ATP Tour 1996

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The following table shows the tournaments of the professional men's tennis season 1996 ( ATP Tour ). In the 1996 season calendar there were a total of five new tournaments, which took place in Shanghai , Zagreb , New Delhi , Singapore and Bournemouth ; the tournament in Antwerp returned to the tournament schedule after a one-year break. The tournaments in Buenos Aires , Johannesburg , Kuala Lumpur , Montevideo , Nice , Bordeaux and the indoor tournament in Tokyo were no longer on the calendar . Four tournaments changed locations; the Masters tournament in Essen moved to Stuttgart after only one year , the tournament from Valencia moved to Marbella and the ATP World Championship took place in Hanover for the first time in 1996 and no longer in Frankfurt am Main . In doubles, the World Championships moved from Eindhoven to Hartford , Connecticut .

Tournament schedule

Date 1	place	competition	series	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
01. 01.	Adelaide	Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships	ATP World Series	Hard court	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde
	Doha	Qatar ExxonMobil Open	ATP World Series	Hard court	Petr Korda	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor
08.1 0.	Sydney	Peters International	ATP World Series	Hard court	Todd Martin	Ellis Ferreira Jan Siemerink
	Auckland	Heineken Open	ATP World Series	Hard court	Jiří Novák	Marcos Ondruska Jack Waite
	Jakarta	Indonesia Open	ATP World Series	Hard court	Sjeng Schalken	Rick Leach Scott Melville
15 01st
	Melbourne	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard court	Boris Becker	Stefan Edberg Petr Korda
29 01st	Zagreb	Croatian Indoors	ATP World Series	Carpet (i)	Goran Ivanišević	Menno Oosting Libor Pimek
	Shanghai	Shanghai Open	ATP World Series	Carpet (i)	Andrei Olchowski	Mark Knowles Roger Smith
09. 02nd
	Davis Cup , first round
12. 02.	San Jose	SAP Open	ATP World Series	Hard court (i)	Pete Sampras	Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson
	Dubai	Dubai Tennis Championships	ATP World Series	Hard court	Goran Ivanišević	Byron Black Grant Connell
	Marseille	Open 13	ATP World Series	Hard court (i)	Guy Forget	Jean-Philippe Fleurian Guillaume Raoux
19 0second
	Antwerp	European Community Championship	ATP Championship Series	Carpet (i)	Michael Stich	Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti
	Memphis	Kroger St. Jude International	ATP Championship Series	Hard court (i)	Pete Sampras	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor
26. 02.
	Philadelphia	Comcast US Indoor	ATP Championship Series	Carpet (i)	Jim Courier	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde
	Milan	Internazionali di Lombardia	ATP Championship Series	Carpet (i)	Goran Ivanišević	Andrea Gaudenzi Goran Ivanišević
04. 03.	Scottsdale	Franklin Templeton Classic	ATP World Series	Hard court	Wayne Ferreira	Patrick Galbraith Rick Leach
	Rotterdam	ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament	ATP World Series	Carpet (i)	Goran Ivanišević	David Adams Marius Barnard
	Mexico city	Abierto Mexicano Telcel	ATP World Series	sand	Thomas Muster	Donald Johnson Francisco Montana
11. 03.
	Indian Wells	Newsweek Champions Cup	ATP Super 9	Hard court	Michael Chang	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde
	Copenhagen	Copenhagen Open	ATP World Series	Carpet (i)	Cédric Pioline	Libor Pimek Byron Talbot
18. 03.
	Miami	Lipton Championships	ATP Super 9	Hard court	Andre Agassi	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde
