Neva Cup ( Eng. Neva Cup, previous - Kivennapa Ladies' cup) - Women's professional international tennis tournament held in St. Petersburg ( Russia ). Since 2012, it belongs to the ITF women’s adult series with a prize pool of $ 25,000 and a tournament bracket for 32 singles and 16 pairs. It was originally held at the end of summer on clay courts , now on indoor hard courts of the Dynamo Tennis Center .
| Neva Cup | |
|---|---|
| A place carrying out | St. Petersburg Russia |
| Coating | Hard (i) |
| Site | nevacup.formulatx.com |
| ITF Women's Tour | |
| Prize | $ 100,000 |
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General Information
The modern history of the women's protest competitions in St. Petersburg begins in 1991, when the city hosted the fifth category WTA tournament for one season. That tournament brought together many of the strongest tennis players who lived out their last months of the USSR and ended in their absolute victory. Then, it was necessary to wait for 12 years to return the competitions of at least a similar level to the city on the Neva - only in 2003, with the support of the national federation, the city managed to start regularly holding the championships of the youngest women’s protour - ITF series . Despite the interest in tennis among city leaders [1] and the presence of several natives of the city in the protest: the strongest of which, Svetlana Kuznetsova , won twice in the mid-2000s, won the Grand Slam tournaments in singles, tournaments in the city did not have permanent large sponsors, and even at the peak of their prosperity, did not have a prize pool of more than $ 50 thousand, while a similar neighboring men's tournament regularly found up to a million dollars for similar purposes.
In 2012, the construction company Kivennapa took the role of the title sponsor of the competition [2] , and the first tournament with its assistance took place at the end of August and had a prize fund of 10 thousand dollars.
In 2016, the license was transferred to one of Gazprom ’s subsidiaries: the tournament moved to the fall and changed its venue, moving from the clay tennis courts of the Children's Tennis Center to the Dynamo TC indoor hard courts, becoming the tournament companion for the St. Men's competition . Petersburg Open , having inherited from their other tournament the name Neva Cup [3] [4] . At the same time, the prize fund was increased to 100 thousand dollars .
History
| Year | Title | Coating | Category | Prize pool |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Neva Cup 2017 | Hard (i) | ITF | 100 thousand dollars |
| 2016 | Neva Cup 2016 | Hard (i) | ITF | 100 thousand dollars |
| 2015 | Kivennapa Ladies' cup 2015 | Priming | ITF | 25 thousand dollars |
| 2014 | Kivennapa Ladies' cup 2014 | Priming | ITF | 25 thousand dollars |
| 2013 | Kivennapa Ladies' cup 2013 | Priming | ITF | 25 thousand dollars |
| 2012 | Kivennapa Ladies' cup 2012 | Priming | ITF | 10 thousand dollars |
Finals of different years
| Year | Champion | Finalist | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Belinda Bencic | Dayana Yastremskaya | 6-2 6-3 |
| 2016 | Natalya Vikhlyantseva | Donna Vekic | 6-1 6-2 |
| 2015 | Polina Leikina | Natalya Vikhlyantseva | 6-4 6-3 |
| 2014 | Pemra Ozgen | Ema Mikulchich | 6-1 7-5 |
| 2013 | Polina Vinogradova | Sofia Shapatava | 6-4 7-6 (2) |
| 2012 | Alexandra Sasnovich | Polina Vinogradova | 1-6 6-3 6-0 |
| Year | Champions | Finalists | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Anna Blinkova Veronika Kudermetova | Belinda Bencic Michaela Gonchova | 6-3 6-1 |
| 2016 | Maria Marfutina Anna Morgina | Raluca Olaru Alena Tarasova | 6-2 6-3 |
| 2015 | Carolyn Daniels Lidia Morozova | Natela Dzalamidze Veronika Kudermetova | 6-4 4-6 [10-6] |
| 2014 | Vitaly Dyachenko Ilona Flint | Natela Dzalamidze Anastasia Pivovarova | 6-1 6-3 |
| 2013 | Victoria Kahn Anna Poznihirenko | Justina Egelka Noppavan Letchivakan | 6-2 6-0 |
| 2012 | Olga Doroshina Julia Kalabina | Daria Lebesheva Julia Valetova | 6-0 6-4 |
Notes
- ↑ Valentina Matvienko left the post of head of the tennis federation of St. Petersburg . gotennis.ru (November 11, 2009). Date of treatment December 5, 2014.
- ↑ St. Petersburg hosts the Kivennapa Ladies cup tournament (inaccessible link) . 100TV (August 28, 2012). Date of treatment December 5, 2014. Archived December 10, 2014.
- ↑ 2016 Tournament page on the ITF website . itftennis.com (August 2, 2016). Date of treatment August 2, 2016.
- ↑ Vasiliev, Andrey. Alexander Medvedev: We hope that the top 5 player will come to the tournament in St. Petersburg (inaccessible link) . Soviet sport (June 9, 2016). Date of treatment August 2, 2016. Archived on September 20, 2016.
See also
- ITF Women's Tournament Cycle
- St. Petersburg Women's Tennis Trophy