Soviet Championships U.S.S.R. Championships | |
Type: | defunct |
Tour: | ILTF World Circuit (1924–70) ILTF Independent Tour (1971–91) |
Location: | Various |
Venue: | Various |
The U.S.S.R. Championships also known as the U.S.S.R. National Championships,[1] or Soviet Championships was a men's and women's closed outdoor clay court, then later hard court tennis tournament founded in 1924 as the Soviet Union Championships.[2] It was organised by the Tennis Federation of the USSR until 1991 when it was discontinued.[2]
In 1907 the All-Russia Union of Lawn Tennis Clubs was founded, and its first chairman was Arthur Davidovich Macpherson (1870–1919) a Russian Sports organiser of Scottish Ancestry.[3] In 1908 the association numbered 48 member clubs.[4] The first Russian Lawn Tennis Championships (also called the Russian Championships) were held in 1907 and was played on clay courts, women's events were not staged until 1909 and the event was closed to Russian players until 1910.[2] In 1913 the International Lawn Tennis Federation was founded and the then Russia was among the seventeen nations invited. In 1914 the Russian Championships were discontinued, due to World War I and the political upheaval in the country leading to the Russian Revolution in 1917 that led to the creation of a new state the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, that became part of the Soviet Union in 1922.
In 1922 the All-Soviet Union Tennis Section formed,[5] however it would not joint the ILTF until 1956.[6] In 1924 first Soviet Union Championships.[4] The tournament was not held during World War II from 1941 to 1943 resuming in 1944.[4] In 1959 the All-Soviet Union Tennis Section changed its name to the Tennis Federation of the USSR,[2] and continued to organise the championships until 1991 when the Soviet Union ceased to being a country, and became the Russian Federation.[2] Two years later the Tennis Federation of the USSR altered its name to the Russian Tennis Federation.[2]
The Soviet Championships were played mainly in Moscow the most times with 21 editions held there, but also staged in Adler, Almaty, Donetsk, Kaliningrad, Kharkiv, Leningrad, Riga-Jurmala, Rostov-on-Don, Tashkent, Tallinn, Tbilisi, Uzghorod and Yerevan.[2]
Year | Champion | Runner Up | Score | |
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1924 | Georgy Stolyarov | Yevgeny Arkadyevich Kudryavtsev | 3–6, 9–11, 6–4, 6–4, 7–5. | |
1925 | Yevgeny A. Kudryavtsev | Nikolai Nikolaievich Ivanov | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 5–7, 6–1. | |
1926 | Not held | |||
1927 | Yevgeny A. Kudryavtsev | Yevgeny S. Ovanesov | 6–1, 6–0, 6–4. | |
1928 | Yevgeny A. Kudryavtsev (2) | Vsevolod A. Verbitsky | 6–4, 6–3, 0–6, 6–4. | |
1929/1931 | Not held | |||
1932 | Eduard Eduardovich Negrebetsky | Yevgeny A. Kudryavtsev | 3–6, 6–3, 8–6, 6–2. | |
1933 | Not held | |||
