1996 Italian Open (tennis)
| 1996 Italian Open | |
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| Date | May 6 – May 12 (women) May 13 – May 19 (men) |
| Edition | 53rd |
| Surface | Clay / Outdoor |
| Location | Rome, Italy |
| Venue | Foro Italico |
| Champions | |
| Men's Singles | |
 Thomas Muster
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| Women's Singles | |
 Conchita Martínez
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| Men's Doubles | |
 Byron Black /  Grant Connell
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| Women's Doubles | |
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario /  Irina Spîrlea
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The 1996 Italian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 53rd edition of the Rome Masters and was 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 Foro Italico in Rome in Italy. The women's tournament was played from May 6 through May 12, 1996, while the men's tournament was played from May 13 through May 19, 1996.
The men's tournament was headlined by ATP No. 2, Monte Carlo, Estoril, Acapulco and Barcelona champion Thomas Muster, Zagreb, Dubai, Milan, Rotterdam titlist and Key Biscayne runner-up Goran Ivanišević and Adelaide winner, St. Petersburg and Rotterdam finalist Yevgeny Kafelnikov. Also present were Chennai winner Thomas Enqvist, Philadelphia champion Jim Courier, Wayne Ferreira, Marcelo Ríos and Sergi Bruguera.
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