1995 Moscow Ladies Open

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1995 Moscow Ladies Open
Date18–23 September
Edition5th
Category Tier III
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$400,000
Surface Carpet / indoor
Location Moscow, Russia
Venue Olympic Stadium
Champions
Singles
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Magdalena Maleeva
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Meredith McGrath / Flag of Latvia.svg Larisa Savchenko-Neiland
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The 1995 Moscow Ladies Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow in Russia that was part of Tier III of the 1995 WTA Tour.

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It was held from 18 September through 23 September 1995, and was the fifth edition of the WTA tournament [1] inaugurated under the title of Virginia Slims of Moscow in 1989.

It was Anna Kournikova's WTA Tour debut. In the singles she made her way through qualification and, after beating German Marketa Kochta in the first round of the main draw, [1] lost in the second round to third-seeded Belgian Sabine Appelmans.

Finals

Singles

Flag of Bulgaria.svg Magdalena Maleeva defeated Flag of Russia.svg Elena Makarova 6–4, 6–2 [1]

Doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Meredith McGrath / Flag of Latvia.svg Larisa Savchenko-Neiland defeated Flag of Russia.svg Anna Kournikova / Flag of Poland.svg Aleksandra Olsza 6–1, 6–0 [1]

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