| Moscow Ladies Open | |
|---|---|
| Defunct tennis tournament | |
| Event name | Moskwa Indoor (1967-68) Moskwa Open Championships (1969) Moskwa Open (1970-71) Moscow Open (1973-74, 1989-90) St. Petersburg Open (1991) Moscow Ladies Open (1994–95) |
| Tour | WTA Tour |
| Founded | 1967 |
| Abolished | 1995 |
| Editions | 12 |
| Location | Moscow, Russia |
| Surface | Wood Court (i) (1967-71) Carpet (i) (1973-75, 1989-95) |
The Moscow Ladies Open was WTA Tour affiliated indoor carpet court tennis tournament first founded in 1967 as a combined indoor wood court event called the Moskwa Indoor and played in Moscow, Soviet Union. That event switched to carpet courts in 1973 until 1975 then was discontinued.
In 1989 it was revived as a women's tournament called the Moscow Open, with its tour name being branded as the Virginia Slims of Moscow that year. In 1991 the event was moved to St. Petersburg and branded as the St. Petersburg Open for one season then ended. In 1994 it was revived and had moved back to Moscow as the Moscow Ladies Open.
In 1996 the tournament was incorporated into the ATP Kremlin Cup, making it a combined event that season.
In 2018, a new successor tournament returned to Moscow in the WTA Tour calendar as clay court championship called the Moscow River Cup.[citation needed]