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The 1996 Shanghai Open was a tennis

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 indoor carpet courts in Shanghai

Shanghai

Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...

in the People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

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and was part of the World Series

ATP International Series

The International Series was a series of professional tennis tournaments held internationally as part of the ATP Tour until 2008....

of the 1996 ATP Tour

1996 ATP Tour

The Association of Tennis Professionals Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP Super 9, the ATP Championship Series, the ATP World Series, the ATP World Team Cup, the Davis Cup , the ATP Tour World...

. The tournament ran from January 29 through February 4, 1996.

Men's Singles

Andrei Olhovskiy
Andrei Olhovskiy
Andrei Olhovskiy is a former tennis player from Russia, who turned professional in 1989....

defeated

Mark Knowles

Mark Knowles is a former World number 1 doubles professional male tennis player from the Bahamas, who will go down as one of the greatest athletes of his country for his longevity within his sport and charitable contributions off the court.After being awarded a scholarship to the Nick...

7–6 (7–5), 6–2

It was Olhovskiy's 1st title of the year and the 13th of his career.

Men's Doubles

Mark Knowles
Mark Knowles
Mark Knowles is a former World number 1 doubles professional male tennis player from the Bahamas, who will go down as one of the greatest athletes of his country for his longevity within his sport and charitable contributions off the court.After being awarded a scholarship to the Nick...

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Roger Smith defeated

Jim Grabb

Jim Grabb is a 6' 4" former professional tennis player.Grabb was twice ranked the World No. 1 doubles player, in 1989 and in 1993. A right-handed serve-and-volleyer, Grabb's best singles ranking was World No. 24, a ranking he achieved in February 1990.-College:Grabb is Jewish, and was born in...

Michael Tebbutt

Michael Tebbutt was an Australian tennis player.He was educated at St Johns Park High School and Northern Arizona University before starting his career as a professional tennis player....

4–6, 6–2, 7–6

It was Knowles' 2nd title of the year and the 6th of his career. It was Smith's only title of the year and the 3rd of his career.

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