TheRussian Cup (Russian:Русский Кубок;pronounced[ˈruskʲɪjˈkubək]) is an annual major national Russian sports award given totennis 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 theRussian Tennis Federation Dmitry Vikharev and the President ofIC 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 RTFShamil 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] TheKremlin 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 aninformaticsGOC; V. S. Lagutin, Director ofMoscow 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
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
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
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
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 offline ceremony wasn't held due to theCOVID-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.
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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^"Лауреаты РК 2023" [2023 R[ussian]up] Winners].ruscup.ru (in Russian). Archived fromthe original on 17 April 2024. Retrieved4 February 2025.1.Юниорка года — Алина Корнеева; 2.Юниор года — Ярослав Дёмин; 3.Прогресс года — Мирра Андреева; 4.Возвращение года — Анастасия Павлюченкова; 5.За многолетний тренерский труд — Марина Марьенко; 6.Прогресс года — Андрей Рублёв; 7.Первая вершина — Анна Пушкарёва, Савелий Рыбкин; 8.Партнёр ФТР — Вог отель Бодрум, спортивная база Цахкадзор; 9.Лучший теннисный врач — Василий Токмаков; 10.Лучшая теннисная база — Академия тенниса 'Гринвич' (г. Екатеринбург); 11.За вклад в развитие теннисной инфраструктуры — Спорт парк 'Калужники'; 12.Турнир года - Мемориал Александра Волкова; 13.За службу теннисной Фемиде — Борис Витин; 14.Успех года (пляжный теннис) — Никита Бурмакин, Юлианна Андреева — Арина Безуглая, Алина Зайцева — Ольга Степанова; 15.За верность теннису — Константин Затулин, Теннисный клуб ветеранов СВР; 16.Теннисистка года — Вера Звонарёва; 17.Теннисист года — Даниил Медведев.
^"Лауреаты РК 2024" [2024 R[ussian]up] Winners].ruscup.ru (in Russian). Русский Кубок национальная теннисная премия. Archived fromthe original on 4 February 2025. Retrieved4 February 2025.1.Теннисистка года — Д. Шнайдер, М. Андреева; 2.Первый тренер — Кирилл Крюков, Максим Шнайдер; 3.Турнир года — Кубок Юрия Лужкова; 4.Память — Фонд Юрия Лужкова; 5.За вклад в развитие регионального тенниса — Олег Бабий; 6.Лучшая теннисная база — Теннисный центр Спартак (г. Москва); 7.Спикер тенниса — Александр Каливод; 8.Прогресс в развитии тенниса — Республика Татарстан; 9.Город тенниса — г. Казань; 10.Лучший директор турнира — Виталий Афанасьев; 11.Личный вклад в развитие российского тенниса — Андрей Бокарев, Артём Здунов; 12.Теннисное око — Сергей Киврин; 13.За вклад в методику обучения — Елена Яшина; 14.Кинолетопись тенниса - Варвара Орлова; 15.Триумфатор века — Шамиль Тарпищев; 16.Успех года. Пляжный теннис. — Никита Бурмакин, Алина Зайцева /Диана Израйлева, Олеся Бородина /Михаил Макаров, Марианна Карклина /Вероника Потапова.
Notes:1 = switched fromKazakhstan;2 = juniors' circuit player awarded before the existence of theJuniors nomination,3 = wheelchair,4 = postponed to 2021 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in Russia
Kazakhstan;2 = juniors' circuit player awarded before the existence of theJuniors nomination,3 = wheelchair,4 = postponed to 2021 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in Russia
Australia;2 = switched to represent
Uzbekistan;4 = wheelchair;5 = postponed to 2021 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in Russia.