This page covers all the important events in the sport of tennis in 1996. Primarily, it provides the results of notable tournaments throughout the year on both the

ATP ATP may refer to: Companies and organizations * Association of Tennis Professionals, men's professional tennis governing body * American Technical Publishers, employee-owned publishing company * ', a Danish pension * Armenia Tree Project, non ...

and WTA Tours, the

Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organis ...

, and the Fed Cup.

ITF

Grand Slam events

Australian Open The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. The tournament is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events held each year, preceding the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. Th ...

*Men's singles:

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 ...

def. Michael Chang, 6–2, 6–4, 2–6, 6–2 *Women's singles: Monica Seles def. Anke Huber, 6–4, 6–1

French Open The French Open (french: Internationaux de France de tennis), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May each year. The tournament and ven ...

*Men's singles: Yevgeny Kafelnikov def. Michael Stich, 7–6(4), 7–5, 7–6(4) *Women's singles:

Steffi Graf Stefanie Maria Graf ( , ; born 14 June 1969) is a German former professional tennis player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, she was ranked world No. 1 for a record 377 weeks and won 22 major singles titles, ...

def. Gabriela Sabatini, 6–3, 6–7(4), 10–8

Wimbledon Wimbledon most often refers to: * Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London * Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships Wimbledon may also refer to: Places London * ...

*Gentlemen's singles:

Richard Krajicek Richard Peter Stanislav Krajicek ( cz, Krajíček; born 6 December 1971) is a Dutch former professional tennis player. In 1996, he won the men's singles title at Wimbledon, and remains the only Dutch player to have won a major singles title. In ...

def.

MaliVai Washington MaliVai "Mal" Washington ( ) (born June 20, 1969) is an American former professional tennis player. He reached the men's singles final at Wimbledon in 1996, won four ATP titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 11 in Octo ...

,Washington was the first African American since Arthur Ashe, in 1975, to reach the Wimbledon men's singles final. 6–3, 6–4, 6–3 *Ladies' singles:

def. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, 6–3, 7–5

US Open

*Men's singles:

Pete Sampras Petros "Pete" Sampras ( el, Πέτρος Σάμπρας; born August 12, 1971) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. His professional career began in 1988 and ended at the 2002 US Open, which he won, defeating longtime rival Andre ...

def. Michael Chang, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6 *Women's singles:

def. Monica Seles, 7–5, 6–4

Davis Cup

World Group Draw

Final

Fed Cup

World Group Draw

Final

Olympics

*Men's singles: Andre Agassi def. Sergi Bruguera, 6–2, 6–3, 6–1 *Women's singles: Lindsay Davenport def. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, 7–6(6), 6–2

ATP Tour

ATP World Tour Finals

def.

, 3–6, 7–6(5), 7–6(4), 6–7(11), 6–4

WTA Tour

WTA Tour Championships

*Singles:

defeated Martina Hingis 6–3, 4–6, 6–0, 4–6, 6–0

International Tennis Hall of Fame

*Class of 1996: ** Rosemary Casals, player **

Dan Maskell Daniel Maskell (11 April 1908 – 10 December 1992) was an English tennis professional who later became a radio and television commentator on the game. He was described as the BBC's "voice of tennis", and the "voice of Wimbledon". Early lif ...

, contributor

References

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