Kremlin Cup

For the pool tournament, see Kremlin Cup (pool).

Not to be confused with Kazan Kremlin Cup.

Kremlin Cup
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded	1990; 34 years ago (1990)
Editions	31 (2021); suspended in 2022
Location	Moscow Russia
Venue	Olympic Stadium (1990–2018) Ice Palace Krylatskoye (2019) Irina Viner-Usmanova Gymnastics Palace and Luzhniki Palace of Sports (since 2021)
Surface	Carpet – indoors (1990–2006) Hard (indoor) (since 2007)
Website	kremlincup.ru
Current champions (2021)
Men's singles	Aslan Karatsev
Women's singles	Anett Kontaveit
Men's doubles	Harri Heliövaara Matwé Middelkoop
Women's doubles	Jeļena Ostapenko Kateřina Siniaková
ATP Tour Category ATP World Series (1990–1999) ATP International Series (2000–2008) ATP 250 series (2009-2021) Draw 28S / 16Q / 16D Prize money US$697,125 (2021)
WTA Tour Category WTA Tier I (1997–2008) WTA Premier (2009-2021) Draw 28S / 32Q / 16D Prize money US$565,530 (2021)

The Kremlin Cup (Russian: Кубок Кремля, romanized: Kubok Kremlya) is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts, which was suspended in 2022. It was part of the ATP Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour and was a Premier Tournament on the WTA Tour. It was held annually at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia from 1990 to 2018. In 2019, the Olympic Stadium underwent a reconstruction lasting two years.[1][2] The 2019 edition of the tournament was held at the Ice Palace Krylatskoye.[3] In 2021, the Kremlin Cup was played at the Irina Viner-Usmanova Gymnastics Palace and the Luzhniki Palace of Sports.[4]

Until 2007, it was held on a carpet surface. It was then held on RuKortHard surface until 2015.[5][6] Since 2016 the tournament has been held on TPSurface.^[citation needed]

In light of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) suspended the 2022 Kremlin Cup.[7]

Past finals

Singles

Men

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1990	Andrei Cherkasov	Tim Mayotte	6–2, 6–1
1991	Andrei Cherkasov (2)	Jakob Hlasek	7–6^(7–2), 3–6, 7–6^(7–5)
1992	Marc Rosset	Carl-Uwe Steeb	6–2, 6–2
1993	Marc Rosset (2)	Patrik Kühnen	6–4, 6–3
1994	Alexander Volkov	Chuck Adams	6–2, 6–4
1995	Carl-Uwe Steeb	Daniel Vacek	7–6^(7–5), 3–6, 7–6^(8–6)
1996	Goran Ivanišević	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	3–6, 6–1, 6–3
1997	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Petr Korda	7–6^(7–2), 6–4
1998	Yevgeny Kafelnikov (2)	Goran Ivanišević	7–6^(7–2), 7–6^(7–5)
1999	Yevgeny Kafelnikov (3)	Byron Black	7–6^(7–2), 6–4
2000	Yevgeny Kafelnikov (4)	David Prinosil	6–2, 7–5
2001	Yevgeny Kafelnikov (5)	Nicolas Kiefer	6–4, 7–5
2002	Paul-Henri Mathieu	Sjeng Schalken	4–6, 6–2, 6–0
2003	Taylor Dent	Sargis Sargsian	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
2004	Nikolay Davydenko	Greg Rusedski	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
2005	Igor Andreev	Nicolas Kiefer	5–7, 7–6^(7–3), 6–2
2006	Nikolay Davydenko (2)	Marat Safin	6–4, 5–7, 6–4
2007	Nikolay Davydenko (3)	Paul-Henri Mathieu	7–5, 7–6^(11–9)
2008	Igor Kunitsyn	Marat Safin	7–6^(8–6), 6–7^(4–7), 6–3
2009	Mikhail Youzhny	Janko Tipsarević	6–7^(5–7), 6–0, 6–4
2010	Viktor Troicki	Marcos Baghdatis	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
2011	Janko Tipsarević	Viktor Troicki	6–4, 6–2
2012	Andreas Seppi	Thomaz Bellucci	3–6, 7–6^(7–3), 6–3
2013	Richard Gasquet	Mikhail Kukushkin	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
2014	Marin Čilić	Roberto Bautista Agut	6–4, 6–4
2015	Marin Čilić (2)	Roberto Bautista Agut	6–4, 6–4
2016	Pablo Carreño Busta	Fabio Fognini	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
2017	Damir Džumhur	Ričardas Berankis	6–2, 1–6, 6–4
2018	Karen Khachanov	Adrian Mannarino	6–2, 6–2
2019	Andrey Rublev	Adrian Mannarino	6–4, 6–0
2020	Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Aslan Karatsev	Marin Čilić	6–2, 6–4
2022	Not held due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine
2023

