{{Short description|Tennis tournament}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{TennisEventInfo|1996|Great American Insurance ATP Championships| | date=August 5–11 | edition=95th | category=[[ATP Masters Series|ATP Super 9]] | prize_money=$1,950,000 | draw=56S / 28D | surface=[[Clay court|Clay]] / outdoor | location=[[Mason, Ohio|Mason]], [[Ohio]], U.S. | venue=[[Lindner Family Tennis Center]] | champs={{flagicon|USA}} [[Andre Agassi]]<ref name="ms">{{cite web |title=1996 Cincinnati – Singles draw |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/cincinnati/422/1996/draws?matchtype=singles |publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}</ref> | champd={{flagicon|BAH}} [[Mark Knowles]] / {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Daniel Nestor]]<ref name="md">{{cite web |title=1996 Cincinnati – Doubles draw |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/cincinnati/422/1996/draws?matchtype=doubles|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}</ref> | before_name=Thriftway ATP Championships | main_name=Cincinnati Masters }}
The '''1996 Great American Insurance ATP Championships''' was a [[tennis]] tournament played on [[Clay court|outdoor clay courts]]. It was the 95th edition of the [[Cincinnati Masters]] and was part of the [[ATP World Tour Masters 1000|Mercedes Super 9]] of the [[1996 ATP Tour]]. It took place at the [[Lindner Family Tennis Center]] in [[Mason, Ohio|Mason]], [[Ohio]] in the [[United States]] from August 5 through August 11, 1996.
The tournament had previously appeared as part of [[WTA Tier III tournaments|Tier III]] of the [[Women's Tennis Association|WTA Tour]] but no event was held from 1989 to 2003.<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, 142–143}}</ref>
==Finals== ===Singles=== {{main|1996 Great American Insurance ATP Championships – Singles}} {{flagicon|USA}} [[Andre Agassi]] defeated {{flagicon|USA}} [[Michael Chang]] 7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>, 6–4 * It was Agassi's 3rd title of the year and the 35th of his career. It was his 2nd Masters title of the year and his 9th overall. It was also his 2nd title at the event after winning in [[1995 Thriftway ATP Championships|1995]].
===Doubles=== {{main|1996 Great American Insurance ATP Championships – Doubles}} {{flagicon|BAH}} [[Mark Knowles]] / {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Daniel Nestor]] defeated {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Sandon Stolle]] / {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Cyril Suk]] 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 * It was Knowles' 5th title of the year and the 9th of his career. It was Nestor's 4th title of the year and the 6th of his career.
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{official website|http://www.cincytennis.com}} * [http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/tournaments/cincinnati/422/overview Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tournament profile]
{{Cincinnati Masters tournaments}} {{1996 ATP Tour}}
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