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1996 Swedish Open

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1996 Swedish Open
DateJuly 8 – July 14
Edition49th
CategoryWorld Series
Draw32S/16D
Prize money$303,000
SurfaceClay / Outdoor
LocationBåstad, Sweden
Champions
Singles
Sweden Magnus Gustafsson [1]
Doubles
Sweden David Ekerot / United States Jeff Tarango [2]
← 1995 · Swedish Open · 1997 →

The 1996 Swedish Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Båstad in Sweden and was part of the World Series of the 1996 ATP Tour. It was the 49th tournament exhibition from 8-14 July 1996. Fourth-seeded Magnus Gustafsson won the singles title.[3]

Winners

Men's Singles

Sweden Magnus Gustafsson defeated Ukraine Andriy Medvedev 6–1, 6–3

  • It was Gustafsson's 2nd title of the year and the 9th of his career.


Men's Doubles

Sweden David Ekerot / United States Jeff Tarango defeated Australia Joshua Eagle / Sweden Peter Nyborg 6–4, 6–1

  • It was Ekerot's 1st title of the year and the 1st of his career. It was Tarango's 1st title of the year and the 6th of his career.


References

  1. ^ "ATP – 1996 Bastad Men's Singles draw". www.atpworldtour.com. ATP.
  2. ^ "ATP – 1996 Bastad Men's Doubles draw". www.atpworldtour.com. ATP.
  3. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1997). ITF World of Tennis 1997. London: CollinsWillow. p. 150. ISBN 9780002187145.