|
1996 Italian Open (tennis)
The 1996 Italian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 53rd edition of the Rome Masters and was part of the Mercedes Super 9 of the 1996 ATP Tour and of Tier I of the 1996 WTA Tour. Both the men's and women's events took place at the Foro Italico in Rome in Italy. The women's tournament was played from May 6 through May 12, 1996, while the men's tournament was played from May 13 through May 19, 1996. The men's tournament was headlined by ATP No. 2, Monte Carlo, Estoril, Acapulco and Barcelona champion Thomas Muster, Zagreb, Dubai, Milan, Rotterdam titlist and Key Biscayne runner-up Goran Ivanišević and Adelaide winner, St. Petersburg and Rotterdam finalist Yevgeny Kafelnikov. Also present were Chennai winner Thomas Enqvist, Philadelphia champion Jim Courier, Wayne Ferreira, Marcelo Ríos and Sergi Bruguera. The women's field was led by WTA No. 1, Indian Wells, Key Biscayne, Berlin champion and WTA Tour Champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clay Court
A clay court is one of the types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis, originally known as "lawn tennis", is played. Clay courts are made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate depending on the tournament. The French Open uses clay courts, the only Grand Slam tournament to do so. Clay courts are more common in Continental Europe and Latin America than in North America, Asia-Pacific or Britain. Two main types exist: red clay, the more common variety, and green clay, also known as "rubico", which is a harder surface. Although less expensive to construct than other types of tennis courts, the maintenance costs of clay are high as the surface must be rolled to preserve flatness. Play Clay courts are considered "slow" because the balls bounce relatively high and lose much of their initial speed when contacting the surface, making it more difficult for a player to deliver an unreturnable shot. Points are usually longer as there are fewer winn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Estoril Open
The 1996 Estoril Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Estoril Court Central in Oeiras in Portugal and was part of the World Series of the 1996 ATP Tour. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and was held from 8 April until 14 April 1996. Thomas Muster won his second consecutive the singles title at the event. Finals Singles Thomas Muster defeated Andrea Gaudenzi 7–6(7–4), 6–4 * It was Muster's 2nd singles title of the year and the 37th of his career. Doubles Tomás Carbonell / Francisco Roig defeated Tom Nijssen / Greg Van Emburgh Greg Van Emburgh (born May 10, 1966) is a former professional tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a ... 6–3, 6–2 * It was Carbonell's 1st title of the year and the 16th of his career. It was Roig's 1st title of the year and the 9th of his career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Enqvist
Thomas Karl Johan Enqvist (born 13 March 1974) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He reached the final of the 1999 Australian Open and won a total of 19 singles titles, including three Masters titles. He has a career high ATP world singles ranking of No. 4, achieved on 15 November 1999. Tennis career Throughout his career, Enqvist finished four seasons ranked inside the top 10 and won at least one ATP title for six consecutive years. In 1998 he underwent surgery in Stockholm to remove a small piece of bone from his right foot and had surgery on his right shoulder to repair a repetitive strain injury. Despite his surgeries, Enqvist posted some major victories, including wins over world no. 1 Pete Sampras, Juan Carlos Ferrero, and Andy Roddick. Enqvist won a total of 19 singles titles, the most significant being ATP Masters Series titles at Paris (1996), Stuttgart (1999) and both the singles and doubles titles in Cincinnati (2000). In winning the Stuttgart Masters, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 India Open
The 1996 India Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in New Delhi in India and was part of the World Series of the 1996 ATP Tour. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and took place from 8 April through 14 April 1996. Thomas Enqvist won the singles title. Finals Singles Thomas Enqvist defeated Byron Black 6–2, 7–6(7–3) * It was Enqvist's 1st title of the year and the 8th of his career. Doubles Jonas Björkman / Nicklas Kulti defeated Byron Black / Sandon Stolle 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 * It was Björkman's 2nd title of the year and the 12th of his career. It was Kulti's 2nd title of the year and the 7th of his career. References External links Official websiteATP tournament profile {{1996 ATP Tour India Open Chennai Open India Open The India Open is an annual badminton event which has been held in India since 2008 and is a BWF World Tour Super 750 international badminton tournament. Its first three editions were desig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov ( rus, Евгений Александрович Кафельников, , jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ˈkafʲɪlʲnʲɪkəf, a=Ru-Yevgeny-Kafelnikov.ogg; born 18 February 1974) is a Russian former world No. 1 tennis player. He won two Grand Slam singles titles, the 1996 French Open and the 1999 Australian Open, and a gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. He also won four Grand Slam doubles titles, and is the most recent man to have won both the men's singles and doubles titles at the same Grand Slam tournament (which he accomplished at the 1996 French Open). In 2019, Kafelnikov was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Career In his breakthrough year in 1994, Kafelnikov won three titles, reached the Hamburg Masters final and beat world top-5 players on six occasions. His ranking rose from 102 at the beginning of the year, to a year-end ranking of 11. In 1995, he reached his first Grand Slam semifinals, beating world no. 1 And ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 St
