Kremlin Cup

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Kremlin Cup
Location Moscow
Flag of Russia Russia
Venue Olympic Stadium
Surface Carpet / Indoors
Official website
ATP Tour
Category International Series
Draw 32S / 32Q / 16D
Prize Money US$1,000,000
Sony Ericsson WTA Tour
Tier Tier I
Draw 28M / 32Q / 16D
Prize Money US$1,340,000

The Kremlin Cup (Russian: Кубок Кремля) is an annual tennis tournament held in every autumn at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia.The men's competition is an International Series Tournaments event on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tour. The women's competition is a Tier 1 event on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tour.

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[edit] History

The Kremlin Cup, founded in 1990 by the Swiss businessman Sasson Kakshouri, is the first International Professional Tennis Tournament held in Russia. In the early years, only men competed for the title. The prize pool from 1990 to 1993 was around $330,000-350,000, and since 1994, the pool has been over $1,000,000. The women's competition was first held in 1996. The prize pool for women, today, is over $1,000,000.

The matches are played indoors on carpet.

[edit] Past finals

[edit] Men's singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
2007 Flag of Russia Nikolay Davydenko Flag of France Paul-Henri Mathieu 7-5 7-6(9)
2006 Flag of Russia Nikolay Davydenko Flag of Russia Marat Safin 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
2005 Flag of Russia Igor Andreev Flag of Germany Nicolas Kiefer 5-7, 7-6(3), 6-2
2004 Flag of Russia Nikolay Davydenko Flag of the United Kingdom Greg Rusedski 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
2003 Flag of the United States Taylor Dent Flag of Armenia Sargis Sargsian 7-6(5), 6-4
2002 Flag of France Paul-Henri Mathieu Flag of the Netherlands Sjeng Schalken 4-6, 6-2, 6-0
2001 Flag of Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov Flag of Germany Nicolas Kiefer 6-4, 7-5
2000 Flag of Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov Flag of Germany David Prinosil 6-2, 7-5
1999 Flag of Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov Flag of Zimbabwe Byron Black 7-6(2), 6-4
1998 Flag of Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov Flag of Croatia Goran Ivanišević 7-6(2), 7-6(5)
1997 Flag of Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov Flag of the Czech Republic Petr Korda 7-6(2), 6-4
1996 Flag of Croatia Goran Ivanišević Flag of Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
1995 Flag of Germany Carl-Uwe Steeb Flag of the Czech Republic Daniel Vacek 7-6(5), 3-6, 7-6(6)
1994 Flag of Russia Alexander Volkov Flag of the United States Chuck Adams 6-2, 6-4
1993 Flag of Switzerland Marc Rosset Flag of Germany Patrik Kühnen 6-4, 6-3
1992 Flag of Switzerland Marc Rosset Flag of Germany Carl-Uwe Steeb 6-2, 6-2
1991 Flag of the Soviet Union Andrei Cherkasov Flag of Switzerland Jakob Hlasek 7-6(2), 3-6, 7-6(5)
1990 Flag of the Soviet Union Andrei Cherkasov Flag of the United States Tim Mayotte 6-2, 6-1

