TOURNAMENT INFO
TIER: Premier
PRIZE MONEY: $702,900
SURFACE: Hard
DIRECTOR: Aleksei Selivanenko
A past winner of the WTA's Premier Tournament Of The Year, the Kremlin Cup by Bank of Moscow at Olympic Stadium in Moscow is the final Premier stop on the calendar before the WTA Finals. The tournament started in 1994 and was upgraded to Premier status in 1996, when it became a joint ATP-WTA event. It also switched surfaces from carpet to hardcourts in 2007.
Kremlin Cup by Bank of Moscow champions include Victoria Azarenka, Martina Hingis, Jelena Jankovic, Conchita Martínez, Anastasia Myskina, Jana Novotna, Francesca Schiavone, Caroline Wozniacki, three-time winner Magdalena Maleeva and Mary Pierce, who collected the last of her 18 career titles here in 2005.
The northernmost megacity on Earth, Moscow is the capital city of and the most populous city in Russia. It is a major political, economic, cultural and scientific center of the country
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