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The 1996 Newsweek Champions Cup and the State Farm Evert Cup were tennis tournaments played on outdoor hard courts that were 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 Grand Champions Resort in Indian Wells, California in the United States from March 8 through March 17, 1996.
1996 Newsweek Champions Cup and State Farm Evert Cup | |
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Date | March 8–17 |
Edition | 23rd |
Category | Super 9 (ATP) Tier I Series (WTA) |
Prize money | $1,950,000 |
Surface | Hard / outdoor |
Location | Indian Wells, CA, US |
Venue | Grand Champions Resort |
Champions | |
Men's singles | |
Michael Chang[1] | |
Women's singles | |
Steffi Graf | |
Men's doubles | |
Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde[2] | |
Women's doubles | |
Chanda Rubin / Brenda Schultz-McCarthy |
The men's singles was headlined by ATP No. 1, Memphis, San Jose titlist and 1994 and 1995 winner Pete Sampras, Mexico City champion, 1995 French Open runner-up and Doha semifinalist Thomas Muster and San Jose runner-up, U.S. Open defending champion and 1990 Indian Wells winner Andre Agassi. Other top seeds were Australian Open and 1995 Tour Championships titlist Boris Becker, Michael Chang, Goran Ivanišević, Jim Courier and Thomas Enqvist.[3]
Michael Chang defeated Paul Haarhuis 7–5, 6–1, 6–1
Steffi Graf defeated Conchita Martínez 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5)
Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde defeated Brian MacPhie / Michael Tebbutt 1–6, 6–2, 6–2
Chanda Rubin / Brenda Schultz-McCarthy defeated Julie Halard-Decugis / Nathalie Tauziat 6–1, 6–4
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