1996 Lipton Championships – Men's singles

January 2025 1996 Lipton Championships USA Andre Agassi CRO Goran Ivanišević 3–0, ret. Miami Open (tennis) Miami Open 96 (12Q Qualifiers / 3WC Wild Cards) 32 1996 Lipton Championships Defending champion Andre Agassi won the men's singles tennis title at the 1996 Miami Open, after Goran Ivanišević was forced to retire from the final with the score at 3–0 to Agassi in the first set. The start of the final had already been delayed for 45 minutes while Ivanišević received treatment. Ivanišević had slept awkwardly the night before the final and had woken up that morning with a very stiff neck.About - Past Champions - Men's Singles by Year https://www.miamiopen.com/about/past-champions/ Miami Open presented by Itaú 5 February 2023 Miami 1996 - Andre AgassiHarris Lisa Agassi wins by forfeit over Ivanisevic https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/03/31/Agassi-wins-by-forfeit-over-Ivanisevic/2387828248400/ 5 February 2023 United Press International 31 March 1996 Key BiscayneFinn Robin TENNIS;Ivanisevic Pulls Out; Title Goes To Agassi https://www.nytimes.com/1996/04/01/sports/tennis-ivanisevic-pulls-out-title-goes-to-agassi.html 5 February 2023 The New York Times 1 April 1996Agassi wins Lipton after neck injury stops Ivanisevic https://www.baltimoresun.com/1996/04/01/agassi-wins-lipton-after-neck-injury-stops-ivanisevic/ 5 February 2023 The Baltimore Sun 1 April 1996 Seeds All thirty-two seeds received a bye to the second round. 30em AUT Thomas Muster (second round) USA Pete Sampras (semifinals) USA Andre Agassi (champion) USA Michael Chang (quarterfinals) GER Boris Becker (withdrew) CRO Goran Ivanišević (final, retired) USA Jim Courier (quarterfinals) SWE Thomas Enqvist (second round) RSA Wayne Ferreira (second round) ESP Sergi Bruguera (third round) SUI Marc Rosset (fourth round) UKR Andriy Medvedev (fourth round) CHI Marcelo Ríos (third round) ESP Albert Costa (third round) FRA Arnaud Boetsch (semifinals) USA Todd Martin (fourth round) USA MaliVai Washington (third round) ITA Renzo Furlan (third round) AUS Mark Woodforde (second round) NED Jan Siemerink (second round) FRA Cédric Pioline (third round) AUS Todd Woodbridge (third round) NED Richard Krajicek (fourth round) NED Paul Haarhuis (fourth round) AUS Mark Philippoussis (second round) ZIM Byron Black (third round) SWE Magnus Larsson (second round) FRA Guy Forget (second round) SWE Jonas Björkman (third round) ITA Andrea Gaudenzi (second round) ARG Javier Frana (second round) SUI Jakob Hlasek (third round) Draw Finals 3/3/5 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 15 FRA Arnaud Boetsch 77 3 7 7 USA Jim Courier 63 6 5 3 USA Andre Agassi 6 6     USA Michael Joyce 4 1   6 CRO Goran Ivanišević 6 6   4 USA Michael Chang 4 4     USA Vince Spadea 3 4   2 USA Pete Sampras 6 6   15 FRA Arnaud Boetsch 4 3   3 USA Andre Agassi 6 6   6 CRO Goran Ivanišević 2 6 6 2 USA Pete Sampras 6 4 4 3 USA Andre Agassi 3         6 CRO Goran Ivanišević 0r         Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round   USA D Rostagno 610 5     VEN 1930 N Pereira 712 7     SWE S Edberg 66 6 6   ESP E Sánchez 78 3 2   POL W Kowalski 6 3 7 WC USA A Krickstein 3 6 5   ITA G Pozzi 1 2   Q CAN D Nestor 6 6   1 AUT T Muster 64 4     VEN 1930 N Pereira 77 6     SWE S Edberg 77 77   31 ARG J Frana 65 65   17 USA M Washington 6 2 6   POL W Kowalski 