{{Short description|Tennis tournament}} {{TennisEventInfo|1996|European Community Championships| | date=19 – 25 February | edition=14th | category=[[ATP International Series Gold|Championship Series]] | draw=32S / 16D | prize_money=$875,000 | surface=[[Carpet court|Carpet]] / indoor | location=[[Antwerp]], [[Belgium]] | venue=[[Sportpaleis Antwerp]] | champs={{flagicon|GER}} [[Michael Stich]]<ref name="ms">{{cite web|title=1996 Antwerp – Singles draw|url=http://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/antwerp/430/1996/draws?matchType=singles|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}</ref> | champd={{flagicon|SWE}} [[Jonas Björkman]] / {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Nicklas Kulti]]<ref name="md">{{cite web|title=1996 Antwerp – Doubles draw|url=http://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/antwerp/430/1996/draws?matchType=doubles|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}</ref> | before_year=1994 }}
The '''1996 European Community Championships''' was a men's [[tennis]] tournament played on indoor [[carpet court]]s at the [[Sportpaleis Antwerp]] in [[Antwerp]] in [[Belgium]] and was part of the [[ATP International Series Gold|Championship Series]] of the [[1996 ATP Tour]]. The tournament ran from 19 February through 25 February 1996. Sixth-seeded [[Michael Stich]] won the singles title.<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=130, 137}}</ref>
==Finals==
===Singles=== {{main|1996 European Community Championships – Singles}} {{flagicon|GER}} [[Michael Stich]] defeated {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Goran Ivanišević]] 6–3, 6–2, 7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup> * It was Stich's 1st title of the year and the 27th of his career.
===Doubles=== {{main|1996 European Community Championships – Doubles}} {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Jonas Björkman]] / {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Nicklas Kulti]] defeated {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Yevgeny Kafelnikov]] / {{flagicon|NED}} [[Menno Oosting]] 6–4, 6–4 * It was Björkman's 1st title of the year and the 11th of his career. It was Kulti's 1st title of the year and the 4th of his career.
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/antwerp/bel/1996/m-csd-bel-01a-1996/draws-and-results/ ITF tournament edition details]
{{ECC Antwerp tournaments}} {{1996 ATP Tour}}
[[Category:1996 ATP Tour|European Community Championships]] [[Category:ECC Antwerp]]
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