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1996 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon – Singles

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Singles
1996 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon
Final
ChampionRussia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Runner-upFrance Arnaud Boetsch
Score7–5, 6–3
Details
Draw32
Seeds8
Events
Singles Doubles
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Wayne Ferreira was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Younes El Aynaoui.

Yevgeny Kafelnikov won in the final 7–5, 6–3 against Arnaud Boetsch.[1]

Seeds

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  1. Austria Thomas Muster (first round)
  2. Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov (champion)
  3. South Africa Wayne Ferreira (first round)
  4. Chile Marcelo Ríos (quarterfinals)
  5. Sweden Thomas Enqvist (semifinals)
  6. France Cédric Pioline (first round)
  7. n/a
  8. Germany Michael Stich (second round)

Draw

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Key

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Finals

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Semifinals Final
          
  France Arnaud Boetsch 4 6 6
5 Sweden Thomas Enqvist 6 4 0
  France Arnaud Boetsch 5 3
2 Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 7 6
  United Kingdom Tim Henman 1 3  
2 Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6 6  

Top half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Austria T Muster 3 3  
  United States C Woodruff 6 6     United States C Woodruff 6 65 5
  Italy A Gaudenzi 6 4 0 Q France L Roux 3 77 7
Q France L Roux 3 6 6 Q France L Roux 3 1  
  France A Boetsch 6 6     France A Boetsch 6 6  
  Ukraine A Medvedev 2 4     France A Boetsch 65 5  
  Italy R Furlan 2 1   Q Russia A Chesnokov 77 4r
Q Russia A Chesnokov 6 6     France A Boetsch 4 6 6
4 Chile M Ríos 4 6 77 5 Sweden T Enqvist 6 4 0
LL Germany A Rădulescu 6 4 65 4 Chile M Ríos 6 6  
  Sweden M Tillström 6 63 77   Sweden M Tillström 3 1  
  Belgium F Dewulf 4 77 63 4 Chile M Ríos 3 6 5
  Czech Republic J Novák 4 2   5 Sweden T Enqvist 6 2 7
Q Italy G Pozzi 6 6   Q Italy G Pozzi 3 3  
  Australia J Stoltenberg 7 66 1 5 Sweden T Enqvist 6 6  
5 Sweden T Enqvist 5 78 6

Bottom half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
6 France C Pioline 64 5  
  Netherlands J Siemerink 77 7     Netherlands J Siemerink 77 63 65
  United Kingdom T Henman 6 6     United Kingdom T Henman 64 77 77
WC France G Forget 4 2     United Kingdom T Henman 78 6  
Q Slovakia K Kučera 6 1 6 Q Slovakia K Kučera 66 2  
  Sweden J Björkman 3 6 1 Q Slovakia K Kučera 7 6  
  Morocco Y El Aynaoui 5 6 6   Morocco Y El Aynaoui 5 2  
3 South Africa W Ferreira 7 4 4   United Kingdom T Henman 1 3  
WC/8 Germany M Stich 77 6   2 Russia Y Kafelnikov 6 6  
  Switzerland J Hlasek 64 3   WC/8 Germany M Stich 3 711 2
  Sweden M Gustafsson 7 6     Sweden M Gustafsson 6 69 6
  United States R Reneberg 5 2     Sweden M Gustafsson 7 5 3
  Switzerland M Rosset 6 63 3 2 Russia Y Kafelnikov 5 7 6
  Czech Republic P Korda 4 77 6   Czech Republic P Korda 4 3  
  Czech Republic D Vacek 62 77 4 2 Russia Y Kafelnikov 6 6  
2 Russia Y Kafelnikov 77 65 6

References

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  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1997). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 131, 152. ISBN 9780002187145.
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