The 1996 Croatia Open was a men's

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tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the

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and was part of the

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of the

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. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and was held from 12 August through 18 August 1996. Fourth-seeded

Carlos Moyá Carlos Moyá Llompart (; born 27 August 1976) is a Spanish former professional tennis player and coach. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Moyá won 20 ATP Tour-level singles tit ...

won the singles title.

Finals

Singles

defeated Félix Mantilla 6–0, 7–6^(7–4) * It was Moyá's only title of the year and the 2nd of his career.

Doubles

Pablo Albano Pablo Albano (; born 11 April 1967) is a former professional tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two player ...

Luis Lobo Luis Gustavo Lobo (born 9 November 1970) is a retired professional male tennis player from Argentina, who won the gold medal in the men's doubles competition at the 1995 Pan American Games. He reached his career high doubles ranking, World No ...

defeated

Ģirts Dzelde Ģirts Dzelde (born 16 July 1963) is a former professional tennis player from Latvia, currently the coach of Latvian Davis Cup team. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 273 in 1991 and a career-high doubles ranking of World N ...

Udo Plamberger Udo Plamberger (born 1 January 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Austria. Biography Plamberger, who was born in Bad Ischl, played only doubles on the ATP Tour. Doubles partners included Pat Cash, Andrei Cherkasov and Younes El Ay ...

6–4, 6–1 * It was Albano's 2nd title of the year and the 4th of his career. It was Lobo's 2nd title of the year and the 5th of his career.

References

External links

Official website

ATP tournament profile
{{1996 ATP Tour

Croatia Open The Croatia Open (currently sponsored by Plava laguna) is a men's ATP tennis tournament held in Umag, Croatia that is part of the 250 series of the ATP Tour. The tournament began in 1990 when it was part of Yugoslavia, and is the oldest tennis ...

Croatia Open 1996 in Croatian tennis