1996 Rover British Clay Court Championships

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1996 Rover British Clay Court Championships

Date

14–19 May

Edition

2nd

Category

Tier IV

Draw

32S / 16D

Prize money

$107,500

Surface

Clay / outdoor

Location

Champions

Katrina Adams /

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British Hard Court Championships

The 1996 Rover British Clay Court Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Cardiff in Wales that was part of Tier IV of the 1996 WTA Tour. It was the second edition of the tournament and was held from 14 to 19 May 1996. Fifth-seeded Dominique Van Roost won the singles title.^[1]

Finals

Singles

Dominique Van Roost defeated Laurence Courtois 6–4, 6–2

It was Van Roost's only title of the year and the 2nd of her career.

Doubles

Katrina Adams / Mariaan de Swardt defeated Els Callens / Laurence Courtois 6–0, 6–4

It was Adams' 2nd title of the year and the 19th of her career. It was de Swardt's only title of the year and the 2nd of her career.

References

^ John Barrett, ed. (1997). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997. London: CollinsWillow. p. 183. ISBN 9780002187145.

External links

ITF tournament edition details Archived 2016-09-20 at the Wayback Machine

v t e 1996 WTA Tour « 1995 1997 »
Grand Slam events	Australian Open (S, D, X) French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X)
Tier I tournaments	Tokyo Indoor (S, D) Key Biscayne (S, D) Hilton Head (S, D) Rome (S, D) Berlin (S, D) Montreal (S, D) Zürich (S, D)
Tier II tournaments	Sydney (S, D) Paris (S, D) Essen (S, D) Indian Wells (S, D) Amelia Island (S, D) Hamburg (S, D) Madrid (S, D) Eastbourne (S, D) Manhattan Beach (S, D) San Diego (S, D) Tokyo (S, D) Leipzig (S, D) Filderstadt (S, D) Chicago (S, D) Oakland (S, D) Philadelphia (S, D)
Tier III tournaments	Oklahoma City (S, D) Linz (S, D) Jakarta (S, D) Tokyo Outdoor (S, D) Strasbourg (S, D) Birmingham (S, D) Rosmalen (S, D) Warsaw (S, D) Quebec City (S, D) Luxembourg (S, D) Moscow (S, D)
Tier IV tournaments	Auckland (S, D) Hobart (S, D) Bol (S, D) Budapest (S, D) Cardiff (S, D) Palermo (S, D) Maria Lankowitz (S, D) Karlovy Vary (S, D) Surabaya (S, D) Beijing (S, D) Pattaya (S, D)
Team events	Fed Cup
Chase Championships, New York (S, D) Summer Olympics, Atlanta (S, D) World Doubles Cup, Edinburgh (D)

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