1996 Cerveza Club Colombia Open
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The 1996 Cerveza Club Colombia Open was a tennis
tournament played on outdoor clay courts
at the Club Campestre El Rancho
in Bogotá
in Colombia
and was part of the World Series
of the 1996 ATP Tour
. The tournament ran from September 9 through September 15, 1996.
Thomas Muster
defeated
Nicolás Lapentti
6–7 (6–8), 6–2, 6–3
Nicolás Pereira
/
David Rikl
defeated Pablo Campana
/ Nicolás Lapentti
6–3, 7–6
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournament played on outdoor clay courts
Clay court
A clay court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Clay courts are made of crushed shale, stone or brick. The red clay is slower than the green, or Har-Tru "American" clay. The French Open uses clay courts, making it unique among the Grand Slam tournaments.Clay courts are more common...
at the Club Campestre El Rancho
Club Campestre El Rancho
The Club Campestre El Rancho is a tennis venue in Bogotá, Colombia. The club is the host of the Copa Colsanitas, a WTA Tour Tier-III event. The club previously hosted an ATP Tour event from 1994-2001. The club has 25 clay courts and a stadium court for 2,500 spectators.- External links :*...
in Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
in Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
and was part of the World Series
ATP International Series
The International Series was a series of professional tennis tournaments held internationally as part of the ATP Tour until 2008....
of the 1996 ATP Tour
1996 ATP Tour
The Association of Tennis Professionals Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP Super 9, the ATP Championship Series, the ATP World Series, the ATP World Team Cup, the Davis Cup , the ATP Tour World...
. The tournament ran from September 9 through September 15, 1996.
Men's Singles
Thomas MusterThomas Muster
Thomas Muster is a former world no. 1 tennis player from Austria. One of the world's leading clay court players in the 1990s, Muster won the 1995 French Open and at his peak was known as "The King of Clay." In addition, he won eight Masters 1000 series titles, placing him sixth on the all-time list...
defeated
Nicolás LapenttiNicolás Lapentti
----Nicolás Alexander Lapentti Gómez is a former professional tennis player from Ecuador who is ranked 214th...
6–7 (6–8), 6–2, 6–3
- It was Muster's 7th title of the year and the 43rd of his career.
Men's Doubles
Nicolás PereiraNicolas Pereira
Nicolás Pereira is a former tennis player from Venezuela, who became International Tennis Federation Junior World Champion in 1988 after winning the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open....
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David RiklDavid Rikl
David Rikl is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. The left-handed Rikl turned professional in 1989. The Czech's success came mostly in doubles, having been a runner-up at the 2004 US Open and 2001 Wimbledon Championships. However, Rikl did achieve a top-100 singles...
defeated
Pablo CampanaPablo Campana
Pablo Campana is a male former tennis player from Ecuador.Campana represented his native country in the doubles competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, partnering Nicolás Lapentti...
/
Nicolás LapenttiNicolás Lapentti
----Nicolás Alexander Lapentti Gómez is a former professional tennis player from Ecuador who is ranked 214th...
6–3, 7–6
- It was Pereira's 2nd title of the year and the 5th of his career. It was Rikl's 2nd title of the year and the 11th of his career.