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1996 Direct Line International Championships

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Date
  
June 18 – June 22

Category
  
Tier II

Location
  
Eastbourne, England

Edition
  
22nd

Surface
  
Grass / Outdoor

Venue
  
Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club

The 1996 Direct Line International Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club in Eastbourne in England that was part of Tier II of the 1996 WTA Tour. It was the 22nd edition of the tournament and was held from June 18 through June 22, 1996. Monica Seles won the singles title.

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Women's Singles

Monica Seles defeated Mary Joe Fernández 6–0, 6–2

  • It was Seles' 3rd singles title of the year and the 36th of her career.

    • Women's Doubles

    Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario defeated Rosalyn Nideffer / Pam Shriver 4–6, 7–5, 6–4

  • It was Novotná's 5th doubles title of the year and the 61st of her career. It was Sánchez Vicario's 8th doubles title of the year and the 48th of her career.

    • References

    1996 Direct Line International Championships Wikipedia
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