1996 Panasonic German Open

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1996 Panasonic German Open
Date6–12 May
Edition90th
Category Super 9
Draw56S / 28D
Prize money$1,950,000
Surface Clay / outdoor
Location Hamburg, Germany
Venue Rothenbaum Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Flag of Spain.svg Roberto Carretero [1]
Doubles
Flag of the Bahamas.svg Mark Knowles / Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Nestor [2]
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The 1996 Panasonic German Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 90th edition of the Hamburg Masters and was part of the Mercedes Super 9 of the 1996 ATP Tour. It took place at the Am Rothenbaum in Hamburg, Germany from 6 May through 12 May 1996.

Contents

The singles field was headlined by ATP No. 5, 1995 Tour Championships winner, Australian Open and 1991 Hamburg runner-up Boris Becker, Zagreb, Dubai, Milan, Rotterdam and Grand Slam Cup champion Goran Ivanišević and Adelaide winner and Rotterdam and St. Petersburg finalist Yevgeny Kafelnikov. Other top seeds competing were Indian Wells winner Wayne Ferreira, Monte Carlo and Indian Wells semifinalist Marcelo Ríos, Sergi Bruguera, Arnaud Boetsch and Marc Rosset. [3]

Finals

Singles

Flag of Spain.svg Roberto Carretero defeated Flag of Spain.svg Àlex Corretja 2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4

Doubles

Flag of the Bahamas.svg Mark Knowles / Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Nestor defeated Flag of France.svg Guy Forget / Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jakob Hlasek 6–2, 6–4

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  2. "1996 Hamburg – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  3. John Barrett, ed. (1997). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 130, 140–141. ISBN   9780002187145.