# Japan Open 1996

Source: https://tennis-db.com/tournaments/318/japan-open?season=1996
Tour: ATP

Pete Sampras won the 1996 Japan Open, defeating Richey Reneberg 6-4 7-5 in the final. The ATP 250 event was played on hard courts in Tokyo, Japan, from April 15 to April 21, 1996. The match log contains 54 recorded singles results for this edition.

## Tournament info
- Also known as: Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo Open, Rakuten Japan Open
- Category: ATP 250
- Surface: hard
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Start date: 1996-04-15
- End date: 1996-04-21

## Champion
- Winner: Pete Sampras
- Runner-up: Richey Reneberg
- Final score: 6-4 7-5

## Knockout results
### F
- Pete Sampras d. Richey Reneberg 6-4 7-5

### SF
- Richey Reneberg d. Hendrik Dreekmann 3-6 6-4 7-6(4)
- Pete Sampras d. Mark Woodforde 7-6(5) 6-4

### QF
- Hendrik Dreekmann d. Richard Krajicek 7-6(5) 7-6(7)
- Richey Reneberg d. Michael Chang 6-4 7-6(3)
- Mark Woodforde d. Thomas Enqvist 6-4 7-5
- Pete Sampras d. Guy Forget 3-6 6-3 6-4

### R16
- Thomas Enqvist d. Greg Rusedski 7-6(4) 6-1
- Hendrik Dreekmann d. Wayne Ferreira 6-4 6-3
- Richey Reneberg d. Sebastien Lareau 6-2 6-4
- Michael Chang d. Jeff Tarango 5-7 6-3 6-4
- Mark Woodforde d. Frederik Fetterlein 6-3 6-2
- Guy Forget d. Todd Woodbridge 6-4 6-4
- Pete Sampras d. Magnus Norman 5-7 6-4 6-1
- Richard Krajicek d. David Prinosil 7-5 6-0

### R32
- Michael Chang d. Alex Radulescu 6-2 3-6 6-1
- Jeff Tarango d. Chris Wilkinson 6-4 6-3
- Magnus Norman d. Kenneth Carlsen 6-3 6-2
- Sebastien Lareau d. Jan Siemerink 6-7(4) 6-2 6-1
- Thomas Enqvist d. Johan Van Herck 6-2 6-1
- Richey Reneberg d. Steve Campbell 6-1 6-4
- Pete Sampras d. Lionel Roux 6-3 6-2
- Guy Forget d. Kotaro Miyachi 6-0 6-3
- Richard Krajicek d. Jean-Philippe Fleurian 6-3 6-3
- Wayne Ferreira d. Thomas Johansson 5-7 6-3 6-3
- Todd Woodbridge d. Takao Suzuki 6-2 6-1
- Frederik Fetterlein d. Jakob Hlasek 6-3 6-7(3) 6-4
- Hendrik Dreekmann d. Joern Renzenbrink 6-1 6-3
- Mark Woodforde d. Wayne Black 6-4 6-2
- David Prinosil d. Jan Kroslak 5-7 6-3 6-4
- Greg Rusedski d. Shuzo Matsuoka 6-7(4) 7-5 6-4

### R64
- Magnus Norman d. Oleg Ogorodov 2-6 6-3 6-4
- Takao Suzuki d. Nicklas Kulti 6-3 6-1
- Guy Forget d. Joao Cunha Silva 6-2 7-5
- Wayne Black d. Andrei Olhovskiy 7-6(3) 6-2
- Steve Campbell d. Daniel Nestor 4-6 7-5 6-3
- Hendrik Dreekmann d. Bernd Karbacher 6-2 6-4
- Lionel Roux d. Alex Obrien 7-5 5-7 6-3
- Johan Van Herck d. Anders Jarryd 7-5 6-2
- Kenneth Carlsen d. Yasufumi Yamamoto 5-7 6-4 6-2
- Shuzo Matsuoka d. Cristiano Caratti 6-1 7-6(3)
- Jean-Philippe Fleurian d. Alexander Volkov 6-4 6-4
- Greg Rusedski d. Carl Uwe Steeb 6-2 6-1
- Joern Renzenbrink d. Dick Norman 6-2 3-6 6-2
- Chris Wilkinson d. Marcos Ondruska 6-1 6-1
- Sebastien Lareau d. Mark Knowles 6-1 6-2
- David Prinosil d. Sandon Stolle 6-1 6-4
- Kotaro Miyachi d. Jerome Golmard 6-4 1-6 7-6(5)
- Alex Radulescu d. Gouichi Motomura 7-6(5) 6-0
- Thomas Johansson d. Gianluca Pozzi 6-0 4-6 6-1
- Jakob Hlasek d. Lars Rehmann 7-6(4) 3-6 3-0
- Jeff Tarango d. Tim Henman 6-1 6-4
- Frederik Fetterlein d. Martin Damm Sr 7-6(5) 7-6(6)
- Richey Reneberg d. Byron Black 6-3 6-0

## Stats
- Total matches: 54
- Players: 55

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Canonical URL: https://tennis-db.com/tournaments/318/japan-open?season=1996
Data source: TennisDB (tennis-db.com)