Women

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1996	Conchita Martínez	Barbara Paulus	6–1, 4–6, 6–4
↓  Tier I tournament  ↓
1997	Jana Novotná	Ai Sugiyama	6–3, 6–4
1998	Mary Pierce	Monica Seles	7–6^(7–2), 6–3
1999	Nathalie Tauziat	Barbara Schett	2–6, 6–4, 6–1
2000	Martina Hingis	Anna Kournikova	6–3, 6–1
2001	Jelena Dokić	Elena Dementieva	6–3, 6–3
2002	Magdalena Maleeva	Lindsay Davenport	5–7, 6–3, 7–6^(7–4)
2003	Anastasia Myskina	Amélie Mauresmo	6–2, 6–4
2004	Anastasia Myskina (2)	Elena Dementieva	7–5, 6–0
2005	Mary Pierce (2)	Francesca Schiavone	6–4, 6–3
2006	Anna Chakvetadze	Nadia Petrova	6–4, 6–4
2007	Elena Dementieva	Serena Williams	5–7, 6–1, 6–1
2008	Jelena Janković	Vera Zvonareva	6–2, 6–4
↓  Premier tournament  ↓
2009	Francesca Schiavone	Olga Govortsova	6–3, 6–0
2010	Victoria Azarenka	Maria Kirilenko	6–3, 6–4
2011	Dominika Cibulková	Kaia Kanepi	3–6, 7–6^(7–1), 7–5
2012	Caroline Wozniacki	Samantha Stosur	6–2, 4–6, 7–5
2013	Simona Halep	Samantha Stosur	7–6^(7–1), 6–2
2014	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Irina-Camelia Begu	6–4, 5–7, 6–1
2015	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	6–2, 6–1
2016	Svetlana Kuznetsova (2)	Daria Gavrilova	6–2, 6–1
2017	Julia Görges	Daria Kasatkina	6–1, 6–2
2018	Daria Kasatkina	Ons Jabeur	2–6, 7–6^(7–3), 6–4
2019	Belinda Bencic	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	3–6, 6–1, 6–1
2020	Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Anett Kontaveit	Ekaterina Alexandrova	4–6, 6–4, 7–5
2022	Not held due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine
2023

Doubles

Men

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1990	Hendrik Jan Davids Paul Haarhuis	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–4, 7–6
1991	Eric Jelen Carl-Uwe Steeb	Andrei Cherkasov Alexander Volkov	6–4, 7–6
1992	Marius Barnard John-Laffnie de Jager	David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy	6–4, 3–6, 7–6
1993	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis (2)	Jan Apell Jonas Björkman	6–1, retired
1994	Jacco Eltingh (2) Paul Haarhuis (3)	David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy	walkover
1995	Byron Black Jared Palmer	Tommy Ho Brett Steven	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
1996	Rick Leach Andrei Olhovskiy	Jiří Novák David Rikl	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
1997	Martin Damm Cyril Suk	David Adams Fabrice Santoro	6–4, 6–3
1998	Jared Palmer (2) Jeff Tarango	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek	6–4, 6–7, 6–2
1999	Justin Gimelstob Daniel Vacek	Andrei Medvedev Marat Safin	6–2, 6–1
2000	Jonas Björkman David Prinosil	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6–2, 6–3
2001	Max Mirnyi Sandon Stolle	Mahesh Bhupathi Jeff Tarango	6–3, 6–0
2002	Roger Federer Max Mirnyi (2)	Joshua Eagle Sandon Stolle	6–4, 7–6^(7–0)
2003	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi (3)	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	6–3, 7–5
2004	Igor Andreev Nikolay Davydenko	Mahesh Bhupathi Jonas Björkman	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
2005	Max Mirnyi (4) Mikhail Youzhny	Igor Andreev Nikolay Davydenko	6–1, 6–1
2006	Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić	František Čermák Jaroslav Levinský	6–1, 7–5
2007	Marat Safin Dmitry Tursunov	Tomáš Cibulec Lovro Zovko	6–4, 6–2
2008	Sergiy Stakhovsky Potito Starace	Stephen Huss Ross Hutchins	7–6^(7–4), 2–6, [10–6]
2009	Pablo Cuevas Marcel Granollers	František Čermák Michal Mertiňák	4–6, 7–5, [10–8]
2010	Igor Kunitsyn Dmitry Tursunov (2)	Janko Tipsarević Viktor Troicki	7–6^(10–8), 6–3
2011	František Čermák Filip Polášek	Carlos Berlocq David Marrero	6–3, 6–1
2012	František Čermák (2) Michal Mertiňák	Simone Bolelli Daniele Bracciali	7–5, 6–3
2013	Mikhail Elgin Denis Istomin	Ken Skupski Neal Skupski	6–2, 1–6, [14–12]
2014	František Čermák (3) Jiří Veselý	Sam Groth Chris Guccione	7–6^(7–2), 7–5
2015	Andrey Rublev Dmitry Tursunov (3)	Radu Albot František Čermák	2–6, 6–1, [10–6]
2016	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer	7–5, 4–6, [10–5]
2017	Max Mirnyi (5) Philipp Oswald	Damir Džumhur Antonio Šančić	6–3, 7–5
2018	Austin Krajicek Rajeev Ram	Max Mirnyi Philipp Oswald	7–6^(7–4), 6–4
2019	Marcelo Demoliner Matwé Middelkoop	Simone Bolelli Andrés Molteni	6–1, 6–2
2020	Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Harri Heliövaara Matwé Middelkoop (2)	Tomislav Brkić Nikola Ćaćić	7–5, 4–6, [11–9]
2022	Not held due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine
2023

