The Moscow Ladies Open is a defunct

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affiliated

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tournament played from 1989 to 1995. It was held in Moscow, Soviet Union, from 1989 to 1990 (under the titles of Virginia Slims of Moscow and Kraft General Foods of Moscow, respectively) and in

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, Soviet Union, in 1991 (as St. Petersburg Open) and again in Moscow from 1994 to 1995. Then the tournament was incorporated into the ATP

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, making it a combined event for 1996. The tournament was played on indoor

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s. In 2018, tournament returned in

calendar as clay court championship

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Finals

Singles

Doubles

References

WTA Results Archive
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