The Moscow Ladies Open was WTA Tour affiliated indoor carpet court tennis tournament first founded in 1967 as a combined indoor wood court event called the Moskwa Indoor and played in Moscow, Soviet Union. That event switched to carpet courts in 1973 until 1975 then was discontinued.
Moscow Ladies Open | |
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Defunct tennis tournament | |
Event name | Moskwa Indoor (1967-68) Moskwa Open Championships (1969) Moskwa Open (1970-71) Moscow Open (1973-74, 1989-90) St. Petersburg Open (1991) Moscow Ladies Open (1994–95) |
Tour | WTA Tour |
Founded | 1967 |
Abolished | 1995 |
Editions | 12 |
Location | Moscow, Russia |
Surface | Wood Court (i) (1967-71) Carpet (i) (1973-75, 1989-95) |
In 1989 it was revived as a women's tournament called the Moscow Open, with it's tour name being branded as the Virginia Slims of Moscow that year. In 1991 the event was moved to St. Petersburg and branded as the St. Petersburg Open for one season then ended. In 1994 it was revived and had moved back to Moscow as the Moscow Ladies Open.
In 1996 the tournament was incorporated into the ATP Kremlin Cup, making it a combined event that season.
In 2018, a new successor tournament returned to Moscow in the WTA Tour calendar as clay court championship called the Moscow River Cup.[citation needed]
Finals
editSingles
editYear | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
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1989 | Gretchen Magers | Natasha Zvereva | 6–3, 6–4 |
1990 | Leila Meskhi | Elena Brioukhovets | 6–4, 6–4 |
1991 | Larisa Savchenko | Barbara Rittner | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
1992 – 1993 |
not held | ||
1994 | Magdalena Maleeva | Sandra Cecchini | 7–5, 6–1 |
1995 | Magdalena Maleeva | Elena Makarova | 6–4, 6–2 |
Doubles
editYear | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
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1989 | Larisa Savchenko Natasha Zvereva |
Nathalie Herreman Catherine Suire |
6–3, 6–4 |
1990 | Gretchen Magers Robin White |
Elena Brioukhovets Svetlana Parkhomenko |
6–2, 6–4 |
1991 | Elena Brioukhovets Natalia Medvedeva |
Isabelle Demongeot Jo Durie |
7–5, 6–3 |
1992 – 1993 |
not held | ||
1994 | Elena Makarova Eugenia Maniokova |
Laura Golarsa Caroline Vis |
7–6, 6–4 |
1995 | Meredith McGrath Larisa Savchenko |
Anna Kournikova Aleksandra Olsza |
6–1, 6–0 |
Event Names
edit- Official
- Moskwa Indoor (1967-169)
- Moskwa Open (1970-71)
- Moscow Open (1973-74, 1989-90)
- St. Petersburg Open (1991)
- Moscow Ladies Open (1994-95)
- Sponsored
- Virginia Slims of Moscow (1989)
- Kraft General Foods of Moscow (1990)
References
edit- WTA Results Archive
- "От Мейджерс до Новотной. Краткая история турниров WTA Tour в России" (in Russian). Sport Express. 1998-10-19. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2019-11-10.