1996 Comcast U.S. Indoor
Tennis tournament
1996 Comcast U.S. Indoor | |||
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Date | February 26 – March 3 | ||
Edition | 29th | ||
Category | Championship Series | ||
Draw | 32S / 16D | ||
Prize money | $589,250 | ||
Surface | Carpet / indoor | ||
Location | Philadelphia , PA , U.S. | ||
Venue | CoreStates Spectrum | ||
Attendance | 40,058 [1] | ||
Champions | |||
Singles | |||
Jim Courier [2] | |||
Doubles | |||
Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde [3] | |||
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The 1996 Comcast U.S. Indoor was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the CoreStates Spectrum in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania in the United States and was part of the Championship Series of the 1996 ATP Tour . It was the 29th edition of the tournament and ran from February 26 through March 3, 1996. Second-seeded Jim Courier won the singles title. [4] [5]
Finals
Singles
Main article:
1996 Comcast U.S. Indoor – Singles
Jim Courier defeated Chris Woodruff 6–4, 6–3
- It was Courier's only singles title of the year and the 19th of his career.
Doubles
Main article:
1996 Comcast U.S. Indoor – Doubles
Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde defeated Byron Black / Grant Connell 7–6, 6–2
- It was Woodbridge's 2nd title of the year and the 42nd of his career. It was Woodforde's 3rd title of the year and the 46th of his career.
References
- ↑ Diane Pucin (March 7, 1997). "Sampras holds off Rafter" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . pp. F1, F2 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "1996 Philadelphia – Singles draw" . Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
- ↑ "1996 Philadelphia – Doubles draw" . Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
- ↑ Diane Pucin (March 4, 1996). "Courier stops upstart for title" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . pp. D1, D5 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ John Barrett , ed. (1997). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997 . London: CollinsWillow. pp. 130, 138. ISBN 9780002187145 .