French Open 1996

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French Open 1996
Date: May 27 - June 9, 1996
Edition: 95th  French Open
Place: Paris
Covering: sand
Defending champion
Men's singles : AustriaAustria Thomas Muster
Ladies singles : GermanyGermany Steffi Graf
Men's double : NetherlandsNetherlands Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis
NetherlandsNetherlands 
Ladies doubles : United StatesUnited States Gigi Fernández Natallja Swerawa
Belarus 1991Belarus 
Mixed : AustraliaAustralia Mark Woodforde Larisa Neiland
LatviaLatvia 
winner
Men's singles : RussiaRussia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Ladies singles : GermanyGermany Steffi Graf
Men's double : RussiaRussia Yevgeny Kafelnikow Daniel Vacek
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
Ladies doubles : United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport Mary Joe Fernández
United StatesUnited States 
Mixed : ArgentinaArgentina Javier Frana Patricia Tarabini
ArgentinaArgentina 
Grand Slams 1996

The 95th French Open 1996 took place from May 27 to June 9, 1996 in Paris , France .

128 men and women took part in the individual competitions in the main round.

The defending champions in the singles were Thomas Muster for the men and Steffi Graf for the women. In the men's doubles Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis were the defending champions , in the ladies doubles Gigi Fernández and Natallja Swerawa . Larisa Neiland and Todd Woodbridge were the defending champions in mixed .

In the men's singles, Yevgeny Kafelnikow won his first Grand Slam title. In the women's singles there was a new edition of last year's final, and again Steffi Graf won against Arantxa Sánchez Vicario. Yevgeny Kafelnikow also won in the men's doubles, alongside Daniel Vacek . The title in women's doubles went to Lindsay Davenport and Mary Joe Fernández , while Patricia Tarabini and Javier Frana won in mixed .

Men's singles

Main article: French Open 1996 / men's singles

Seeding list

No. player Round reached

01. United StatesUnited States Pete Sampras Semifinals
02. AustriaAustria Thomas Muster Round of 16
03. United StatesUnited States Andre Agassi 2nd round
04th United StatesUnited States Michael Chang 3rd round

05. CroatiaCroatia Goran Ivanišević Round of 16

06th RussiaRussia Yevgeny Kafelnikov victory

07th United StatesUnited States Jim Courier Quarter finals

08th. SwedenSweden Thomas Enqvist 1 round
No. player Round reached
09. ChileChile Marcelo Ríos Round of 16

10. South AfricaSouth Africa Wayne Ferreira Round of 16

11. FranceFrance Arnaud Boetsch 2nd round

12. SpainSpain Albert Costa 2nd round

13. NetherlandsNetherlands Richard Krajicek Quarter finals

14th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Marc Rosset Semifinals

15th GermanyGermany Michael Stich final

16. United StatesUnited States MaliVai Washington 1 round

Ladies singles

Main article: French Open 1996 / women singles

Seeding list

No. Player Round reached

01. GermanyGermany Steffi Graf victory
02. United StatesUnited States Monica Seles Quarter finals
03. SpainSpain Conchita Martínez Semifinals
04th SpainSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario final

05. CroatiaCroatia Iva Majoli Quarter finals

06th GermanyGermany Anke Huber Round of 16

07th JapanJapan Kimiko Date Round of 16

08th. NetherlandsNetherlands Brenda Schultz-McCarthy 3rd round
No. Player Round reached
09. United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport Quarter finals

10. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Jana Novotná Semifinals

11. United StatesUnited States Mary Joe Fernández Round of 16

12. FranceFrance Mary Pierce 3rd round

13. BulgariaBulgaria Magdalena Maleewa Round of 16

14th South AfricaSouth Africa Amanda Coetzer Round of 16

15th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis 3rd round

16. AustriaAustria Barbara Paulus 3rd round

Men's doubles

Main article: French Open 1996 / men's doubles

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached

01. AustraliaAustralia Mark Woodforde Todd Woodbridge
AustraliaAustralia 
Semifinals
02. BahamasBahamas Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor
CanadaCanada 
2nd round
03. ZimbabweZimbabwe Byron Black Grant Connell
CanadaCanada 
2nd round
04th United StatesUnited States Patrick Galbraith Andrei Olchowski
RussiaRussia 
2nd round

05. FranceFrance Guy Forget Jakob Hlasek
SwitzerlandSwitzerland 
final

06th South AfricaSouth Africa Ellis Ferreira Jan Siemerink
NetherlandsNetherlands 
1 round

