1996 Salem Open Beijing and the Nokia Open

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1996 Salem Open Beijing
and Nokia Open
DateOctober 7–13 (men)
October 14–20 (women)
Edition4th (men) / 3rd (women)
Location Beijing, China
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Greg Rusedski [1]
Women's singles
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Wang Shi-ting
Men's doubles
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Damm / Flag of Russia.svg Andrei Olhovskiy [2]
Women's doubles
Flag of Japan.svg Naoko Kijimuta / Flag of Japan.svg Miho Saeki
  1995  · Salem Open Beijing ·  1997  
  1995  · Nokia Open ·  1997  

The 1996 Salem Open Beijing and the Nokia Open were tennis tournaments. The men's tournament was played on indoor carpet courts while the women's tournament was played on indoor hard courts. Both events were held in Beijing, China and were part of the World Series of the 1996 ATP Tour and of Tier IV of the 1996 WTA Tour. The men's tournament was held from October 7 through October 13, 1996, while the women's tournament was held from October 14 through October 20, 1996. Greg Rusedski and Wang Shi-ting won the singles titles. [3]

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Finals

Men's singles

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Greg Rusedski defeated Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Damm 7–6(7–5), 6–4

Women's singles

Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Wang Shi-ting defeated Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Li-Ling 6–3, 6–4

Men's doubles

Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Damm / Flag of Russia.svg Andrei Olhovskiy defeated Flag of Germany.svg Patrik Kühnen / Flag of South Africa.svg Gary Muller 6–4, 7–5

Women's doubles

Flag of Japan.svg Naoko Kijimuta / Flag of Japan.svg Miho Saeki defeated Flag of Japan.svg Yuko Hosoki / Flag of Japan.svg Kazue Takuma 7–5, 6–4

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References

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  2. "1996 Beijing – Men's doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  3. John Barrett, ed. (1997). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 131, 153, 185. ISBN   9780002187145.