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Soviet Championships
U.S.S.R. Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Tourpost factum: ILTF World Circuit (1924–70)
ILTF Independent Tour (1971–91)
Founded1924; 100 years ago (1924)
Abolished1991; 33 years ago (1991)
LocationVarious
VenueVarious
SurfaceClay
Hard

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]

History

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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]

Locations

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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]

Finals

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Men's singles

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Year Champion Runner Up Score
1924[6] Soviet Union Georgy Alexandrovich Stolyarov Soviet Union Yevgeny Arkadyevich Kudryavtsev [ru] 3–6, 9–11, 6–4, 6–4, 7–5.[2]
1925 Soviet Union Yevgeny A. Kudryavtsev Soviet Union Nikolai Nikolaievich Ivanov [ru] 4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 5–7, 6–1.[2]
1926 Not held
1927 Soviet Union Yevgeny A. Kudryavtsev (2) Soviet Union Yevgeny Stepanovich Ovanesov 6–1, 6–0, 6–4.[2]
1928 Soviet Union Yevgeny A. Kudryavtsev (3) Soviet Union Vsevolod Alekseevich Verbitsky [ru] 6–4, 6–3, 0–6, 6–4.[2]
1929/1931 Not held
1932 Soviet Union Eduard Eduardovich Negrebetsky [ru] Soviet Union Yevgeny A. Kudryavtsev 3–6, 6–3, 8–6, 6–2.[2]
1933 Not held
1934 Soviet Union Yevgeny A. Kudryavtsev (4) Soviet Union Viacheslav Konstantinovich Multino [ru]/Multenko 8–6, 6–2, 6–4.[2]
1935 Soviet Union Boris Ilyich Novikov [ru] Soviet Union Eduard E. Negrebetsky 6–2, 6–3, 5–7, 6–2.[2]
1936 Soviet Union Boris I. Novikov (2) Soviet Union Yevgeny A. Kudryavstev 6–2, 6–3, 6–1.[2]
1937 Soviet Union Boris I. Novikov (3) Soviet Union Eduard E. Negrebetsky 6–1, 6–3, 0–6, 4–6, 6–0.[2]
1938 Soviet Union Boris I. Novikov (4) Soviet Union Eduard E. Negrebetsky 6–3, 8–6, 6–1.[2]
1939 Soviet Union Boris I. Novikov (5) Soviet Union Eduard E. Negrebetsky 6–8, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3.[2]
1940 Soviet Union Yuzef Gebda [ru] Soviet Union Boris I. Novikov 6–2, 6–2, 6–1.[2]
1941/1943 Not held (due to World War II)
1944[7] Soviet Union Nikolai Nikolaievich Ozerov Soviet Union Zdenek Albertovich Zigmund [ru] 4–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–4.[2]
1945[7] Soviet Union Nikolai N. Ozerov (2) Soviet Union Semyon Pavlovich Belits-Geiman [ru] 6–4, 2–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3.[2]
1946[7] Soviet Union Nikolai N. Ozerov (3) Soviet Union Semyon P. Belits-Geiman 6–4, 6–2, 6–4.[2]
1947 Soviet Union Eduard E. Negrebetsky (2) Soviet Union Nikolai N. Ozerov 7–5, 6–4, 6–4.[2]
1948 Soviet Union Boris I. Novikov (6) Soviet Union Zdenek A. Zigmund 4–6, 6–2, 1–6, 6–4, 6–1.[2]
1949 Soviet Union Eduard E. Negrebetsky (3) Soviet Union Nikolai N. Ozerov (4) 4–6, 6–3, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3.[2]
1950 Soviet Union Eduard E. Negrebetsky (4) Soviet Union Nikolai N. Ozerov 6–4, 3–6, 3–6, 9–7, 6–0.[2]
1951[7] Soviet Union Nikolai N. Ozerov (4) Soviet Union Sergei Sergeevich Andreev 6–4, 6–1, 2–6, 6–3.[2]
1952 Soviet Union Sergei S. Andreev Soviet Union Yevgeny Vladimirovich Korbut [ru] 6–3, 9–7, 6–3.[2]
1953[7] Soviet Union Nikolai N. Ozerov (5) Soviet Union Sergei S. Andreev 6–3, 6–2, 6–3.[2]
1954 Soviet Union Sergei S. Andreev (2) Soviet Union Iosif I. Gager[8] 6–1, 6–2, 6–4.[2]
1955[9] Soviet Union Sergei S. Andreev (3) Soviet Union Nikolai N. Ozerov 6–1, 6–2, 6–1.[2]
1956 Soviet Union Sergei S. Andreev (4) Soviet Union Nikolai N. Ozerov 6–4, 6–2, 6–1.[2]
