1996 EA-Generali Ladies Linz
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The 1996 EA-Generali Ladies Linz was a tennis
tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Intersport Arena
in Linz
in Austria
that was part of Tier III
of the 1996 WTA Tour
. The tournament was held from February 26 through March 3, 1996.
Sabine Appelmans
defeated
Julie Halard-Decugis
6–2, 6–4
Manon Bollegraf
/
Meredith McGrath
defeated
Rennae Stubbs
/
Helena Suková
6–4, 6–4
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 at the Intersport Arena
Intersport Arena
TipsArena Linz is an indoor sports arena, located in Linz, Austria. The capacity of the arena is 6,000 people, for tennis and football events and 2,500, for athletics. From 2003 to 2010 the arena was called Intersport Arena....
in Linz
Linz
Linz is the third-largest city of Austria and capital of the state of Upper Austria . It is located in the north centre of Austria, approximately south of the Czech border, on both sides of the river Danube. The population of the city is , and that of the Greater Linz conurbation is about...
in Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
that was part of Tier III
WTA Tier III Events
The WTA Tier III tournaments were Women's Tennis Association tennis third-level tournaments held from 1988 to 2008. The line-up of events varied over the years due to tournaments being promoted, demoted or cancelled...
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 February 26 through March 3, 1996.
Women's Singles
Sabine AppelmansSabine Appelmans
Sabine Appelmans is a former tennis player from Belgium, and was Belgium's Fed Cup captain from 2007 until 2011.-Career:...
defeated
Julie Halard-DecugisJulie Halard-Decugis
Julie Halard-Decugis is a former professional female tennis player.Halard-Decugis lived in La Baule, France during the initial stages of her career and later moved to Pully, Switzerland...
6–2, 6–4
- It was Appelmans' only title of the year and the 8th of her career.
Women's Doubles
Manon BollegrafManon Bollegraf
Manon Maria Bollegraf is a former professional female tennis player from the Netherlands, who finished fourth in women's doubles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.-History:...
/
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
Rennae StubbsRennae Stubbs
Rennae Stubbs is an Australian tennis player. She has won several Grand Slam doubles titles and represented Australia at four successive Olympic Games; Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008....
/
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...
6–4, 6–4
- It was Bollegraf's 1st title of the year and the 22nd of her career. It was McGrath's 2nd title of the year and the 26th of her career.