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The 1996 Pilot Pen International was a tennis

Tennis

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tournament played on outdoor hard courts

Hardcourt

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at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, Connecticut

New Haven, Connecticut

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in the United States

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and was part of the Championship Series

ATP International Series Gold

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of the 1996 ATP Tour

1996 ATP Tour

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. The tournament ran from August 12 through August 18, 1996.

Men's Singles

Alex O'Brien
Alex O'Brien
Alex O'Brien is a professional tennis player from the United States, who competed on the ATP Tour. He was the No. 1 doubles player in the world and was ranked as high as 30 in the world in singles .He won his only singles title at New Haven, Connecticut, in 1996...

defeated

Jan Siemerink

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7–6 (8–6), 6–4

It was O'Brien's 1st title of the year and the 2nd of his career.

Men's Doubles

Byron Black
Byron Black
Byron Black is a former touring professional tennis and Davis Cup player for Zimbabwe.- Biography :He is the brother of Cara and Wayne Black, both professional tennis players...

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Grant Connell
Grant Connell
Grant Connell is a former professional tennis player from Canada. He was one of the world's top doubles player from the early through middle 1990s....

defeated

Jonas Björkman

Jonas Lars Björkman is a former World Number 4 Swedish professional tennis player. He is also a former World No. 1 in doubles. Björkman retired from professional tennis after competing at the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup Doubles championships....

Nicklas Kulti

Nicklas Kulti is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.Kulti was ranked the World No. 1 junior tennis player in 1989 after winning the Australian Open and Wimbledon junior titles, and finishing runner-up at the US Open.In 1990, Kulti won his first top-level singles title at Adelaide...

6–4, 6–4

It was Black's 5th title of the year and the 16th of his career. It was Connell's 4th title of the year and the 21st of his career.

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