ATP Wimbledon 1996 Draw & Results

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Richard Krajicek won the 1996 Wimbledon, defeating MaliVai Washington 6-3 6-4 6-3 in the final. The Grand Slam was played June 24–July 8 on grass courts in London, United Kingdom.

Wimbledon, formally The Championships, is staged by the All England Club and is the only Grand Slam tournament played on grass.

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Champion
Richard Krajicek
def. MaliVai Washington , 6-3 6-4 6-3
Dates
Jun 24 — Jul 8
Location
London, United Kingdom
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Grass
Prize money
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Results

Match type

127 recorded singles results

Wimbledon 1996 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Richard Krajicek #8 6-3 6-4 6-3 MaliVai Washington #12 H2H Match data Jul 8, 1996* F
SF (2)
Richard Krajicek #13 7-5 6-2 6-1 Jason Stoltenberg #46 H2H Match data Jul 7, 1996* SF
MaliVai Washington #20 5-7 6-4 6-7(6) 6-3 10-8 Todd Martin #18 H2H Match data Jul 7, 1996* SF
QF (4)
Richard Krajicek #13 7-5 7-6(3) 6-4 Pete Sampras #1DEF · 3× H2H Match data Jul 5, 1996* QF Upset: winner had a 19 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Jason Stoltenberg #46 6-3 7-6(3) 6-7(3) 7-6(3) Goran Ivanisevic #7 H2H Match data Jul 5, 1996* QF
Todd Martin #18 7-6(5) 7-6(2) 6-4 Tim Henman #62 H2H Match data Jul 5, 1996* QF
MaliVai Washington #20 6-7(5) 7-6(1) 5-7 7-6(3) 6-2 Alex Radulescu #91 H2H Match data Jul 5, 1996* QF
R16 (8)
Todd Martin #18 3-6 6-3 7-5 6-2 Thomas Johansson #106 H2H Match data Jul 3, 1996* R16
Richard Krajicek #13 6-4 7-6(5) 6-4 Michael Stich #12CH H2H Match data Jul 3, 1996* R16
Jason Stoltenberg #46 6-2 7-6(2) 6-2 Jakob Hlasek #40 H2H Match data Jul 3, 1996* R16
Goran Ivanisevic #7 7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(7) 6-1 Patrick Rafter #77 H2H Match data Jul 3, 1996* R16
MaliVai Washington #20 6-3 6-4 6-2 Paul Haarhuis #25 H2H Match data Jul 3, 1996* R16
Tim Henman #62 7-6(2) 6-4 7-6(4) Magnus Gustafsson #37 H2H Match data Jul 3, 1996* R16
Alex Radulescu #91 6-3 6-0 6-4 Neville Godwin #223 H2H Match data Jul 3, 1996* R16
Pete Sampras #1DEF · 3× 6-4 6-4 6-2 Cedric Pioline #16 H2H Match data Jul 3, 1996* R16
R32 (16)
Patrick Rafter #77 4-6 6-3 4-6 6-1 6-3 Marc Rosset #14 H2H Match data Jun 30, 1996* R32
MaliVai Washington #20 6-3 6-3 6-0 Bohdan Ulihrach #39 H2H Match data Jun 30, 1996* R32
Todd Martin #18 7-6(1) 6-4 6-2 Renzo Furlan #26 H2H Match data Jun 30, 1996* R32
Michael Stich #12CH 6-3 4-6 6-2 6-3 Sandon Stolle #76 H2H Match data Jun 30, 1996* R32
Jakob Hlasek #40 6-4 3-6 7-5 6-1 Mikael Tillstrom #58 H2H Match data Jun 30, 1996* R32
Richard Krajicek #13 7-6(5) 6-7(5) 6-4 6-2 Brett Steven #59 H2H Match data Jun 30, 1996* R32
Cedric Pioline #16 6-2 7-6(5) 6-3 Jan Kroslak H2H Match data Jun 30, 1996* R32
Magnus Gustafsson #37 7-6(4) 7-5 1-6 5-7 6-1 Wayne Ferreira #11 H2H Match data Jun 30, 1996* R32
Thomas Johansson #106 6-1 6-4 6-3 Doug Flach #281 H2H Match data Jun 30, 1996* R32
Alex Radulescu #91 6-7(4) 6-4 6-4 4-6 6-3 David Wheaton #105 H2H Match data Jun 30, 1996* R32
Pete Sampras #1DEF · 3× 6-4 6-1 6-7(5) 7-6(3) Karol Kucera #107 H2H Match data Jun 30, 1996* R32
Paul Haarhuis #25 6-4 6-7(6) 6-1 6-4 Jonathan Stark #130 H2H Match data Jun 30, 1996* R32
Jason Stoltenberg #46 6-2 6-2 6-2 Mose Navarra #345 H2H Match data Jun 30, 1996* R32
Tim Henman #62 6-1 6-3 6-4 Luke Milligan #278 H2H Match data Jun 30, 1996* R32
Neville Godwin #223 6-6 (ret.) Boris Becker #43× CH H2H Match data Jun 30, 1996* R32 Upset: winner had a 5 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Goran Ivanisevic #7 7-6(3) 7-5 6-3 Alexander Volkov #87 H2H Match data Jun 30, 1996* R32
R64 (32)
Boris Becker #43× CH 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-2 Tomas Carbonell #49 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64
Neville Godwin #223 6-4 7-5 6-2 Grant Stafford #120 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64
Jason Stoltenberg #46 7-6(5) 6-1 6-1 Jiri Novak #44 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64
Karol Kucera #107 4-6 6-1 5-7 6-3 6-3 Byron Black #27 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64
Sandon Stolle #76 6-2 1-6 7-6(4) 6-4 Magnus Larsson #80 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64
Jakob Hlasek #40 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-4 Alex Corretja #45 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64
Doug Flach #281 2-6 6-3 6-3 6-4 Jared Palmer #161 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64
Brett Steven #59 7-6(7) 4-6 7-6(12) 6-2 Greg Rusedski #65 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64
Pete Sampras #1DEF · 3× 7-6(4) 6-4 6-4 Mark Philippoussis #33 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64
Tim Henman #62 6-1 6-7(3) 6-0 6-1 Danny Sapsford #195 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64
