's Circuit

The ITF Women's Circuit is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players. It serves as the developmental circuit for the WTA Tour, which is run by the independent Women's Tennis Association...

 Fed Cup

Fed Cup

Fed Cup is the premier team competition in women's tennis, launched in 1963 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the International Tennis Federation...

 professional

Professional

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 tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 competition and are governed by the All India Tennis Association

All India Tennis Association

The All India Tennis Association , is the governing body of tennis in India. It was established in 1920 and affiliated by International Tennis Federation and Asian Tennis Federation....

.  They currently compete in the Asia/Oceania Zone of Group I, although in 2012 it will play in Group II.

History

India competed in its first Fed Cup in 1977

1977 Federation Cup (tennis)

The 1977 Federation Cup was the 15th edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's tennis. The tournament was held at Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club in Eastbourne, United Kingdom, from 13–18 June...

, 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

2006 Fed Cup

The 2006 Fed Cup was the 44th edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's tennis. A total of 76 nations participated in the tournament...

. 

In 2004

2004 Fed Cup

The 2004 Fed Cup was the 42nd edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's tennis. 77 nations participated in the tournament...

, Manisha Malhotra

Manisha Malhotra

Manisha Malhotra is an Indian former professional tennis player.-Career:Malhotra represented India at the 2000 Sydney Olympics in Women's Doubles partnering Nirupama Vaidyanathan, but lost in the first round to Jelena Dokić and Rennae Stubbs.Malhotra had her most successful career in 2002, where...

 and Sania Mirza

Sania Mirza

Sania Mirza is a professional Indian tennis player. She began her tennis career in 2003 and is well known for her powerful forehand ground strokes. She is the first ever Indian to break into the top 30 WTA rankings...

 broke the record for playing the longest tiebreak (21-19) in their doubles match against Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....

i pair Vlada Ekshibarova and Ivanna Israilova.

Current team

• Rushmi Chakravarthi
  Rushmi Chakravarthi
  Rushmi Chakravarthi is an Indian tennis player. She competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games, where she progressed to the third round by beating Katie O'Brien, and won the doubles bronze medal with Sania Mirza....
  
  
• Sania Mirza
  Sania Mirza
  Sania Mirza is a professional Indian tennis player. She began her tennis career in 2003 and is well known for her powerful forehand ground strokes. She is the first ever Indian to break into the top 30 WTA rankings...
  
  
• Poojashree Venkatesha
  Poojashree Venkatesha
  Poojashree Venkatesha is a professional Indian tennis player born in Mandya, Karnataka, India. She was born on 27 July 1990.-2008:...
  
  
• Ashvarya Shrivastava
  Ashvarya Shrivastava
  Ashvarya Shrivastava is an Indian professional tennis player, playing on the WTA Tour and the ITF Women's Circuit. She is currently part of the India Fed Cup team. Her career high singles ranking is No. 670, achieved on the 3rd of October 2011, and her career high doubles ranking is No...
  
  

Former members

• Ankita Bhambri
  Ankita Bhambri
  Ankita Bhambri  is an Indian tennis player. She took part in the 2007 Sunfeast Open but lost in the first round. She has won numerous ITF titles. Her sisters Sanaa Bhambri & Prerna Bhambri and brother Yuki Bhambri are all also tennis players.-References:...
  
  
• Sanaa Bhambri
  Sanaa Bhambri
  Sanaa Bhambri  is an Indian tennis player. She took part many WTA Qualifying Rounds. She has won numerous ITF titles. Her sisters Ankita Bhambri & Prerna Bhambri and brother Yuki Bhambri are all also tennis players....
  
  
• Shruti Dhawan
• Sheethal Goutham
• Tara Iyer
  Tara Iyer
  Tara Iyer , is a professional Indian tennis player. Iyer has won four ITF singles tennis titles and one doubles title.-Personal life:Tara was born to father Parameswaran and mother Indira...
  
  
• Sai-Jayalakshmy Jayaram
• Uzma Khan
• Janaki Krishnamoorthy
• Sohini Kumari
• Isha Lakhani
  Isha Lakhani
  Isha Lakhani is an Indian tennis player. She has been a member of the India Fed Cup team.Lakhani was born in Mumbai, India. Her career high in Singles is 291, achieved on 19 May 2008. In Doubles she has reached 371 on 1 December 2008....
  
  
• Manisha Malhotra
  Manisha Malhotra
  Manisha Malhotra is an Indian former professional tennis player.-Career:Malhotra represented India at the 2000 Sydney Olympics in Women's Doubles partnering Nirupama Vaidyanathan, but lost in the first round to Jelena Dokić and Rennae Stubbs.Malhotra had her most successful career in 2002, where...
  
  
• Divya Merchant
• Jahnavi Parekh
• Sonal Phadke
• Arati Ponnappa
• Sunitha Rao
  Sunitha Rao
  Sunitha Manohar Rao is a former American professional tennis player of Indian background. She was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. Rao has 8 career titles on the ITF Women's Circuit and has reached many finals in singles.-Early life:...
  
  
• Aradhana Reddy
• Nirupama Sanjeev
• Radhika Tulpule
• Shikha Uberoi
  Shikha Uberoi
  Shikha Uberoi is a professional tennis player from India, though an American citizen .  She has been ranked as high as 122nd in the world in singles ....
  
  
• Meghha Vakaria