Russian Cup
Russian Cup tennis award
Awarded forOutstanding sports contributions to tennis
CountryRussia
Presented byRussian Tennis Federation
First awarded1994
Websiteruscup.ru

The Russian Cup (Russian: Русский Кубок; pronounced [ˈruskʲɪj ˈkubək]) is an annual major national Russian sports award given to tennis players, coaches, companies and other organizations and people that contributed to the development of this sport in Russia. The cup was established in 1994 by then-Vice President of the Russian Tennis Federation Dmitry Vikharev and the President of IC Arman. It was organized by Anatoly Gusev in the following two years, and after his death in 1996 his wife Lyudmila Guseva and businessman Alexander Cherkasov continued its organization.

Since 1998, the committee includes such major tennis people as President of the RTF Shamil Tarpishchev. In 1998 the place for the ceremony was relocated from the Cinema Centre "Solovey" on the Krasnaya Presna to the Radisson Slavyanskaya Hotel. Only once, in 2003, was the award presented in the Cinema House in Moscow.[1] The awardee receives a statue illustrating the Russian two-headed eagle, which was created by designer Igor Kamenev.[1] It can't be bought although it exists in the catalog of its supplier.[2] The Kremlin Cup was named top tournament nine times, once as the organizer of the professional and the junior events.

Awardees

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

The ceremony was postponed to 2021 due to a lack of tournaments held because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[13][14]

2021

The offline ceremony wasn't held due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia but the awards were presented through a documentary (online ceremony analogue).[15]

2022

Ceremony was held during the Moscow river cruise.[17][18]

Records

Total number
Male Tennis Player of the Year
Female Tennis Player of the Year
Youngest
Oldest

References

  1. ^ a b История создания [History] (in Russian). Russian Cup. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Приз "Русский кубок" KbV-02(3)-R". zlatoust.com (in Russian). Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Polina Shakirova". paralymp.ru (in Russian). Russian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Polina Shakirova". itiftennis.com. International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Русский Кубок". Награды нашли героев [The "Russian Cup" Found Their Heroes] (in Russian). GoTennis. 11 November 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  6. ^ «Русский Кубок». Триумф командного тенниса [The "Russian Cup". Triumph in Team Tennis] (in Russian). Championat.com. 28 November 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Виктория Львова". paralymp.ru (in Russian). Russian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Viktoriia Lvova". itftennis.com. International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  9. ^ "2016". ruscup.ru. Russian Cup. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  10. ^ «Русский Кубок» – у русских красавиц [The "Russian Cup" for Russian beauties] (in Russian). Championat.com. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  11. ^ Стали известны все обладатели теннисной премии «Русский Кубок» [The winners of the tennis award "Russian Cup" were announced] (in Russian). Championat.com. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  12. ^ «Русский Кубок»-2019 [2019 Russian Cup] (in Russian). RTF. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  13. ^ "«Русский кубок»: до встречи в 2021 году" ['Russian Cup': see you in 2021]. tennis-russia.ru (in Russian). Russian Tennis Federation. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  14. ^ "Шамиль Тарпищев: Устроим "Русский кубок" по итогам двух сезонов сразу" [Shamil Tarpishchev: "'Russian Cup' will be presented by the results of two seasons combined"]. gotennis.ru (in Russian). 6 December 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  15. ^ a b c d ""Русский кубок" называет лауреатов" ["Russian Cup" lists the laureates]. tennis-russia.ru (in Russian). Russian Tennis Federation. 28 December 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  16. ^ "Nikita Burmakin Tennis Player Profile". itftennis.com. International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  17. ^ "Лауреаты «Русского кубка»-2022" [Russian Cup 2022 Winners] (in Russian). RTF. 17 December 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  18. ^ "Russian Cup 2.22". ruscup.ru. Retrieved 25 December 2022.