Mose Navarra #345 4-6 7-6(6) 3-6 7-5 9-7 Albert Costa #17 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64 Upset: winner had a 16 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Michael Stich #12CH 7-6(2) 6-4 6-7(5) 6-1 Shuzo Matsuoka #66 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64
MaliVai Washington #20 6-4 7-6(5) 6-3 Thomas Enqvist #9 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64
Cedric Pioline #16 6-1 6-4 6-2 Mark Petchey #202 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64
Todd Martin #18 6-2 6-4 7-6(5) Jim Grabb #241 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64
Mikael Tillstrom #58 4-6 6-4 7-6(5) 6-4 Stefan Edberg #222× CH H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64
David Wheaton #105 6-4 7-5 7-6(4) Guillaume Raoux #79 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64
Marc Rosset #14 6-3 7-6(4) 6-4 Andrei Olhovskiy #108 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64
Wayne Ferreira #11 7-5 7-5 6-4 Andrea Gaudenzi #34 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64
Patrick Rafter #77 6-1 7-5 6-4 Gianluca Pozzi #118 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64
Jan Kroslak 1-6 7-5 5-7 6-4 6-3 Chris Wilkinson #138 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64
Magnus Gustafsson #37 7-6(5) 6-3 6-2 Todd Woodbridge #41 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64
Alex Radulescu #91 4-6 6-7(2) 7-6(4) 6-1 10-8 Stefano Pescosolido #78 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64
Richard Krajicek #13 6-4 6-3 6-3 Derrick Rostagno #133 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64
Jonathan Stark #130 6-2 6-1 6-2 Mark Knowles #96 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64
Alexander Volkov #87 7-6(4) 4-6 4-6 6-3 6-4 Martin Damm Sr — Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64
Thomas Johansson #106 6-4 6-3 6-3 Hicham Arazi #81 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64
Bohdan Ulihrach #39 1-6 6-2 6-1 6-4 Filip Dewulf #52 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64
Renzo Furlan #26 6-4 7-5 6-2 Colin Beecher #323 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64
Luke Milligan #278 6-4 6-2 6-7(5) 6-7(3) 6-1 Nicolas Lapentti #86 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64
Paul Haarhuis #25 6-2 7-6(5) 7-6(1) Nicolas Pereira #97 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64
Goran Ivanisevic #7 7-5 6-4 6-4 Pierre Bouteyre #496 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64
R128 (64)
Luke Milligan #278 4-6 6-1 2-6 7-5 6-4 Jonas Bjorkman #64 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Upset: winner had a 18 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Doug Flach #281 2-6 7-6(1) 6-4 7-6(6) Andre Agassi #3CH H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Upset: winner had a 3 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Paul Haarhuis #25 5-7 6-2 6-2 6-2 Felix Mantilla #29 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Gianluca Pozzi #118 6-2 6-4 6-2 Joao Cunha Silva — Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Neville Godwin #223 6-2 7-6(4) 6-1 Cristiano Caratti #117 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Tomas Carbonell #49 7-6(5) 4-6 1-6 6-4 6-3 Francisco Clavet #32 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Pierre Bouteyre #496 6-7(5) 7-6(5) 2-6 6-4 10-8 Carlos Moya #23 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Upset: winner had a 16 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Byron Black #27 5-7 6-1 6-2 6-3 Kris Goossens #101 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Richard Krajicek #13 6-4 6-3 6-4 Javier Sanchez #61 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Jim Grabb #241 6-1 6-3 6-3 Emilio Sanchez #128 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Cedric Pioline #16 7-6(4) 7-6(5) 6-4 Jan Siemerink #19 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Nicolas Pereira #97 6-2 6-3 6-4 Jeremy Bates #267 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Filip Dewulf #52 3-6 6-3 7-5 6-4 Vincent Spadea #68 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Andrei Olhovskiy #108 6-7(4) 6-2 6-2 6-2 Hendrik Dreekmann #63 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Stefan Edberg #222× CH 7-6(5) 5-7 6-2 6-2 Guy Forget #51 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Albert Costa #17 3-6 7-6(5) 7-6(1) 6-4 Michael Chang #6 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Todd Woodbridge #41 6-4 6-2 3-6 6-0 Stephane Huet #379 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Wayne Ferreira #11 7-6(6) 6-3 6-3 David Prinosil #47 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Jason Stoltenberg #46 4-6 6-4 5-7 6-2 6-0 Adrian Voinea #75 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Jan Kroslak 6-3 7-6(4) 7-5 Andrew Foster #308 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Jared Palmer #161 6-2 6-4 6-7(5) 6-3 Thierry Champion #179 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Guillaume