File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 800, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone on board; Eight people die in a blizzard on Mount Everest; Dolly the Sheep becomes the first mammal to have been cloned from an adult somatic cell; The Port Arthur Massacre occurs on Tasmania, and leads to major changes in Australia's gun laws; Macarena, sung by Los del Río and remixed by The Bayside Boys, becomes a major dance craze and cultural phenomenon; Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 crash-ditches off of the Comoros Islands after the plane was hijacked; the 1996 Summer Olympics are held in Atlanta, marking the Centennial (100th Anniversary) of the modern Olympic Games., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Centennial Olympic Park bombing rect 200 0 400 200 TWA FLight 800 rect 400 0 600 200 1996 Mount Everest disaster rect 0 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships
The 1996 Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Memorial Drive Park in Adelaide, Australia and was part of the World Series of the 1996 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from 1 January through 7 January 1996. First-seeded Yevgeny Kafelnikov won the singles title. Finals Singles Yevgeny Kafelnikov defeated Byron Black 7–6(7–0), 3–6, 6–1 * It was Kafelnikov's 1st title of the year and the 16th of his career. Doubles Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde defeated Jonas Björkman / Tommy Ho Thomas Ho (born June 17, 1973 in Winter Haven, Florida) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. His parents are immigrants from Taiwan. Tennis career Juniors Ho first came to the tennis world's attention as an except ... 7–5, 7–6 * It was Woodbridge's 1st title of the year and the 36th of his career. It was Woodforde's 1st title of the year and the 44th of his career. Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goran Ivanišević
Goran Ivanišević (; born 13 September 1971) is a Croatian former professional tennis player and current coach. He is the only player to win a Wimbledon singles title as a wildcard. He achieved this in 2001 while ranked world No. 125, after being runner-up at Wimbledon in 1992, 1994 and 1998. Ivanišević's career-high singles ranking was world No. 2, achieved in July 1994. He coached Marin Čilić from September 2013 to July 2016, leading Čilić to his only major title to date at the 2014 US Open. He has been coaching Novak Djokovic since 2019. Ivanišević was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2020. Career Goran is the son of Srđan and Gorana (née Škaričić). As a boy, he was trained by Jelena Genčić. He turned professional in 1988 and, later that year, with Rüdiger Haas, won his first career doubles title in Frankfurt. Although he focused mostly on his singles career, he also had some success in doubles, winning nine titles and reaching a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Lipton Championships
The 1996 Lipton Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 12th edition of the Miami Masters and was part of the Mercedes Super 9 of the 1996 ATP Tour and of Tier I of the 1996 WTA Tour. Both the men's and women's events took place at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park on Key Biscayne, Florida in the United States from March 22 through March 31, 1996. Finals Men's singles Andre Agassi defeated Goran Ivanišević 3–0 (Ivanišević retired) * It was Agassi's 1st title of the year and the 33rd of his career. It was his 3rd win at the event, having also won in 1990 and 1995. Women's singles Steffi Graf defeated Chanda Rubin 6–1, 6–3 * It was Graf's 2nd title of the year and the 109th of her career. It was her 5th win at the event, having also won in 1987, 1988, 1994 and 1995. Men's doubles Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde defeated Ellis Ferreira / Patrick Galbraith 6–1, 6–3 * It was Woodbridge's 4th title of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
The 1996 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at Rotterdam Ahoy in the Netherlands. It was part of the World Series of the 1996 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from 4 March 4 through 10 March 1996. Goran Ivanišević won the singles title. The singles draw featured world No. 1, reigning Wimbledon and US Open champion and recent San Jose and Memphis titlist Pete Sampras, Zagreb, Dubai and Milan winner Goran Ivanišević and Australian Open quarterfinalist and Adelaide champion Yevgeny Kafelnikov. Also competing were Milan runner-up Marc Rosset, 1995 Stockholm finalist Arnaud Boetsch, Richard Krajicek, Jan Siemerink and Bohdan Ulihrach. Finals Men's singles Goran Ivanišević defeated Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 * It was Ivanisevic's 5th title of the year and the 23rd of his career. Men's doubles David Adams David Adams Musical Theatre Performer Starlight Express, Avenue Q, Les Misera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Italian Indoor
The 1996 Italian Indoor was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Palatrussardi in Milan, Italy and was part of the Championship Series of the 1996 ATP Tour The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the Grand Slam tournaments (organized by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the ATP Super 9, the A .... The tournament ran from 26 February through 3 March 1996. Goran Ivanišević won the singles title. Finals Singles Goran Ivanišević defeated Marc Rosset 6–3, 7–6(7–3) * It was Ivanišević's 3rd singles title of the year and the 15th of his career. Doubles Andrea Gaudenzi / Goran Ivanišević defeated Guy Forget / Jakob Hlasek 6–4, 7–5 * It was Gaudenzi's only title of the year and the 1st of his career. It was Ivanišević's 4th title of the year and the 22nd of his career. References External links ITF tournament ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Dubai Tennis Championships
The 1996 Dubai Tennis Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and was part of the World Series of the 1996 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from 12 February through 18 February 1996. Fourth-seeded Goran Ivanišević won the singles title. Finals Singles Goran Ivanišević defeated Albert Costa 6–4, 6–3 * It was Ivanišević's 2nd title of the year and the 20th of his career. Doubles Byron Black Byron Hamish Black (born 6 October 1969) is a former touring professional tennis and Davis Cup player for Zimbabwe. Personal life He is the son of Donald Black and Velia Black and brother to Wayne Black and Cara, who were also professional ten ... / Grant Connell defeated Karel Nováček / Jiří Novák 6–0, 6–1 * It was Black's 1st title of the year and the 12th of his career. It was Connell's 1st title of the year and the 18th of his career. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
