1996 Family Circle Cup
Encyclopedia
The 1996 Family Circle Cup was a tennis
tournament played on outdoor clay courts
at the Sea Pines Plantation
on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
in the United States
that was part of Tier I of the 1996 WTA Tour
. The tournament was held from April 1 through April 7, 1996.
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
defeated
Barbara Paulus
6–2, 2–6, 6–2
Jana Novotná
/ Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
defeated
Gigi Fernández
/ Mary Joe Fernández
6–2, 6–3
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...
at the Sea Pines Plantation
Sea Pines Plantation
Sea Pines Resort or Sea Pines is a gated community in the town of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Sea Pines is home to the Harbour Town Golf Links, the Ocean Course, and Heron Point, formerly known as the Sea Marsh course....
on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Hilton Head Island or Hilton Head is a resort town in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. It is north of Savannah, Georgia, and south of Charleston. The island gets its name from Captain William Hilton...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
that was part of Tier I 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 April 1 through April 7, 1996.
Women's Singles
Arantxa Sánchez VicarioArantxa Sánchez Vicario
Aránzazu 'Arantxa' Isabel Maria Sánchez Vicario is a Spanish former professional tennis player...
defeated
Barbara PaulusBarbara Paulus
Barbara Paulus is a former professional top 10 female tennis player from Austria. She began playing on the WTA Tour in 1986 and retired in 2001. During her career she won a total of seven WTA tournaments...
6–2, 2–6, 6–2
- It was Sánchez Vicario's 3rd title of the year and the 65th of her career.
Women's Doubles
Jana NovotnáJana Novotná
Jana Novotná is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She played a serve and volley game, an increasingly rare style of play among women during her career. She won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 1998 and was runner-up in three previous Grand Slam tournaments...
/
Arantxa Sánchez VicarioArantxa Sánchez Vicario
Aránzazu 'Arantxa' Isabel Maria Sánchez Vicario is a Spanish former professional tennis player...
defeated
Gigi FernándezGigi Fernández
Beatriz "Gigi" Fernández is a former professional tennis player, the first female athlete from her native Puerto Rico to turn professional, the first Puerto Rican woman to ever win an Olympic gold medal and the first to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.Fernandez won 17 Grand...
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Mary Joe FernándezMary Joe Fernández
Mary Joe Fernández Godsick is an American former professional tennis player...
6–2, 6–3
- It was Novotná's 3rd title of the year and the 69th of her career. It was Sánchez Vicario's 4th title of the year and the 66th of her career.