ATP Australian Open 1996 Draw, Results & Schedule

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Boris Becker won the 1996 Australian Open, defeating Michael Chang 6-2 6-4 2-6 6-2 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on hard courts in Melbourne, Australia, from January 15 to January 29, 1996.

Champion
Boris Becker
def. Michael Chang , 6-2 6-4 2-6 6-2
Dates
Jan 15 — Jan 29
Location
Melbourne, Australia
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Hard
Prize money
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DateRoundWinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch
F (1)
Jan 29, 1996* F Boris Becker #4 6-2 6-4 2-6 6-2 Michael Chang #5 H2H Match data
SF (2)
Jan 28, 1996* SF Michael Chang #5 6-1 6-4 7-6(1) Andre Agassi #2 H2H Match data
Jan 28, 1996* SF Boris Becker #4 6-4 6-2 6-0 Mark Woodforde #67 H2H Match data
QF (4)
Jan 26, 1996* QF Andre Agassi #2 6-7(7) 2-6 6-3 6-4 6-2 Jim Courier #8 H2H Match data
Jan 26, 1996* QF Michael Chang #5 6-0 6-2 6-4 Mikael Tillstrom #105 H2H Match data
Jan 26, 1996* QF Boris Becker #4 6-4 7-6(9) 6-1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov #6 H2H Match data
Jan 26, 1996* QF Mark Woodforde #67 6-4 6-4 6-4 Thomas Enqvist #7 H2H Match data
R16 (8)
Jan 24, 1996* R16 Mark Woodforde #67 6-2 6-2 6-2 Mark Philippoussis #40 H2H Match data
Jan 24, 1996* R16 Andre Agassi #2 4-6 6-2 4-6 6-1 6-2 Jonas Bjorkman #34 H2H Match data
Jan 24, 1996* R16 Thomas Enqvist #7 7-5 6-0 6-3 Renzo Furlan #38 H2H Match data
Jan 24, 1996* R16 Mikael Tillstrom #105 7-5 4-6 6-3 6-2 Thomas Muster #3 H2H Match data
Jan 24, 1996* R16 Michael Chang #5 6-2 6-3 6-4 Jean-Philippe Fleurian #153 H2H Match data
Jan 24, 1996* R16 Boris Becker #4 1-6 6-4 6-3 6-2 Brett Steven #37 H2H Match data
Jan 24, 1996* R16 Yevgeny Kafelnikov #6 6-3 6-2 6-4 MaliVai Washington #21 H2H Match data
Jan 24, 1996* R16 Jim Courier #8 7-5 2-6 4-6 6-4 6-2 Marcos Ondruska #115 H2H Match data
R32 (16)
Jan 21, 1996* R32 Michael Chang #5 6-2 6-2 7-6(6) Guillaume Raoux #71 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1996* R32 Mark Philippoussis #40 6-4 7-6(9) 7-6(3) Pete Sampras #1 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1996* R32 Andre Agassi #2 4-6 6-0 6-2 6-1 Steve Bryan #225 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1996* R32 Marcos Ondruska #115 6-2 4-6 6-3 6-0 Karol Kucera #76 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1996* R32 Jean-Philippe Fleurian #153 4-6 6-3 2-2 (ret.) Richard Krajicek #12 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1996* R32 Renzo Furlan #38 6-2 3-6 6-4 6-2 Goran Ivanisevic #10 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1996* R32 Boris Becker #4 7-6(5) 6-3 6-3 Magnus Larsson #19 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1996* R32 Thomas Muster #3 6-4 7-6(9) 6-4 Nicklas Kulti #155 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1996* R32 Thomas Enqvist #7 6-2 7-6(3) 3-6 6-1 Hernan Gumy #58 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1996* R32 Mikael Tillstrom #105 1-6 6-1 7-6(5) 6-3 Patrick McEnroe #57 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1996* R32 Jonas Bjorkman #34 6-3 3-6 6-3 2-6 6-1 Todd Martin #14 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1996* R32 MaliVai Washington #21 6-4 6-2 6-3 Mauricio Hadad #97 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1996* R32 Brett Steven #37 6-1 6-4 6-7(3) 6-2 Jan Siemerink #24 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1996* R32 Jim Courier #8 6-3 6-7(2) 7-6(3) 3-6 8-6 Todd Woodbridge #29 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1996* R32 Yevgeny Kafelnikov #6 7-5 5-7 6-4 6-2 Michael Tebbutt #112 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1996* R32 Mark Woodforde #67 4-6 7-6(6) 6-2 6-4 Francisco Clavet #52 H2H Match data
R64 (32)
Jan 19, 1996* R64 Karol Kucera #76 6-1 6-3 6-0 Wayne Ferreira #9 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1996* R64 Mikael Tillstrom #105 6-3 3-6 6-4 4-6 6-4 Christian Ruud #84 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1996* R64 Michael Chang #5 6-1 6-3 6-3 Jakob Hlasek #43 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1996* R64 Mauricio Hadad #97 7-6(5) 6-4 2-2 (ret.) Patrick Rafter #70 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1996* R64 Thomas Enqvist #7 6-4 6-4 6-1 Adrian Voinea #55 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1996* R64 Jean-Philippe Fleurian #153 6-4 2-6 4-6 6-2 6-3 Stefan Edberg #31 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1996* R64 Yevgeny Kafelnikov #6 6-1 6-2 6-3 Alex Corretja #51 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1996* R64 Nicklas Kulti #155 6-3 6-2 6-2 Carlos Costa #32 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1996* R64 Brett Steven #37 6-1 5-7 7-6(6) 6-4 Brian Macphie #278 