1957 Soviet Union Sergei S. Andreev (5) Soviet Union Mikhail Ivanovich Mozer 6–1, 6–0, 6–1.[2]
1958 Soviet Union Sergei S. Andreev (6) Soviet Union Sergei Alexandrovich Likhachev 6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 9–7.[2]
1959 Soviet Union Mikhail I. Mozer Soviet Union Andrei Nikolaievich Potanin 9–7, 8–6, 6–2.[2]
1960 Soviet Union Mikhail I. Mozer (2) Soviet Union Sergei A. Likhachev 4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3.[2]
1961 Soviet Union Rudolf Sergeevich Sivokhin Soviet Union Sviatoslav Petrovicih Mirza [ru] 7–5, 6–2, 4–6, 1–6, 6–2.[2]
1962 Soviet Union Andrei N. Potanin Soviet Union Mikhail I. Mozer 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2.[2]
1963 Soviet Union Tomas Karlovich Lejus Soviet Union Alexander Iraklievich Metreveli 8–6, 6–2, 4–6, 6–2.[2]
1964 Soviet Union Tomas K. Lejus (2) Soviet Union Mikhail I. Mozer 6–1, 6–0, 6–0.[2]
1965 Soviet Union Tomas K. Lejus (3) Soviet Union Alexander I. Metreveli 6–3, 3–6, 4–6, 6–2, 8–6.[2]
1966[10] Soviet Union Alexander I. Metreveli Soviet Union Viacheslav Vladimirovich Egorov [ru] 7–9, 12–10, 6–4, 6–0.[2]
1967[10] Soviet Union Alexander I. Metreveli (2) Soviet Union Viacheslav V. Egorov 6–3, 6–0, 6–4.[2]
1968 Soviet Union Tomas K. Lejus (4) Soviet Union Alexander I. Metreveli 6–0, 6–2, 6–3.[2]
↓  Open era  ↓
1969[10] Soviet Union Alexander I. Metreveli (3) Soviet Union Vladimir K. Palman 7–5, 9–7, 6–4.[2]
1970[10] Soviet Union Alexander I. Metreveli (4) Soviet Union Tomas K. Lejus 6–4, 6–4, 6–4.[2]
1971[10] Soviet Union Alexander I. Metreveli (5) Soviet Union Tomas K. Lejus 6–2, 6–1, 6–3.[2]
1972[10] Soviet Union Alexander I. Metreveli (6) Soviet Union Teimuraz Iraklievich Kakulia 6–4, 6–4, 6–1.[2]
1973[10] Soviet Union Alexander I. Metreveli (7) Soviet Union Teimuraz I. Kakulia 6–1, 6–3, 6–3.[2]
1974[10] Soviet Union Alexander I. Metreveli (8) Soviet Union Teimuraz I. Kakulia 8–6, 6–4, 6–4.[2]
1975[10] Soviet Union Alexander I. Metreveli (9) Soviet Union Teimuraz I. Kakulia 8–6, 4–6, 3–6, 6–3, 7–5.[2]
1976[10] Soviet Union Alexander I. Metreveli (10) Soviet Union Teimuraz I. Kakulia 6–3, 6–0, 3–6, 6–2.[2]
1977 Soviet Union Vladimir Viktorovich Korotkov Soviet Union Boris V. Borisov 6–3, 2–6, 6–3, 7–6.[2]
1978[10] Soviet Union Alexander I. Metreveli (11) Soviet Union Teimuraz I. Kakulia 6–1, 6–1, 1–6, 1–6, 7–5.[2]
1979 Soviet Union Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev Soviet Union Ramiz Akhmerov 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2.[2]
1980[10] Soviet Union Alexander I. Metreveli (12) Soviet Union Konstantin Pavlovich Pugayev 7–5, 6–4, 7–5.[2]
1981 Soviet Union Alexander M. Zverev (2) Soviet Union Konstantin P. Pugayev 6–1, 6–4, 2–6, 6–3.[2]
1982 Soviet Union Konstantin P. Pugayev Soviet Union Alexander M. Zverev 6–4, 6–1, 3–6, 6–7, 6–4.[2]
1983 Soviet Union Sergey Nikolayevich Leonyuk Soviet Union Alexander M. Zverev 6–4, 7–5, 1–6, 1–6, 6–4.[2]
1984 Soviet Union Alexander M. Zverev (3) Soviet Union Sergey N. Leonyuk 6–4, 6–1, 6–4.[2]
1985[7] Soviet Union Andrei Eduardovich Chesnokov Soviet Union Alexander Vladimirovich Volkov 6–2, 6–2, 6–4.[2]
1986[7] Soviet Union Andrei E. Chesnokov (2) Soviet Union Alexander Dolgopolov 7–5, 6–0, 6–4.[2]
1987[7] Soviet Union Andrei E. Chesnokov (3) Soviet Union Alexander M. Zverev 6–7, 6–4, 6–0, 6–2.[2]
1988 Soviet Union Andrei E. Chesnokov (4) Soviet Union Iosif Krochko 6–4, 3–6, 6–2, 6–0.[2]
1989 Soviet Union Andrei E. Chesnokov (5) Soviet Union Iosif Krochko 6–2, 2–6, 6–2, 6–2.[2]
1990 Soviet Union Dmitri "Dimitri" Nikolaievich Poliakov Soviet Union Andrei Stanislavovich Olhovskiy 6–4, 4–6, 7–5, 7–5.[2]
1991 Soviet Union Dmitry Palenov Soviet Union Andrei Rybalko 6–4, 6–1.[2]

