1996 Nichirei International Championships

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1996 Nichirei International Championships
Date September 16 – September 22
Edition 7th
Category Tier II
Surface Hard / Outdoor
Location Tokyo, Japan
Venue Ariake Coliseum
Champions
Singles
United States Monica Seles
Doubles
South Africa Amanda Coetzer / France Mary Pierce

The 1996 Nichirei International Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo in Japan that was part of Tier II of the 1996 WTA Tour. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and was held from September 16 through September 22, 1996.

Champions

Singles

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United States Monica Seles defeated Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–1, 6–4

  • It was Seles' 4th title of the year and the 42nd of her career.


Doubles

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South Africa Amanda Coetzer / France Mary Pierce defeated South Korea Sung-Hee Park / Chinese Taipei Shi-Ting Wang 6–3, 7–6

  • It was Coetzer's only title of the year and the 9th of her career. It was Pierce's only title of the year and the 9th of her career.


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