1996 Newsweek Champions Cup and the State Farm Evert Cup

1996 Newsweek Champions Cup
and State Farm Evert Cup
Date March 8–17
Edition 21st
Category Super 9 (ATP)
Tier I Series (WTA)
Prize money $1,950,000
Surface Hard / Outdoor
Location Indian Wells, CA, USA
Venue Grand Champions Resort
Champions
Men's Singles
United States Michael Chang [1]
Women's Singles
Germany Steffi Graf
Men's Doubles
Australia Todd Woodbridge / Australia Mark Woodforde [2]
Women's Doubles
United States Chanda Rubin / Netherlands Brenda Schultz-McCarthy

The 1996 Newsweek Champions Cup and the State Farm Evert Cup were tennis tournaments played on outdoor hard courts that were part of the Mercedes Super 9 of the 1996 ATP Tour and of Tier I of the 1996 WTA Tour. Both the men's and women's events took place at the Grand Champions Resort in Indian Wells, California in the United States from March 8 through March 17, 1996.

The men's singles was headlined by ATP No. 1, Memphis, San Jose titlist and 1994 and 1995 winner Pete Sampras, Mexico City champion, 1995 French Open runner-up and Doha semifinalist Thomas Muster and San Jose runner-up, U.S. Open defending champion and 1990 Indian Wells winner Andre Agassi. Other top seeds were Australian Open and 1995 Tour Championships titlist Boris Becker, Michael Chang, Goran Ivanišević, Jim Courier and Thomas Enqvist.

Champions

Men's Singles

United States Michael Chang defeated Netherlands Paul Haarhuis 7–5, 6–1, 6–1

Women's Singles

Germany Steffi Graf defeated Spain Conchita Martínez 7–6, 7–6

Men's Doubles

Australia Todd Woodbridge / Australia Mark Woodforde defeated United States Brian MacPhie / Australia Michael Tebbutt 1–6, 6–2, 6–2

Women's Doubles

United States Chanda Rubin / Netherlands Brenda Schultz-McCarthy defeated France Julie Halard-Decugis / France Nathalie Tauziat 6–1, 6–4

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