1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships
Date	April 15–21
Edition	23rd
Prize money	$935,000 (men) $164,250 (women)
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Tokyo, Japan
Venue	Ariake Coliseum
Champions
Men's singles
Pete Sampras[1]
Women's singles
Kimiko Date
Men's doubles
Todd Woodbridge /Mark Woodforde [2]
Women's doubles
Kimiko Date /Ai Sugiyama
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The1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships was a combined men's and women'stennis tournament played on outdoorhard courts at theAriake Coliseum inTokyo in Japan that was part of theChampionship Series of the1996 ATP Tour and ofTier III of the1996 WTA Tour. The tournament ran from April 15 through April 21, 1996.^[3]Pete Sampras andKimiko Date won the singles titles.

Pete Sampras defeatedRichey Reneberg 6–4, 7–5

• It was Sampras' 4th singles title of the year and the 40th of hiscareer.

Kimiko Date defeatedAmy Frazier 7–5, 6–4

• It was Date's 1st singles title of the year and the 6th of hercareer.

Todd Woodbridge /Mark Woodforde defeatedMark Knowles /Rick Leach 6–2, 6–3

• It was Woodbridge's 5th title of the year and the 45th of his career. It was Woodforde's 6th title of the year and the 49th of his career.

Kimiko Date /Ai Sugiyama defeatedAmy Frazier /Kimberly Po 7–6, 6–7, 6–3

• It was Date's 2nd title of the year and the 7th of her career. It was Sugiyama's only title of the year and the 3rd of her career.

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