1996 Italian Open (tennis)

1996 Italian Open
Date May 6 – May 12 (women)
May 13 – May 19 (men)
Edition 53rd
Surface Clay / Outdoor
Location Rome, Italy
Venue Foro Italico
Champions
Men's Singles
Austria Thomas Muster
Women's Singles
Spain Conchita Martínez
Men's Doubles
Zimbabwe Byron Black / Canada Grant Connell
Women's Doubles
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Romania Irina Spîrlea

The 1996 Italian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 53rd edition of the Rome Masters and was part of the Mercedes Super 9 of the 1996 ATP Tour and of Tier I of the 1996 WTA Tour. Both the men's and women's events took place at the Foro Italico in Rome in Italy. The women's tournament was played from May 6 through May 12, 1996 while the men's tournament was played from May 13 through May 19, 1996.

The men's tournament was headlined by ATP No. 2, Monte Carlo, Estoril, Acapulco and Barcelona champion Thomas Muster, Zagreb, Dubai, Milan, Rotterdam titlist and Key Biscayne runner-up Goran Ivanišević and Adelaide winner, St. Petersburg and Rotterdam finalist Yevgeny Kafelnikov. Also present were Chennai winner Thomas Enqvist, Philadelphia champion Jim Courier, Wayne Ferreira, Marcelo Ríos and Sergi Bruguera.

The women's field was led by WTA No. 1, Indian Wells, Key Biscayne, Berlin champion and WTA Tour Championships defending champion Steffi Graf, Indian Wells, Hamburg runner-up and Australian Open quarterfinalist Conchita Martínez and Hilton Head winner and Wimbledon runner-up Arantxa Sánchez Vicario. Also competing were Tokyo winner Iva Majoli, Magdalena Maleeva, Martina Hingis, Irina Spîrlea and Nathalie Tauziat.

Champions

Men's Singles

Austria Thomas Muster defeated Netherlands Richard Krajicek 6–2, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3

Women's Singles

Spain Conchita Martínez defeated Switzerland Martina Hingis 6–2, 6–3

Men's Doubles

Zimbabwe Byron Black / Canada Grant Connell defeated Belgium Libor Pimek / South Africa Byron Talbot 6–2, 6–3

Women's Doubles

Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Romania Irina Spîrlea defeated United States Gigi Fernández / Switzerland Martina Hingis 6–4, 3–6, 6–3


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