[edit] Mens' doubles

Year Champions Runner-ups Score
2007 Flag of Russia Marat Safin / Flag of Russia Dmitry Tursunov Flag of the Czech Republic Tomáš Cibulec / Flag of Croatia Lovro Zovko 6-4, 6-2
2006 Flag of France Fabrice Santoro / Flag of Serbia Nenad Zimonjić Flag of the Czech Republic František Čermák / Flag of the Czech Republic Jaroslav Levinský 6-1, 7-5
2005 Flag of Belarus Max Mirnyi / Flag of Russia Mikhail Youzhny Flag of Russia Igor Andreev / Flag of Russia Nikolay Davydenko 5-1, 5-1
2004 Flag of Russia Igor Andreev / Flag of Russia Nikolay Davydenko Flag of India Mahesh Bhupathi / Flag of Sweden Jonas Björkman 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
2003 Flag of India Mahesh Bhupathi / Flag of Belarus Max Mirnyi Flag of Zimbabwe Wayne Black / Flag of Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett 6-3, 7-5
2002 Flag of Switzerland Roger Federer / Flag of Belarus Max Mirnyi Flag of Australia Joshua Eagle / Flag of Australia Sandon Stolle 6-4, 7-6
2001 Flag of Belarus Max Mirnyi / Flag of Australia Sandon Stolle Flag of India Mahesh Bhupathi / Flag of the United States Jeff Tarango 6-3, 6-0
2000 Flag of Sweden Jonas Björkman / Flag of Germany David Prinosil Flag of the Czech Republic Jiří Novák / Flag of the Czech Republic David Rikl 6-2, 6-3
1999 Flag of the United States Justin Gimelstob / Flag of the Czech Republic Daniel Vacek Flag of Ukraine Andrei Medvedev / Flag of Russia Marat Safin 6-2, 6-1
1998 Flag of the United States Jared Palmer / Flag of the United States Jeff Tarango Flag of Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Flag of the Czech Republic Daniel Vacek 6-4, 6-7, 6-2
1997 Flag of the Czech Republic Martin Damm / Flag of the Czech Republic Cyril Suk Flag of South Africa David Adams / Flag of France Fabrice Santoro 6-4, 6-3
1996 Flag of the United States Rick Leach / Flag of Russia Andrei Olhovskiy Flag of the Czech Republic Jiří Novák / Flag of the Czech Republic David Rikl 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
1995 Flag of Zimbabwe Byron Black / Flag of the United States Jared Palmer Flag of the United States Tommy Ho / Flag of New Zealand Brett Steven 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
1994 Flag of the Netherlands Jacco Eltingh / Flag of the Netherlands Paul Haarhuis Flag of South Africa David Adams / Flag of Russia Andrei Olhovskiy W/O
1993 Flag of the Netherlands Jacco Eltingh / Flag of the Netherlands Paul Haarhuis Flag of Sweden Jan Apell / Flag of Sweden Jonas Björkman 6-1, RET.
1992 Flag of South Africa Marius Barnard / Flag of South Africa John-Laffnie de Jager Flag of South Africa David Adams / Flag of Russia Andrei Olhovskiy 6-4, 3-6, 7-6
1991 Flag of Germany Eric Jelen / Flag of Germany Carl-Uwe Steeb Flag of the Soviet Union Andrei Cherkasov / Flag of the Soviet Union Alexander Volkov 6-4, 7-6
1990 Flag of the Netherlands Hendrik Jan Davids / Flag of the Netherlands Paul Haarhuis Flag of Australia John Fitzgerald / Flag of Sweden Anders Järryd 6-4, 7-6

[edit] Women's singles

(Tier III in 1996, Tier I since 1997)

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1996 Flag of Spain Conchita Martínez Flag of Germany Barbara Paulus 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
1997 Flag of the Czech Republic Jana Novotná Flag of the Empire of Japan Ai Sugiyama 6-3, 6-4
1998 Flag of France Mary Pierce Flag of the United States Monica Seles 7-6(2), 6-3
1999 Flag of France Nathalie Tauziat Flag of Austria Barbara Schett 2-6, 6-4, 6-1
2000 Flag of Switzerland Martina Hingis Flag of Russia Anna Kournikova 6-3, 6-1
2001 Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Jelena Dokić Flag of Russia Elena Dementieva 6-3, 6-3
2002 Flag of Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva Flag of the United States Lindsay Davenport 5-7, 6-3, 7-6(4)
2003 Flag of Russia Anastasia Myskina Flag of France Amélie Mauresmo 6-2, 6-4
2004 Flag of Russia Anastasia Myskina Flag of Russia Elena Dementieva 7-5, 6-0
2005 Flag of France Mary Pierce Flag of Italy Francesca Schiavone 6-4, 6-3
2006 Flag of Russia Anna Chakvetadze Flag of Russia Nadia Petrova 6-4, 6-4
2007 Flag of Russia Elena Dementieva Flag of the United States Serena Williams 5-7, 6-1, 6-1

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