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The 1996 Comcast U.S. Indoor was a tennis

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 indoor carpet courts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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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

International Series Gold was a series of professional tennis tournaments held internationally that were part of the ATP Tour. International Series Gold offered players cash prizes and the ability to earn ATP ranking points...

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 February 26 through March 3, 1996.

Men's Singles

Jim Courier
Jim Courier
James Spencer "Jim" Courier, Jr. is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. During his career, he won four Grand Slam singles titles, two at the French Open and two at the Australian Open...

defeated

Chris Woodruff

Chris Woodruff is an American former professional male tennis player. He hails from Knoxville, Tennessee and was trained at the Knoxville Racquet Club.- College career :...

6–4, 6–3

It was Courier's only title of the year and the 24th of his career.

Men's Doubles

Todd Woodbridge
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...

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Mark Woodforde
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....

defeated

Byron Black

Byron Black is a former touring professional tennis and Davis Cup player for Zimbabwe.- Biography :He is the brother of Cara and Wayne Black, both professional tennis players...

Grant Connell

Grant Connell is a former professional tennis player from Canada. He was one of the world's top doubles player from the early through middle 1990s....

7–6, 6–2

It was Woodbridge's 2nd title of the year and the 42nd of his career. It was Woodforde's 3rd title of the year and the 46th of his career.

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