3 6 4 Q CAN D Nestor 5 3   15 FRA A Boetsch 7 6     VEN 1930 N Pereira 4 2     SWE S Edberg 6 6   17 USA M Washington 3 4   15 FRA A Boetsch 6 6     SWE S Edberg 6 4 2 15 FRA A Boetsch 3 6 6 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round   GER H Dreekmann 77 6   Q ITA D Musa 63 4     USA P McEnroe 6 63 0   AUS M Tebbutt 2 77 6 Q BRA R Jabali 77 6   Q USA D DiLucia 65 4   Q USA B Shelton 5 7 4 Q USA S Bryan 7 5 6 9 RSA W Ferreira 64 6 4   GER H Dreekmann 77 3 6   AUS M Tebbutt 6 77   24 NED P Haarhuis 1 63   26 ZIM B Black 6 6   Q BRA R Jabali 3 1   Q USA S Bryan 1 0   7 USA J Courier 6 6     GER H Dreekmann 2 3     AUS M Tebbutt 6 6   26 ZIM B Black 61 0   7 USA J Courier 77 6     AUS M Tebbutt 6 4 5 7 USA J Courier 3 6 7 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round   GER B Karbacher 6 6     USA C Woodruff 2 3     FRA J-P Fleurian 6 6   Q RSA R Koenig 4 3     CAN S Lareau 3 6 6   ARG H Gumy 6 3 4   ITA C Caratti 64 4   Q ESP J L Rascon 77 6   3 USA A Agassi 6 1 77   GER B Karbacher 4 6 64   FRA J-P Fleurian 6 7   30 ITA A Gaudenzi 1 5   20 NED J Siemerink 4 3     CAN S Lareau 6 6   Q ESP J L Rascon 7 3 4 14 ESP A Costa 5 6 6 3 USA A Agassi 6 4 6   FRA J-P Fleurian 2 6 2   CAN S Lareau 6 6   14 ESP A Costa 3 1   3 USA A Agassi 6 6     CAN S Lareau 4 4   Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round   USA J Stark 6 7     NED J Eltingh 2 5   Q CZE K Nováček 66 1     CZE M Damm 78 6     USA M Joyce 4 77 6   COL M Hadad 6 65 4 Q RSA D Nainkin 6 6   WC AUS S Stolle 4 2   11 SUI M Rosset 4 6 6   USA J Stark 6 4 2   CZE M Damm 4 3   22 AUS T Woodbridge 6 6   28 FRA G Forget 65 5     USA M Joyce 77 7   Q RSA D Nainkin 6 5 77 LL SWE T Nydahl 1 7 64 11 SUI M Rosset 7 5 77 22 AUS T Woodbridge 5 7 64   USA M Joyce 6 6   Q RSA D Nainkin 0 2   11 SUI M Rosset 4 1     USA M Joyce 6 6   Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round   GER A Rădulescu 67 4     USA R Reneberg 79 6     JPN S Matsuoka 65 6 62   ESP J Sánchez 77 4 77   GBR C Wilkinson 3 4     AUS S Draper 6 6     SVK J Krošlák 5 77 2   FRA G Raoux 7 65 6 6 CRO G Ivanišević 6 6     USA R Reneberg 4 3     ESP J Sánchez 6 3 6 27 SWE M Larsson 4 6 2 21 FRA C Pioline 6 6     AUS S Draper 4 2     FRA G Raoux 4 4   12 UKR A Medvedev 6 6   6 CRO G Ivanišević 6 6     ESP J Sánchez 0 3   21 FRA C Pioline 2 2   12 UKR A Medvedev 6 6   6 CRO G Ivanišević 77 6   12 UKR A Medvedev 64 4   Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round   ESP F Clavet 5 6 4   SVK K Kučera 7 2 6   GER D Dier 4 3     CZE P Korda 6 6     GBR G Rusedski 6 77   WC USA J Gimelstob 4 65     AUS J Stoltenberg 6 6     ARG G Etlis 1 1   13 CHI M Ríos 6 6     SVK K Kučera 4 2     CZE P Korda 6 77   19 AUS M Woodforde 4 63   29 SWE J Björkman 6 711     GBR G Rusedski 4 69     AUS J Stoltenberg 3 4   4 USA M Chang 6 6   13 CHI M Ríos 4 77 4   CZE P Korda 6 64 6 29 SWE J Björkman 3 2   4 USA M Chang 6 6     CZE P Korda 3 6 3 4 USA M Chang 6 3 6 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round   MAR K Alami 2 66     USA V Spadea 6 78     ITA S Pescosolido 6 6     BRA F Meligeni 1 2     RSA M Ondruska 6 4 6   ECU N Lapentti 2 6 2   GBR T Henman 6 6     USA S Campbell 1 2   8 SWE T Enqvist 3 5     USA V Spadea 6 7     ITA S Pescosolido 6 6   25 AUS M Philippoussis 4 4   23 NED R Krajicek 6 6     RSA M Ondruska 3 1     GBR T Henman 3 6 1 10 ESP S Bruguera 6 3 6   USA