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and of

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of the

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. Both the men's and women's events took place at the

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in Indian Wells, California in the United States from March 8 through March 17, 1996. The men's singles was headlined by ATP No. 1, Memphis, San Jose titlist and

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and

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winner

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, Mexico City champion,

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runner-up and Doha semifinalist Thomas Muster and San Jose runner-up, U.S. Open defending champion and 1990 Indian Wells winner Andre Agassi. Other top seeds were

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and 1995 Tour Championships titlist

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, Michael Chang, Goran Ivanišević, Jim Courier and Thomas Enqvist.

Finals

Men's singles

Michael Chang defeated Paul Haarhuis 7–5, 6–1, 6–1 * It was Chang's 1st title of the year and the 24th of his career. It was his 2nd win at the event, having also won in

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Women's singles

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defeated

Conchita Martínez "Conchita" Martínez Bernat (born 16 April 1972) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. She was the first Spaniard to win the women's singles title at The Championships, Wimbledon, Wimbledon, doing so in 1994 Wimbledon Championships � ...

7–6, 7–6 * It was Graf's 1st title of the year and the 96th of her career. It was her 2nd win at the event, having also won in

Men's doubles

Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde defeated Brian MacPhie / Michael Tebbutt 1–6, 6–2, 6–2 * It was Woodbridge's 3rd title of the year and the 43rd of his career. It was Woodforde's 4th title of the year and the 47th of his career.

Women's doubles

Chanda Rubin / Brenda Schultz-McCarthy defeated Julie Halard-Decugis /

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6–1, 6–4 * It was Rubin's 3rd title of the year and the 6th of her career. It was Schultz-McCarthy's 3rd title of the year and the 12th of her career.

References

External links

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Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tournament profile

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