A diamond single crystal composite substrate which are constructed from a
plurality of diamond single crystal substrates with uniform plane
orientations disposed side by side and integrated overall by growing
diamond single crystals thereon by vapor phase synthesis, in which the
deviation of the plane orientation of the main plane of each of said
plurality of diamond single crystal substrates, excluding one diamond
single crystal substrate, from the {100} plane is less than 1 degree, the
deviation of the plane orientation of the main plane of the excluded one
substrate from the {100} plane is 1 to 8 degrees, said one diamond single
crystal substrate is disposed in the outermost circumferential part when
the diamond single crystal substrates are disposed side by side, and is
disposed so that the <100> direction in the main plane of said one
substrate faces in the outer circumferential direction of the disposed
substrates, and diamond single crystals are then grown by vapor phase
synthesis so that the diamond single crystal grown from said one diamond
single substrate is caused to cover the diamond single crystals grown on
the other substrates, to achieve an overall integration.