1996 Eurocard Open

{{Short description|Tennis competition}}{{TennisEventInfo|1996|Eurocard Open| | date=21–27 October | edition=7th{{efn|name=edition|This was the 6th edition of the Eurocard Open to be held in Stuttgart; the 1995 edition had been held in [[Essen]].}} | category=[[ATP World Tour Masters 1000|Super 9]] | draw=48S / 24D | prize_money=[[USD|$]]1,950,00 | surface=[[Carpet court|Carpet]] / indoor | venue= [[Schleyerhalle]] | location=[[Stuttgart]], Germany | champs= {{flagicon|GER}} [[Boris Becker]]<ref name="ms">{{cite web|title=1996 Stuttgart – Singles draw|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/stuttgart/357/1996/draws?matchtype=singles|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}</ref> | champd= {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Sébastien Lareau]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Alex O'Brien]]<ref name="md">{{cite web|title=1996 Stuttgart – Doubles draw|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/stuttgart/357/1996/draws?matchtype=doubles|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}</ref> | before_year=1995 | before_name=Eurocard Open (October) }}

The '''1996 Eurocard Open''' was a men's [[tennis]] tournament played on indoor [[carpet court]]s. It was the 1st edition of the [[Madrid Open (tennis)|Stuttgart Masters]]{{efn|name=eurocard|The Eurocard Open was part of the history of the Stuttgart Masters from 1996 to 1999.}} and was part of the [[ATP World Tour Masters 1000|Mercedes Super 9]] of the [[1996 ATP Tour]]. It took place at the [[Schleyerhalle]] in [[Stuttgart]], Germany from 21 October through 27 October 1996. Sixth-seeded [[Boris Becker]] won the singles title.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Mark Shapiro|title=Resurgent Becker surprises Sampras and himself in Stuttgart|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1996-10-28-9610280034-story.html|website=Chicago Tribune|date=28 October 1996}}</ref><ref name="wot1997">{{cite book|title=International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997|year=1997|publisher=CollinsWillow|location=London|isbn=9780002187145|editor=[[John Barrett (tennis)|John Barrett]]|pages=131, 144–145}}</ref>

==Finals== ===Singles=== {{main|1996 Eurocard Open – Singles}} {{flagicon|GER}} [[Boris Becker]] defeated {{flagicon|USA}} [[Pete Sampras]] 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 * It was Becker's 4th title of the year and the 63rd of his career. It was his 1st Super 9 title of the year and his 5th overall.

===Doubles=== {{main|1996 Eurocard Open – Doubles}} {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Sébastien Lareau]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Alex O'Brien]] defeated {{flagicon|NED}} [[Jacco Eltingh]] / {{flagicon|NED}} [[Paul Haarhuis]] 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 * It was Lareau's only title of the year and the 3rd of his career. It was O'Brien's 2nd title of the year and the 3rd of his career.

==See also== * [[Agassi–Sampras rivalry]]

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