1996 Mercedes Cup – Singles

1996 Mercedes Cup AUT Thomas Muster AUT Thomas Musterhttp://www.atpworldtour.com/Share/Event-Draws.aspx?e=321&y=1996 1996 Mercedes Cup - Singles ATPWorldTour.com 2010-11-17 RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–2, 6–2, 6–4 48 16 singles doubles Stuttgart Open 1996 Stuttgart Open First-seeded Thomas Muster was the defending champion and won in the final 6–2, 6–2, 6–4 against Yevgeny Kafelnikov.International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997 1997 CollinsWillow London 9780002187145 John Barrett 130, 141–142 Seeds A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. All sixteen seeds received a bye to the second round. AUT Thomas Muster (champion) RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov (final) CHI Marcelo Ríos (second round) SWE Stefan Edberg (third round) ESP Carlos Moyá (third round) ESP Alberto Berasategui (semifinals) ESP Félix Mantilla (quarterfinals) ESP Francisco Clavet (quarterfinals) GER Bernd Karbacher (second round) SWE Magnus Gustafsson (third round) CZE Bohdan Ulihrach (third round) ESP Àlex Corretja (semifinals) UKR Andriy Medvedev (second round) ARG Hernán Gumy (second round) CZE Jiří Novák (second round) SWE Mikael Tillström (third round) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 1 AUT Thomas Muster 6 6   6 ESP Alberto Berasategui 3 3   12 ESP Àlex Corretja 3 64   2 RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6 77   1 AUT Thomas Muster 6 6 6     2 RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov 2 2 4     Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Q FRA O Delaître 4 4   Q ESP M A Górriz 6 6     MAR Y El Aynaoui 4 77 4   ESP G Blanco 6 60 6 WC GER K Braasch 4 6 4   BEL F Dewulf 6 4 6   ESP T Carbonell 3 4   Q HUN J Krocsko 6 6   1 AUT T Muster 77 77   Q ESP M A Gorriz 65 62     ESP G Blanco 6 5 6 15 CZE J Novák 3 7 4 10 SWE M Gustafsson 6 6     BEL F Dewulf 1 3   Q HUN J Krocsko 4 4   8 ESP F Clavet 6 6   1 AUT T Muster 6 6     ESP G Blanco 3 0   10 SWE M Gustafsson 3 1   8 ESP F Clavet 6 6   1 AUT T Muster 6 6   8 ESP F Clavet 2 4   Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   GER M-K Goellner 6 78   WC RUS A Cherkasov 3 66   Q ESP G López 77 2 2   CZE D Rikl 64 6 6   CZE C Doseděl 7 65 6 Q ARG F Squillari 5 77 3   GER C-U Steeb 65 4     ESP S Bruguera 77 6   3 CHI M Ríos 0 65     GER M-K Goellner 6 77     CZE D Rikl 7 6   14 ARG H Gumy 5 1   11 CZE B Ulihrach 6 5 78   CZE C Doseděl 2 7 66   ESP S Bruguera 66 6 3 6 ESP A Berasategui 78 4 6   GER M-K Goellner 6 6     CZE D Rikl 0 3   11 CZE B Ulihrach 77 1 1 6 ESP A Berasategui 65 6 6   GER M-K Goellner 4 2   6 ESP A Berasategui 6 6   Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   ESP J Burillo 5 3     NED S Schalken 7 6     FRA J Golmard 3 2     GER H Dreekmann 6 6     RUS A Volkov 77 6   WC GER J Knippschild 65 4   WC GER N Kiefer 3 1     NOR C Ruud 6 6   5 ESP C Moyá 6 6     NED S Schalken 3 2     GER H Dreekmann 7 2 4 12 ESP À Corretja 5 6 6 13 UKR A Medvedev 3 78 4   RUS A Volkov 6 66 6   NOR C Ruud 4 3   4 SWE S Edberg 6 6   5 ESP C Moyá 4 3   12 ESP À Corretja 6 6     RUS A Volkov 2 6 6 4 SWE S Edberg 6 4 3 12 ESP À Corretja 6 6     RUS A Volkov 4 3   Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   ESP J Sánchez 4 4     URU M Filippini 6 6     ROM A Voinea 4 6 2   SWE M Larsson 6 3 6   RUS A Chesnokov 6 68 6   BRA F Meligeni 3 710 3 Q BRA G Kuerten 77 3 6   GER L Burgsmüller 62 6 3 7 ESP F Mantilla 6 0 6   URU M Filippini 3 6 4   SWE M Larsson 6 77   9 GER B Karbacher 2 65   16 SWE M Tillström 6 6     RUS A Chesnokov 3 3   Q BRA G Kuerten 1 4   2 RUS Y Kafelnikov 6 6   7 ESP F Mantilla 5 6 7   SWE M Larsson 7 4 5 16 SWE M Tillström 3 65   2 RUS Y Kafelnikov 6 77   7 ESP F Mantilla 6 0 2 2 RUS Y Kafelnikov 2 6 6 References Singles 1996 Mercedes Cup Singles