{{TennisEventInfo|1996|Gerry Weber Open| | date=17–23 June | edition=4th | category=[[ATP International Series|World Series]] | prize_money=$875,000 | draw=32S / 16D | surface=[[Grass court|Grass]] / outdoors | location=[[Halle (Westfalen)|Halle]], Germany | venue=[[Gerry Weber Stadion]] | champs={{flagicon|SWE}} [[Nicklas Kulti]]<ref name="ms">{{cite web |title=1996 Halle – Singles draw |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/halle/500/1996/draws?matchtype=singles |publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}</ref> | champd={{flagicon|ZIM}} [[Byron Black]] / {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Grant Connell]]<ref name="md">{{cite web |title=1996 Halle – Doubles draw |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/halle/500/1996/draws?matchtype=doubles |publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}</ref> }}
The '''1996 Gerry Weber Open''' was a men's [[tennis]] tournament played on outdoor [[grass court]]s at the [[Gerry Weber Stadion]] in [[Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia]] in Germany and was part of the [[ATP International Series|World Series]] of the [[1996 ATP Tour]]. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and was held from 17 June through 23 June 1996. Unseeded [[Nicklas Kulti]] 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, 150}}</ref>
==Finals==
===Singles=== {{main|1996 Gerry Weber Open – Singles}} {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Nicklas Kulti]] defeated {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Yevgeny Kafelnikov]] 6–7<sup>(5–7)</sup>, 6–3, 6–4 * It was Kulti's 1st singles title of the year and the 3rd and last of his career.
===Doubles=== {{main|1996 Gerry Weber Open – Doubles}} {{flagicon|ZIM}} [[Byron Black]] / {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Grant Connell]] defeated {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Yevgeny Kafelnikov]] / {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Daniel Vacek]] 6–1, 7–5 * It was Black's 4th title of the year and the 15th of his career. It was Connell's 3rd title of the year and the 20th of his career.
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.gerryweber-open.de/en/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080623175117/http://www.gerryweber-open.de/en/ |date=2008-06-23 }} * [https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/halle/ger/1996/m-ws-ger-02a-1996/draws-and-results/ ITF tournament edition details]
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