1996 Family Circle Cup
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{{TennisEventInfo|1996|Family Circle Cup|
| date=April 1–7
| edition=24th
| category=Tier I
| draw=28S / 16D
| prize_money=$926,250
| surface=Clay / outdoor
| location=Hilton Head Island, U.S.
| venue=Sea Pines Plantation
| champs={{flagicon|ESP}} Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
| champd={{flagicon|CZE}} Jana Novotná
{{flagicon|ESP}} Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
}}
The 1996 Family Circle Cup was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Sea Pines Plantation on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina in the United States that was part of Tier I of the 1996 WTA Tour. It was the 24th edition of the tournament and was held from April 1 through April 7, 1996. Second-seeded Arantxa Sánchez Vicario won the singles title.{{cite book|title=International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997|year=1997|publisher=CollinsWillow|location=London|isbn=9780002187145|editor=John Barrett|editor-link=John Barrett (tennis)|page=177}}
Finals
=Singles=
{{main|1996 Family Circle Cup – Singles}}
{{flagicon|ESP}} Arantxa Sánchez Vicario defeated {{flagicon|AUT}} Barbara Paulus 6–2, 2–6, 6–2
- It was Sánchez Vicario's 3rd title of the year and the 65th of her career.
=Doubles=
{{main|1996 Family Circle Cup – Doubles}}
{{flagicon|CZE}} Jana Novotná / {{flagicon|ESP}} Arantxa Sánchez Vicario defeated {{flagicon|USA}} Gigi Fernández / {{flagicon|USA}} Mary Joe Fernández 6–2, 6–3
- It was Novotná's 3rd title of the year and the 69th of her career. It was Sánchez Vicario's 4th title of the year and the 66th of her career.
References
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External links
- [http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1020000587 ITF tournament edition details] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310002408/http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women%27s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1020000587 |date=2016-03-10 }}
{{Family Circle Cup tournaments}}
{{1996 WTA Tour}}