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1996 French Open

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1996 French Open
Edition95th
CategoryGrand Slam (ITF)
LocationParis (XVIe), France
Champions
Men's singles
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Women's singles
Germany Steffi Graf
Men's doubles
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Czech Republic Daniel Vacek
Women's doubles
United States Lindsay Davenport / United States Mary Joe Fernandez
Mixed doubles
Argentina Patricia Tarabini / Argentina Javier Frana
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List of the 1996 French Open champions:

Seniors

Men's singles

Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov[1] def. Germany 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.

Women's singles

Germany Steffi Graf def. Spain 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.

Men's doubles

Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov[2] / Czech Republic Daniel Vacek def. France Guy Forget / Switzerland Jakob Hlasek, 6-2, 6-3

Women's doubles

United States Lindsay Davenport / United States Mary Joe Fernandez def. United States Gigi Fernández / Belarus Natalia Zvereva, 6-2, 6-1

Mixed doubles

Argentina Patricia Tarabini / Argentina Javier Frana def. United States Nicole Arendt / United States Luke Jensen, 6-2, 6-2

Juniors

Boys' Singles

Alberto Martin (ESP) def. Björn Rehnqvist (SWE), 6-3, 7-6


Girls' Singles

Amélie Mauresmo (FRA) def. Meghann Shaughnessy (USA), 6-0, 6-4


Boys' Doubles

Sebastien Grosjean / Olivier Mutis (FRA) def. Jan-Ralph Brandt / Daniel Elsner (GER), 6-2, 6-3


Girls' Doubles

Alice Canepa / Giulia Casoni (ITA) def. Anna Kournikova (RUS) / Ludmila Varmuzova (CZE), 6-2, 5-7, 7-5

Notes

  1. ^ Kafelnikov became the first Russian tennis player (male or female) to win a Grand Slam singles title.
  2. ^ 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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