1934 | Yevgeny A. Kudryavtsev (3) | Vyacheslav K. Multino/Multenko | 8–6, 6–2, 6–4. | |
1935 | Boris Ilyich Novikov | Eduard E. Negrebetsky | 6–2, 6–3, 5–7, 6–2. | |
1936 | Boris I. Novikov (2) | Yevgeny A. Kudryavstev | 6–2, 6–3, 6–1. | |
1937 | Boris I. Novikov (3) | Eduard E. Negrebetsky | 6–1, 6–3, 0–6, 4–6, 6–0. | |
1938 | Boris I. Novikov (4) | Eduard E. Negrebetsky | 6–3, 8–6, 6–1. | |
1939 | Boris I. Novikov (5) | Eduard E. Negrebetsky | 6–8, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3. | |
1940 | Yuzef Gebda (Polish: Józef Hebda) | Boris I. Novikov | 6–2, 6–2, 6–1. | |
1941/1943 | Not held (due to World War II) | |||
1944[7] | Zdenek Albertovich Zigmund (Czech: Zdeněk Zikmund) | 4–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–4. | ||
1945 | Nikolai N. Ozerov (2) | Semyon Pavlovich Belits-Geiman | 6–4, 2–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3. | |
1946 | Nikolai N. Ozerov (3) | Semyon P. Belits-Geiman | 6–4, 6–2, 6–4. | |
1947 | Eduard E. Negrebetsky (2) | Nikolai N. Ozerov | 7–5, 6–4, 6–4. | |
1948 | Boris I. Novikov (6) | Zdenek A. Zigmund | 4–6, 6–2, 1–6, 6–4, 6–1. | |
1949 | Eduard E. Negrebetsky (3) | Nikolai N. Ozerov (4) | 4–6, 6–3, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3. | |
1950 | Eduard E. Negrebetsky (4) | Nikolai N. Ozerov | 6–4, 3–6, 3–6, 9–7, 6–0. | |
1951 | Nikolai N. Ozerov (4) | Sergei Sergeevich Andreev | 6–4, 6–1, 2–6, 6–3. | |
1952 | Sergei Sergeevich Andreev | Yevgeny V. Korbut | 6–3, 9–7, 6–3. | |
1953 | Nikolai N. Ozerov (5) | Sergei S. Andreev | 6–3, 6–2, 6–3. | |
1954 | Sergei S. Andreev (2) | Iosif I. Gager[8] | 6–1, 6–2, 6–4. | |
1955[9] | Sergei S. Andreev (3) | Nikolai N. Ozerov | 6–1, 6–2, 6–1. | |
1956 | Sergei S. Andreev (4) | Nikolai N. Ozerov | 6–4, 6–2, 6–1. | |
1957 | Sergei S. Andreev (5) | Mikhail Ivanovich Mozer | 6–1, 6–0, 6–1. | |
1958 | Sergei S. Andreev (6) | Sergei Likhachev | 6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 9–7. | |
1959 | Mikhail I. Mozer | Andrei Nikolaievich Potanin | 9–7, 8–6, 6–2. | |
1960 | Mikhail I. Mozer (2) | Sergei Likhachev | 4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3. | |
1961 | Rudolf S. Sivokhin | Svyatoslav P. Mizra | 7–5, 6–2, 4–6, 1–6, 6–2. | |
1962 | Andrei N. Potanin | Mikhail I. Mozer | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2. | |
1963 | Tomas Karlovich Lejus (Estonian: Toomas Leius) | Alexander Iraklievich Metreveli (Georgian: ალექსანდრე მეტრეველი|tr) | 8–6, 6–2, 4–6, 6–2. | |
1964 | Tomas K. Lejus (2) | Mikhail I. Mozer | 6–1, 6–0, 6–0. | |
1965 | Tomas K. Lejus (3) | Alexander I. Metreveli | 6–3, 3–6, 4–6, 6–2, 8–6. | |
1966[10] | Alexander I. Metreveli | Vyacheslav Vladimirovich Egorov | 7–9, 12–10, 6–4, 6–0. | |
1967 | Alexander I. Metreveli (2) | Vyacheslav V. Egorov | 6–3, 6–0, 6–4. | |
1968 | Tomas K. Lejus (4) | Alexander I. Metreveli | 6–0, 6–2, 6–3. | |
↓ Open era ↓ | ||||
1969 | Alexander I. Metreveli (3) | Vladimir K. Palman | 7–5, 9–7, 6–4. | |
