1996 Amway Classic
Encyclopedia
The 1996 Amway Classic was a tennis
tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the ASB Tennis Centre
in Auckland
in New Zealand
that was part of Tier IV
of the 1996 WTA Tour
. The tournament was held from January 1 through January 6, 1996.
Sandra Cacic
defeated
Barbara Paulus
6–3, 1–6, 6–4
Els Callens
/
Julie Halard-Decugis
defeated
Jill Hetherington
/
Kristine Radford
6–1, 6–0
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 at the ASB Tennis Centre
ASB Tennis Centre
The ASB Tennis Centre is a tennis facility located in the Parnell district of Auckland, New Zealand. The centre was founded in 1920 by Tennis Auckland. It hosts the Heineken Open for men and the ASB Classic for women on consecutive weeks in January each year before the Australian Open...
in Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
that was part of Tier IV
WTA Tier IV Events
The WTA Tier IV tournaments were Women's Tennis Association tennis fourth-level tournaments held from 1988 until 2008 season. The line-up of events varied over the years, with tournaments being promoted, demoted or cancelled. The series resulted from a reform of the WTA tour in 1988, offering more...
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 January 1 through January 6, 1996.
Women's Singles
Sandra CacicSandra Cacic
Sandra Cacic is a professional American tennis player.Cacic's highest WTA singles ranking is 39th, which she reached on May 9, 1994. Her career high in doubles was at 87 set at February 8, 1999....
defeated
Barbara PaulusBarbara Paulus
Barbara Paulus is a former professional top 10 female tennis player from Austria. She began playing on the WTA Tour in 1986 and retired in 2001. During her career she won a total of seven WTA tournaments...
6–3, 1–6, 6–4
- It was Cacic's only title of the year and the 1st of her career.
Women's Doubles
Els CallensEls Callens
Els Callens was a professional female tennis player from Belgium. She became a pro in January 1990.Her biggest achievement came in 2000 during the Summer Olympics in Sydney where she won the bronze medal in doubles, partnering Dominique Van Roost-Monami.She retired on Wednesday 26 October 2005...
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Julie Halard-DecugisJulie Halard-Decugis
Julie Halard-Decugis is a former professional female tennis player.Halard-Decugis lived in La Baule, France during the initial stages of her career and later moved to Pully, Switzerland...
defeated
Jill HetheringtonJill Hetherington
Jill Hetherington Hultquist is a former Canadian professional tennis player. Hultquist played college tennis for the University of Florida, and is the current women's tennis head coach at the University of Washington....
/
Kristine RadfordKristine Kunce
Kristine Kunce , also known as Kristine Radford, is an Australian professional tennis player who competed during the mid-80s through the 1990s....
6–1, 6–0
- It was Callens' only title of the year and the 1st of her career. It was Halard-Decugis' 1st title of the year and the 7th of her career.