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Tennis tournament
The 1996 Newsweek Champions Cup and the State Farm Evert Cup were
tennis tournaments played on
outdoor hard courts that were 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
Grand Champions Resort 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
1994 and
1995 winner
Pete Sampras,
Mexico City champion,
1995 French Open 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
Australian Open and
1995 Tour Championships titlist
Boris Becker,
Michael Chang,
Goran Ivanišević,
Jim Courier and
Thomas Enqvist.
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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
1992.
Women's singles
Steffi Graf defeated
Conchita Martínez 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5)
- 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
1994.
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 /
Nathalie Tauziat 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.
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