{{TennisEventInfo|1996|Mercedes Cup| | date=15–21 July | edition=20th | category=[[ATP International Series Gold|Championship Series]] | draw=48S / 24D | prize_money=[[USD|$]]915,000 | surface=[[Clay courts|Clay]] / outdoor | location=[[Stuttgart]], Germany | venue=[[Tennis Club Weissenhof]] | champs={{flagicon|AUT}} [[Thomas Muster]]<ref name="ms">{{cite web|title=1996 Stuttgart Outdoor – Singles draw|url=http://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/stuttgart/321/1996/draws?matchType=singles|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}</ref> | champd={{flagicon|BEL}} [[Libor Pimek]] / {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Byron Talbot]]<ref name="md">{{cite web|title=1996 Stuttgart Outdoor – Doubles draw|url=http://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/stuttgart/321/1996/draws?matchType=doubles|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}</ref> | main_name=Stuttgart Open }}
The '''1996 Mercedes Cup''' was a men's [[tennis]] tournament played on outdoor [[clay court]]s at the [[Tennis Club Weissenhof]] in [[Stuttgart]], Germany that was part of the [[ATP International Series Gold|Championship Series]] of the [[1996 ATP Tour]]. It was the 20th edition of the [[Stuttgart Open|tournament]] and was held from 15 July until 21 July 1996. [[Thomas Muster]] won the singles title.<ref>{{cite web|title=Briefly : Muster and Kafelnikov into final|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/briefly-muster-and-kafelnikov-into-final-1329800.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/briefly-muster-and-kafelnikov-into-final-1329800.html |archive-date=2022-05-01 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|website=[[The Independent]]|date=20 July 1996}}{{cbignore}}</ref><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, 141–142}}</ref>
==Finals== ===Singles=== {{main|1996 Mercedes Cup – Singles}} {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Thomas Muster]] defeated {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Yevgeny Kafelnikov]] 6–2, 6–2, 6–4 * It was Muster's 6th singles title of the year and the 41st of his career.
===Doubles=== {{main|1996 Mercedes Cup – Doubles}} {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Libor Pimek]] / {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Byron Talbot]] defeated {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Tomás Carbonell (tennis)|Tomás Carbonell]] / {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Francisco Roig]] 6–2, 5–7, 6–4 * It was Pimek's 3rd title of the year and the 16th of his career. It was Talbot's 2nd title of the year and the 5th of his career.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.mercedescup.de/en/ Official website] * [https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/stuttgart-outdoor/ger/1996/m-csd-ger-01a-1996/draws-and-results/ ITF tournament edition details] * [http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Tournaments/Stuttgart.aspx ATP tournament profile]
{{ATP Stuttgart Outdoor tournaments}} {{1996 ATP Tour}}
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