1996 Marseille Open – Singles

Singles
1996 Marseille Open
Champion Guy Forget
Runner-up Cédric Pioline
Score7–5, 6–4
Draw32 (4 Q / 3 WC )
Seeds8

Boris Becker was the defending champion but did not compete that year.

Unseeded Guy Forget won in the final 7–5, 6–4 against Cédric Pioline.[1]

Seeds

  1. Yevgeny Kafelnikov (first round)
  2. Sergi Bruguera (quarterfinals)
  3. Daniel Vacek (second round)
  4. Jonas Björkman (first round)
  5. Bohdan Ulihrach (second round)
  6. Jakob Hlasek (second round)
  7. Cédric Pioline (final)
  8. Sjeng Schalken (second round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
  Tomás Carbonell 3 66
  Guy Forget 6 78
  Guy Forget 7 6
7 Cédric Pioline 5 4
  Hendrik Dreekmann 3 6 2
7 Cédric Pioline 6 3 6

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Y Kafelnikov 4 4  
  C Doseděl 6 6     C Doseděl 1 7 66
  T Carbonell 6 6     T Carbonell 6 5 78
  C-U Steeb 3 1     T Carbonell 6 7  
  C Ruud 5 6 4 Q S Simian 2 5  
Q S Simian 7 3 6 Q S Simian 4 79 6
WC H Leconte 4 3   8 S Schalken 6 67 4
8 S Schalken 6 6     T Carbonell 3 66  
3 D Vacek 3 7 6   G Forget 6 78  
Q O Delaître 6 5 2 3 D Vacek 77 3 4
  A Voinea 4 7 77   A Voinea 63 6 6
Q G Carraz 6 5 65   A Voinea 3 6 5
  G Forget 4 6 6   G Forget 6 4 7
WC Y Noah 6 3 3   G Forget 6 77  
  A Chesnokov 4 2   6 J Hlasek 3 64  
6 J Hlasek 6 6  

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
5 B Ulihrach 4 77 78
Q R Agénor 6 62 66 5 B Ulihrach 2 63  
  H Dreekmann 6 6     H Dreekmann 6 77  
  M Sinner 3 4     H Dreekmann 77 4 77
  F Mantilla 4 2     F Dewulf 64 6 65
  F Dewulf 6 6     F Dewulf 6 5 6
  C Moyá 6 77     C Moyá 4 7 2
4 J Björkman 3 65     H Dreekmann 3 6 2
7 C Pioline 6 6   7 C Pioline 6 3 6
  K Kučera 4 4   7 C Pioline 6 6  
  M Damm 4 7 6   M Damm 1 2  
  J Apell 6 5 0 7 C Pioline 4 6 6
  T Henman 77 6   2 S Bruguera 6 3 2
WC J-P Fleurian 64 3     T Henman 1 6 4
  G Raoux 77 3 63 2 S Bruguera 6 3 6
2 S Bruguera 64 6 77

References

  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1997). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 130, 147. ISBN 9780002187145.