India Davis Cup team

The India Davis Cup team represents India in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the All India Tennis Association.

History

India competed in its first Davis Cup in 1921 but has yet to win the Cup.

India finished as runners-up 3 times (1966, 1974, 1987).The most by any Asian nation. In 1974, the final was scratched and South Africa were awarded the Davis Cup after India refused to participate in the final due to the South African government’s apartheid policies. India were strong favorites to win with Vijay Amritraj and Anand Amritraj at their best.

Current team

Squad representing the India in the 2020 Davis Cup
Player	Win–Loss			Years played	Ties	Ranking
Player	Singles	Doubles	Totals	Years played	Ties	Singles	Doubles
Leander Paes	48–22	45–13	93–35	30 (1990–2010, 2012–2020)	58	–	115
Rohan Bopanna	10–17	11–8	21–25	17 (2002–2003, 2005–2012, 2014–2020)	29	–	37
Prajnesh Gunneswaran	2–5	0–0	2–5	4 (2017–2020)	5	132	966
Ramkumar Ramanathan	8–8	0–0	8–8	5 (2016–2020)	10	186	101
Sumit Nagal	2–3	0–0	2–3	4 (2016, 2018–2020)	4	127	1242
Source

Win–Loss as of 7 March 2020, rankings as of 16 March 2020.

Non-Playing Captain

Mahesh Bhupathi

Notable former members

Anand Amritraj
Prakash Amritraj
Akhtar Ali
Vijay Amritraj
Mahesh Bhupathi
Somdev Devvarman
Hassan Ali Fyzee
Nitin Kirtane
Sandeep Kirtane
Ramanathan Krishnan
Ramesh Krishnan
Naresh Kumar
Premjit Lall
Harsh Mankad
Sashi Menon
Shiv Prakash Misra
Jaidip Mukerjea
Susheel Narla
Leander Paes
Nunna Rama Rao

Results

Some Best results

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
1966	Eastern, Group B, Semifinals	19–21 Mar 1966	Ahmedabad	Iran	5–0	Won
	Eastern, Group B, Final	7–9 May 1966	Madras	Sri Lanka	5–0	Won
	Eastern Zone, Final	30 Sep–3 Oct 1966	Tokyo	Japan	4–1	Won
	Interzonal, Semifinals	12–14 Nov 1966	Calcutta	West Germany	3–2	Won
	Interzonal, Final	4–6 Dec 1966	Calcutta	Brazil	3–2	Won
	World Group, Challenge Round	26–28 Dec 1966	Melbourne	Australia	1–4	Runner-up
1974	Eastern Zone, Semifinals	3–5 May 1974	Kanpur	Japan	4–1	Won
	Eastern Zone, Final	10–12 May 1974	Calcutta	Australia	3–2	Won
	Interzonal, Final	20–22 Sep 1974	Pune	Soviet Union	3–1	Won
	World Group, Final	1–3 Dec 1974		South Africa	w/o	Runner-up
1987	World Group, 1st Round	13–15 Mar 1987	New Delhi	Argentina	3–2	Won
	World Group, Quarterfinals	24–26 Jul 1987	New Delhi	Israel	4–0	Won
	World Group, Semifinals	2–4 Oct 1987	Sydney	Australia	3–2	Won
	World Group, Final	18–20 Dec 1987	Gothenburg	Sweden	0–5	Runner-up