The 1996 Estoril Open was a men's

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tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the

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in Oeiras in

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and was part of the

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of the

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. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and was held from 8 April until 14 April 1996.

Thomas Muster Thomas Muster (born 2 October 1967) is an Austrian former world No. 1 tennis player. One of the world's leading clay court players in the 1990s, he won the 1995 French Open and at his peak was called "The King of Clay". In addition, he won eig ...

won his second consecutive the singles title at the event.

Finals

Singles

defeated

Andrea Gaudenzi Andrea Gaudenzi (; born 30 July 1973) is an Italian former tennis player and the current chairman of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) since January 2020. Gaudenzi was born in Faenza, Italy, in the province of Ravenna, and turned p ...

7–6^(7–4), 6–4 * It was Muster's 2nd singles title of the year and the 37th of his career.

Doubles

Tomás Carbonell Tomás Carbonell Lladó (born 7 August 1968) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. Carbonell won 2 singles and 22 doubles titles on the ATP Tour in his career. He won French Open in 2001 in mixed doubles with Virginia Ruano Pascu ...

Francisco Roig Francisco 'Francis' Roig Genís (born 1 April 1968) is a retired professional tennis player from Spain. He is primarily a doubles player, winning 9 ATP World Tour titles and reaching 12 more finals. He acted as the alternate coach of fellow Spa ...

defeated

Tom Nijssen Tom Nijssen (born 1 October 1964) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands. He went pro in 1984 and played at the ATP World Tour for 15 years. Nijssen's highest ATP singles ranking was No. 87 on 17 April 1989. He reached his b ...

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6–3, 6–2 * It was Carbonell's 1st title of the year and the 16th of his career. It was Roig's 1st title of the year and the 9th of his career.

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