	St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg Open	ATP World Series	Carpet (i)	Magnus Gustafsson	Yevgeny Kafelnikow Andrei Olchowski
25. 03.
	Casablanca	Grand Prix Hassan II	ATP World Series	sand	Tomás Carbonell	Jiří Novák David Rikl
05. 04.
	Davis Cup , quarter finals
08. 04th	Hong Kong	Hong Kong Open	ATP World Series	Hard court	Pete Sampras	Patrick Galbraith Andrei Olchowski
	Estoril	Estoril Open	ATP World Series	sand	Thomas Muster	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig
	New Delhi	Gold Flake Open	ATP World Series	Hard court	Thomas Enqvist	Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti
15. 04.
	Barcelona	Torneo Godó	ATP Championship Series	sand	Thomas Muster	Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez
	Bermuda	Bermuda Open	ATP World Series	sand	MaliVai Washington	Jan Apell Brent Haygarth
	Tokyo	Japan Open Tennis Championships	ATP Championship Series	Hard court	Pete Sampras	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde
23 04th
	Seoul	Seoul Open	ATP World Series	Hard court	Byron Black	Rick Leach Jonathan Stark
	Monte Carlo	Monte Carlo Open	ATP Super 9	sand	Thomas Muster	Ellis Ferreira Jan Siemerink
30. 04	Munich	BMW Open	ATP World Series	sand	Ctislav Doseděl	Lan Bale Stephen Noteboom
	Prague	Prague Open	ATP World Series	sand	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Yevgeny Kafelnikow Daniel Vacek
	Atlanta	Verizon Tennis Challenge	ATP World Series	sand	Karim Alami	Christo van Rensburg David Wheaton
06. 05.
	Hamburg	German Open	ATP Super 9	sand	Roberto Carretero	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor
	Pinehurst	US Men's Clay Court Championships	ATP World Series	sand	Fernando Meligeni	Pat Cash Patrick Rafter
13. 05.
	Rome	Italian Open	ATP Super 9	sand	Thomas Muster	Byron Black Grant Connell
	Coral Springs	Coral Springs International Tennis Championships	ATP World Series	sand	Jason Stoltenberg	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde
20. 05.
	St. Polten	St. Pölten Open	ATP World Series	sand	Marcelo Ríos	Ctislav Doseděl Pavel Vízner
27. 05.
	Paris	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	sand	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Yevgeny Kafelnikow Daniel Vacek
11. 06.	's-Hertogenbosch	Wilkinson Championships	ATP World Series	race	Richey Reneberg	Paul Kilderry Pavel Vízner
	London	Stella Artois Championships	ATP World Series	race	Boris Becker	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde
	postage	Oporto Open	ATP World Series	sand	Félix Mantilla	Emanuel Couto Bernardo Mota
17. 06.	Hall	Gerry Weber Open	ATP World Series	race	Nickla's cult	Byron Black Grant Connell
	Nottingham	Nottingham Open	ATP World Series	race	Jan Siemerink	Mark Petchey Danny Sapsford
	Bologna	Bologna Open	ATP World Series	sand	Alberto Berasategui	Brent Haygarth Christo van Rensburg
24. 06.
	Wimbledon	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	race	Richard Krajicek	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde
08. 07.	Newport	Hall of Fame Tennis Championships	ATP World Series	race	Nicolas Pereira	Marius Barnard Piet Norval
	Gstaad	Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad	ATP World Series	sand	Albert Costa	Jiří Novák Pavel Vízner
	Båstad	Investor Swedish Open	ATP World Series	sand	Magnus Gustafsson	David Ekerot Jeff Tarango
15. 07.
	Stuttgart	Mercedes Cup	ATP Championship Series	sand	Thomas Muster	Libor Pimek Byron Talbot
	Washington, DC	Legg Mason Tennis Classic	ATP Championship Series	Hard court	Michael Chang	Grant Connell Scott Davis
22. 07.
	Atlanta	Olympic Summer Games	Olympic Summer Games	Hard court	Andre Agassi	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde
