Moscow International Championships

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Moscow International Championships
USSR International Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour ILTF World Circuit
(1956–72)
ILTF Independent Tour
(1973–75)
Founded1956;67 years ago (1956)
Abolished1975;48 years ago (1975)
Location Moscow, Soviet Union
Surface Clay (outdoors)

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.

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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

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1959 Flag of Hungary.svg Istvan Gulyas Flag of Poland.svg Wladyslaw Skonecki 10–8, 9–7, 6–1. [1]
1960 Flag of Hungary.svg Istvan Gulyas (2) Flag of Hungary.svg Zoltán Katona [3] 6–1, 6–3, 6–1. [1]
1961 [4] Flag of Chile.svg Patricio Rodriguez Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Toomas Lejus 0–6, 5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4. [1]
1962 [5] Flag of the United States.svg Frank Froehling III Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Newcombe 3–6, 6–2, 6–2, 4–6, 7–5. [1]
1963 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Toomas Lejus Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Alexander Metreveli 8–6, 6–2, 4–6, 6–2. [1]
1964 [6] Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Niki Pilic Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Boro Jovanovic 5–7, 5–7, 6–2, 6–4, 6–0. [1]
1965 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Alexander Metreveli Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Toomas Lejus 2–6, 6–3, 6–0, 11–9. [1]
1966 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Alexander Metreveli (2) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vyacheslav Egorov [7] 2–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–1. [1]
1967 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Alexander Metreveli (3) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vyacheslav Egorov6–1, 6–1, 6–2. [1]
1968 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Toomas Lejus (2) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Sergei Likhachev 6–8, 7–5, 6–2, 8–6. [1]
↓  Open era  ↓
1969 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Toomas Lejus (3) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Anatoli Volkov 2–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–2. [1]
1970 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Alexander Metreveli (4) Flag of Poland.svg Wieslaw Gasiorek 6–3, 6–2, 6–2. [1]
1971 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Alexander Metreveli (5) Flag of Hungary.svg Istvan Gulyas 6–4, 6–1, 6–4. [1]
1972 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Teimuraz Kakuliya Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Anatoli Volkov 6–3, 6–4
↓  ILTF Independent Tour  ↓
1973 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Alexander Metreveli (6) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Bedan [8] 6–3, 7–5, 6–4. [1]

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1957 Flag of Hungary.svg Suzy Kormoczy Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vera Puzejova 2–1 sets
1959 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Anna Dmitrieva Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Valeria Kuzmenko 6–3, 6–1
1960 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Anna Dmitrieva (2) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jirina Elgrova 6–3, 6–4
1961 [9] Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vera Sukova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Anna Dmitrieva 5–7, 6–1, 6–2
1962 [10] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jan Lehane Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Anna Dmitrieva6–3, 6–3
1964 [11] Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Anna Dmitrieva (3) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Valeria Kuzmenko Titova 6–2, 6–2
1965 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Margaret Smith Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Galina Baksheeva 6–2, 6–4
1966 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ann Haydon Jones Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Anna Dmitrieva6–1, 6–3
1968 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Olga Morozova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Marina Chuvirina 6–1, 6–3
↓  Open era  ↓
1969 Flag of the United States.svg Julie Heldman Flag of the United States.svg Peaches Bartkowicz 6–3, 2–6, 6–3
1970 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Olga Morozova (2) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Tiiu Kivi Parmas 6–4, 6–4
1971 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg A. Yeremeyeva Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Maria Kull [12] 6–0, 6–3
1972 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Olga Morozova (3) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Marina Kroschina 8–6, 6–2
↓  ILTF Independent Tour  ↓
1975 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Olga Morozova (4) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Marina Kroshina2–6, 7–6, 6–0

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