The 1996 Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships was a men's
tennis tournament played on
outdoor hard courts at the
Memorial Drive Park in
Adelaide, Australia and was part of the
World Series of the
1996 ATP Tour
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the Grand Slam tournaments (organized by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the ATP Super 9, the A ...
. The tournament ran from 1 January through 7 January 1996. First-seeded
Yevgeny Kafelnikov won the singles title.
Finals
Singles
Yevgeny Kafelnikov defeated
Byron Black
Byron Hamish Black (born 6 October 1969) is a former touring professional tennis and Davis Cup player for Zimbabwe.
Personal life
He is the son of Donald Black and Velia Black and brother to Wayne Black and Cara, who were also professional ten ...
7–6
(7–0), 3–6, 6–1
* It was Kafelnikov's 1st title of the year and the 16th of his career.
Doubles
Todd Woodbridge /
Mark Woodforde defeated
Jonas Björkman
Jonas Lars Björkman (; born 23 March 1972) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He is a former world No. 1 in doubles, and also a former world No. 4 in singles. Björkman retired from professional tennis after competing at the 2008 T ...
/
Tommy Ho
Thomas Ho (born June 17, 1973 in Winter Haven, Florida) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. His parents are immigrants from Taiwan.
Tennis career
Juniors
Ho first came to the tennis world's attention as an except ...
7–5, 7–6
* It was Woodbridge's 1st title of the year and the 36th of his career. It was Woodforde's 1st title of the year and the 44th of his career.
References
External links
ITF tournament edition detailsATP tournament profile
{{1996 ATP Tour
Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships
Next Generation Adelaide International
Hard
1990s in Adelaide
January 1996 sports events in Australia