The Russian Cup (Russian: Русский Кубок; pronounced[ˈruskʲɪjˈkubək]) 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.
Best Developed City for Tennis – Samara Oblast, Governor K. A. Titov
Contribution of the Year – A. E. Krupnov, head of an informaticsGOC; V. S. Lagutin, Director of Moscow City Telephone Network; V. L. Rozhdestvensky, President of Glavmosstroy; N. I. Karpov, head of the administration of Sochi
Favourite Sports Commentator – E. Fedyakov
Best Individual Contribution to Senior Tennis – S. Mirza
Best Contribution to Handicapped Sport – L. Shevchik
Best Tennis Courage – Club Ikar: V. Demenko, N. Korzenev, A. Fedotov, N. Bakhmatova, L. Bubnova, A. Fokin, M. Sarychev
Amateurs of the Year – Women's Singles: E. Baykova; Men's Singles: A. Sharapov; Men's Doubles: A. Sharapov, C. Askerov; Tournament: Cupper Cup, St. Petersburg
Coach of the Year – Oksana Rodina
Tournament of the Year – Governor Cup of the Moscow Oblast
Best Contribution to Tennis Base – Concept-90, Davor Sharin
Best Contribution to the Organization of Tennis Tournaments – Vladimir Tolkatsir
Best Partner of the Russian Tennis Federation – R. Safin, S. Tarpishchev
Best Alliance in Arts and Tennis – N. Karachentsev, People's Artist of Russia, organizer of the Russian Cup; A. Cherkasov, producer of the Russian Cup, head of the Board of Directors of Sadko-Arkada
Umpire of the Year – Dmitry Maksimov
Featured Picture of the Year – V. Evtushenko, A. Golutva, A. Mikhaylov: Break Point
2004
Male Player of the Year – Marat Safin
Team of the Year – Russia Fed Cup team: A. Myskina, S. Kuznetsova, V. Zvonareva, E. Likhovtseva; captain Shamil Tarpishchev; coaches L. Savchenko-Neiland and D. Degtyarev; physicians D. Sharipov and S. Yasnitsky; masseur A. Glebov
Success of the Year in Doubles – Nadezhda Petrova
Amateurs of the Year – Women's Singles – O. Boytenko; Men's Singles – V. Olkov; Men's Doubles – A. Sharapov, C. Askerov
Best Contribution to the Organization of Tennis Tournaments – Vladimir Kamelson
Best Regional Tennis Federation – Ruben Amaryan, President of RTF in the Moscow Oblast
Best Regional Tennis Club – "Dinastiya", Saint Petersburg
2005
Male Player of the Year – Nikolay Davydenko
Female Player of the Year – Maria Sharapova
Team of the Year – Fed Cup team: A. Myskina, E. Dementieva, V. Dushevina, D. Safina; captain S. Tarpishchev; coaches A. Volkov, L. Savchenko and M. Mosyakova; physician S. Yasnitsky; masseur D. Sharipov
Team of the Year – S. Kuznetsova, A. Chakvedatze, N. Petrova, E. Vesnina, A. Kudryavtseva; assistants: S. Tarpishchev, A. Volkov, A. Zlatoustov, A. Glebov, S. Yasnitsky, D. Sharipov, L. Savchenko
Doubles Player of the Year – Dinara Safina
Mixed Doubles Team of the Year – Dmitry Tursunov, Nadezhda Petrova
Youth Under-14 Boys Team of the Year – A. Volkov, M. Baks, E. Karlovsky; captain M. Kashuba
Amateur Players of the Year – L. Smelyansky, A. Balashova, D. Chepelev, M. Eydlen, D. Maslov, E. Traychun, E. Danilchenko
Coach of the Year – Viktor Pavlov
Best Tennis Base – Youth Tennis Academy of Vsevolod
Best Contribution to Tennis – Yelzin Fund
Best Contribution to Regional Tennis – Moscow
Partner of the Federation – Andrey Bokarev
2008
Male Player of the Year – Nikolay Davydenko
Breakthrough of the Year – Dinara Safina
Triumph of the Year – Elena Dementieva
Team of the Year – Fed Cup team: M. Sharapova, S. Kuznetsova, A. Chakvedatze, D. Safina, V. Zvonareva, E. Makarova, E. Vesnina; assistants: S. Tarpishchev, L. Savchenko, S. Yasnitsky, A. Glebov, D. Sharipov, A. Zlatoustov
Best Contribution to Tennis Science – Vadim Gushchin
Best Tennis Physician – Sergey Yasnitsky
Partner of the Year – Babolat
Best Tennis Counsel – Yuri Utin
2013
Female Player of the Year – Polina Shakirova (wheelchair, born 26.01.1995)[3][4]
Pair of the Year – Elena Vesnina and Ekaterina Makarova
Team of the Year – Girls Under-16: V. Kudermetova, D. Kasatkina, A. Pospelova; captain O. Mishukova; Boys Under-16: A. Rublev, R. Safiulin, E. Tyurnev; captain I. Pridankin; Boys Under-14: A. Dubrivny, F. Klimov, D. Voronin, A. Avidzba; captain A. Deripasko
Juniors of the Year (wheelchair) – Sergey Lysov and Alexey Shuklin
Success of the Year – Lyudmila Nikoyan and Nikolay Guryev, Ekaterina Kamenetskaya and Veronika Pershina, Ekaterina Glazkova and Anna Romanova, Agniya Bogatova and Darya Kalichinina (beach tennis)
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]
Girls (under-15), won the World Championship — Mirra Andreeva, Daria Egorova, Alina Korneeva. Captain - Alexander Krasnorutsky.
