# 1996 Mercedes Cup > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1996_Mercedes_Cup > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1996_Mercedes_Cup.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Mercedes_Cup > Source revision: 1311954623 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Tennis tournament 1996 Mercedes Cup Date 15–21 July Edition 20th Category Championship Series Draw 48S / 24D Prize money $915,000 Surface Clay / outdoor Location Stuttgart, Germany Venue Tennis Club Weissenhof Champions Singles Thomas Muster[1] Doubles Libor Pimek / Byron Talbot[2] ← 1995 · Stuttgart Open · 1997 → The **1996 Mercedes Cup** was a men's [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament played on outdoor [clay courts](/source/Clay_court) at the [Tennis Club Weissenhof](/source/Tennis_Club_Weissenhof) in [Stuttgart](/source/Stuttgart), Germany that was part of the [Championship Series](/source/ATP_International_Series_Gold) of the [1996 ATP Tour](/source/1996_ATP_Tour). It was the 20th edition of the [tournament](/source/Stuttgart_Open) and was held from 15 July until 21 July 1996. [Thomas Muster](/source/Thomas_Muster) won the singles title.[3][4] ## Finals ### Singles Main article: [1996 Mercedes Cup – Singles](/source/1996_Mercedes_Cup_%E2%80%93_Singles) [Thomas Muster](/source/Thomas_Muster) defeated [Yevgeny Kafelnikov](/source/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 article: [1996 Mercedes Cup – Doubles](/source/1996_Mercedes_Cup_%E2%80%93_Doubles) [Libor Pimek](/source/Libor_Pimek) / [Byron Talbot](/source/Byron_Talbot) defeated [Tomás Carbonell](/source/Tom%C3%A1s_Carbonell_(tennis)) / [Francisco Roig](/source/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 1. **[^](#cite_ref-ms_1-0)** ["1996 Stuttgart Outdoor – Singles draw"](http://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/stuttgart/321/1996/draws?matchType=singles). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-md_2-0)** ["1996 Stuttgart Outdoor – Doubles draw"](http://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/stuttgart/321/1996/draws?matchType=doubles). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Briefly : Muster and Kafelnikov into final"](https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/briefly-muster-and-kafelnikov-into-final-1329800.html). *[The Independent](/source/The_Independent)*. 20 July 1996. [Archived](https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/briefly-muster-and-kafelnikov-into-final-1329800.html) from the original on 2022-05-01. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-wot1997_4-0)** [John Barrett](/source/John_Barrett_(tennis)), ed. (1997). *International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997*. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 130, 141–142. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780002187145](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780002187145). ## External links - [Official website](https://www.mercedescup.de/en/) - [ITF tournament edition details](https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/stuttgart-outdoor/ger/1996/m-csd-ger-01a-1996/draws-and-results/) - [ATP tournament profile](http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Tournaments/Stuttgart.aspx) v t e Stuttgart tournaments 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 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 Mercedes Cup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Mercedes_Cup) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Mercedes_Cup?action=history)). 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