1996 DFS Classic
Encyclopedia
The 1996 DFS Classic was a tennis
tournament played on grass court
s at the Edgbaston Priory Club
in Birmingham
in England
that was part of Tier III of the 1996 WTA Tour
. The tournament was held from June 10 through June 16, 1996.
Meredith McGrath
defeated
Nathalie Tauziat
2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Elizabeth Smylie
/ Linda Wild
defeated Lori McNeil
/ Nathalie Tauziat
6–3, 3–6, 6–1
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 grass court
Grass court
A grass court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Grass courts are made of rye grass in different compositions depending on the tournament...
s at the Edgbaston Priory Club
Edgbaston Priory Club
The Edgbaston Priory Club is a tennis complex in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The complex is the host of the annual WTA Tour stop, the AEGON Classic. The stadium court has a capacity of 1,500 people....
in Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
that was part of Tier III 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 June 10 through June 16, 1996.
Women's Singles
Meredith McGrathMeredith McGrath
Meredith McGrath is a former professional tennis player. She was born on April 28, 1971 in Midland, Michigan, USA and made her debut on the Women's Tennis Association tour in 1988. She won three singles titles in a ten year career, at Oklahoma City and Eastbourne in 1994 and Birmingham in 1996. ...
defeated
Nathalie TauziatNathalie Tauziat
Nathalie Tauziat is a former professional tennis player from France. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships. Her career-high singles ranking was third in 2000....
2–6, 6–4, 6–4
- It was McGrath's 4th title of the year and the 28th of her career.
Women's Doubles
Elizabeth SmylieElizabeth Smylie
Elizabeth Smylie is an Australian former tennis player.She won the Western Australian Sports Star of the Year award in 1985.She won the Comeback Player of the Year award in 1990 and 1993....
/
Linda WildLinda Wild
Linda Harvey Wild is a retired professional tennis player from the United States.Wild turned pro in 1989. In the first round of her first tournament as a pro, in February, 1990 in her hometown of Chicago, she defeated then fifth-ranked Arantxa Sanchez Vicario...
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...
/
Nathalie TauziatNathalie Tauziat
Nathalie Tauziat is a former professional tennis player from France. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships. Her career-high singles ranking was third in 2000....
6–3, 3–6, 6–1
- It was Smylie's only title of the year and the 38th of her career. It was Wild's 2nd title of the year and the 10th of her career.