Kremlin crackers: A decade of champions in Moscow from Schiavone to Kasatkina
A look back at the last 10 winners of the Kremlin Cup.
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Francesca Schiavone was the first winner of the Kremlin Cup as a Premier tournament back in 2009. She beat Olga Govortsova, 6-3, 6-0. (Getty)
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Victoria Azarenka was a 6-3, 6-4 winner over Maria Kirilenko in 2010, picking up her second title of the year in the process. (Getty)
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Dominika Cibulkova came from behind in 2011 to secure a three-set victory over Kaia Kanepi. (Getty)
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In 2012, Caroline Wozniacki was the champion. She won three successive three-set matches, including over No.1 seed Samantha Stosur in the final. (Getty)
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Stosur was again the unlucky runner-up in 2013. This time, Simona Halep proved too strong for her, with the Romanian getting her fifth title of the year. (Getty)
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A period of Russian domination began in 2014 when Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova lifted the title, edging Irina-Camelia Begu. (Getty)
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Pavlyuchenkova was back in the final in 2015, but in an all-Russian affair was well beaten by Svetlana Kuznetsova. (Getty)
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Kuznetsova became the first player to retain the title since Anastasia Myskina in 2004. She beat Daria Gavrilova, 6-2, 6-1. (Getty)
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Julia Goerges was the last non-Russian to win the title in 2017, as the German overcame Daria Kasatkina, 6-1, 6-2. (Getty)
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Kasatkina returned to the 2018 final and beat Ons Jabeur, 2-6, 7-6(3), 6-4. Jabeur was the first Arab to make a WTA final. (Getty)
