The 1996 Indonesia Open was a men's

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Gelora Senayan Stadium in

Jakarta Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta ...

in Indonesia and was part of the

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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 ...

. It was the fourth edition of the tournament since its reboot in 1993 and ran from 8 January through 14 January 1996. Fifth-seeded

Sjeng Schalken Sjeng Schalken (; born 8 September 1976) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands. Playing style A right-handed baseliner with a single-handed backhand, Schalken's game is characterised by his consistency of both wings and his ...

won the singles title.

Finals

Singles

defeated

Younes El Aynaoui Younes El Aynaoui ( ar, يونس العيناوي) (born 12 September 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Morocco. He is a five-time singles winner on the ATP Tour and reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 14 in Mar ...

6–3, 6–2 * It was Schalken's only singles title of the year and the 2nd of his career.

Doubles

Rick Leach Rick Leach (born December 28, 1964) is a former professional tennis player and a coach from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won five Grand Slam doubles titles (three at the Australian Open, one at Wimbledon, and one at the US Open) ...

Scott Melville Scott Melville (born August 4, 1966) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Melville enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles because of injuries. During his career, he won nine doubles titles and fini ...

defeated Kent Kinnear /

Dave Randall Dave Randall (born May 8, 1967) is a former professional tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a ten ...

6–1, 2–6, 6–1 * It was Leach's 1st title of the year and the 32nd of his career. It was Melville's 1st title of the year and the 8th of his career.

References

External links

ITF tournament edition details
{{1996 ATP Tour Indonesia Open Jakarta Open 1996 in Indonesian tennis