1996_French_Open Knowpia

1996 French Open
1996 French Open
Date	27 May – 9 June 1996
Edition	95
Category	66th Grand Slam (ITF)
Surface	Clay
Location	Paris (XVIe), France
Venue	Stade Roland Garros
Champions
Men's singles
	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Women's singles
	Steffi Graf
Men's doubles
	Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek
Women's doubles
	Lindsay Davenport / Mary Joe Fernández
Mixed doubles
	Patricia Tarabini / Javier Frana

The 1996 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 27 May until 9 June. It was the 100th staging of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1996.

Seniors edit

Men's singles edit

Yevgeny Kafelnikov^[1] defeated Michael Stich, 7–6^(7–4), 7–5, 7–6^(7–4)

It was Kafelnikov's 3rd title of the year, and his 10th overall. It was his 1st career Grand Slam title.

Women's singles edit

Steffi Graf defeated Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, 6–3, 6–7^(4–7), 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.

Juniors edit

Boys' singles edit

Alberto Martín (ESP) defeated Björn Rehnquist (SWE), 6–3, 7–6

Girls' singles edit

Amélie Mauresmo (FRA) defeated Meghann Shaughnessy (USA), 6–0, 6–4

Boys' doubles edit

Sébastien Grosjean / Olivier Mutis (FRA) defeated Jan-Ralph Brandt / Daniel Elsner (GER), 6–2, 6–3

Girls' doubles edit

Alice Canepa / Giulia Casoni (ITA) defeated Anna Kournikova (RUS) / Ludmila Varmužová (CZE), 6–2, 5–7, 7–5

References edit

^ 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.