# 1996 European Community Championships > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1996_European_Community_Championships > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1996_European_Community_Championships.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_European_Community_Championships > Source revision: 1216187270 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Tennis tournament Tennis tournament 1996 European Community Championships Date 19 – 25 February Edition 14th Category Championship Series Draw 32S / 16D Prize money $875,000 Surface Carpet / indoor Location Antwerp, Belgium Venue Sportpaleis Antwerp Champions Singles Michael Stich[1] Doubles Jonas Björkman / Nicklas Kulti[2] ← 1994 · European Community Championships · 1997 → The **1996 European Community Championships** was a men's [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament played on indoor [carpet courts](/source/Carpet_court) at the [Sportpaleis Antwerp](/source/Sportpaleis_Antwerp) in [Antwerp](/source/Antwerp) in [Belgium](/source/Belgium) and was part of the [Championship Series](/source/ATP_International_Series_Gold) of the [1996 ATP Tour](/source/1996_ATP_Tour). The tournament ran from 19 February through 25 February 1996. Sixth-seeded [Michael Stich](/source/Michael_Stich) won the singles title.[3] ## Finals ### Singles Main article: [1996 European Community Championships – Singles](/source/1996_European_Community_Championships_%E2%80%93_Singles) [Michael Stich](/source/Michael_Stich) defeated [Goran Ivanišević](/source/Goran_Ivani%C5%A1evi%C4%87) 6–3, 6–2, 7–6(7–5) - It was Stich's 1st title of the year and the 27th of his career. ### Doubles Main article: [1996 European Community Championships – Doubles](/source/1996_European_Community_Championships_%E2%80%93_Doubles) [Jonas Björkman](/source/Jonas_Bj%C3%B6rkman) / [Nicklas Kulti](/source/Nicklas_Kulti) defeated [Yevgeny Kafelnikov](/source/Yevgeny_Kafelnikov) / [Menno Oosting](/source/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 1. **[^](#cite_ref-ms_1-0)** ["1996 Antwerp – Singles draw"](http://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/antwerp/430/1996/draws?matchType=singles). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-md_2-0)** ["1996 Antwerp – Doubles draw"](http://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/antwerp/430/1996/draws?matchType=doubles). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-wot1997_3-0)** [John Barrett](/source/John_Barrett_(tennis)), ed. (1997). *International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997*. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 130, 137. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780002187145](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780002187145). ## External links - [ITF tournament edition details](https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/antwerp/bel/1996/m-csd-bel-01a-1996/draws-and-results/) v t e ECC Antwerp 1992 1993 1994 NH 1996 1997 1998 v t e 1996 ATP Tour « 1995 1997 » Grand Slam events Australian Open (S, D, X) French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X) Mercedes Super 9 Indian Wells (S, D) Key Biscayne (S, D) Monte Carlo (S, D) Hamburg (S, D) Rome (S, D) Montreal (S, D) Cincinnati (S, D) Stuttgart Indoor (S, D) Paris (S, D) ATP Championship Series Antwerp (S, D) Memphis (S, D) Milan (S, D) Philadelphia (S, D) Barcelona (S, D) Tokyo (S, D) Stuttgart Outdoor (S, D) Washington (S, D) Indianapolis (S, D) New Haven (S, D) Vienna (S, D) ATP World Series Adelaide (S, D) Doha (S, D) Auckland (S, D) Jakarta (S, D) Sydney (S, D) Shanghai (S, D) Zagreb (S, D) Dubai (S, D) Marseille (S, D) San Jose (S, D) Mexico City (S, D) Rotterdam (S, D) Scottsdale (S, D) Copenhagen (S, D) St. Petersburg (S, D) Casablanca (S, D) Estoril (S, D) Hong Kong (S, D) New Delhi (S, D) Bermuda (S, D) Seoul (S, D) Atlanta (S, D) Munich (S, D) Prague (S, D) Pinehurst (S, D) Coral Springs (S, D) St. Pölten (S, D) London/Queen's Club (S, D) Oporto (S, D) Rosmalen (S, D) Bologna (S, D) Halle (S, D) Nottingham (S, D) Båstad (S, D) Gstaad (S, D) Newport (S, D) Kitzbühel (S, D) Amsterdam (S, D) Los Angeles (S, D) San Marino (S, D) Umag (S, D) Long Island (S, D) Bogotá (S, D) Bournemouth (S, D) Bucharest (S, D) Basel (S, D) Palermo (S, D) Lyon (S, D) Marbella (S, D) Singapore (S, D) Beijing (S, D) Ostrava (S, D) Tel Aviv (S, D) Toulouse (S, D) Moscow (S, D) Santiago (S, D) Stockholm (S, D) Team events Davis Cup World Group Qualifying round World Team Cup Summer Olympics, Atlanta (S, D) ATP Tour World Championships, Hanover (singles), Hartford (doubles) (S, D) This article about sport in Belgium is a stub. 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