V Spadea 7 6     ITA S Pescosolido 5 2   23 NED R Krajicek 7 77   10 ESP S Bruguera 5 65     USA V Spadea 77 6   23 NED R Krajicek 61 2   Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round   ESP À Corretja 6 6     SWE M Wilander 2 4   Q AUS P Tramacchi 6 6   Q RSA G Stafford 3 4     GER P Baur 3 4     IND L Paes 6 6     BAH M Knowles 3 5     NED S Schalken 6 7   16 USA T Martin 77 6     ESP À Corretja 64 4   Q AUS P Tramacchi 65 3   18 ITA R Furlan 77 6   32 SUI J Hlasek 6 6     IND L Paes 1 3     NED S Schalken 3 2   2 USA P Sampras 6 6   16 USA T Martin 6 6   18 ITA R Furlan 3 2   32 SUI J Hlasek 5 63   2 USA P Sampras 7 77   16 USA T Martin 3 4   2 USA P Sampras 6 6   Qualifying Qualifying seeds 30em ECU 1900 Luis Morejón (first round) AUS Andrew Ilie (first round) CZE Karel Nováček (qualified) SWE Tomas Nydahl (qualifying competition) ITA Diego Nargiso (qualifying competition) USA Bryan Shelton (qualified) ESP Tati Rascón (qualified) CAN Daniel Nestor (qualified) ISR Eyal Ran (second round) GER Arne Thoms (second round) RSA David Nainkin (qualified) BRA Gustavo Kuerten (second round) ESP Emilio Benfele Álvarez (first round) NED Joost Winnink (first round) BRA Roberto Jabali (qualified) GBR Danny Sapsford (qualifying competition) MEX Óscar Ortiz (qualifying competition) BUL Orlin Stanoytchev (first round) MEX Alejandro Hernández (qualifying competition) USA Steve Bryan (qualified) GBR Mark Petchey (first round) CAN Albert Chang (first round) ITA Daniele Musa (qualified) FIN Tuomas Ketola (first round) Qualifiers 30em ITA Daniele Musa USA David DiLucia CZE Karel Nováček AUS Peter Tramacchi USA Steve Bryan USA Bryan Shelton ESP Tati Rascón CAN Daniel Nestor BRA Roberto Jabali RSA Grant Stafford RSA David Nainkin RSA Robbie Koenig Qualifying draw First qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 1 ECU 1900 Luis Morejón 2 4 USA Ivan Baron 6 6 USA Kenny Thorne 6 1 6 MEX Leonardo Lavalle 3 6 4 GBR Andrew Richardson 3 2 WC USA Jeff Salzenstein 6 6 GBR Miles Maclagan 1 2 23 ITA Daniele Musa 6 6 USA Ivan Baron 6 6 USA Kenny Thorne 3 3 WC USA Jeff Salzenstein 6 6 23 ITA Daniele Musa 7 7 USA Ivan Baron 5 6 5 23 ITA Daniele Musa 7 1 7 Second qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 2 AUS Andrew Ilie 4 6 USA David DiLucia 6 7 ITA Nicola Bruno 3 7 4 USA Brian Dunn 6 5 6 AUS Mark Draper 4 4 GBR Nick Gould 6 6 CZE Libor Němeček 6 6 6 24 FIN Tuomas Ketola 7 4 3 USA David DiLucia 0 6 6 USA Brian Dunn 6 4 2 GBR Nick Gould 5 7 6 CZE Libor Němeček 7 5 4 USA David DiLucia 6 6 GBR Nick Gould 2 3 Third qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 3 CZE Karel Nováček 7 6 USA Louis Gloria 5 3 WC USA Christopher Pressley 4 6 6 ARG Rafael Serpa-Guinazu 6 4 2 RSA Chris Haggard 6 3 6 USA Alex O'Brien 3 6 7 USA Brian MacPhie 2 6 7 21 GBR Mark Petchey 6 3 6 3 CZE Karel Nováček 6 6 WC USA Christopher Pressley 4 0 USA Alex O'Brien 6 6 USA Brian MacPhie 1 1 3 CZE Karel Nováček 3 7 6 USA Alex O'Brien 6 6 4 Fourth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 4 SWE Tomas Nydahl 2 7 7 USA Jim Grabb 6 5 6 USA Francisco Montana 3 5 WC USA Mashiska Washington 6 7 AUS Paul Kilderry 7 3 0 ESP Juan Albert Viloca 6 6 6 AUS Peter Tramacchi 6 3 6 22 CAN Albert Chang 3 6 1 4 SWE Tomas Nydahl 6 6 WC USA Mashiska Washington 1 2 ESP Juan Albert Viloca 3 6 AUS Peter Tramacchi 6 7 4 SWE Tomas Nydahl 6 3 4 AUS Peter Tramacchi 4 6 6 