1970 | Alexander I. Metreveli (4) | Tomas K. Lejus | 6–4, 6–4, 6–4. | |
1971 | Alexander I. Metreveli (5) | Tomas K. Lejus | 6–2, 6–1, 6–3. | |
1972 | Alexander I. Metreveli (6) | Teimuraz Iraklievich Kakulia (Georgian: თეიმურაზ კაკულია|tr) | 6–4, 6–4, 6–1. | |
1973 | Alexander I. Metreveli (7) | Teimuraz I. Kakulia | 6–1, 6–3, 6–3. | |
1974 | Alexander I. Metreveli (8) | Teimuraz I. Kakulia | 8–6, 6–4, 6–4. | |
1975 | Alexander I. Metreveli (9) | Teimuraz I. Kakulia | 8–6, 4–6, 3–6, 6–3, 7–5. | |
1976 | Alexander I. Metreveli (10) | Teimuraz I. Kakulia | 6–3, 6–0, 3–6, 6–2. | |
1977 | Vladimir V. Korotkov | Boris V. Borisov | 6–3, 2–6, 6–3, 7–6. | |
1978 | Alexander I. Metreveli (11) | Teimuraz I. Kakulia | 6–1, 6–1, 1–6, 1–6, 7–5. | |
1979 | Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev | Ramiz Akhmerov | 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2. | |
1980 | Alexander I. Metreveli (12) | Konstantin Pavlovich Pugayev | 7–5, 6–4, 7–5. | |
1981 | Alexander M. Zverev (2) | Konstantin P. Pugayev | 6–1, 6–4, 2–6, 6–3. | |
1982 | Konstantin P. Pugayev | Alexander M. Zverev | 6–4, 6–1, 3–6, 6–7, 6–4. | |
1983 | Sergey N. Leonyuk | Alexander M. Zverev | 6–4, 7–5, 1–6, 1–6, 6–4. | |
1984 | Alexander M. Zverev (3) | Sergey N. Leonyuk | 6–4, 6–1, 6–4. | |
1985 | Andrei Eduardovich Chesnokov | Alexander V. Volkov | 6–2, 6–2, 6–4. | |
1986 | Andrei E. Chesnokov (2) | Alexander Dolgopolov (Ukrainian: Олександр Долгополов|Oleksandr Dolgopolov | 7–5, 6–0, 6–4. | |
1987 | Andrei E. Chesnokov (3) | Alexander M. Zverev | 6–7, 6–4, 6–0, 6–2. | |
1988 | Andrei E. Chesnokov (4) | Iosif Krochko | 6–4, 3–6, 6–2, 6–0. | |
1989 | Andrei E. Chesnokov (5) | I. Krochko | 6–2, 2–6, 6–2, 6–2. | |
1990 | Dmitri "Dimitri" N. Poliakov (Ukrainian: Дмитро Миколаевич Поляков|Dmytro Mykolaiovych Poliakov) | Andrei S. Olhovskiy | 6–4, 4–6, 7–5, 7–5. | |
1991 | Dmitry Palenov | Andrei Rybalko | 6–4, 6–1. |
Year | Champion | Runner Up | Score | |
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1924 | Tamira Kazimirovna Sukhodolskaya | Sofia Vasilievna Maltseva | 6–3, 6–4 | |
1925 | Elena Dmitrievna Alexandrova | Tamira K. Sukhodolskaya | 6–3, 6–2 | |
1926 | Not held | |||
1927 | Nina Sergeevna Teplyakova | Elena D. Alexandrova | 8–6, 6–4 | |
1928 | Sofia V. Maltseva | Nina S. Teplyakova | 6–4, 6–4 | |
1929/1931 | Not held | |||
1932 | Sofia V. Maltseva | Elena D. Alexandrova | 6–2, 6–2 | |
1933 | Not held | |||
1934 | Nina S. Teplyakova (2) | Evgenia Schechter | 6–4, 6–0 | |
1935 | Nina S. Teplyakova (3) | Maria Viktorovna Meyer | 6–2, 6–3 | |
1936 | Nina S. Teplyakova (4) | Elena D. Alexandrova | 6–4, 6–3 | |
1937 | Nina S. Teplyakova (5) | Galina Sergeevna Korovina | 6–3, 8–6 | |
1938 | Nina S. Teplyakova (6) | Galina S. Korovina | 2–6, 6–0, 9–7 | |
1939 | Nina S. Teplyakova (7) | Galina S. Korovina | 6–4, 6–4 | |