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1996* R64 Steve Bryan #225 6-3 7-6(7) 6-1 Sandon Stolle #181 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1996* R64 Magnus Larsson #19 6-3 3-6 6-4 6-4 Byron Black #30 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1996* R64 Marcos Ondruska #115 7-5 7-6(3) 3-6 6-0 Chuck Adams #367 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1996* R64 Patrick McEnroe #57 3-6 2-6 6-2 6-3 6-2 Andrei Medvedev #17 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1996* R64 Jim Courier #8 7-5 6-7(2) 6-4 6-3 Jeff Tarango #73 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1996* R64 Mark Philippoussis #40 2-6 6-4 6-4 6-2 Eyal Ran #157 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1996* R64 Francisco Clavet #52 2-6 7-5 6-3 6-2 Filip Dewulf #69 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1996* R64 MaliVai Washington #21 6-4 6-1 3-6 6-1 Arnaud Boetsch #15 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1996* R64 Thomas Muster #3 6-4 6-4 1-6 7-6(4) Javier Frana #39 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1996* R64 Pete Sampras #1 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-4 Michael Joyce — Match data
Jan 19, 1996* R64 Guillaume Raoux #71 6-3 6-4 7-6(5) Ben Ellwood #322 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1996* R64 Boris Becker #4 4-6 3-6 6-2 6-1 6-4 Thomas Johansson #114 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1996* R64 Todd Woodbridge #29 6-3 4-6 6-2 6-4 Bohdan Ulihrach #28 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1996* R64 Jan Siemerink #24 1-6 5-7 6-2 7-6(8) 6-1 Diego Nargiso #183 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1996* R64 Richard Krajicek #12 6-2 6-4 6-4 Frederik Fetterlein #96 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1996* R64 Jonas Bjorkman #34 6-1 6-3 6-2 Tim Henman #90 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1996* R64 Renzo Furlan #38 1-6 7-6(4) 6-1 6-3 Albert Costa #22 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1996* R64 Mark Woodforde #67 6-4 6-1 6-4 Martin Sinner #59 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1996* R64 Todd Martin #14 6-2 7-5 3-6 7-6(5) Richey Reneberg #60 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1996* R64 Hernan Gumy #58 6-3 6-7(3) 6-4 7-5 David Wheaton #47 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1996* R64 Michael Tebbutt #112 6-3 6-4 7-5 Peter Tramacchi #240 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1996* R64 Goran Ivanisevic #10 6-4 6-4 6-4 Sebastien Lareau #126 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1996* R64 Andre Agassi #2 6-4 6-2 6-3 Vincent Spadea #94 H2H Match data
R128 (64)
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Jonas Bjorkman #34 7-5 6-3 6-7(0) 6-7(3) 6-1 Andrew Ilie #159 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Peter Tramacchi #240 7-6(3) 7-6(3) 6-2 Sandor Noszaly #103 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Wayne Ferreira #9 6-2 6-1 3-6 3-6 7-5 Jonathan Stark #98 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Magnus Larsson #19 6-7(1) 6-3 7-6(3) 6-3 Nicolas Lapentti #106 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Frederik Fetterlein #96 6-0 6-2 1-6 3-6 6-4 Hendrik Dreekmann #117 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Jean-Philippe Fleurian #153 6-3 4-6 7-6(1) 2-1 (ret.) Sjeng Schalken #45 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Steve Bryan #225 6-3 6-2 6-4 Heath Denman #572 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Michael Chang #5 6-2 6-1 6-2 David Rikl #81 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Andrei Medvedev #17 6-4 7-5 2-6 7-6(7) Carlos Moya #64 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Mikael Tillstrom #105 6-4 6-4 1-6 5-7 6-2 Aaron Krickstein #74 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Albert Costa #22 4-6 4-6 7-5 3-0 (ret.) Fernando Meligeni #66 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Bohdan Ulihrach #28 6-4 7-6(8) 1-0 (ret.) Stefano Pescosolido #68 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Diego Nargiso #183 6-4 7-6(3) 4-6 2-6 6-3 David Prinosil #41 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Marcos Ondruska #115 6-7(5) 6-1 6-2 7-5 Derrick Rostagno #113 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Jeff Tarango #73 6-2 6-2 6-4 Paul Kilderry #227 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Michael Joyce 6-4 6-4 6-3 Kris Goossens #92 — Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Carlos Costa #32 1-6 6-4 0-6 7-5 6-4 Alexander Volkov #54 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Thomas Johansson #114 6-4 6-3 6-1 Jacco Eltingh #46 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Chuck Adams #367 6-4 6-7(4) 6-7(2) 6-3 9-7 Todd Larkham #247 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Thomas