Fifth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 5 ITA Diego Nargiso 6 6 ECU 1900 Pablo Campana 3 4 GER Rainer Schüttler 6 2 1 GER Michael Geserer 4 6 6 FIN Tommi Lenho 2 7 6 WC BRA André Sá 6 5 3 FRA Gilles Bastié 3 0 20 USA Steve Bryan 6 6 5 ITA Diego Nargiso 6 6 GER Michael Geserer 3 4 FIN Tommi Lenho 4 4 20 USA Steve Bryan 6 6 5 ITA Diego Nargiso 5 5 20 USA Steve Bryan 7 7 Sixth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 6 USA Bryan Shelton 6 7 WC USA Van Winitsky 1 5 JPN Yasufumi Yamamoto 6 4 6 AUS Ben Ellwood 2 6 3 GER Patrik Kühnen 6 6 WC USA David Witt 4 3 NED Fernon Wibier 4 2 19 MEX Alejandro Hernández 6 6 6 USA Bryan Shelton 6 6 JPN Yasufumi Yamamoto 1 3 GER Patrik Kühnen 6 3 19 MEX Alejandro Hernández 7 6 6 USA Bryan Shelton 5 6 6 19 MEX Alejandro Hernández 7 1 3 Seventh qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 7 ESP Tati Rascón 3 7 6 USA Brett Hansen-Dent 6 6 2 BLR 1995 Max Mirnyi 6 7 6 ITA Pietro Pennisi 7 6 3 USA Scott Humphries 3 6 6 USA Donald Johnson 6 3 2 ITA Corrado Borroni 7 0 2 17 MEX Óscar Ortiz 6 6 6 7 ESP Tati Rascón 6 6 BLR 1995 Max Mirnyi 4 4 USA Scott Humphries 4 3 17 MEX Óscar Ortiz 6 6 7 ESP Tati Rascón 6 6 17 MEX Óscar Ortiz 3 4 Eighth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 8 CAN Daniel Nestor 6 3 6 JPN Hideki Kaneko 4 6 3 USA Alex Reichel 6 6 GBR Andrew Foster 3 2 GER Karsten Braasch 7 3 6 SUI Patrick Mohr 6 6 7 GBR Luke Milligan 4 7 6 18 BUL Orlin Stanoytchev 6 6 4 8 CAN Daniel Nestor 6 6 USA Alex Reichel 4 3 SUI Patrick Mohr 6 7 GBR Luke Milligan 1 6 8 CAN Daniel Nestor 7 4 6 SUI Patrick Mohr 5 6 2 Ninth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 9 ISR Eyal Ran 3 6 6 ARG Guillermo Cañas 6 2 2 SWE Lars-Anders Wahlgren 6 6 ESP Álex Calatrava 2 2 CZE Tomáš Zdrazila 3 6 6 ARM Sargis Sargsian 6 4 4 COL Miguel Tobón 5 2 15 BRA Roberto Jabali 7 6 9 ISR Eyal Ran 6 0 SWE Lars-Anders Wahlgren 7 6 CZE Tomáš Zdrazila 6 3 5 15 BRA Roberto Jabali 3 6 7 SWE Lars-Anders Wahlgren 1 3 15 BRA Roberto Jabali 6 6 Tenth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 10 GER Arne Thoms 6 6 GER Carsten Arriens 2 4 RSA Grant Stafford 6 6 ARG Patricio Arnold 0 4 FIN Kim Tiilikainen 6 6 NED Martijn Bok 4 2 COL Mario Rincón 7 3 1 16 GBR Danny Sapsford 6 6 6 10 GER Arne Thoms 2 3 RSA Grant Stafford 6 6 FIN Kim Tiilikainen 2 6 3 16 GBR Danny Sapsford 6 3 6 RSA Grant Stafford 7 6 16 GBR Danny Sapsford 5 1 Eleventh qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 11 RSA David Nainkin 7 6 CHI Sergio Cortés 5 4 GER Christian Saceanu 6 6 BRA Jaime Oncins 3 4 GER Martin Zumpft 6 7 WC VEN 1954 Maurice Ruah 4 6 FR Yugoslavia Bojan Vujić 7 6 14 NED Joost Winnink 5 3 11 RSA David Nainkin 4 6 6 GER Christian Saceanu 6 4 4 GER Martin Zumpft 7 0 4 FR Yugoslavia Bojan Vujić 6 6 6 11 RSA David Nainkin 6 7 FR Yugoslavia Bojan Vujić 3 5 Twelfth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 12 BRA Gustavo Kuerten 5 6 6 VEN 1954 Jimy Szymanski 7 2 2 NED Dennis van Scheppingen 7 7 RSA Neville Godwin 5 5 IND Mahesh Bhupathi 1 6 3 USA Mark Merklein 6 3 6 RSA Robbie Koenig 6 3 7 13 ESP Emilio Benfele Álvarez 4 6 5 12 BRA Gustavo Kuerten 6 3 4 NED Dennis van Scheppingen 2 6 6 USA Mark Merklein 3 6 6 RSA Robbie Koenig 6 3 7 NED Dennis van Scheppingen 1 3 RSA Robbie Koenig 6 6 References External links Main draw ITF tournament profile Men's Singles Lipton Championships - Men's Singles