The U.S.S.R. Championships also known as the U.S.S.R. National Championships, 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. It was organised by the Tennis Federation of the USSR until 1991 when it was discontinued.

History 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. In 1908 the association numbered 48 member clubs.The Soviet Union Embassy Posolʹstvo (U.S.) 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. 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, however it would not join the ILTF until 1956.Robertson In 1924 first Soviet Union Championships. The tournament was not held during World War II from 1941 to 1943 resuming in 1944. In 1959 the All-Soviet Union Tennis Section changed its name to the Tennis Federation of the USSR, and continued to organise the championships until 1991 when the Soviet Union ceased to being a country, and became the Russian Federation. Two years later the Tennis Federation of the USSR altered its name to the Russian Tennis Federation.

Locations 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.

Finals Men's singles Year Champion Runner up Score 1924 Georgy Alexandrovich Stoliarov 3–6, 9–11, 6–4, 6–4, 7–5. 1925 Yevgeny A. Kudryavtsev 4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 5–7, 6–1.1926Not held 1927 Yevgeny A. Kudryavtsev (2) Yevgeny Stepanovich Ovanesov 6–1, 6–0, 6–4. 1928 Yevgeny A. Kudryavtsev (3) 6–4, 6–3, 0–6, 6–4.1929/1931Not held 1932 Yevgeny A. Kudryavtsev 3–6, 6–3, 8–6, 6–2.1933Not held 1934 Yevgeny A. Kudryavtsev (4) /Multenko8–6, 6–2, 6–4. 1935 Eduard E. Negrebetsky6–2, 6–3, 5–7, 6–2. 1936 Boris I. Novikov (2) Yevgeny A. Kudryavstev6–2, 6–3, 6–1. 1937 Boris I. Novikov (3) Eduard E. Negrebetsky6–1, 6–3, 0–6, 4–6, 6–0. 1938 Boris I. Novikov (4) Eduard E. Negrebetsky6–3, 8–6, 6–1. 1939 Boris I. Novikov (5) Eduard E. Negrebetsky6–8, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3. 1940 Boris I. Novikov6–2, 6–2, 6–1.1941/1943Not held (due to World War II) 1944Mansurov, Zairbek (2003). "History:Players". Moscow: Russian Tennis Hall of Fame. Nikolai Nikolaievich Ozerov 4–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–4. 1945 Nikolai N. Ozerov (2) 6–4, 2–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3. 1946 Nikolai N. Ozerov (3) Semyon P. Belits-Geiman6–4, 6–2, 6–4. 1947 Eduard E. Negrebetsky (2) Nikolai N. Ozerov7–5, 6–4, 6–4. 1948 Boris I. Novikov (6) Zdenek A. Zigmund4–6, 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 S. Andreev 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 Iosifovich Gager6–1, 6–2, 6–4. 