Raoux #79 6-3 6-1 6-3 Younes El Aynaoui #67 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Todd Martin #18 6-3 6-4 6-3 Marcos Ondruska #104 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Derrick Rostagno #133 6-4 6-3 7-6(4) Johan Van Herck — Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Andrea Gaudenzi #34 1-6 6-2 5-7 6-1 6-3 Michael Joyce — Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Nicolas Lapentti #86 7-6(3) 3-6 6-7(6) 6-4 6-4 Kenneth Carlsen #73 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Jakob Hlasek #40 6-3 6-2 6-3 Andrei Chesnokov #85 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Danny Sapsford #195 7-5 6-4 6-3 Peter Tramacchi #200 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Mark Philippoussis #33 7-5 4-6 6-3 6-2 Javier Frana #83 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Greg Rusedski #65 7-6(4) 7-6(5) 6-2 Daniel Nestor #136 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Mose Navarra #345 4-6 6-2 6-2 6-2 David Rikl #103 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Brett Steven #59 7-5 7-6(7) 6-3 Tom Kempers #571 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
David Wheaton #105 6-1 6-4 6-4 Frederik Fetterlein #102 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Colin Beecher #323 6-4 6-4 7-5 Nick Gould #288 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Sandon Stolle #76 6-3 6-3 6-1 Diego Nargiso #204 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Mikael Tillstrom #58 7-6(5) 3-6 6-3 3-6 12-10 Marc Kevin Goellner #99 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Chris Wilkinson #138 6-1 6-3 5-7 6-2 Anders Jarryd #237 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Tim Henman #62 7-6(6) 6-3 6-7(2) 4-6 7-5 Yevgeny Kafelnikov #5 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Upset: winner had a 12 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Karol Kucera #107 6-3 6-3 6-3 Karim Alami #55 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Alex Corretja #45 3-6 7-6(4) 6-4 6-4 Michael Tebbutt #98 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Bohdan Ulihrach #39 1-6 6-3 6-2 6-3 Carlos Costa #28 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Mark Knowles #96 6-2 6-4 3-6 6-4 Jerome Golmard #127 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Martin Damm Sr 4-6 6-1 6-4 6-4 Oleg Ogorodov #116 — Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Mark Petchey #202 1-6 6-2 6-4 7-6(11) Leander Paes #143 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Magnus Gustafsson #37 7-6(4) 6-3 6-2 Andrew Ilie #162 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Renzo Furlan #26 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-2 6-2 Andrei Medvedev #42 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Alexander Volkov #87 6-4 7-6(2) 1-6 6-1 Lorenzo Manta #360 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Jonathan Stark #130 6-2 6-4 3-6 6-4 Jim Courier #8 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Upset: winner had a 17 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Marc Rosset #14 4-6 6-4 6-3 6-1 Scott Draper #92 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Thomas Johansson #106 4-6 7-6(0) 6-3 3-6 6-1 Jacco Eltingh #112 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Goran Ivanisevic #7 6-2 6-0 6-2 David Nainkin #171 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Michael Stich #12CH 6-3 3-6 6-1 6-2 Sjeng Schalken #56 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Patrick Rafter #77 6-2 6-4 7-6(3) Daniel Vacek #30 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Magnus Larsson #80 6-3 6-2 7-5 Mark Woodforde #24 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Hicham Arazi #81 4-6 6-7(4) 6-4 6-2 6-3 Nicklas Kulti #53 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Upset: winner had a 18 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Shuzo Matsuoka #66 6-1 6-0 6-2 Christian Ruud #57 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Grant Stafford #120 7-5 6-1 6-2 Sandor Noszaly #114 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Boris Becker #43× CH 6-0 6-2 6-3 Jean-Philippe Fleurian #100 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Thomas Enqvist #9 6-4 6-2 6-1 Albert Chang #187 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Stefano Pescosolido #78 6-3 3-6 6-2 7-6 Chris Woodruff #54 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
MaliVai Washington #20 6-3 7-6(6) 6-7(3) 7-5 Richard Fromberg #109 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Jiri Novak #44 7-6(5) 6-2 6-4 Joern Renzenbrink #174 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Alex Radulescu #91 6-3 6-4 6-7(2) 5-7 9-7 Arnaud Boetsch #15 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
Pete Sampras #1DEF · 3× 4-6 6-4 6-3 6-3 Richey Reneberg #21 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128

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