	Kitzbühel	Austrian Open	ATP World Series	sand	Alberto Berasategui	Libor Pimek Byron Talbot
29. 07.	los Angeles	Countrywide Classic	ATP World Series	Hard court	Michael Chang	Marius Barnard Piet Norval
	Amsterdam	Dutch Open	ATP World Series	sand	Francisco Clavet	Donald Johnson Francisco Montana
05. 08.
	Cincinnati	Great American Insurance ATP Championships	ATP Super 9	Hard court	Andre Agassi	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor
	San Marino	San Marino Open	ATP World Series	sand	Albert Costa	Pablo Albano Lucas Arnold Ker
12. 08
	Indianapolis	RCA Championships	ATP Championship Series	Hard court	Pete Sampras	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg
	New Haven	Volvo International	ATP Championship Series	Hard court	Alex O'Brien	Byron Black Grant Connell
	Umag	Croatia Open Umag	ATP World Series	sand	Carlos Moyá	Pablo Albano Luis Lobo
19. 08.
	Toronto	You Maurier Open	ATP Super 9	Hard court	Wayne Ferreira	Patrick Galbraith Paul Haarhuis
	long Island	Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup	ATP World Series	Hard court	Andrij Medvedev	Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen
26. 08
	new York	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard court	Pete Sampras	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde
09. 09	Bogotá	Bogotá Open	ATP World Series	sand	Thomas Muster	Nicolás Pereira David Rikl
	Bournemouth	Bournemouth Open	ATP World Series	sand	Albert Costa	Marc-Kevin Goellner Greg Rusedski
	Bucharest	Romanian Open	ATP World Series	sand	Alberto Berasategui	David Ekerot Jeff Tarango
20th 09th
	Davis Cup , semifinals
24. 09	Basel	Davidoff Swiss Indoors	ATP World Series	Hard court (i)	Pete Sampras	Yevgeny Kafelnikow Daniel Vacek
	Palermo	Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia	ATP World Series	sand	Karim Alami	Andrew Kratzmann Marcos Ondruska
01.10.	Singapore	Singapore Open	ATP World Series	Carpet (i)	Jonathan Stark	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde
	Lyon	Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon	ATP World Series	Carpet (i)	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg
	Marbella	Marbella Open	ATP World Series	sand	Marc-Kevin Goellner	Andrew Kratzmann Jack Waite
07.10.
	Vienna	CA Tennis Trophy	ATP Championship Series	Carpet (i)	Boris Becker	Yevgeny Kafelnikow Daniel Vacek
	Beijing	Nokia Open	ATP World Series	Carpet (i)	Greg Rusedski	Martin Damm Andrei Olchowski
14.10.	Ostrava	Ostrava Open	ATP World Series	Carpet (i)	David Prinosil	Cyril Suk Sandon Stolle
	Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv Open	ATP World Series	Hard court	Javier Sánchez	Marcos Ondruska Grant Stafford
	Toulouse	Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse	ATP World Series	Hard court (i)	Mark Philippoussis	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis
21.10.
	Stuttgart	Eurocard Open	ATP Super 9	Carpet (i)	Boris Becker	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien
28.10.
	Paris - Bercy	Paris Open	ATP Super 9	Carpet (i)	Thomas Enqvist	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis
04.11.	Santiago de Chile	Movistar Open	ATP World Series	sand	Hernán Gumy	Gustavo Kuerten Fernando Meligeni
	Stockholm	Stockholm Open	ATP World Series	Hard court (i)	Thomas Enqvist	Patrick Galbraith Jonathan Stark
	Moscow	Kremlin Cup	ATP World Series	Hard court (i)	Goran Ivanišević	Rick Leach Andrei Olchowski
11/13
	Hartford	Double world championship	ATP world championship	Carpet (i)		Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde
November 19
	Hanover	Individual world championship	ATP world championship	Carpet (i)	Pete Sampras
11/29
	Davis Cup Final