1955 Sergei S. Andreev (3) Nikolai N. Ozerov6–1, 6–2, 6–1. 1956 Sergei S. Andreev (4) Nikolai N. Ozerov6–4, 6–2, 6–1. 1957 Sergei S. Andreev (5) Mikhail Ivanovich Mozer6–1, 6–0, 6–1. 1958 Sergei S. Andreev (6) Sergei Alexandrovich Likhachev6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 9–7. 1959 Mikhail I. Mozer Andrei Nikolaievich Potanin9–7, 8–6, 6–2. 1960 Mikhail I. Mozer (2) Sergei A. Likhachev4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3. 1961 Rudolf Sergeevich Sivokhin 7–5, 6–2, 4–6, 1–6, 6–2. 1962 Andrei N. Potanin Mikhail I. Mozer3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2. 1963 Tomas Karlovich Lejus Alexander Iraklievich Metreveli 8–6, 6–2, 4–6, 6–2. 1964 Tomas K. Lejus (2) Mikhail I. Mozer6–1, 6–0, 6–0. 1965 Tomas K. Lejus (3) Alexander I. Metreveli6–3, 3–6, 4–6, 6–2, 8–6. 1966 Alexander I. Metreveli 7–9, 12–10, 6–4, 6–0. 1967 Alexander I. Metreveli (2) Viacheslav V. Egorov6–3, 6–0, 6–4. 1968 Tomas K. Lejus (4) Alexander I. Metreveli6–0, 6–2, 6–3.↓  Open era  ↓ 1969 Alexander I. Metreveli (3) Vladimir K. Palman7–5, 9–7, 6–4. 1970 Alexander I. Metreveli (4) Tomas K. Lejus6–4, 6–4, 6–4. 1971 Alexander I. Metreveli (5) Tomas K. Lejus6–2, 6–1, 6–3. 1972 Alexander I. Metreveli (6) Teimuraz Iraklievich Kakulia 6–4, 6–4, 6–1. 1973 Alexander I. Metreveli (7) Teimuraz I. Kakulia6–1, 6–3, 6–3. 1974 Alexander I. Metreveli (8) Teimuraz I. Kakulia8–6, 6–4, 6–4. 1975 Alexander I. Metreveli (9) Teimuraz I. Kakulia8–6, 4–6, 3–6, 6–3, 7–5. 1976 Alexander I. Metreveli (10) Teimuraz I. Kakulia6–3, 6–0, 3–6, 6–2. 1977 Vladimir Viktorovich Korotkov Boris V. Borisov6–3, 2–6, 6–3, 7–6. 1978 Alexander I. Metreveli (11) Teimuraz I. Kakulia6–1, 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 Pugayev7–5, 6–4, 7–5. 1981 Alexander M. Zverev (2) Konstantin P. Pugayev6–1, 6–4, 2–6, 6–3. 1982 Konstantin P. Pugayev Alexander M. Zverev6–4, 6–1, 3–6, 6–7, 6–4. 1983 Sergey Nikolayevich Leonyuk Alexander M. Zverev6–4, 7–5, 1–6, 1–6, 6–4. 1984 Alexander M. Zverev (3) Sergey N. Leonyuk6–4, 6–1, 6–4. 1985 Andrei Eduardovich Chesnokov Alexander Vladimirovich Volkov6–2, 6–2, 6–4. 1986 Andrei E. Chesnokov (2) Alexander Dolgopolov 7–5, 6–0, 6–4. 1987 Andrei E. Chesnokov (3) Alexander M. Zverev6–7, 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) Iosif Krochko6–2, 2–6, 6–2, 6–2. 1990 Dmitri "Dimitri" Nikolaievich Poliakov Andrei Stanislavovich Olhovskiy6–4, 4–6, 7–5, 7–5. 1991 Dmitry Palenov Andrei Rybalko 6–4, 6–1.

