Tennis tournament
The1996 French Open was atennis tournament that took place on the outdoorclay courts at theStade Roland Garros inParis ,France . The tournament was held from 27 May until 9 June. It was the 95th staging of theFrench Open , and the secondGrand Slam tennis event of 1996.
Yevgeny Kafelnikov [ 1] 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. Steffi Graf 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. Yevgeny Kafelnikov [ 2] Daniel Vacek Guy Forget /Jakob Hlasek , 6–2, 6–3
Lindsay Davenport Mary Joe Fernández Gigi Fernández /Natasha Zvereva , 6–2, 6–1
Patricia Tarabini Javier Frana Nicole Arendt /Luke Jensen , 6–2, 6–2
Alberto Martín Björn Rehnquist (SWE), 6–3, 7–6
Amélie Mauresmo Meghann Shaughnessy (USA), 6–0, 6–4
Sébastien Grosjean Olivier Mutis Jan-Ralph Brandt /Daniel Elsner (GER), 6–2, 6–3
Alice Canepa Giulia Casoni Anna Kournikova (RUS) /Ludmila Varmužová (CZE), 6–2, 5–7, 7–5
^ 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.
Grand Slam events Mercedes Super 9 ATP Championship Series Antwerp (S , D )Memphis (S , D )Milan (S , D )Philadelphia (S , D )Barcelona (S , D )Tokyo (S , D )Stuttgart Outdoor (S , D )Washington (S , D )Indianapolis (S , D )New Haven (S , D )Vienna (S , D )ATP World Series Adelaide (S , D )Doha (S , D )Auckland (S , D )Jakarta (S , D )Sydney (S , D )Shanghai (S , D )Zagreb (S , D )Dubai (S , D )Marseille (S , D )San Jose (S , D )Mexico City (S , D )Rotterdam (S , D )Scottsdale (S , D )Copenhagen (S , D )St. Petersburg (S , D )Casablanca (S , D )Estoril (S , D )Hong Kong (S , D )New Delhi (S , D )Bermuda (S , D )Seoul (S , D )Atlanta (S , D )Munich (S , D )Prague (S , D )Pinehurst (S , D )Coral Springs (S , D )St. Pölten (S , D )London/Queen's Club (S , D )Oporto (S , D )Rosmalen (S , D )Bologna (S , D )Halle (S , D )Nottingham (S , D )Båstad (S , D )Gstaad (S , D )Newport (S , D )Kitzbühel (S , D )Amsterdam (S , D )Los Angeles (S , D )San Marino (S , D )Umag (S , D )Long Island (S , D )Bogotá (S , D )Bournemouth (S , D )Bucharest (S , D )Basel (S , D )Palermo (S , D )Lyon (S , D )Marbella (S , D )Singapore (S , D )Beijing (S , D )Ostrava (S , D )Tel Aviv (S , D )Toulouse (S , D )Moscow (S , D )Santiago (S , D )Stockholm (S , D )Team events
Grand Slam events Tier I tournaments Tier II tournaments Sydney (S , D )Paris (S , D )Essen (S , D )Indian Wells (S , D )Amelia Island (S , D )Hamburg (S , D )Madrid (S , D )Eastbourne (S , D )Manhattan Beach (S , D )San Diego (S , D )Tokyo (S , D )Leipzig (S , D )Filderstadt (S , D )Chicago (S , D )Oakland (S , D )Philadelphia (S , D )Tier III tournaments Oklahoma City (S , D )Linz (S , D )Jakarta (S , D )Tokyo Outdoor (S , D )Strasbourg (S , D )Birmingham (S , D )Rosmalen (S , D )Warsaw (S , D )Quebec City (S , D )Luxembourg (S , D )Moscow (S , D )Tier IV tournaments Auckland (S , D )Hobart (S , D )Bol (S , D )Budapest (S , D )Cardiff (S , D )Palermo (S , D )Maria Lankowitz (S , D )Karlovy Vary (S , D )Surabaya (S , D )Beijing (S , D )Pattaya (S , D )Team events
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Steffi Graf
Daniel Vacek
Lindsay Davenport /
Patricia Tarabini /
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 10–8
Guy Forget /
Jakob Hlasek, 6–2, 6–3
Natasha Zvereva, 6–2, 6–1
Björn Rehnquist (SWE), 6–3, 7–6
Alice Canepa /