Date 6 – 12 May Category Super 9 Location Hamburg, Germany | Edition 90th Surface Clay / outdoor | |
Venue Rothenbaum Tennis Center | ||
The 1996 Panasonic German Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 90th edition of the Hamburg Masters and was part of the Mercedes Super 9 of the 1996 ATP Tour. It took place at the Am Rothenbaum in Hamburg in Germany from 6 May through 12 May 1996.
Contents
The singles field was headlined by ATP No. 5, 1995 Tour Championships winner, Australian Open and 1991 Hamburg runner-up Boris Becker, Zagreb, Dubai, Milan, Rotterdam and Grand Slam Cup champion Goran Ivanišević and Adelaide winner and Rotterdam and St. Petersburg finalist Yevgeny Kafelnikov. Other top seeds competing were Indian Wells winner Wayne Ferreira, Monte Carlo and Indian Wells semifinalist Marcelo Ríos, Sergi Bruguera, Arnaud Boetsch and Marc Rosset.
Men's Singles
Roberto Carretero defeated Àlex Corretja 2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
Men's Doubles
Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor defeated Guy Forget / Jakob Hlasek 6–2, 6–4