Girls (under-19), won the European Championship — Diana Shnaider, Polina Kudermetova, Erika Andreeva. Captain - Elena Makarova.
Boys (under-17), won the Junior Davis Cup — Maxim Zhukov, Yaroslav Demin, Danil Panarin. Captain - Ivan Pridankin.
For the contribution to the development of regional tennis — Alexander Verkhovsky (Sakhalin Oblast).
For the contribution to the victory — Igor Andreev, Igor Kunitsyn, Sergei Demekhine, Anton Zaitsev, Alexander Dolgov, Sergei Yasnitsky, Dmitry Krutikov, Ilya Rappoport, Nikolai Polfuntikov, Ivan Trofimov, Yuri Aseev, Maxim Kozin, Alexander Pavlyuchenkov, Evgeny Alexandrov, Andrei Olhovskiy.
For the contribution to the development of Russian tennis — Vladimir Gusev.
Olympians—2020 (pre-games RTF training camp participants) — Karen Khachanov, Andrey Rublev, Aslan Karatsev, Elena Vesnina, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Ekaterina Alexandrova, Veronika Kudermetova.
Children's Coach — Marina Marenko.
Triumph of the Year — Nikita Burmakin (beach tennis; won the 2021 ITF Beach Tennis Championships in doubles, with Tommaso Giovannini).[16]
"Golden Sand" (beach tennis):
Girls (under-17), won the World Championship — Angelina Klimuk and Elizaveta Tkachenko.
Girls (under-19), won the European Championship — Arina Kosenkova and Anastasia Semenova.
Mixed pair, won the World Championship — Elizaveta Tkachenko and Grigory Agafonov.
For many years of contribution to the promotion of Russian tennis — Anna Dmitrieva
For contribution to the preparation of the national teams of Russia — Alexander Bogomolov
The best children's coach — Evgenia Kulikovskaya
For long-term achievements in the development of Russian tennis — Tatarstan Tennis Federation
For contribution to the development of tennis infrastructure in Russia — Sergey Tsivilev
For contribution to the development of regional tennis — Yuri Gerasimov
For contribution to the training of coaching staff — Olga Zhikhareva
The best youth tournament — Tournament named after V. Gulidov
Juniors of the year (beach tennis): Yuliana Andreeva, Ekaterina Stepanova, Olesya Borodina, Arseniy Tarasov, Diana Izraileva, Anastasia Stepanyuk, Elizaveta Kudinova, Dmitry Pavlov
Records
Total number
11 awards — Shamil Tarpishchev (1994, 2000 — Best Individual Contribution; 2002, 2021 — captain of the Team of the Year: Davis Cup; 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 — captain of the Team of the Year: Fed Cup; 2003 — (together with Ralif Safin) Partner of the Year; 2006 — Best contribution to the methodology of teaching tennis).[15]
10 awards — Elena Dementieva (1997 — Surprise of the Year – Girls Under-16 Team; 1999 — Team of the Year and Girls Under-18 Team of the Year; 2000 — Progress of the Year; 2001 — Female Player of the Year and Team of the Year; 2002 — Success of the Year in Doubles; 2005 — Team of the Year; 2008 — Triumph of the Year; 2010 — Best Contribution to the Russian and World Tennis).
9 awards — Yevgeny Kafelnikov (1994—99, 2001 — Male Player of the Year; 2000 — Male Player of the Century; 2002 — Team of the Year: Davis Cup).
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^ abcd""Русский кубок" называет лауреатов" ["Russian Cup" lists the laureates]. tennis-russia.ru (in Russian). Russian Tennis Federation. 28 December 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
Notes:1 = switched from Kazakhstan; 2 = juniors' circuit player awarded before the existence of the Juniors nomination, 3 = wheelchair, 4 = postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
