# 1996 Marseille Open

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1996 Marseille Open Date 12–18 February Edition 4th Category World Series Draw 32S / 16D Prize money $514,250 Surface Hard / indoor Location Marseille, France Venue Palais des Sports de Marseille Champions Singles Guy Forget[1] Doubles Jean-Philippe Fleurian / Guillaume Raoux[2] ← 1995 · Marseille Open · 1997 →

The **1996 Marseille Open** was a [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament played on [indoor hard courts](/source/Tennis_court#Indoor_courts) at the [Palais des Sports de Marseille](/source/Palais_des_Sports_de_Marseille) in [Marseille](/source/Marseille) in [France](/source/France) and was part of the [World Series](/source/ATP_International_Series) of the [1996 ATP Tour](/source/1996_ATP_Tour). The tournament ran from 12 February until 18 February 1996. Unseeded [Guy Forget](/source/Guy_Forget) on the singles title.[3]

## Finals

### Singles

Main article: [1996 Marseille Open – Singles](/source/1996_Marseille_Open_%E2%80%93_Singles)

[Guy Forget](/source/Guy_Forget) defeated [Cédric Pioline](/source/C%C3%A9dric_Pioline) 7–5, 6–4

- It was Forget's 1st title of the year and the 35th of his career.

### Doubles

Main article: [1996 Marseille Open – Doubles](/source/1996_Marseille_Open_%E2%80%93_Doubles)

[Jean-Philippe Fleurian](/source/Jean-Philippe_Fleurian) / [Guillaume Raoux](/source/Guillaume_Raoux) defeated [Marius Barnard](/source/Marius_Barnard_(tennis)) / [Peter Nyborg](/source/Peter_Nyborg) 6–3, 6–2

- It was Fleurian's 1st title of the year and the 1st of his career. It was Raoux's 1st title of the year and the 4th of his career.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ms_1-0)** ["1996 Marseille – Singles draw"](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/marseille/496/1996/draws?matchtype=singles). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-md_2-0)** ["1996 Marseille – Doubles draw"](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/marseille/496/1996/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, 147. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780002187145](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780002187145).

## External links

- [Official website](https://www.open13.fr/en/) (in English)

- [ATP tournament profile](https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/marseille/496/overview)

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