St. Petersburg Open Tennis Championship 1996

St. Petersburg Open Championship 1996
St. Petersburg Open Championship 1996
A place; carrying out	St. Petersburg; Russia
Coating	Carpet (i)
Site	spbopen.ru
ATP World Tour
Category	world
Prize	300,000 dollars

Open Championship of St. Petersburg 1996 ^[1] - The 2nd draw of the annual professional tennis tournament for men, held in the Russian city of St. Petersburg on carpet courts and which is part of the ATP tour in the framework of the world series .

In 1996, the tournament was held from March 18 to 24 . The competition completed a series of hall tournaments in the region, located after the Australian Open .

Last year's winners:

in singles - Evgeny Kafelnikov
doubles - Martin Damm and Anders Yarrid

Content

General Information

The second draw of the St. Petersburg tournament was again not gathered by the weakest team: the list of seeded single championships was headed by Evgeny Kafelnikov (No. 7 in the world at that time), and the doubles were his alliance with Andrei Olkhovsky (the Russians were 8th and 14th at the time of the start of the prize) th racket of the world).

The title in singles, however, did not go to Kafelnikov, but to the Swede Magnus Gustafsson , seeded seventh: on the way to the finals he did not lose a set, and in the finals in two games he managed just with Eugene. Lars Burgsmüller , who reached the semifinals, became the strongest seedless participant in the competition; at the same time, the German began his journey on the St. Petersburg courts with the qualifying competition, where he lost in the final stage and only then was admitted to the main draw at the last moment, when it became clear that not all of the announced participants in the net could go to court. Compared to the previous year, the tournament has become much more international in composition: already in the second round, Kafelnikov remained the only representative of the host country.

In the doubles category, Eugene and Andrey did not allow themselves to misfire, over six sets overcoming the path from the start of the tournament to the title. In the final, the Russians outplayed another team of compatriots: the fourth seeded Swedes Niklas Kulti and Peter Nyborg . Last year's champions - Martin Damm and Anders Yarrid - did not defend their last year’s title, but Anders took part in the tournament (paired with another compatriot Jan Apell ) and lost already at the start. The strongest unseeded grid team: David Adams and Hendrick Ian Davids - reached the semifinals.

Competition

Singles Tournament

Magnus Gustafsson beat Eugene Kafelnikov with a score of 6-2, 7-6 (4).
Gustafsson wins the 1st title of the season and the 8th of his career in the main round of the association.
Kafelnikov is inferior to the 2nd finals of the season and 4th for his career in the main round of the association.

Main Event

First Rounds

Section 1

First round					Second round					Quarter finals					Semifinal

one	E. Kafelnikov	6	6
Q	O. Camporese	3	3		one	E. Kafelnikov	four	6	6
	D.Norman	6	6			D.Norman	6	3	four
WC	A. Cherkasov	one	four							one	E. Kafelnikov	7	6
WC	A. Chernenko	6 ¹	2								J. Tarango	five	3
Q	N. Kiefer	7	6		Q	N. Kiefer	6	3	6 ⁷
	J. Tarango	6 ⁷	6	6		J. Tarango	3	6	7
eight	K.-U.Shteeb	7	2	one											one	E. Kafelnikov	6	6
four	F. Devulf	6	four	6											four	F. Devulf	3	four
	O. Ogorodov	3	6	one	four	F. Devulf	6	6
	N. Markish	6	7			N. Markish	four	3
	O. Deletre	four	6 ⁴							four	F. Devulf	6	four	6
	T.Juhansson	6 ⁵	6	6						five	M. Tilström	four	6	four
	A. Olkhovsky	7	3	3		T.Juhansson	four	6	6 ⁴
	A. Volkov	2	five		five	M. Tilström	6	four	7
five	M. Tilström	6	7

Section 2

First round					Second round					Quarter finals					Semifinal

6	C. Carlsen	7	7
Q	A. Shvets	6 ⁴	five		6	C. Carlsen	3	7	five
LL	L. Burgsmüller	6	6		LL	L. Burgsmüller	6	6 ²	7
	S. Nosai	four	four							LL	L. Burgsmüller	3	6	6
	J. Apell	four	6	6						3	D. brought	6	four	four
Q	N. Kulti	6	2	four		J. Apell	four	four
	F.Fetterlein	one	2		3	D. brought	6	6
3	D. brought	6	6												LL	L. Burgsmüller	five	five
7	M. Gustafsson	6	6												7	M. Gustafsson	7	7
	L.Ru	2	four		7	M. Gustafsson	6	6
	H. Holm	3	2			A. Yarrid	2	2
	A. Yarrid	6	6							7	M. Gustafsson	2
	J. Gollmar	four	6	6						2	D.Vacek	one	r
	J. van Herk	6	3	four		J. Gollmar	2	one
	A. Chesnokov	6	one	four	2	D.Vacek	6	6
2	D.Vacek	four	6	6

Final

The final

one	Evgeny Kafelnikov	2	6 ⁴
7	Magnus Gustafsson	6	7

Doubles Tournament

Evgeny Kafelnikov / Andrei Olkhovsky beat Niklas Culti / Peter Nyborg with a score of 6-3, 6-4.
Kafelnikov wins the 1st title of the season and the 9th of his career in the main round of the association.
Olkhovsky wins the 1st title of the season and the 10th of his career in the main round of the association.