07th RussiaRussia Yevgeny Kafelnikow Daniel Vacek
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
victory

08th. CanadaCanada Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien
United StatesUnited States 
Round of 16
No. pairing Round reached
09. SwedenSweden Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti
SwedenSweden 
Quarter finals

10. ArgentinaArgentina Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez
SpainSpain 
Round of 16

11. BelgiumBelgium Libor Pimek Byron Talbot
South AfricaSouth Africa 
Quarter finals

12. SpainSpain Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig
SpainSpain 
1 round

13. NetherlandsNetherlands Hendrik Jan Davids Cyril Suk
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
2nd round

14th SwedenSweden Stefan Edberg Petr Korda
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
Round of 16

15th AustraliaAustralia Mark Philippoussis Patrick Rafter
AustraliaAustralia 
Round of 16

16. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Jiří Novák David Rikl
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
1 round

Ladies doubles

Main article: French Open 1996 / women's doubles

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached

01. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
SpainSpain 
Semifinals
02. United StatesUnited States Gigi Fernández Natallja Swerawa
Belarus 1995Belarus 
final
03. United StatesUnited States Meredith McGrath Larisa Neiland
LatviaLatvia 
Semifinals
04th United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport Mary Joe Fernández
United StatesUnited States 
victory

05. United StatesUnited States Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf
NetherlandsNetherlands 
Quarter finals

06th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis Helena Suková
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
Quarter finals

07th United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia 
Round of 16

08th. FranceFrance Julie Halard-Decugis Nathalie Tauziat
FranceFrance 
Round of 16
No. pairing Round reached
09. United StatesUnited States Katrina Adams Mariaan de Swardt
South AfricaSouth Africa 
Quarter finals

10. NetherlandsNetherlands Kristie Boogert Nicole Bradtke
AustraliaAustralia 
1 round

11. South AfricaSouth Africa Amanda Coetzer Brenda Schultz-McCarthy
NetherlandsNetherlands 
2nd round

12. SpainSpain Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini
ArgentinaArgentina 
Round of 16

13. ItalyItaly Laura Golarsa Irina Spîrlea
RomaniaRomania 
1 round

14th IndonesiaIndonesia Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis
NetherlandsNetherlands 
Round of 16

15th FranceFrance Alexia Dechaume-Balleret Sandrine Testud
FranceFrance 
2nd round

16. BelgiumBelgium Els Callens Laurence Courtois
BelgiumBelgium 
1 round

Mixed

Main article: French Open 1996 / Mixed

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached

01. AustraliaAustralia Mark Woodforde Larisa Neiland
LatviaLatvia 
Semifinals
02. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Cyril Suk Gigi Fernández
United StatesUnited States 
Round of 16
03. United StatesUnited States Rick Leach Manon Bollegraf
NetherlandsNetherlands 
Semifinals
04th United StatesUnited States Patrick Galbraith Lisa Raymond
United StatesUnited States 
2nd round

05. South AfricaSouth Africa Ellis Ferreira Helena Suková
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
2nd round

06th AustraliaAustralia Todd Woodbridge Nicole Bradtke
AustraliaAustralia 
Quarter finals

07th RussiaRussia Andrei Olchowski Kristie Boogert
NetherlandsNetherlands 
Quarter finals

08th. BelgiumBelgium Libor Pimek Katrina Adams
United StatesUnited States 
Quarter finals
No. pairing Round reached
09. United StatesUnited States Mark Wedge Brenda Schultz-McCarthy
NetherlandsNetherlands 
2nd round

10. South AfricaSouth Africa Byron Talbot Linda Wild
United StatesUnited States 
2nd round

11. AustraliaAustralia Mark Philippoussis Martina Hingis
SwitzerlandSwitzerland 
Quarter finals

12. United StatesUnited States Matt Lucena Meredith McGrath
United StatesUnited States 
Round of 16

13. NetherlandsNetherlands Menno Oosting Els Callens
BelgiumBelgium 
Round of 16

14th United StatesUnited States Greg Van Emburgh Irina Spîrlea
RomaniaRomania 
2nd round

15th United StatesUnited States Kent Kinnear Nana Miyagi
JapanJapan 
2nd round

16. South AfricaSouth Africa John-Laffnie de Jager Jill Hetherington
CanadaCanada 
Round of 16

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