Tennis tournament
The 1996 French Open was a
tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor
clay courts at the
Stade Roland Garros in
Paris ,
France . The tournament was held from 27 May until 9 June. It was the 100th staging of the
French Open , and the second
Grand Slam tennis event of 1996.
Seniors
Men's singles
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
[1] defeated
Michael Stich , 7–6(7–4) , 7–5, 7–6(7–4)
It was Kafelnikov's 3rd title of the year, and his 10th overall. It was his 1st career Grand Slam title.
Women's singles
Steffi Graf defeated
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario , 6–3, 6–7(4–7) , 10–8
It was Graf's 4th title of the year, and her 99th overall. It was her 19th career Grand Slam title, and her 5th French Open title.
Men's doubles
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
[2] /
Daniel Vacek defeated
Guy Forget /
Jakob Hlasek , 6–2, 6–3
Women's doubles
Lindsay Davenport /
Mary Joe Fernández defeated
Gigi Fernández /
Natasha Zvereva , 6–2, 6–1
Mixed doubles
Patricia Tarabini /
Javier Frana defeated
Nicole Arendt /
Luke Jensen , 6–2, 6–2
Juniors
Boys' singles
Alberto Martín (ESP) defeated
Björn Rehnquist (SWE), 6–3, 7–6
Girls' singles
Amélie Mauresmo (FRA) defeated
Meghann Shaughnessy (USA), 6–0, 6–4
Boys' doubles
Sébastien Grosjean /
Olivier Mutis (FRA) defeated
Jan-Ralph Brandt /
Daniel Elsner (GER), 6–2, 6–3
Girls' doubles
Alice Canepa /
Giulia Casoni (ITA) defeated
Anna Kournikova (RUS) /
Ludmila Varmužová (CZE), 6–2, 5–7, 7–5
References
^ Kafelnikov became the first Russian tennis player (male or female) to win a Grand Slam singles title.
^ Kafelnikov became only the second male player in the Open Era to win the French Open singles and doubles title in the same year.
Ken Rosewall achieved this feat in 1968.
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