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1996 WTA Tier I Series

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1996 WTA Tier I Series
Details
DurationJanuary 29 – October 20
Edition7th
Tournaments8
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titlesGermany Steffi Graf (3)
Most tournament finalsGermany Steffi Graf
Spain Arantxa Sánchez (3)
1995
1997

The WTA Tier I events are part of the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the WTA called the WTA Tour.[1]

Tournaments

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Tournament Country Location Surface Date Prize money
Toray Pan Pacific Open[2] Japan Tokyo Carpet (i) Jan 29 – Feb 4 $926,250
State Farm Evert Cup United States Indian Wells Hard Mar 8 – 17 $550,000
Lipton Championships United States Key Biscayne Hard Mar 21 – 31 $1,550,000
Family Circle Cup[2] United States Hilton Head Island Clay Apr 1 – 8 $926,250
Italian Open[3] Italy Rome Clay May 6 – 12 $926,250
WTA German Open[2] Germany Berlin Clay May 13 – 19 $926,250
du Maurier Open Canada Montreal Hard Aug 5 – 11 $926,250
European Indoors[2] Switzerland Zürich Carpet (i) Oct 14 – 20 $926,250

Results

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* First-time champion
Tournament Singles champions Runners-up Score Doubles champions Runners-up Score
Tokyo

SinglesDoubles

Croatia Iva Majoli Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–4, 6–1 United States Gigi Fernández
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
South Africa Mariaan de Swardt
Romania Irina Spîrlea
7–6, 6–3
Indian Wells

SinglesDoubles

Germany Steffi Graf Spain Conchita Martínez 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5) United States Chanda Rubin* France Julie Halard-Decugis
France Nathalie Tauziat
6–1, 6–4
Netherlands Brenda Schultz-McCarthy
Miami

SinglesDoubles

Germany Steffi Graf United States Chanda Rubin 6–1, 6–3 Czech Republic Jana Novotná
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
United States Meredith McGrath
Latvia Larisa Neiland
6–4, 6–4
Hilton Head

SinglesDoubles

Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Austria Barbara Paulus 6–2, 2–6, 6–2 Czech Republic Jana Novotná
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
United States Gigi Fernández
United States Mary Joe Fernández
6–2, 6–3
Rome

SinglesDoubles

Spain Conchita Martínez Switzerland Martina Hingis 6–2, 6–3 Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario United States Gigi Fernández
Switzerland Martina Hingis
6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Romania Irina Spîrlea*
Berlin

SinglesDoubles

Germany Steffi Graf Slovakia Karina Habšudová 4–6, 6–2, 7–5 United States Meredith McGrath
Latvia Larisa Neiland
Switzerland Martina Hingis
Czech Republic Helena Suková
6–1, 5–7, 7–6(7–4)
Montréal

SinglesDoubles

United States Monica Seles Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–1, 7–6(7–2) Latvia Larisa Neiland
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
United States Mary Joe Fernández
Czech Republic Helena Suková
7–6, 6–1
Zürich

SinglesDoubles

Czech Republic Jana Novotná Switzerland Martina Hingis 6–2, 6–2 Switzerland Martina Hingis* United States Nicole Arendt
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
7–5, 6–4
Czech Republic Helena Suková

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1996 Tournaments | WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20.
  2. ^ a b c d John Barrett, ed. (1997). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 175, 177–179, 182. ISBN 9780002187145.
  3. ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). New York City: New Chapter Press. pp. 740–741. ISBN 978-0942257700.
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