1996 Medibank International
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The 1996 Peters International was a tennis
tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the NSW Tennis Centre
in Sydney
in Australia
that was part of the World Series
of the 1996 ATP Tour
and of Tier II of the 1996 WTA Tour
. The tournament ran from 8 through 14 January 1996.
Todd Martin
defeated
Goran Ivanišević
5–7, 6–3, 6–4
Monica Seles
defeated Lindsay Davenport
4–6, 7–6, 6–3
Ellis Ferreira
/
Jan Siemerink
defeated Patrick McEnroe
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Sandon Stolle
5–7, 6–4, 6–1
Lindsay Davenport
/ Mary Joe Fernandez
defeated Lori McNeil
/
Helena Suková
6–3, 6–3
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 hard courts at the NSW Tennis Centre
NSW Tennis Centre
NSW Tennis Centre is a tennis venue in Sydney, Australia. It hosted the tennis events for the 2000 Summer Olympics, and each year it hosts the Sydney International in January, before the Australian Open...
in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
in Australia
Australia
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that 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...
and of Tier II of the 1996 WTA Tour
1996 WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association . The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV events...
. The tournament ran from 8 through 14 January 1996.
Men's Singles
Todd MartinTodd Martin
----Todd Christopher Martin is a former professional tennis player from the United States.-Playing career:...
defeated
Goran IvaniševićGoran Ivaniševic
Goran Ivanišević is a retired Croatian professional tennis player. He is best remembered for being the only person to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon as a wildcard. He achieved this in 2001, having previously been runner-up at the championships in 1992, 1994 and 1998. Ivanišević is famous...
5–7, 6–3, 6–4
- It was Martin's 1st title of the year and the 9th of his career.
Women's Singles
Monica SelesMonica Seles
Monica Seles is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. She was born in Novi Sad, Serbia, former Yugoslavia to Hungarian parents. She became a naturalized United States citizen in 1994 and also received Hungarian citizenship in June 2007...
defeated
Lindsay DavenportLindsay Davenport
Lindsay Ann Davenport is a former World No. 1 American professional tennis player. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. In 2005, TENNIS Magazine ranked her as the 29th-best player of the preceding forty years...
4–6, 7–6, 6–3
- It was Seles' 1st title of the year and the 38th of her career.
Men's Doubles
Ellis FerreiraEllis Ferreira
Ellis Ferreira is a former professional male tennis player from South Africa. He played collegiately at the University of Alabama, earning all-SEC and all-American honors. He won 2 Grand Slam doubles titles, the Men's title at the 2000 Australian Open with Rick Leach and the mixed doubles at the...
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Jan SiemerinkJan Siemerink
Johannes Martinus Siemerink is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.-Career:...
defeated
Patrick McEnroePatrick McEnroe
Patrick John McEnroe is a former professional tennis player and the former captain of the United States Davis Cup team.Born in Manhasset, New York, he is the younger brother of John McEnroe...
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Sandon StolleSandon Stolle
Sandon Stolle is a former professional male tennis player from Australia and former World No. 2 in doubles .Stolle is the son of former Australian tennis champion Fred Stolle...
5–7, 6–4, 6–1
- It was Ferreira's 1st title of the year and the 2nd of his career. It was Siemerink's 1st title of the year and the 8th of his career.
Women's Doubles
Lindsay DavenportLindsay Davenport
Lindsay Ann Davenport is a former World No. 1 American professional tennis player. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. In 2005, TENNIS Magazine ranked her as the 29th-best player of the preceding forty years...
/
Mary Joe FernandezMary Joe Fernández
Mary Joe Fernández Godsick is an American former professional tennis player...
defeated
Lori McNeilLori McNeil
Lori McNeil is an African American tennis coach and former professional tennis player from the United States. McNeil was a childhood friend of fellow African American pro Zina Garrison...
/
Helena SukováHelena Suková
Helena Suková is a former professional tennis player from Czechia. During her career, she won 14 Grand Slam titles, 9 of them in women's doubles and 5 of them in mixed doubles...
6–3, 6–3
- It was Davenport's 1st title of the year and the 11th of her career. It was Fernandez's 1st title of the year and the 19th of her career.