# 1996 Gerry Weber Open > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1996_Gerry_Weber_Open > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1996_Gerry_Weber_Open.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Gerry_Weber_Open > Source revision: 1319822262 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Tennis tournament 1996 Gerry Weber Open Date 17–23 June Edition 4th Category World Series Draw 32S / 16D Prize money $875,000 Surface Grass / outdoors Location Halle, Germany Venue Gerry Weber Stadion Champions Singles Nicklas Kulti[1] Doubles Byron Black / Grant Connell[2] ← 1995 · Gerry Weber Open · 1997 → The **1996 Gerry Weber Open** was a men's [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament played on outdoor [grass courts](/source/Grass_court) at the [Gerry Weber Stadion](/source/Gerry_Weber_Stadion) in [Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia](/source/Halle%2C_North_Rhine-Westphalia) in Germany and was part of the [World Series](/source/ATP_International_Series) of the [1996 ATP Tour](/source/1996_ATP_Tour). It was the fourth edition of the tournament and was held from 17 June through 23 June 1996. Unseeded [Nicklas Kulti](/source/Nicklas_Kulti) won the singles title.[3] ## Finals ### Singles Main article: [1996 Gerry Weber Open – Singles](/source/1996_Gerry_Weber_Open_%E2%80%93_Singles) [Nicklas Kulti](/source/Nicklas_Kulti) defeated [Yevgeny Kafelnikov](/source/Yevgeny_Kafelnikov) 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–4 - It was Kulti's 1st singles title of the year and the 3rd and last of his career. ### Doubles Main article: [1996 Gerry Weber Open – Doubles](/source/1996_Gerry_Weber_Open_%E2%80%93_Doubles) [Byron Black](/source/Byron_Black) / [Grant Connell](/source/Grant_Connell) defeated [Yevgeny Kafelnikov](/source/Yevgeny_Kafelnikov) / [Daniel Vacek](/source/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 1. **[^](#cite_ref-ms_1-0)** ["1996 Halle – Singles draw"](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/halle/500/1996/draws?matchtype=singles). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-md_2-0)** ["1996 Halle – Doubles draw"](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/halle/500/1996/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, 150. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780002187145](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780002187145). ## External links - [Official website](http://www.gerryweber-open.de/en/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20080623175117/http://www.gerryweber-open.de/en/) 2008-06-23 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) - [ITF tournament edition details](https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/halle/ger/1996/m-ws-ger-02a-1996/draws-and-results/) v t e Halle tournaments 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 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) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [1996 Gerry Weber Open](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Gerry_Weber_Open) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Gerry_Weber_Open?action=history)). 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