The 1996 Panasonic German Open was a
tennis tournament played on
outdoor clay courts. It was the 90th edition of the
Hamburg Masters and was part of the
Mercedes Super 9 of the
1996 ATP Tour
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. It took place at the
Am Rothenbaum
Am Rothenbaum is the site of the main tennis court of the German Open Tennis Championships, played in the Harvestehude quarter of Hamburg, Germany. Though the site is called "Tennisstadion am Rothenbaum" (lit. ''Tennis Stadium at the Rothenbaum'' ...
in
Hamburg, Germany from 6 May through 12 May 1996.
The singles field was headlined by ATP No. 5,
1995 Tour Championships winner,
Australian Open
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and
1991 Hamburg runner-up
Boris Becker
Boris Franz Becker (, ; born 22 November 1967) is a German former world No. 1 tennis player. Becker was successful from the start of his career, winning the Wimbledon Championships at the age of 17. He ultimately won six Grand Slam singles tit ...
,
Zagreb,
Dubai,
Milan,
Rotterdam and
Grand Slam Cup
The Grand Slam Cup was a tennis tournament held annually at the Olympiahalle in Munich, Germany from 1990 through 1999. The event was organized by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), which invited the best-performing players in the year's G ...
champion
Goran Ivanišević and
Adelaide winner and Rotterdam and
St. Petersburg finalist
Yevgeny Kafelnikov. Other top seeds competing were
Indian Wells winner
Wayne Ferreira,
Monte Carlo and Indian Wells semifinalist
Marcelo Ríos,
Sergi Bruguera,
Arnaud Boetsch and
Marc Rosset.
Finals
Singles
Roberto Carretero
Roberto Carretero Díaz (born 30 August 1975) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He won one singles title, the 1996 Hamburg AMS.
Tennis career
Carretero, a former junior French Open Champion, shocked the tennis world by winning t ...
defeated
Àlex Corretja 2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
* It was Carretero's 1st title of the year and the 1st of his career. It was his 1st Masters title of the year and his 1st overall.
Doubles
Mark Knowles /
Daniel Nestor
Daniel Mark Nestor ( ; sr, Данијел Нестор, Danijel Nestor; born September 4, 1972) is a Canadian former professional tennis player.
Nestor won 91 men's doubles titles (with 11 different partners), including an Olympic gold medal
...
defeated
Guy Forget /
Jakob Hlasek 6–2, 6–4
* It was Knowles' 4th title of the year and the 8th of his career. It was Nestor's 3rd title of the year and the 5th of his career.
References
External links
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Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tournament profile
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