Women's singles

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Year Champion Runner Up Score
1924[6] Soviet Union Tamira Kazimirovna Sukhodolskaia [ru] Soviet Union Sofia Vasilievna Maltseva [ru] 6–3, 6–4
1925 Soviet Union Elena Dmitrievna Alexandrova Soviet Union Tamira K. Sukhodolskaia 6–3, 6–2
1926 Not held
1927[7] Soviet Union Nina Sergeevna Teplyakova Soviet Union Elena D. Alexandrova 8–6, 6–4
1928 Soviet Union Sofia V. Maltseva Soviet Union Nina S. Teplyakova 6–4, 6–4
1929/1931 Not held
1932 Soviet Union Sofia V. Maltseva (2) Soviet Union Elena D. Alexandrova 6–2, 6–2
1933 Not held
1934[7] Soviet Union Nina S. Teplyakova (2) Soviet Union Evgenia Shekhter 6–4, 6–0
1935[7] Soviet Union Nina S. Teplyakova (3) Soviet Union Maria Viktorovna Meyer 6–2, 6–3
1936[7] Soviet Union Nina S. Teplyakova (4) Soviet Union Elena D. Alexandrova 6–4, 6–3
1937[7] Soviet Union Nina S. Teplyakova (5) Soviet Union Galina Sergeevna Korovina 6–3, 8–6
1938[7] Soviet Union Nina S. Teplyakova (6) Soviet Union Galina S. Korovina 2–6, 6–0, 9–7
1939[4] Soviet Union Nina S. Teplyakova (7)[7] Soviet Union Galina S. Korovina 6–4, 6–4
1940 Soviet Union Galina S. Korovina Soviet Union Nadezhda Mitrofanovna Belonenko 7–5, 6–1
1941/1943 Not held (due to World War II)
1944[4] Soviet Union Galina S. Korovina (2) Soviet Union Nadezhda M. Belonenko 1–6, 6–3, 6–4
1945 Soviet Union Galina S. Korovina (3) Soviet Union Nadezhda M. Belonenko 2–6, 6–2, 7–5
1946 Soviet Union Olga Nikolaievna Kalmykova Soviet Union Nadezhda M. Belonenko 6–3, 6–3
1947 Soviet Union Olga N. Kalmykova (2) Soviet Union Antonina Ferdinandovna Gorina [ru] 6–0, 6–2
1948 Soviet Union Nadezhda M. Belonenko Soviet Union Galina S. Korovina 5–7, 6–4, 6–0
1949 Soviet Union Nadezhda M. Belonenko (2) Soviet Union Tatiana Borisovna Nalimova [ru] 6–3, 8–6
1950 Soviet Union Nadezhda M. Belonenko (3) Soviet Union Galina S. Korovina 6–2, 1–6, 8–6
1951 Soviet Union Elizaveta Mikhailovna Chuvirina Soviet Union Nadezhda M. Belonenko 6–2, 2–6, 6–4
1952 Soviet Union Elizaveta M. Chuvirina (2) Soviet Union Tatiana B. Nalimova 4–6, 7–5, 6–0
1953 Soviet Union Elizaveta M. Chuvirina (3) Soviet Union Klavdia Alexeevna Borisova 6–2, 6–3
1954 Soviet Union Elizaveta M. Chuvirina (4) Soviet Union Antonina Fedorovna Kuzmina 6–1, 6–1
1955[9] Soviet Union Larisa Dmitrievna /Gorina→/Preobrazhenskaya [ru][11] Soviet Union Valeria Ivanovna Kuzmenko/Titova 7–5, 6–2
1956 Soviet Union Valeria I. Kuzmenko/Titova Soviet Union Larisa D. /Gorina→/Preobrazhenskaya[11] 3–6, 7–5, 6–4
1957 Soviet Union Margarita Iourievna Emelyanova Soviet Union Elizaveta M. Chuvirina 7–5, 6–3
1958 Soviet Union Valeria I. Kuzmenko/Titova (2) Soviet Union Anna Vladimirovna Dmitrieva 6–4, 6–2
1959 Soviet Union Anna V. Dmitrieva Soviet Union Valeria I. Kuzmenko/Titova 6–4, 8–6
1960 Soviet Union Valeria I. Kuzmenko/Titova (3) Soviet Union Anna V. Dmitrieva 8–6, 6–2
