1996 French Open

1996 French Open
Date:
Edition:		95th
Category:		Grand Slam (ITF)
Location:		Paris (XVIe), France
Champions
Men's Singles
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Women's Singles
Steffi Graf
Men's Doubles
Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek
Women's Doubles
Lindsay Davenport / Mary Joe Fernandez
Mixed Doubles
Patricia Tarabini / Javier Frana
French Open  < 1995 1997 >

List of the 1996 French Open champions:

Contents 1 Seniors 1.1 Men's singles 1.2 Women's singles 1.3 Men's doubles 1.4 Women's doubles 1.5 Mixed doubles 2 Juniors 2.1 Boys' Singles 2.2 Girls' Singles 2.3 Boys' Doubles 2.4 Girls' Doubles 3 Notes

Seniors

Men's singles

Yevgeny Kafelnikov^[1] def. Michael Stich, 7–6(4), 7–5, 7–6(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 def. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, 6–3, 6–7(4), 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 def. Guy Forget / Jakob Hlasek, 6-2, 6-3

Women's doubles

Lindsay Davenport / Mary Joe Fernandez def. Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva, 6-2, 6-1

Mixed doubles

Patricia Tarabini / Javier Frana def. Nicole Arendt / Luke Jensen, 6-2, 6-2

Juniors

Boys' Singles

Alberto Martin (ESP) def. Björn Rehnqvist (SWE), 6-3, 7-6

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Girls' Singles

Amélie Mauresmo (FRA) def. Meghann Shaughnessy (USA), 6-0, 6-4

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Boys' Doubles

Sebastien Grosjean / Olivier Mutis (FRA) def. Jan-Ralph Brandt / Daniel Elsner (GER), 6-2, 6-3

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Girls' Doubles

Alice Canepa / Giulia Casoni (ITA) def. Anna Kournikova (RUS) / Ludmila Varmuzova (CZE), 6-2, 5-7, 7-5

Notes

1. ^ Kafelnikov became the first Russian tennis player (male or female) to win a Grand Slam singles title.
2. ^ 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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