1996 Budapest Lotto Open
Encyclopedia
The 1996 Budapest Lotto Open was a tennis
tournament played on outdoor clay courts
in Budapest
in Hungary that was part of Tier IV of the 1996 WTA Tour
. The tournament was held from May 6 through May 12, 1996.
Ruxandra Dragomir
defeated
Melanie Schnell 7–6, 6–1
Katrina Adams
/ Debbie Graham
defeated
Radka Bobková
/ Eva Melicharová
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...
in Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
in Hungary that was part of Tier IV 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 was held from May 6 through May 12, 1996.
Women's Singles
Ruxandra DragomirRuxandra Dragomir
Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie is a retired female tennis player from Romania, who won four singles and five doubles titles during her career. The right-hander reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on August 25, 1997, when she became the number 15 of the world...
defeated
Melanie Schnell 7–6, 6–1
- It was Dragomir's 1st title of the year and the 3rd of her career.
Women's Doubles
Katrina AdamsKatrina Adams
Katrina Adams is a former professional United States tennis player from Chicago. Her highest singles ranking was 67 on May 8, 1989.-Early life:Adams joined a tennis program in West Side, Chicago when she was six years old...
/
Debbie GrahamDebbie Graham
Debbie Graham or Debbie Graham Shaffer is a retired women's tennis player from the United States. She was awarded the WTA award for the "Most Impressive Newcomer" in 1992...
defeated
Radka BobkováRadka Bobková
Radka Bobková is a former Czech professional tennis player.She was born in Prague.-Singles 2 :-Doubles 4 :-References:*...
/
Eva MelicharováEva Melicharová
Eva Melicharová was a Czech professional tennis player from the 1980s to 2001. She won two WTA Tour tournaments in doubles.-Doubles 5 :-References:*...
6–3, 7–6
- It was Adams' 1st title of the year and the 18th of her career. It was Graham's 1st title of the year and the 3rd of her career.