Kremlin Cup

Kremlin Cup
Tournament information
Founded	1990
Editions	27 (2016)
Location	Moscow Russia
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Surface	Carpet / indoor ^(1990–2006) Hard / indoor ^(since 2007)
Website	Official website
ATP World Tour Category ATP World Series (1990–1997) ATP International Series (1998–2008) ATP World Tour 250 series (2009–current) Draw 32S / 32Q / 16D Prize money US$1,080,500
WTA Tour Category WTA Tier I (1997–2008) WTA Premier Tournaments (2009–current) Draw 28M / 32Q / 16D Prize money US$823,888

The Kremlin Cup (Кубок Кремля) is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour and is a Premier Tournament on the WTA Tour. It has been held annually at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia, since 1990.

The Kremlin Cup was created in 1990 by Sasson Khakshouri becoming the first international professional tennis tournament to be held in Russia. The tournament started as a men's only event during the first years of its run, before it became a joint event in 1996.

Until 2007, it was held on a carpet surface. It is now held on a RuKortHard surface.^[1][2]

Past finals

Women

Singles

Year	Champions	Runners-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

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1996	Natalia Medvedeva Larisa Savchenko	Silvia Farina Elia Barbara Schett	7–6, 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^(7–3)
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]

Men

Singles

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	Marat Safin	6–4, 5–7, 6–4
2007	Nikolay Davydenko (2)	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

Doubles

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]

Sponsors

2016

• VTB Bank (title sponsor)
• Jaguar Cars
• Emirates
• Rado

References

1. http://images.kremlincup.ru/kremlincup/2008/08/20/0000000390/field8.pdf
2. http://www.rukort.com.hr/RukortOutdoor/RuKortHard/tabid/164/Default.aspx

External links

• Official website
• atpworldtour.com tournament profile
• sonyericssonwtatour.com tournament profile

Coordinates: 55°46′52″N 37°37′34″E / 55.781°N 37.626°E