1940 | Galina S. Korovina | Nadezhda Mitrofanovna Belonenko | 7–5, 6–1 | |
1941/1943 | Not held (due to World War II) | |||
1944 | Galina S. Korovina (2) | Nadezhda M. Belonenko | 1–6, 6–3, 6–4 | |
1945 | Galina S. Korovina (3) | Nadezhda M. Belonenko | 2–6, 6–2, 7–5 | |
1946 | Nadezhda M. Belonenko | 6–3, 6–3 | ||
1947 | Olga Kalmikova (2) | Antonina Ferdinandovna Gorina | 6–0, 6–2 | |
1948 | Nadezhda M. Belonenko | Galina S. Korovina | 5–7, 6–4, 6–0 | |
1949 | Nadezhda M. Belonenko (2) | Tatiana Nalimova | 6–3, 8–6 | |
1950 | Nadezhda M. Belonenko (3) | Galina S. Korovina | 6–2, 1–6, 8–6 | |
1951 | Elizaveta Chuvyrina | Nadezhda M. Belonenko | 6–2, 2–6, 6–4 | |
1952 | Elizaveta Chuvyrina (2) | Tatiana Nalimova | 4–6, 7–5, 6–0 | |
1953 | Elizaveta Chuvyrina (3) | Klavdia Borisova | 6–2, 6–3 | |
1954 | Elizaveta Chuvyrina (4) | Antonina Kuzmina | 6–1, 6–1 | |
1955 | Larisa Dmitrievna Gorina/Preobrazhenskaya | Valeria Kuzmenko | 7–5, 6–2 | |
1956 | Larisa Dmitrievna Gorina/Preobrazhenskaya | 3–6, 7–5, 6–4 | ||
1957 | Margarita Emelyanova | Elizaveta Chuvyrina | 7–5, 6–3 | |
1958 | Valeria Kuzmenko (2) | 6–4, 6–2 | ||
1959 | Anna Dmitrieva | 6–4, 8–6 | ||
1960 | Valeria Kuzmenko (3) | 8–6, 6–2 | ||
1961 | Anna Dmitrieva (2) | Valeria Kuzmenko Titova | 6–1, 6–0 | |
1962[11] | Anna Dmitrieva (3) | Irina Ryazanova | 4–6, 6–3, 6–0 | |
1963 | Anna Dmitrieva (4) | Irina Ryazanova | 6–3, 6–3 | |
1964 | Anna Dmitrieva (5) | Vera Yaremkevich Troshkina | 6–2, 6–1 | |
1965 | Tiiu Soome | Galina Baksheeva | 6–4, 7–5 | |
1966 | Galina Baksheeva | Rena Abjandadze | 6–3 6–2 | |
1967 | Galina Baksheeva (2) | Anna Dmitrieva | 1–6, 6–3, 6–3 | |
1968 | Tiiu Parmas | Galina Baksheeva | 3–6, 6–3, 6–1 | |
↓ Open era ↓ | ||||
1969[12] | Olga Morozova | Rauza Islanova | 7–5, 6–2 | |
1970 | Olga Morozova (2) | Zaiga Jansone | 6–4, 6–3 | |
1971 | Olga Morozova (3) | Galina Baksheeva | 6–2, 6–2 | |
1972 | Evgenia Biryukova | Tiiu Parmas | 6–3, 6–2 | |
1973 | Marina Kroschina | Rauza Islanova | 6–1, 6–4 | |
1974 | Marina Kroschina (2) | Yelena Gorina/Granaturova | 5–7, 6–3, 6–3 | |
1975 | Marina Kroschina (3) | Evgenia Biryukova | 4–6, 6–2, 6–3 | |
1976 | Olga Morozova (4) | 6–3, 6–3 | ||
1977 | Natalia Borodina | 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 | ||
1978 | Natasha Chmyreva | Yelena Gorina/Granaturova | 6–4, 1–6, 8–6 | |
1979 | Marina Kroschina (4) | Olga Morozova | 6–2, 6–2 | |
1980 | Olga Morozova (5) | Ludmila Makarova | 6–7, 6–4, 6–4 | |
1981 | Marina Kroschina | 1–6, 6–3, 8–6 | ||
1982 | Ludmila Makarova (5) | N. Avdeeva | 7–5, 6–3 | |
1983 | Elena Eliseenko | 6–4, 7–5 | ||
1984 | 6–0, 6–4 | |||
1985 | Svetlana Parkhomenko | 6–7, 6–4, 6–2 | ||
1986 | Leila Meskhi | 6–2, 6–4 | ||
1987 | Natasha Zvereva (2) | Viktoria Milvidskaya | 6–1, 6–2 | |
1988 | A. Mirza | 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 | ||
1989 | 4–6, 6–3, 6–0 | |||
1990 | Eugenia Maniokova (2) | 6–3, 6–2 | ||
1991 | 6–3, 6–2 |