• ¹ start of the tournament (without qualification)
• ² The abbreviation "(i)" (= indoor) means that the tournament in question was held in a hall

World ranking at the end of the season

singles

Item	player	Points
1.	Pete Sampras	4865
2.	Michael Chang	3597
3.	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	3564
4th	Goran Ivanišević	3492
5.	Thomas Muster	3166
6th	Boris Becker	2983
7th	Richard Krajicek	2380
8th.	Andre Agassi	2364
9.	Thomas Enqvist	2191
10.	Wayne Ferreira	2149

Double

Item	player	Points
1.	Todd Woodbridge	4923
1.	Mark Woodforde	4923
3.	Grant Connell	3410
4th	Byron Black	3099
5.	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	3028
6th	Paul Haarhuis	2983
7th	Mark Knowles	2919
8th.	Daniel Vacek	2727
9.	Jakob Hlasek	2701
10.	Patrick Galbraith	2677

Tournament winner

singles

space	player	Victories	Grand Slam	ATP World Championship	Olympic games	Super 9	Championship Series	World Series	Hard court	sand	race	carpet	Free place	Hall
1.	Pete Sampras	8th	1	1			3	3	7th			1	4th	4th
2.	Thomas Muster	7th				2	2	3		7th			7th
3.	Goran Ivanišević	5					1	4th	2			3	1	4th
4th	Boris Becker	4th	1			1	1	1	1		1	2	2	2
4th	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	4th	1					3	1	2		1	3	1
6th	Andre Agassi	3			1	2			3				3
6th	Alberto Berasategui	3						3		3			3
6th	Michael Chang	3				1	1	1	3				3
6th	Albert Costa	3						3		3			3
6th	Thomas Enqvist	3				1		2	2			1	1	2
11.	Karim Alami	2						2		2			2
11.	Wayne Ferreira	2				1		1	2					2
11.	Magnus Gustafsson	2						2		1		1	1	1
14th	Byron Black	1						1	1				1
14th	Tomás Carbonell	1						1		1			1
14th	Roberto Carretero	1				1				1			1
14th	Francisco Clavet	1						1		1			1
14th	Jim Courier	1					1		1				1
14th	Ctislav Doseděl	1						1		1			1
14th	Guy Forget	1						1	1					1
14th	Hernán Gumy	1						1		1			1
14th	Marc-Kevin Goellner	1						1		1			1
14th	Petr Korda	1						1	1				1
14th	Richard Krajicek	1	1								1		1
14th	Nickla's cult	1						1			1		1
14th	Félix Mantilla	1						1		1			1
14th	Todd Martin	1						1	1				1
14th	Andrij Medvedev	1						1	1				1
14th	Fernando Meligeni	1						1		1			1
14th	Carlos Moyá	1						1		1			1
14th	Jiří Novák	1						1	1				1
14th	Andrei Olchowski	1						1	1				1
14th	Alex O'Brien	1					1		1				1
14th	Nicolas Pereira	1						1			1		1
14th	Mark Philippoussis	1						1	1					1
14th	Cédric Pioline	1						1				1		1
14th	David Prinosil	1						1				1		1
14th	Richey Reneberg	1						1			1		1
14th	Marcelo Ríos	1						1		1			1
14th	Greg Rusedski	1						1				1		1
14th	Javier Sánchez	1						1	1				1
14th	Sjeng Schalken	1						1	1				1
14th	Jan Siemerink	1						1			1		1
14th	Jonathan Stark	1						1				1		1
14th	Michael Stich	1					1					1	1
14th	Jason Stoltenberg	1						1		1			1
14th	MaliVai Washington	1						1		1			1

