Tennis Australia have asked for their Davis Cup tie to be moved out of India, the International Tennis Federation has confirmed.

Australia are scheduled to play India in a third-round Asia-Oceania Group I match in the southern city of Chennai between May 8-10.

Australia, however, want the tie moved because of security concerns.

"Irrespective of whether a security issue is raised or not our security advisors look into security aspects of every single Davis Cup tie," ITF's Communications Officer Nick Imison told the Times of India.

"We will proceed on those lines. Security is of utmost importance. Our security advisors will look into the issue and get back to us in a weeks time.

Imison said the ITF had sent a questionnaire to the All India Tennis Association to which the AITA had sent in its response.

Imison has refused to divulge details, but said there were no plans as yet to move the tie from India.

"The Davis Cup is played on a home away basis and there's little sense in playing it on a neutral venue because there'll be little or no spectator interest," he said.

"As far as the ITF is concerned, as of now, the tie is being staged in India.

"Only after our security advisors get back to us will we know if there are security issues - if at all - to be dealt with."

AITA is confident the matches would go ahead as planned.

"I'm quite sure everything will be okay and we can hold the tie in India," Col Chowhan, Executive Director of the AITA, said.

"I personally went to Chennai to oversee everything.

"In January we had the Chennai ATP event there, it was very successful and it was after the terrorist attack in Mumbai.

"We'll be using the same stadium, the same hotel, and the same security agency for the Davis Cup tie too and we have the full support of the government.

"That's the reason why we chose Chennai over the other venues. It's absolutely safe."

India normally opt for the grasscourts in Delhi for Davis Cup matches, but this time decided on hardcourts.

Australia's top player Lleyton Hewitt was the first to raise security concerns earlier this month following the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore.