1996 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships

The 1996 Kroger St. Jude International was a tennis

Tennis

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tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Racquet Club of Memphis

Racquet Club of Memphis

The Racquet Club of Memphis is a private tennis club in Memphis, Tennessee. The club was formed in 1974 as an expansion of the Memphis Athletic Club. An ATP Tour tournament, today called the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships came to the Club in 1976 and was given an elevated "500" status in 2008...

in Memphis, Tennessee

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in the United States

United States

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and was part of the Championship Series

ATP International Series Gold

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of the 1996 ATP Tour

1996 ATP Tour

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. The tournament ran from February 19 through February 25, 1996.

Men's Singles

Pete Sampras
Pete Sampras
Pete Sampras is a retired American tennis player and former world no. 1. During his 15-year tour career, he won 14 Grand Slam singles titles and became recognized as one of the greatest tennis players of all time....

defeated

Todd Martin

----Todd Christopher Martin is a former professional tennis player from the United States.-Playing career:...

6–4, 7–6 (7–2)

It was Sampras' 2nd title of the year and the 25th of his career.

Men's Doubles

Mark Knowles
Mark Knowles
Mark Knowles is a former World number 1 doubles professional male tennis player from the Bahamas, who will go down as one of the greatest athletes of his country for his longevity within his sport and charitable contributions off the court.After being awarded a scholarship to the Nick...

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Daniel Nestor
Daniel Nestor
Daniel Mark Nestor, CM , born Danijel Nestorović September 4, 1972, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, is a Serbian-born Canadian professional tennis player from Toronto, Ontario, Canada....

defeated

Todd Woodbridge

Todd Andrew Woodbridge is an Australian former tennis player. He was born in Sydney and turned professional in 1988. He is best known for his successful Doubles partnerships with Mark Woodforde and later Jonas Björkman...

Mark Woodforde

Mark Woodforde is a former professional tennis player from Australia. He is best known as one half of "The Woodies", a doubles partnership with Todd Woodbridge....

7–6, 1–6, 6–4

It was Knowles' 4th title of the year and the 21st of his career. It was Nestor's 1st title of the year and the 25th of his career.

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