Double

space	player	Victories	Grand Slam	ATP World Championship	Olympic games	Super 9	Championship Series	World Series	Hard court	sand	race	carpet	Free place	Hall
1.	Todd Woodbridge	12	2	1	1	2	2	4th	6th	1	2	3	9	3
1.	Mark Woodforde	12	2	1	1	2	2	4th	6th	1	2	3	9	3
3.	Grant Connell	5				1	2	2	3	1	1		5
3.	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	5	1				1	3	1	2		2	2	3
3.	Mark Knowles	5				2	1	3	3	1		1	3	2
6th	Byron Black	4th				1	1	2	2	1	1		4th
6th	Patrick Galbraith	4th				1		3	4th				3	1
6th	Rick Leach	4th						4th	4th				3	1
6th	Daniel Nestor	4th				2	1	1	3	1			3	1
6th	Andrei Olchowski	4th						4th	2			2	1	3
6th	Libor Pimek	4th					1	3		2		2	2	2
6th	Daniel Vacek	4th	1				1	2	1	2		1	2	2
13.	Marius Barnard	3						3	1		1	1	2	1
13.	Paul Haarhuis	3				2		1	2			1	1	2
13.	Marcos Ondruska	3						3	2	1	1		3
13.	Byron Talbot	3					1	2		2		1	2	1
13.	Pavel Vízner	3						3		2	1		3
18th	Pablo Albano	2						2		2			2
18th	Jonas Björkman	2					1	1	1			1	1	1
18th	David Ekerot	2						2		2			2
18th	Jacco Eltingh	2				1		1	1			1		2
18th	Ellis Ferreira	2				1		1	1	1			2
18th	Jim Grabb	2					1	1	1			1	1	1
18th	Brent Haygarth	2						2		2			2
18th	Donald Johnson	2						2		2			2
18th	Andrew Kratzmann	2						2		2			2
18th	Nickla's cult	2					1	1	1			1	1	1
18th	Luis Lobo	2					1	1		2			2
18th	Francisco Montana	2						2		2			2
18th	Piet Norval	2						2	1		1		2
18th	Jiří Novák	2						2		2			2
18th	Richey Reneberg	2					1	1	1			1	1	1
18th	David Rikl	2						2		2			2
18th	Jan Siemerink	2				1		1	1	1			2
18th	Jonathan Stark	2						2	2				1	1
18th	Jeff Tarango	2						2		2			2
18th	Christo van Rensburg	2						2		2			2
18th	Jack Waite	2						2	1	1			2
39.	Davis Adams	1						1				1		1
39.	Jan Apell	1						1		1			1
39.	Lan Bale	1						1		1			1
39.	Tomás Carbonell	1						1		1			1
39.	Pat Cash	1						1		1			1
39.	Emanuel Couto	1						1		1			1
39.	Martin Damm	1						1		1			1
39.	Scott Davis	1					1		1				1
39.	Ctislav Doseděl	1						1		1			1
39.	Stefan Edberg	1	1						1				1
39.	Andrea Gaudenzi	1					1					1		1
39.	Marc-Kevin Goellner	1						1		1			1
39.	Goran Ivanišević	1					1					1		1
39.	Luke Jensen	1						1	1				1
39.	Murphy Jensen	1						1	1				1
39.	Lucas Arnold Ker	1						1		1			1
39.	Paul Kilderry	1						1			1		1
39.	Petr Korda	1	1						1				1
39.	Trevor Kronemann	1						1	1					1
39.	Gustavo Kuerten	1						1		1			1
39.	Sébastien Lareau	1				1						1		1
39.	David Macpherson	1						1	1					1
39.	Fernando Meligeni	1						1		1			1
39.	Bernardo Mota	1						1		1			1
39.	Stephen Noteboom	1						1		1			1
39.	Alex O'Brien	1				1						1		1
39.	Menno Oosting	1						1				1		1
39.	Nicolas Pereira	1						1		1			1
39.	Mark Petchey	1						1			1		1
39.	Patrick Rafter	1						1		1			1
39.	Francisco Roig	1						1		1			1
39.	Greg Rusedski	1						1		1			1
39.	Javier Sánchez	1					1			1			1
39.	Danny Sapsford	1						1			1		1
39.	Roger Smith	1						1				1		1
39.	Grant Stafford	1						1	1				1
39.	Sandon Stolle	1						1				1		1
39.	Cyril Suk	1						1				1		1
39.	David Wheaton	1						1		1			1

See also

• WTA Tour 1996

Web links

• ATP website