{{For|the WTA Tour event|1996 WTA German Open}} {{TennisEventInfo|1996|Panasonic German Open| | date=6–12 May | edition=90th | category=[[ATP World Tour Masters 1000|Super 9]] | draw=56S / 28D | prize_money=$1,950,000 | surface=[[Clay court|Clay]] / outdoor | location=[[Hamburg]], Germany | venue=[[Am Rothenbaum|Rothenbaum Tennis Center]] | champs= {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Roberto Carretero]]<ref name="ms">{{cite web|title=1996 Hamburg – Singles draw|url=http://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/hamburg/414/1996/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 Hamburg – Doubles draw|url=http://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/hamburg/414/1996/draws?matchType=doubles|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}</ref> | after_name = ATP German Open | main_name = German Open Tennis Championships }}
The '''1996 Panasonic German Open''' was a [[tennis]] tournament played on [[Clay court|outdoor clay courts]]. It was the 90th edition of the [[Hamburg Masters]] and was part of the [[ATP World Tour Masters 1000|Mercedes Super 9]] of the [[1996 ATP Tour]]. It took place at the [[Am Rothenbaum]] in [[Hamburg]], Germany from 6 May through 12 May 1996.
The singles field was headlined by ATP No. 5, [[1995 ATP Tour World Championships|1995 Tour Championships]] winner, [[1996 Australian Open|Australian Open]] and [[1991 ATP German Open|1991 Hamburg]] runner-up [[Boris Becker]], [[1996 Croatian Indoors|Zagreb]], [[1996 Dubai Tennis Championships|Dubai]], [[1996 Italian Indoor|Milan]], [[1996 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament|Rotterdam]] and [[Grand Slam Cup#1995|Grand Slam Cup]] champion [[Goran Ivanišević]] and [[1996 Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships|Adelaide]] winner and Rotterdam and [[1996 St. Petersburg Open|St. Petersburg]] finalist [[Yevgeny Kafelnikov]]. Other top seeds competing were [[1996 Newsweek Champions Cup and the State Farm Evert Cup|Indian Wells]] winner [[Wayne Ferreira]], [[1996 Monte Carlo Open|Monte Carlo]] and Indian Wells semifinalist [[Marcelo Ríos]], [[Sergi Bruguera]], [[Arnaud Boetsch]] and [[Marc Rosset]].<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, 140–141}}</ref>
==Finals== ===Singles=== {{main|1996 Panasonic German Open – Singles}} {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Roberto Carretero]] defeated {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Àlex Corretja]] 2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 * It was Carretero's 1st title of the year and the 1st of his career. It was his 1st Masters title of the year and his 1st overall.
===Doubles=== {{main|1996 Panasonic German Open – Doubles}} {{flagicon|BAH}} [[Mark Knowles]] / {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Daniel Nestor]] defeated {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Guy Forget]] / {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Jakob Hlasek]] 6–2, 6–4 * It was Knowles' 4th title of the year and the 8th of his career. It was Nestor's 3rd title of the year and the 5th of his career.
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{official website|http://german-open-hamburg.de}} {{in lang|de}} * {{official website|http://german-open-hamburg.de/en/home}} * [https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/hamburg/414/overview ATP tournament profile]
{{Hamburg Masters tournaments|name=German Open}} {{1996 ATP Tour}}
[[Category:1996 ATP Tour|Panasonic German Open]] [[Category:Hamburg European Open]] [[Category:1996 in German tennis|Panasonic German Open]] [[Category:May 1996 sports events in Germany|Panasonic German Open]]