Moscow International Championships

The Moscow International Championships was a men's and women's open international outdoor tennis tournament founded in 1956.[1] The tournament was organised by the Tennis Federation of the USSR was played on clay courts in Moscow, Soviet Union until 1975.

Moscow International Championships
USSR International Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF World Circuit
(1956–72)
ILTF Independent Tour
(1973–75)
Founded1956 (1956)
Abolished1975 (1975)
LocationMoscow, Soviet Union
SurfaceClay (outdoors)

The event also carried the joint denomination of USSR International Championships.[1] The championships were part ILTF European Circuit a sub circuit of the ILTF World Circuit until 1972 then became part of the ILTF Independent Tour from 1973 until it was discontinued.[1]

History

In the mid-1950s confrontational relations between the Western Bloc and Soviet Union eased in part the Khrushchev Thaw a policy of de-Stalinization by then Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev,[2] meant that Soviet players were free to travel to overseas international tournaments, while foreign players could take part in a limited number of tournaments within the USSR, mainly in the capital Moscow.

The two prominent international tournaments for foreign players to participate in were the Moscow International Indoor Championships or (USSR International Indoor Championships) usually late winter in February to early spring in March.[1] The second international tennis event was Moscow International Championships usually staged in the summer at the end of July, beginning of August and was played on clay courts.[1] Additionally two closed tournaments were also held in Moscow for Soviet players only the Moscow Indoor Championships and the Moscow Outdoor Championships.[1]

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll) (incomplete roll) summers

Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1959Hungary Istvan GulyasPoland Wladyslaw Skonecki10–8, 9–7, 6–1.[1]
1960Hungary Istvan Gulyas (2)Hungary Zoltán Katona[3]6–1, 6–3, 6–1.[1]
1961[4]Chile Patricio RodriguezSoviet Union Toomas Lejus0–6, 5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4.[1]
1962[5]United States Frank Froehling IIIAustralia John Newcombe3–6, 6–2, 6–2, 4–6, 7–5.[1]
1963Soviet Union Toomas LejusSoviet Union Alexander Metreveli8–6, 6–2, 4–6, 6–2.[1]
1964[6]Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Niki PilicSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Boro Jovanovic5–7, 5–7, 6–2, 6–4, 6–0.[1]
1965Soviet Union Alexander MetreveliSoviet Union Toomas Lejus2–6, 6–3, 6–0, 11–9.[1]
1966Soviet Union Alexander Metreveli (2)Soviet Union Vyacheslav Egorov[7]2–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–1.[1]
1967Soviet Union Alexander Metreveli (3)Soviet Union Vyacheslav Egorov6–1, 6–1, 6–2.[1]
1968Soviet Union Toomas Lejus (2)Soviet Union Sergei Likhachev6–8, 7–5, 6–2, 8–6.[1]
↓  Open era  ↓
1969Soviet Union Toomas Lejus (3)Soviet Union Anatoli Volkov2–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–2.[1]
1970Soviet Union Alexander Metreveli (4)Poland Wieslaw Gasiorek6–3, 6–2, 6–2.[1]
1971Soviet Union Alexander Metreveli (5)Hungary Istvan Gulyas6–4, 6–1, 6–4.[1]
1972Soviet Union Teimuraz KakuliyaSoviet Union Anatoli Volkov6–3, 6–4
↓  ILTF Independent Tour  ↓
1973Soviet Union Alexander Metreveli (6)Czechoslovakia Jan Bedan[8]6–3, 7–5, 6–4.[1]

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1957Hungary Suzy KormoczyCzechoslovakia Vera Puzejova2–1 sets
1959Soviet Union Anna DmitrievaSoviet Union Valeria Kuzmenko6–3, 6–1
1960Soviet Union Anna Dmitrieva (2)Czechoslovakia Jirina Elgrova6–3, 6–4
1961[9]Czechoslovakia Vera SukovaSoviet Union Anna Dmitrieva5–7, 6–1, 6–2
1962[10]Australia Jan LehaneSoviet Union Anna Dmitrieva6–3, 6–3
1964[11]Soviet Union Anna Dmitrieva (3)Soviet Union Valeria Kuzmenko Titova6–2, 6–2
1965Australia Margaret SmithSoviet Union Galina Baksheeva6–2, 6–4
1966United Kingdom Ann Haydon JonesSoviet Union Anna Dmitrieva6–1, 6–3
1968Soviet Union Olga MorozovaSoviet Union Marina Chuvirina6–1, 6–3
↓  Open era  ↓
1969United States Julie HeldmanUnited States Peaches Bartkowicz6–3, 2–6, 6–3
1970Soviet Union Olga Morozova (2)Soviet Union Tiiu Kivi Parmas6–4, 6–4
1971Soviet Union A. YeremeyevaSoviet Union Maria Kull[12]6–0, 6–3
1972Soviet Union Olga Morozova (3)Soviet Union Marina Kroschina8–6, 6–2
↓  ILTF Independent Tour  ↓
1975Soviet Union Olga Morozova (4)Soviet Union Marina Kroshina2–6, 7–6, 6–0

References
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