Women's singles Year Champion Runner up Score 1924 6–3, 6–4 1925 Elena D. Alexandrova Tamira K. Sukhodolskaia 6–3, 6–21926Not held 1927 Nina Teplyakova Elena D. Alexandrova 8–6, 6–4 1928 Sofia V. Maltseva Nina S. Teplyakova 6–4, 6–41929/1931Not held 1932 Sofia V. Maltseva (2) Elena D. Alexandrova 6–2, 6–21933Not held 1934 Nina S. Teplyakova (2) Evgenia Shekhter 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. Korovina2–6, 6–0, 9–7 1939 Nina S. Teplyakova (7) Galina S. Korovina6–4, 6–4 1940 Galina S. Korovina Nadezhda Mitrofanovna Belonenko 7–5, 6–11941/1943Not held (due to World War II) 1944 Galina S. Korovina (2) Nadezhda M. Belonenko1–6, 6–3, 6–4 1945 Galina S. Korovina (3) Nadezhda M. Belonenko2–6, 6–2, 7–5 1946 Olga Nikolaievna Kalmykova Nadezhda M. Belonenko6–3, 6–3 1947 Olga N. Kalmykova (2) 6–0, 6–2 1948 Nadezhda M. Belonenko Galina S. Korovina5–7, 6–4, 6–0 1949 Nadezhda M. Belonenko (2) 6–3, 8–6 1950 Nadezhda M. Belonenko (3) Galina S. Korovina6–2, 1–6, 8–6 1951 Elizaveta Mikhailovna Chuvirina Nadezhda M. Belonenko6–2, 2–6, 6–4 1952 Elizaveta M. Chuvirina (2) Tatiana B. Nalimova4–6, 7–5, 6–0 1953 Elizaveta M. Chuvirina (3) Klavdia Alexeevna Borisova 6–2, 6–3 1954 Elizaveta M. Chuvirina (4) Antonina Fedorovna Kuzmina 6–1, 6–1 1955 Valeria Ivanovna Kuzmenko/Titova 7–5, 6–2 1956 Valeria I. Kuzmenko/Titova Larisa D. /Gorina→/Preobrazhenskaia3–6, 7–5, 6–4 1957 Margarita Iourievna Emelyanova Elizaveta M. Chuvirina 7–5, 6–3 1958 Valeria I. Kuzmenko/Titova (2) Anna Vladimirovna Dmitrieva 6–4, 6–2 1959 Anna V. Dmitrieva Valeria I. Kuzmenko/Titova 6–4, 8–6 1960 Valeria I. Kuzmenko/Titova (3) Anna V. Dmitrieva 8–6, 6–2 1961 Anna V. Dmitrieva (2) Valeria I. Kuzmenko-Titova6–1, 6–0 1962 Anna V. Dmitrieva (3) Irina Evnenyevna Ryazanova/Ermolova 4–6, 6–3, 6–0 1963 Anna V. Dmitrieva (4) Irina E. Ryazanova/Ermolova6–3, 6–3 1964 Anna V. Dmitrieva (5) Vera Ivanovna Yaremkevich/Troshkina6–2, 6–1 1965 Tiju Soome/Simson Galina Petrovna Baksheeva 6–4, 7–5 1966 Galina P. Baksheeva Rena Abjandadze 6–3 6–2 1967 Galina P. Baksheeva (2) Anna V. Dmitrieva1–6, 6–3, 6–3 1968 Tiiu /Kivi-/Parmas Galina P. Baksheeva3–6, 6–3, 6–1↓  Open era  ↓ 1969 Olga Vasilievna Morozova Rauza Mukhamedzhanovna Islanova 7–5, 6–2 1970 Olga V. Morozova (2) Zaiga Yansone 6–4, 6–3 1971 Olga V. Morozova (3) Galina P. Baksheeva6–2, 6–2 1972 Eugenia Iourievna Birioukova Tiiu /Kivi-/Parmas6–3, 6–2 1973 Marina Vasilievna Kroschina Rauza M. Islanova6–1, 6–4 1974 Marina V. Kroschina (2) Yelena Grigoryevna Granaturova5–7, 6–3, 6–3 1975 Marina V. Kroschina (3) Evgenia I. Birioukova4–6, 6–2, 6–3 1976 Olga V. Morozova (4) Galina P. Baksheeva 6–3, 6–3 1977 Evgenia I. Biriukova 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 1978 Natalya "Natasha" Yurievna Chmyreva Yelena G. Granaturova 6–4, 1–6, 8–6 1979 Marina V. Kroschina (4) Olga V. Morozova6–2, 6–2 1980 Olga V. Morozova (5) Ludmila Nikolaievna Makarova6–7, 6–4, 6–4 1981 Marina V. Kroschina Natalia Vladimirovna Reva 1–6, 6–3, 8–6 1982 Ludmila N. Makarova N. Avdeeva7–5, 6–3 1983 Elena Pavlovna Eliseenko Svetlana Germanovna Cherneva6–4, 7–5 1984 Viktoria Mikhailovna Milvidskaia Oksana Nikolaievna Lifanova 6–0, 6–4 1985 Svetlana G. /Cherneva→/Parkhomenko Yulia Sergeyevna Salnikova6–7, 6–4, 6–2 1986 Natalya "Natasha" Maratovna Zvereva Leila Georgievna Meskhi 6–2, 6–4 1987 Natalya M. Zvereva (2) Viktoria M. Milvidskaia6–1, 6–2 1988 Eugenia Alexandrovna Maniokova Anna Sviatoslavovna Mirza6–3, 3–6, 6–3 1989 Leila G. Meskhi Natalia Olegovna Medvedeva 4–6, 6–3, 6–0 1990 Eugenia A. Maniokova (2) Elena Alexeievna Makarova 6–3, 6–2 1991 Svetlana Komleva Eugenia A. Maniokova 6–3, 6–2

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