# 1996 Rado Open > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1996_Rado_Open > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1996_Rado_Open.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Rado_Open > Source revision: 1343804281 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Tennis tournament 1996 Rado Open Date 8–14 July Edition 51st Category World Series Draw 32S / 16D Prize money $525,000 Surface Clay / outdoor Location Gstaad, Switzerland Venue Roy Emerson Arena Champions Singles Albert Costa[1] Doubles Jiří Novák / Pavel Vízner[2] ← 1995 · Swiss Open · 1997 → The **1996 Rado Open**, also known as the **Swiss Open**, was a men's [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament played on outdoor [clay courts](/source/Clay_court) at the [Roy Emerson Arena](/source/Roy_Emerson_Arena) in [Gstaad](/source/Gstaad), Switzerland and was part of the [World Series](/source/ATP_International_Series) category of the [1996 ATP Tour](/source/1996_ATP_Tour). It was the 51st edition of the tournament and was held from 8 July until 14 July 1996. Sixth-seeded [Albert Costa](/source/Albert_Costa) won the singles title.[3] ## Finals ### Singles Main article: [1996 Rado Open – Singles](/source/1996_Rado_Open_%E2%80%93_Singles) [Albert Costa](/source/Albert_Costa) defeated [Félix Mantilla](/source/F%C3%A9lix_Mantilla_(tennis)) 4–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–1, 6–0 - It was Costa's 1st singles title of the year and the 2nd of his [career](/source/Albert_Costa_career_statistics). ### Doubles Main article: [1996 Rado Open – Doubles](/source/1996_Rado_Open_%E2%80%93_Doubles) [Jiří Novák](/source/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_Nov%C3%A1k) / [Pavel Vízner](/source/Pavel_V%C3%ADzner) defeated [Trevor Kronemann](/source/Trevor_Kronemann) / [David Macpherson](/source/David_Macpherson_(tennis)) 4–6, 7–6, 7–6 - It was Novák's 2nd and last doubles title of the year and the 4th of his career. It was Vízner's 3rd and last doubles title of the year and the 3rd of his career. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-ms_1-0)** ["1996 Gstaad – Singles draw"](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/gstaad/314/1996/draws?matchtype=singles). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-md_2-0)** ["1996 Gstaad – Doubles draw"](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/gstaad/314/1996/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. 129–130, 150. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780002187145](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780002187145). ## External links - [Official website](https://swissopengstaad.ch/?lang=en) - [ATP tournament profile](https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/gstaad/314/overview) - [ITF tournament draws](https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/gstaad/sui/1996/m-ws-sui-01a-1996/draws-and-results/) v t e Swiss Open 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 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 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 Rado Open](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Rado_Open) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Rado_Open?action=history)). 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