# Moscow International Championships

The Moscow International Championships was a men's and women's open international outdoor tennis tournament founded in 1956. The tournament was organised by the Tennis Federation of the USSR was played on clay courts in Moscow, Soviet Union until 1975.
The event also carried the joint denomination of USSR International Championships. The championships were part ILTF European Circuit a sub circuit of the ILTF World Circuit until 1972 then became part of the ILTF Independent Tour from 1973 until it was discontinued.

## History

In the mid-1950s confrontational relations between the Western Bloc and Soviet Union eased in part the Khrushchev Thaw a policy of de-Stalinization by then Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, meant that Soviet players were free to travel to overseas international tournaments, while foreign players could take part in a limited number of tournaments within the USSR, mainly in the capital Moscow.
The two prominent international tournaments for foreign players to participate in were the Moscow International Indoor Championships or (USSR International Indoor Championships) usually late winter in February to early spring in March. The second international tennis event was Moscow International Championships usually staged in the summer at the end of July, beginning of August and was played on clay courts. Additionally two closed tournaments were also held in Moscow for Soviet players only the Moscow Indoor Championships and the Moscow Outdoor Championships.

## Finals
### Men's singles

(incomplete roll) (incomplete roll) summers
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
| ↓ ILTF World Circuit ↓ ||||
| 1959 | Istvan Gulyas | Wladyslaw Skonecki | 10–8, 9–7, 6–1. |
| 1960 | Istvan Gulyas (2) | Zoltán Katona | 6–1, 6–3, 6–1. |
| 1961 | Patricio Rodriguez | Toomas Lejus | 0–6, 5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4. |
| 1962 | Frank Froehling III | John Newcombe | 3–6, 6–2, 6–2, 4–6, 7–5. |
| 1963 | Toomas Lejus | Alexander Metreveli | 8–6, 6–2, 4–6, 6–2. |
| 1964 | Niki Pilic | Boro Jovanovic | 5–7, 5–7, 6–2, 6–4, 6–0. |
| 1965 | Alexander Metreveli | Toomas Lejus | 2–6, 6–3, 6–0, 11–9. |
| 1966 | Alexander Metreveli (2) | Vyacheslav Egorov | 2–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–1. |
| 1967 | Alexander Metreveli (3) | Vyacheslav Egorov | 6–1, 6–1, 6–2. |
| 1968 | Toomas Lejus (2) | Sergei Likhachev | 6–8, 7–5, 6–2, 8–6. |
| ↓ Open era ↓ ||||
| 1969 | Toomas Lejus (3) | Anatoli Volkov | 2–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–2. |
| 1970 | Alexander Metreveli (4) | Wieslaw Gasiorek | 6–3, 6–2, 6–2. |
| 1971 | Alexander Metreveli (5) | Istvan Gulyas | 6–4, 6–1, 6–4. |
| 1972 | Teimuraz Kakuliya | Anatoli Volkov | 6–3, 6–4 |
| ↓ ILTF Independent Tour ↓ ||||
| 1973 | Alexander Metreveli (6) | Jan Bedan | 6–3, 7–5, 6–4. |

### Women's singles

(incomplete roll)
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
| ↓ ILTF World Circuit ↓ ||||
| 1957 | Suzy Kormoczy | Vera Puzejova | 2–1 sets |
| 1959 | Anna Dmitrieva | Valeria Kuzmenko | 6–3, 6–1 |
| 1960 | Anna Dmitrieva (2) | Jirina Elgrova | 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1961 | Vera Sukova | Anna Dmitrieva | 5–7, 6–1, 6–2 |
| 1962 | Jan Lehane | Anna Dmitrieva | 6–3, 6–3 |
| 1964 | Anna Dmitrieva (3) | Valeria Kuzmenko Titova | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1965 | Margaret Smith | Galina Baksheeva | 6–2, 6–4 |
| 1966 | Ann Haydon Jones | Anna Dmitrieva | 6–1, 6–3 |
| 1968 | Olga Morozova | Marina Chuvirina | 6–1, 6–3 |
| ↓ Open era ↓ ||||
| 1969 | Julie Heldman | Peaches Bartkowicz | 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 |
| 1970 | Olga Morozova (2) | Tiiu Kivi Parmas | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 1971 | A. Yeremeyeva | Maria Kull | 6–0, 6–3 |
| 1972 | Olga Morozova (3) | Marina Kroschina | 8–6, 6–2 |
| ↓ ILTF Independent Tour ↓ ||||
| 1975 | Olga Morozova (4) | Marina Kroshina | 2–6, 7–6, 6–0 |