1996 French Open
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| 1996 French Open | ||||
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| Date: | ||||
| Edition: | 95th | |||
| Category: | Grand Slam (ITF) | |||
| Location: | Paris (XVIe), France | |||
| Champions | ||||
| Men's Singles | ||||
 Yevgeny Kafelnikov |
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| Women's Singles | ||||
 Steffi Graf |
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| Men's Doubles | ||||
Yevgeny Kafelnikov /  Daniel Vacek |
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| Women's Doubles | ||||
 Lindsay Davenport / Mary Joe Fernandez |
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| Mixed Doubles | ||||
 Patricia Tarabini / Javier Frana |
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List of the 1996 French Open champions:
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[edit] Seniors
[edit] Men's singles
Main article: 1996 French Open - 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.
[edit] Women's singles
Main article: 1996 French Open - 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.
[edit] Men's doubles
Main article: 1996 French Open - Men's Doubles
Yevgeny Kafelnikov[2] / Daniel Vacek def. 
Guy Forget / 
Jakob Hlasek, 6–2, 6–3
[edit] Women's doubles
Main article: 1996 French Open - Women's Doubles
Lindsay Davenport / Mary Joe Fernandez def. Gigi Fernández / 
Natasha Zvereva, 6–2, 6–1
[edit] Mixed doubles
Main article: 1996 French Open - Mixed Doubles
Patricia Tarabini / Javier Frana def. Nicole Arendt / Luke Jensen, 6–2, 6–2
[edit] Juniors
[edit] Boys' Singles
Alberto Martín (ESP) def. Björn Rehnqvist (SWE), 6–3, 7–6
[edit] Girls' Singles
Amélie Mauresmo (FRA) def. Meghann Shaughnessy (USA), 6–0, 6–4
[edit] Boys' Doubles
Sébastien Grosjean / Olivier Mutis (FRA) def. Jan-Ralph Brandt / Daniel Elsner (GER), 6–2, 6–3
[edit] Girls' Doubles
Alice Canepa / Giulia Casoni (ITA) def. Anna Kournikova (RUS) / Ludmila Varmuzova (CZE), 6–2, 5–7, 7–5
[edit] Notes
- ^ 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.
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| Preceded by 1995 French Open |
French Open | Succeeded by 1997 French Open |
| Preceded by 1996 Australian Open |
Grand Slams | Succeeded by 1996 Wimbledon Championships |
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