1996 Salem Open Beijing and the Nokia Open

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1996 Salem Open Beijing
and Nokia Open
DateOctober 7–13 (men)
October 14–20 (women)
Edition4th (men) / 3rd (women)
LocationBeijing, China
Champions
Men's singles
United Kingdom Greg Rusedski[1]
Women's singles
Chinese Taipei Wang Shi-ting
Men's doubles
Czech Republic Martin Damm / Russia Andrei Olhovskiy[2]
Women's doubles
Japan Naoko Kijimuta / Japan Miho Saeki
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The 1996 Salem Open Beijing and the Nokia Open were tennis tournaments. The men's tournament was played on indoor carpet courts while the women's tournament was played on indoor hard courts. Both events were held in Beijing, China and were part of the World Series of the 1996 ATP Tour and of Tier IV of the 1996 WTA Tour. The men's tournament was held from October 7 through October 13, 1996, while the women's tournament was held from October 14 through October 20, 1996. Greg Rusedski and Wang Shi-ting won the singles titles.[3]

Finals

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Men's singles

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Main article: 1996 Salem Open Beijing – Singles

United Kingdom Greg Rusedski defeated Czech Republic Martin Damm 7–6(7–5), 6–4

  • It was Rusedski's 2nd title of the year and the 5th of his career.

Women's singles

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Main article: 1996 Nokia Open – Singles

Chinese Taipei Wang Shi-ting defeated China Chen Li-Ling 6–3, 6–4

  • It was Wang's 2nd title of the year and the 6th of her career.

Men's doubles

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Main article: 1996 Salem Open Beijing – Doubles

Czech Republic Martin Damm / Russia Andrei Olhovskiy defeated Germany Patrik Kühnen / South Africa Gary Muller 6–4, 7–5

  • It was Damm's only title of the year and the 8th of his career. It was Olhovskiy's 4th title of the year and the 14th of his career.

Women's doubles

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Main article: 1996 Nokia Open – Doubles

Japan Naoko Kijimuta / Japan Miho Saeki defeated Japan Yuko Hosoki / Japan Kazue Takuma 7–5, 6–4

  • It was Kijimuta's 2nd title of the year and the 2nd of her career. It was Saeki's 1st title of the year and the 2nd of her career.

References

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