1996 Acura Classic
Encyclopedia
The 1996 Acura Classic was a tennis
tournament played on outdoor hard courts
at the Manhattan Country Club in Manhattan Beach, California
in the United States
that was part of Tier II of the 1996 WTA Tour
. The tournament was held from August 12 through August 18, 1996.
Lindsay Davenport
defeated
Anke Huber
6–2, 6–3
Lindsay Davenport
/
Natasha Zvereva
defeated Amy Frazier
/ Kimberly Po
6–1, 6–4
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 outdoor hard courts
Hardcourt
Hardcourt or hard court describes a form of surface or floor on which a sport is played. It may refer to an indoor court made from a wood, or more specifically hardwood such as maple, as in basketball or indoor soccer. Alternatively, it may refer to outdoor materials such as asphalt, shale, or clay...
at the Manhattan Country Club in Manhattan Beach, California
Manhattan Beach, California
Manhattan Beach is the wealthiest beachfront city located in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, USA. The city is on the Pacific coast, south of El Segundo, and north of Hermosa Beach. Manhattan Beach is the home of both beach and indoor volleyball, and surfing. During the winter, the...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
that was part of Tier II of the 1996 WTA Tour
1996 WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association . The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV events...
. The tournament was held from August 12 through August 18, 1996.
Women's Singles
Lindsay DavenportLindsay Davenport
Lindsay Ann Davenport is a former World No. 1 American professional tennis player. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. In 2005, TENNIS Magazine ranked her as the 29th-best player of the preceding forty years...
defeated
Anke HuberAnke Huber
Anke Huber is a German retired professional tennis player. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1996 Australian Open. Her career-high singles ranking was fourth, also in 1996.-Early life:...
6–2, 6–3
- It was Davenport's 5th title of the year and the 15th of her career.
Women's Doubles
Lindsay DavenportLindsay Davenport
Lindsay Ann Davenport is a former World No. 1 American professional tennis player. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. In 2005, TENNIS Magazine ranked her as the 29th-best player of the preceding forty years...
/
Natasha ZverevaNatasha Zvereva
Natalya "Natasha" Zvereva, or Zverava is a former tennis player from Belarus. Zvereva was the first major athlete in the Soviet Union to demand publicly that she should be able to keep her tournament earnings...
defeated
Amy FrazierAmy Frazier
Amy Frazier is a now inactive professional female tennis player from the United States.She debuted in 1987 and was active player until the 2006 US Open in which she made her 20th consecutive appearance...
/
Kimberly PoKimberly Po
Kimberly Po-Messerli is a former professional tennis player from the United States.During her career, Po won the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 2000...
6–1, 6–4
- It was Davenport's 6th title of the year and the 16th of her career. It was Zvereva's 2nd title of the year and the 62nd of her career.