Kremlin Cup

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Kremlin Cup

The Kremlin Cup (Russian: Кубок Кремля) is an annual tennis tournament held every autumn at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia.The men's competition is an International Series 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.

1 History
2 Past finals
- 2.1 Men's singles
- 2.2 Women's singles
3 External links

[edit] History

The Kremlin Cup, founded in 1990 by the Swiss businessman Sasson Kakshouri, is the first International Professional Tennis Tournamnet 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
2006	Nikolay Davydenko	Marat Safin	6-4, 5-7, 6-4
2005	Igor Andreev	Nicolas Kiefer	5-7, 7-6(3), 6-2
2004	Nikolay Davydenko	Greg Rusedski	3-6, 6-3, 7-5
2003	Taylor Dent	Sargis Sargsian	7-6(5), 6-4
2002	Paul-Henri Mathieu	Sjeng Schalken	4-6, 6-2, 6-0
2001	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Nicolas Kiefer	6-4, 7-5
2000	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	David Prinosil	6-2, 7-5
1999	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Byron Black	7-6(2), 6-4
1998	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Goran Ivanišević	7-6(2), 7-6(5)
1997	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Petr Korda	7-6(2), 6-4
1996	Goran Ivanišević	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	3-6, 6-1, 6-3
1995	Carl-Uwe Steeb	Daniel Vacek	7-6(5), 3-6, 7-6(6)
1994	Alexander Volkov	Chuck Adams	6-2, 6-4
1993	Marc Rosset	Patrick Kühnen	6-4, 6-3
1992	Marc Rosset	Carl-Uwe Steeb	6-2, 6-2
1991	Andrei Cherkasov	Jakob Hlasek	7-6(2), 3-6, 7-6(5)
1990	Andrei Cherkasov	Tim Mayotte	6-2, 6-1

[edit] Women's singles

(Tier III in 1996, Tier I since 1997)

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2006	Anna Chakvetadze	Nadia Petrova	6-4, 6-4
2005	Mary Pierce	Francesca Schiavone	6-4, 6-3
2004	Anastasia Myskina	Elena Dementieva	7-5, 6-0
2003	Anastasia Myskina	Amélie Mauresmo	6-2, 6-4
2002	Magdalena Maleeva	Lindsay Davenport	5-7, 6-3, 7-6(4)
2001	Jelena Dokic	Elena Dementieva	6-3, 6-3
2000	Martina Hingis	Anna Kournikova	6-3, 6-1
1999	Nathalie Tauziat	Barbara Schett	2-6, 6-4, 6-1
1998	Mary Pierce	Monica Seles	7-6(2), 6-3
1997	Jana Novotna	Ai Sugiyama	6-3, 6-4
1996	Conchita Martinez	Barbara Paulus	6-1, 4-6, 6-4