# Amelia Island Championships 1996

Source: https://tennis-db.com/wta/tournaments/balldontlie_wta:831/amelia-island-championships?season=1996
Tour: WTA

Irina Spirlea won the 1996 Amelia Island Championships, defeating Mary Pierce 6-7 6-4 6-3 in the final. The WTA 500 event was played April 8–14 on clay courts in Amelia Island, United States.

The Amelia Island Championships began in 1980 and later became widely known as the Bausch & Lomb Championships. The tournament moved to Ponte Vedra Beach in 2009, where it continued as the MPS Group Championships through 2010. It is separate from the Family Circle Cups held at Amelia Island in 1975 and 1976.

## Tournament info
- Also known as: Amelia Island, Bausch & Lomb Championships, Bausch and Lomb Championships, Ponte Vedra Beach, MPS Group Championships
- Category: WTA 500
- Surface: Clay
- Location: Amelia Island, United States
- Start date: 1996-04-08
- End date: 1996-04-14

Category presentation: Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category.
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## Champion
- Winner: Irina Spirlea
- Runner-up: Mary Pierce
- Final score: 6-7 6-4 6-3

## Knockout results
### F
- Irina Spirlea def. Mary Pierce 6-7 6-4 6-3

### SF
- Irina Spirlea def. Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario 6-1 7-5
- Mary Pierce def. Mary Joe Fernandez 6-2 6-4

### QF
- Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario def. Meredith Mcgrath 6-3 6-4
- Mary Joe Fernandez def. Sabine Hack 6-4 6-3
- Mary Pierce def. Conchita Martínez 5-7 6-3 6-2
- Irina Spirlea def. Barbara Schett 7-6 6-2

### R16
- Barbara Schett def. Veronika Martinek 6-2 6-3
- Conchita Martínez def. Janette Husarova 6-0 6-0
- Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario def. Tatjana Jecmenica 4-6 6-3 6-1
- Irina Spirlea def. Virginia Ruano Pascual 7-5 6-0
- Meredith Mcgrath def. Wiltrud Probst 6-2 6-1
- Mary Joe Fernandez def. Paola Suarez 7-6 6-3
- Mary Pierce def. Anne Miller 6-3 6-1
- Sabine Hack def. Chanda Rubin 6-1 6-0

### R32
- Veronika Martinek def. Elena Makarova 7-5 5-7 6-1
- Meredith Mcgrath def. Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel 1-6 6-3 6-2
- Mary Joe Fernandez def. Radomira Zrubakova 6-3 6-3
- Janette Husarova def. Natalia Medvedeva 6-4 7-6
- Tatjana Jecmenica def. Katerina Maleeva 6-4 3-6 6-4
- Anne Miller def. Ludmila Richterova 4-6 6-0 7-5
- Chanda Rubin def. Catalina Cristea 6-1 6-4
- Barbara Schett def. Magdalena Maleeva 6-1 6-3
- Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario def. Christina Papadaki 6-0 7-6
- Paola Suarez def. Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie 7-5 6-2
- Conchita Martínez def. Andrea Temesvari 6-1 6-3
- Virginia Ruano Pascual def. Lea Ghirardi 6-2 6-2
- Sabine Hack def. Alexia Dechaume Balleret 6-1 6-0
- Irina Spirlea def. Patricia Hy Boulais 6-3 6-2
- Mary Pierce def. Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor 6-3 4-6 6-3
- Wiltrud Probst def. Larisa Savchenko 7-5 6-2

### R64
- Catalina Cristea def. Barbara Rittner 6-3 6-3
- Patricia Hy Boulais def. Sandra Cacic 6-4 6-1
- Elena Makarova def. Shaun Stafford 4-6 6-1 7-5
- Janette Husarova def. Katarzyna Nowak 6-3 6-1
- Tatjana Jecmenica def. Mercedes Paz 7-6 6-2
- Virginia Ruano Pascual def. Gala Leon Garcia 6-4 6-1
- Anne Miller def. Fabiola Zuluaga 6-1 6-4
- Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie def. Tami Whitlinger Jones 6-2 6-0
- Lea Ghirardi def. Ginger Helgeson 7-6 6-1
- Veronika Martinek def. Venus Williams 5-3 RET
- Andrea Temesvari def. Sandra Cecchini 6-2 6-3
- Radomira Zrubakova def. Nicole Arendt 7-5 6-3
- Paola Suarez def. Fang Li 7-6 6-2
- Meredith Mcgrath def. Jana Kandarr 6-4 6-3
- Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor def. Denisa Szabova 6-1 6-1
- Ludmila Richterova def. Asa Carlsson 6-2 7-5
- Sabine Hack def. Adriana Serra Zanetti 6-4 6-0
- Katerina Maleeva def. Lindsay Lee-Waters 6-0 6-7 6-2
- Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel def. Petra Schwarz 6-7 6-2 7-6
- Larisa Savchenko def. Alexandra Fusai 7-5 6-1
- Barbara Schett def. Silke Meier 4-6 6-4 6-3
- Natalia Medvedeva def. Silvia Farina Elia 2-6 4-2 RET
- Alexia Dechaume Balleret def. Maria Jose Gaidano 6-1 6-3
- Christina Papadaki def. Laura Golarsa 6-2 6-4

## Stats
- Total matches: 55
- Players: 56

Other editions available: 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001
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