Women

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1996	Natalia Medvedeva Larisa Savchenko	Silvia Farina Elia Barbara Schett	7–6^(7–5), 4–6, 6–1
↓  Tier I tournament  ↓
1997	Arantxa Sánchez Natalia Zvereva	Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis	5–3 defaulted
1998	Mary Pierce Natalia Zvereva (2)	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6–3, 6–4
1999	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	Julie Halard-Decugis Anke Huber	6–1, 6–0
2000	Julie Halard-Decugis Ai Sugiyama	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova	4–6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–5)
2001	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova	Elena Dementieva Lina Krasnoroutskaya	7–6^(7–1), 6–3
2002	Elena Dementieva Janette Husárová	Jelena Dokić Nadia Petrova	2–6, 6–3, 7–6^(9–7)
2003	Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy	Anastasia Myskina Vera Zvonareva	6–3, 6–4
2004	Anastasia Myskina Vera Zvonareva	Virginia Ruano Paola Suárez	6–3, 4–6, 6–2
2005	Lisa Raymond (2) Samantha Stosur	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	6–2, 6–4
2006	Květa Peschke Francesca Schiavone	Iveta Benešová Galina Voskoboeva	6–4, 6–7^(4–7), 6–1
2007	Cara Black Liezel Huber	Victoria Azarenka Tatiana Poutchek	4–6, 6–1, [10–7]
2008	Nadia Petrova (2) Katarina Srebotnik	Cara Black Liezel Huber	6–4, 6–4
↓  Premier tournament  ↓
2009	Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova (3)	Maria Kondratieva Klára Zakopalová	6–2, 6–2
2010	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta	Sara Errani María José Martínez Sánchez	6–3, 2–6, [10–6]
2011	Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova	Anastasia Rodionova Galina Voskoboeva	7–6^(7–3), 6–3
2012	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova	6–3, 1–6, [10–8]
2013	Svetlana Kuznetsova Samantha Stosur (2)	Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Rodionova	6–1, 1–6, [10–8]
2014	Martina Hingis (2) Flavia Pennetta (2)	Caroline Garcia Arantxa Parra Santonja	6–3, 7–5
2015	Daria Kasatkina Elena Vesnina (2)	Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu	6–3, 6–7^(7–9), [10–5]
2016	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	Daria Gavrilova Daria Kasatkina	4–6, 6–0, [10–7]
2017	Tímea Babos Andrea Hlaváčková (2)	Nicole Melichar Anna Smith	6–2, 3–6, [10–3]
2018	Alexandra Panova Laura Siegemund	Darija Jurak Raluca Olaru	6–2, 7–6^(7–2)
2019	Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara	Kirsten Flipkens Bethanie Mattek-Sands	6–2, 6–1
2020	Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Jeļena Ostapenko Kateřina Siniaková	Nadiia Kichenok Raluca Olaru	6–2, 4–6, [10–8]
2022	Not held due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine
2023

References

1. Сальников, Даниил. ""Олимпийская сказка, прощай!"". www.championat.com.
2. Спорткомплекс "Олимпийский" в Москве закроется на реконструкцию в 2019 году
3. VTB Kremlin Cup Jubilee Edition To Be Held At Krylatskoye Ice Palace
4. The VTB Kremlin Cup 2021 will be held in one week!
5. "XIX International Tennis Tournament" (PDF). Kremlin Cup. October 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03.
6. "RuKortHard". Archived from the original on 2010-10-22. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
7. "ATP, WTA suspend '22 Kremlin Cup after invasion". ESPN.com. March 2, 2022.

External links

• Official website
• ATP tournament profile
• WTA tournament profile

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Dubai	Favorite WTA Tier I - II Tournament 2003	Succeeded by Miami

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