1996 Lipton Championships

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{TennisEventInfo|1996|Lipton Championships| | date=March 22–31 | edition=12th | surface=Hard / outdoor | location=[[Key Biscayne, Florida]], U.S. | venue=[[Tennis Center at Crandon Park]] | champms={{flagicon|USA}} [[Andre Agassi]] | champws={{flagicon|GER}} [[Steffi Graf]] | champmd={{flagicon|AUS}} [[Todd Woodbridge]] / {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Mark Woodforde]] | champwd={{flagicon|CZE}} [[Jana Novotná]] / {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Arantxa Sánchez Vicario]] | main_name = Miami Open (tennis) {{!}} Miami Open }}

The '''1996 Lipton Championships''' was a [[tennis]] tournament played on [[Hardcourt|outdoor hard courts]]. It was the 12th edition of the [[Miami Masters]] and was part of the [[ATP World Tour Masters 1000|Mercedes Super 9]] of the [[1996 ATP Tour]] and of [[WTA Tier I tournaments|Tier I]] of the [[1996 WTA Tour]]. Both the men's and women's events took place at the [[Tennis Center at Crandon Park]] on [[Key Biscayne]], [[Florida]] in the United States from March 22 through March 31, 1996.<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=138–139, 148, 168, 176–177}}</ref>

==Finals==

===Men's singles=== {{Main|1996 Lipton Championships – Men's singles}} {{flagicon|USA}} [[Andre Agassi]] defeated {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Goran Ivanišević]] 3–0 (Ivanišević retired) * It was Agassi's 1st title of the year and the 33rd of his career. It was his 3rd win at the event, having also won in [[1990 Lipton International Players Championships|1990]] and [[1995 Lipton Championships|1995]].

===Women's singles=== {{Main|1996 Lipton Championships – Women's singles}} {{flagicon|GER}} [[Steffi Graf]] defeated {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chanda Rubin]] 6–1, 6–3 * It was Graf's 2nd title of the year and the 109th of her career. It was her 5th win at the event, having also won in [[1987 Lipton International Players Championships|1987]], [[1988 Lipton International Players Championships|1988]], [[1994 Lipton Championships|1994]] and [[1995 Lipton Championships|1995]].

===Men's doubles=== {{Main|1996 Lipton Championships – Men's doubles}} {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Todd Woodbridge]] / {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Mark Woodforde]] defeated {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Ellis Ferreira]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Patrick Galbraith]] 6–1, 6–3 * It was Woodbridge's 4th title of the year and the 44th of his career. It was Woodforde's 5th title of the year and the 48th of his career.

===Women's doubles=== {{Main|1996 Lipton Championships – Women's doubles}} {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Jana Novotná]] / {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Arantxa Sánchez Vicario]] defeated {{flagicon|USA}} [[Meredith McGrath]] / {{flagicon|LAT}} [[Larisa Neiland]] 6–4, 6–4 * It was Novotná's 2nd title of the year and the 68th of her career. It was Sánchez Vicario's 2nd title of the year and the 64th of her career.

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20081224022054/http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/ Official website] * [https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/miami/403/overview ATP tournament profile] * [https://www.wtatennis.com/tournament/902/miami WTA tournament profile]

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