DATE: Oct 17 - Oct 22, 2016
SURFACE: Hard
PRIZE MONEY: $758,788
FIELD SIZE: 28
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Svetlana Kuznetsova
Seeds:
1 KUZNETSOVA, Svetlana
2 CIBULKOVA, Dominika
3 SUÃREZ NAVARRO, Carla
4 SVITOLINA, Elina
5 VESNINA, Elena
6 STRYCOVA, Barbora
7 PAVLYUCHENKOVA, Anastasia
8 KASATKINA, Daria
The Tournament:
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 MartÃnez, 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. Src: WTA
About Moscow
Moscow, on the Moskva River in western Russia, is the nation’s cosmopolitan capital. In its historic core is the Kremlin, a complex that’s home to the president and tsarist treasures in the Armoury. Outside its walls is Red Square, Russia's symbolic center. It's home to Lenin’s Mausoleum, the State Historical Museum's comprehensive collection and St. Basil’s Cathedral, known for its colorful, onion-shaped domes.
Tourism Guide:
SURFACE: Hard
PRIZE MONEY: $758,788
FIELD SIZE: 28
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Svetlana Kuznetsova
Seeds:
1 KUZNETSOVA, Svetlana
2 CIBULKOVA, Dominika
3 SUÃREZ NAVARRO, Carla
4 SVITOLINA, Elina
5 VESNINA, Elena
6 STRYCOVA, Barbora
7 PAVLYUCHENKOVA, Anastasia
8 KASATKINA, Daria
The Tournament:
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 MartÃnez, 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. Src: WTA
About Moscow
Moscow, on the Moskva River in western Russia, is the nation’s cosmopolitan capital. In its historic core is the Kremlin, a complex that’s home to the president and tsarist treasures in the Armoury. Outside its walls is Red Square, Russia's symbolic center. It's home to Lenin’s Mausoleum, the State Historical Museum's comprehensive collection and St. Basil’s Cathedral, known for its colorful, onion-shaped domes.
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