1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships

Tennis tournament

1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships

Date| April 15–21
Edition| 23rd
Prize money| $935,000 (men)
$164,250 (women)
Surface| Hard / outdoor
Location| Tokyo, Japan
Venue| Ariake Coliseum
Champions
Men's singles
Pete Sampras[1]
Women's singles
Kimiko Date
Men's doubles
Todd Woodbridge /  Mark Woodforde [2]
Women's doubles
Kimiko Date /  Ai Sugiyama
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The 1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo in Japan that was part of the Championship Series of the 1996 ATP Tour and of Tier III of the 1996 WTA Tour. The tournament ran from April 15 through April 21, 1996.[3] Pete Sampras and Kimiko Date won the singles titles.

## Finals

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### Men's singles

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Main article: 1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's singles

Pete Sampras defeated  Richey Reneberg 6–4, 7–5

* It was Sampras' 4th title of the year and the 42nd of his career.

### Women's singles

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Main article: 1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's singles

Kimiko Date defeated  Amy Frazier 7–5, 6–4

* It was Date's 1st title of the year and the 6th of her career.

### Men's doubles

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Main article: 1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's doubles

Todd Woodbridge /  Mark Woodforde defeated  Mark Knowles /  Rick Leach 6–2, 6–3

* It was Woodbridge's 5th title of the year and the 45th of his career. It was Woodforde's 6th title of the year and the 49th of his career.

### Women's doubles

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Main article: 1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's doubles

Kimiko Date /  Ai Sugiyama defeated  Amy Frazier /  Kimberly Po 7–6, 6–7, 6–3

* It was Date's 2nd title of the year and the 7th of her career. It was Sugiyama's only title of the year and the 3rd of her career.

## References

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1. ^ "1996 Tokyo – Men's singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
2. ^ "1996 Tokyo – Men's doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
3. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1997). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 139, 183. ISBN 9780002187145.

## External links

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* Official website Archived 2020-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
* ATP tournament profile

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1996 WTA Tour

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Grand Slam events|

* Australian Open (S, D, X)
* French Open (S, D, X)
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