1996 French Open

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.

1996 French Open
Date27 May – 9 June
Edition100th
CategoryGrand Slam (ITF)
SurfaceClay
LocationParis (XVIe), France
VenueStade 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 Fernandez
Mixed Doubles
Patricia Tarabini / Javier Frana

Seniors

Men's singles
Main article: 1996 French Open – Men's Singles

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
Main article: 1996 French Open – Women's Singles

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.

Men's doubles
Main article: 1996 French Open – Men's Doubles

Yevgeny Kafelnikov[2] / Daniel Vacek defeated Guy Forget / Jakob Hlasek, 6–2, 6–3

Women's doubles
Main article: 1996 French Open – Women's Doubles

Lindsay Davenport / Mary Joe Fernandez defeated Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva, 6–2, 6–1

Mixed doubles
Main article: 1996 French Open – Mixed Doubles

Patricia Tarabini / Javier Frana defeated Nicole Arendt / Luke Jensen, 6–2, 6–2

Juniors

Boys' singles

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

Girls' singles

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

Boys' doubles

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

Girls' doubles

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

References
  1. Kafelnikov became the first Russian tennis player (male or female) to win a Grand Slam singles title.
  2. 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.
Preceded by
1996 Australian Open		 Grand Slams Succeeded by
1996 Wimbledon Championships
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