1996 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships

The 1996 Miller Lite Hall of Fame Championships 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 grass court

Grass court

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s at the International Tennis Hall of Fame

International Tennis Hall of Fame

The International Tennis Hall of Fame is located in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. The hall of fame and honors players and contributors to the sport of tennis and includes a museum, grass tennis courts, an indoor tennis facility, and a court tennis facility.-History:The hall of fame and...

in Newport, Rhode Island

Newport, Rhode Island

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in the United States

United States

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and was part of the World Series

ATP International Series

The International Series was a series of professional tennis tournaments held internationally as part of the ATP Tour until 2008....

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 July 8 through July 14, 1996.

Men's Singles

Nicolás Pereira
Nicolas Pereira
Nicolás Pereira is a former tennis player from Venezuela, who became International Tennis Federation Junior World Champion in 1988 after winning the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open....

defeated

Grant Stafford

Grant Stafford is a former tennis player from South Africa.Turning professional in 1990, Stafford won five doubles titles during his career. The right-hander reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on January 31, 1994, when he was ranked 53rd in the world.-External links:*...

4–6, 6–4, 6–4

It was Pereira's only title of the year and the 2nd of his career.

Men's Doubles

Marius Barnard
Marius Barnard (tennis)
Marius Barnard is a retired South African professional tennis player, who primarily played in doubles matches.Barnard was born in Cape Town, South Africa.-External links:*...

/

Piet Norval
Piet Norval
Pieter Norval is a former tennis player from South Africa, who turned professional in 1988. The right-hander represented his native country in the doubles competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he partnered Wayne Ferreira...

defeated

Paul Kilderry

Paul Kilderry is a former professional tennis player from Australia.Kilderry enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 3 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 67 in 1996.-Doubles titles :-Runner-ups :-External links:...

Michael Tebbutt

Michael Tebbutt was an Australian tennis player.He was educated at St Johns Park High School and Northern Arizona University before starting his career as a professional tennis player....

6–7, 6–4, 6–4

It was Barnard's 2nd title of the year and the 4th of his career. It was Norval's 1st title of the year and the 6th of his career.

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