"Kremlin Cup" is the first International Professional Tennis Tournament in Russia founded in 1990 by a Swiss businessman Sasson Kakshouri. This Tournament is one of the ATP Tournaments in a category of "International Series". Prize money for the period from 1990 to 1993 was 330.000 - 350.000 USD, and since 1994 it has been 1.100.000 - 1.1125.000 USD. Repeatedly "Kremlin Cup" had been recognized as the best in organization among ATP Tour Tournaments.
Women's tournament "Kremlin Cup", the successor of "Moscow Ladies Open", was renamed in 1996. "Kremlin Cup" is Sanex WTA Tour Tournament with the prize money of 400.000 USD in 1996 and 926.000 (in 1997-1998) USD. Now the Tournament has the prize fund of 1.080.000 USD and belongs to the first category.
The first-ever combined ATP Tour and WTA Tour Tournaments "Kremlin Cup" - 2000 were played simultaneously indoors in one week. #1 world's ranked player Martina Hingis took place in the "Kremlin Cup" for the first time, Russian player Anna Kournikova was in final. The leading Russian top 10 ATP ranking players Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Marat Safin were among the participants in the main draw.
In 2001 Evgeny Kafelnikov became a fivehold winner of the Kremlin Cup and broke a record in ATP tournaments' quantity won in a row. For the first time in Kremlin Cup's history 3 Russian tennis players took part in Women's Singles and Doubles finals.
In 2003 for the first time in the Kremlin Cup's history the Russian player - Anastasia Myskina won the WTA Tour tournament in singles. Also, three Russian tennis players took part in Women's Doubles Final.
In 2004 for the first time in the Kremlin Cup's history the Russian players won the ATP and WTA Tour tournaments in singles and doubles.
From 2005 to 2007 Russian players have won the ATP Tour Tournament in singles. Igor Andreev won the tournament in 2005, the last two years the winner had been Nikolay Davydenko.
Lately that tradition has been taken by our women as well. Thus, in 2006 Anna Chakvetadze won the Women's singles, last year the winner was Elena Dementieva.
Winners and finalists of the last Tournaments.
Year
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Event
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Winner
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Finalist
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Draw
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1990
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Men's Singles
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A. Cherkasov (Russia)
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T. Mayotte (USA)
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1991
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Men's Singles
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A. Cherkasov (Russia)
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J. Hlasek (Czech Republic)
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1992
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Men's Singles
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M. Rosset (Switzerland)
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C.-U. Steeb (Germany)
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1993
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Men's Singles
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M. Rosset (Switzerland)
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P. Kuhnen (Germany)
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1994
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Men's Singles
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A. Volkov (Russia)
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C. Adams (USA)
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1995
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Men's Singles
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C.-U. Steeb (Germany)
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D. Vacek (Czech Republic)
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1996
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Men's Singles
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G. Ivanisevic (Croatia)
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E. Kafelnikov (Russia)
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Women's Singles
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K. Martines (Spain)
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B. Paulus (Germany)
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1997
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Men's Singles
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E. Kafelnikov (Russia)
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P. Korda (Czech Republic)
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Women's Singles
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I. Novotna (Czech Republic)
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A. Sugiyama (Japan)
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1998
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Men's Singles
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E. Kafelnikov (Russia)
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G. Ivanisevic (Croatia)
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Women's Singles
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M. Pierce (France)
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M. Seles (USA)
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1999
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Men's Singles
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E. Kafelnikov (Russia)
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B. Black (Zimbabwe)
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Women's Singles
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N. Tauziat (France)
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B. Schett (Austria)
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2000
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Men's Singles
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E. Kafelnikov (Russia)
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D. Prinosil (Germany)
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Men's Doubles
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J. Bjorkman / D. Prinosil
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I. Novak / D. Rikl
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Women's Singles
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M.Hingis (Switzerland)
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A.Kournikova (Russia)
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Women's Doubles
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Halard-Decugis J. and Sugiyama A.
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Hingis M. and Kournikova A.
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2001
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Men's Singles
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E. Kafelnikov (Russia)
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N. Kiefer (Germany)
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Men's Doubles
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Mirniy M. and Stolle S
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Tarango D. and Bhipathi M.
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Women's Singles
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E.Dokic (Australia)
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E.Dementieva (Russia)
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Women's Doubles
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Hingis M. and Kournikova A.
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Dementieva E. and Krasnorutskaya L.
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2002
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Men's Singles
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P.-H. Mathieu (France)
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S. Schalken (Netherlands)
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Men's Doubles
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Mirniy M. and Federer R.
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Eagle J. and Stolle S
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Women's Singles
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М. Maleeva (Bulgaria)
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L. Davenport (USA)
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Women's Doubles
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Dementieva E. and Khusarova J.
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Dokic E. and Petrova N.
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2003
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Men's Singles
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T. Dent (USA)
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S. Sargsian (Armenia)
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Men's Doubles
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Mirniy M. and Bhupathi M.
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Black W. and Ullyett K.
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Women's Singles
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A. Myskina (Russia)
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A. Mauresmo (France)
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Women's Doubles
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Petrova N. and Shaughnessy M.
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Myskina A. and Zvonareva V.
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2004
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Men's Singles
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N. Davydenko (Russia)
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G. Rusedski (Great Britain)
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Men's Doubles
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N.Davydenko and I. Andreev
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Bhipathi M. (
and J. Bjorkman
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Women's Singles
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A. Myskina (Russia)
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Dementieva E. (RUS)
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Women's Doubles
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Myskina A. and Zvonareva V.
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V. Ruano Pascual (and P. Suarez
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2005
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Men's Singles
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I. Andreev (Russia)
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N. Kiefer (Germany)
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Men's Doubles
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Mirniy M. and Youzhny M.
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Andreev I. and Davydenko N.
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Women's Singles
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PierceM. (France)
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Schiavone F. (Italy)
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Women's Doubles
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Raymond L. and Stosour S.
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Black C. and Stabs R.
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2006
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Men's Singles
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N. Davydenko (Russia)
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M. Safin (Russia)
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Men's Doubles
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Santoro F. and Zimonjic N.
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Cermak F. and Levinski J.
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Women's Singles
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Chakvetadze A (Russia)
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Petrova N. (Russia)
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Women's Doubles
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Peske K. and Schiavone F.
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Benesova I. and Voskoboeva G.
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2007
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Men's Singles
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N. Davydenko (Russia)
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P.-H. Mathieu (Франция)
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Men's Doubles
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Safin M. and Tursunov D.
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Cibulec T. and Zovko L.
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Women's Singles
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Dementieva E. (RUS)
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Williams S.(USA)
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Women's Doubles
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Black C. and Huber L.
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Azarenka V. and Pouchek T.
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