Enqvist #7 6-3 6-2 6-4 Marc Kevin Goellner #83 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Javier Frana #39 6-4 6-4 6-4 Daniel Nestor #174 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Karol Kucera #76 7-5 6-0 6-0 David Adams #304 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Todd Martin #14 6-4 6-7(5) 6-3 6-4 Daniel Vacek #27 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Brett Steven #37 6-3 7-5 7-5 Nuno Marques #95 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Mark Philippoussis #40 7-6(3) 6-0 6-1 Nicolas Kiefer #166 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Renzo Furlan #38 2-6 6-3 7-6(5) 5-7 9-7 Scott Draper #75 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Filip Dewulf #69 6-4 6-4 6-4 Paul Haarhuis #20 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Byron Black #30 6-3 6-2 6-4 Henrik Holm #80 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Ben Ellwood #322 6-2 6-2 6-1 Olivier Delaitre #107 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Goran Ivanisevic #10 6-4 7-6(9) 6-3 Bernd Karbacher #42 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Arnaud Boetsch #15 4-6 7-6(5) 6-3 6-3 Guy Forget #61 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 MaliVai Washington #21 6-4 6-2 4-6 6-2 Javier Sanchez #44 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Todd Woodbridge #29 7-5 6-4 6-4 Oleg Ogorodov #111 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Brian Macphie #278 7-5 6-4 6-4 Jan Apell #87 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Patrick Rafter #70 6-3 6-4 6-3 Marcelo Rios #23 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Mauricio Hadad #97 4-6 6-4 6-2 6-2 Andrei Chesnokov #86 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Nicklas Kulti #155 5-7 7-6(4) 6-4 6-2 Andrea Gaudenzi #25 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Yevgeny Kafelnikov #6 6-1 6-1 7-5 Fabrice Santoro #104 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Sandon Stolle #181 6-3 7-5 6-4 Jaime Yzaga #91 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Andre Agassi #2 3-6 7-6(2) 4-6 7-6(5) 6-3 Gaston Etlis #133 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 David Wheaton #47 6-2 6-4 7-5 Jamie Morgan #178 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Christian Ruud #84 4-6 6-4 7-6(8) 5-7 6-1 Rodolphe Gilbert #152 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Richey Reneberg #60 6-3 6-7(3) 6-3 1-6 6-2 Martin Damm Sr — Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Martin Sinner #59 5-7 3-6 6-4 7-5 6-3 Allen Belobrajdic #244 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Alex Corretja #51 6-3 6-3 6-0 Lars Jonsson #176 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Guillaume Raoux #71 6-3 7-6(2) 6-1 Magnus Norman #158 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Michael Tebbutt #112 6-3 3-6 6-1 6-4 Carl Uwe Steeb #72 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Adrian Voinea #55 7-6(6) 6-7(2) 3-6 6-1 7-5 Lionel Roux #102 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Mark Woodforde #67 2-1 (ret.) Shuzo Matsuoka #65 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Jim Courier #8 7-5 7-6(1) 6-4 Johan Van Herck — Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Jan Siemerink #24 4-6 7-6(4) 7-6(3) 7-5 Gilbert Schaller #18 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Richard Krajicek #12 6-1 6-3 6-2 Jason Stoltenberg #78 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Boris Becker #4 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-3 6-3 Greg Rusedski #33 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Vincent Spadea #94 6-2 6-0 6-1 David Nainkin #169 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Patrick McEnroe #57 3-6 6-2 6-1 7-6(4) Patrik Fredriksson #218 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Thomas Muster #3 6-3 6-3 6-2 Thierry Guardiola #150 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Stefan Edberg #31 7-6(6) 7-5 3-6 5-7 6-1 Jiri Novak #36 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Hernan Gumy #58 4-6 6-2 6-0 6-1 Karim Alami #79 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Eyal Ran #157 6-1 6-3 6-1 Andrei Cherkasov #185 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Francisco Clavet #52 6-0 6-3 6-3 Emilio Sanchez #99 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Tim Henman #90 5-7 7-6(4) 6-3 6-4 Petr Korda #26 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Pete Sampras #1 7-5 6-3 6-2 Richard Fromberg #118 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Sebastien Lareau #126 4-6 4-6 6-3 6-4 7-5 Kenneth Carlsen #82 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1996* R128 Jakob Hlasek #43 6-4 6-1 6-1 Dick Norman #116 H2H Match data

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