1961 Soviet Union Anna V. Dmitrieva (2) Soviet Union Valeria I. Kuzmenko-Titova 6–1, 6–0
1962[12] Soviet Union Anna V. Dmitrieva (3) Soviet Union Irina Evnenyevna Ryazanova/Ermolova 4–6, 6–3, 6–0
1963 Soviet Union Anna V. Dmitrieva (4) Soviet Union Irina E. Ryazanova/Ermolova 6–3, 6–3
1964 Soviet Union Anna V. Dmitrieva (5) Soviet Union Vera Ivanovna Yaremkevich/Troshkina[13] 6–2, 6–1
1965 Soviet Union Tiju Soome/Simson Soviet Union Galina Petrovna Baksheeva 6–4, 7–5
1966 Soviet Union Galina P. Baksheeva Soviet Union Rena Abjandadze 6–3 6–2
1967 Soviet Union Galina P. Baksheeva (2) Soviet Union Anna V. Dmitrieva 1–6, 6–3, 6–3
1968 Soviet Union Tiiu /Kivi-/Parmas Soviet Union Galina P. Baksheeva 3–6, 6–3, 6–1
↓  Open era  ↓
1969[14] Soviet Union Olga Vasilievna Morozova Soviet Union Rauza Mukhamedzhanovna Islanova 7–5, 6–2
1970 Soviet Union Olga V. Morozova (2) Soviet Union Zaiga Yansone 6–4, 6–3
1971 Soviet Union Olga V. Morozova (3) Soviet Union Galina P. Baksheeva 6–2, 6–2
1972 Soviet Union Eugenia Iourievna Birioukova Soviet Union Tiiu /Kivi-/Parmas 6–3, 6–2
1973 Soviet Union Marina Vasilievna Kroschina Soviet Union Rauza M. Islanova 6–1, 6–4
1974 Soviet Union Marina V. Kroschina (2) Soviet Union Yelena Grigoryevna Granaturova 5–7, 6–3, 6–3
1975 Soviet Union Marina V. Kroschina (3) Soviet Union Evgenia I. Birioukova 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
1976 Soviet Union Olga V. Morozova (4) Soviet Union Galina P. Baksheeva 6–3, 6–3
1977 Soviet Union Natalia Vasilievna Borodina [be] Soviet Union Evgenia I. Biriukova 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
1978 Soviet Union Natalya "Natasha" Yurievna Chmyreva Soviet Union Yelena G. Granaturova 6–4, 1–6, 8–6
1979 Soviet Union Marina V. Kroschina (4) Soviet Union Olga V. Morozova 6–2, 6–2
1980 Soviet Union Olga V. Morozova (5) Soviet Union Ludmila Nikolaievna Makarova 6–7, 6–4, 6–4
1981 Soviet Union Marina V. Kroschina Soviet Union Natalia Vladimirovna Reva 1–6, 6–3, 8–6
1982 Soviet Union Ludmila N. Makarova Soviet Union N. Avdeeva 7–5, 6–3
1983 Soviet Union Elena Pavlovna Eliseenko Soviet Union Svetlana Germanovna Cherneva 6–4, 7–5
1984 Soviet Union Viktoria Mikhailovna Milvidskaia Soviet Union Oksana Nikolaievna Lifanova 6–0, 6–4
1985 Soviet Union Svetlana G. /Cherneva→/Parkhomenko Soviet Union Yulia Sergeyevna Salnikova 6–7, 6–4, 6–2
1986 Soviet Union Natalya "Natasha" Maratovna Zvereva Soviet Union Leila Georgievna Meskhi 6–2, 6–4
1987 Soviet Union Natalya M. Zvereva (2) Soviet Union Viktoria M. Milvidskaia 6–1, 6–2
1988 Soviet Union Eugenia Alexandrovna Maniokova Soviet Union A. Mirza 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
1989 Soviet Union Leila G. Meskhi Soviet Union Natalia Olegovna Medvedeva 4–6, 6–3, 6–0
1990 Soviet Union Eugenia A. Maniokova (2) Soviet Union Elena Alexeievna Makarova 6–3, 6–2
1991 Soviet Union Svetlana Komleva Soviet Union Eugenia A. Maniokova 6–3, 6–2

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