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1996 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Field	Value
champ	NED Richard Krajicek
runner	USA MaliVai Washington
score	6–3, 6–4, 6–3
draw	128 (16Q / 8WC)
seeds	16
before_name	Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles
after_name	Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Main article: 1996 Wimbledon Championships

Richard Krajicek defeated MaliVai Washington in the final, 6–3, 6–4, 6–3 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1996 Wimbledon Championships. It was his first and only major singles title. Krajicek was originally unseeded, but replaced seventh seed Thomas Muster in the draw when Muster withdrew from the tournament. Washington was the first Black major finalist since Yannick Noah at the 1983 French Open, and the first at Wimbledon since Arthur Ashe in 1975.

Pete Sampras was the three-time defending champion, but was defeated by Krajicek in the quarterfinals. It would be his only loss at Wimbledon between 1993 and 2000.

For the first time since the 1990 French Open, none of the four semifinalists at a major had previously won a major title. Of the four, only Todd Martin had reached a major final before.

An unusual number of top seeds were eliminated early, including 1992 champion Andre Agassi (No. 3), reigning French Open champion Yevgeny Kafelnikov (No. 5), Michael Chang (No. 6), and 1993 finalist Jim Courier (No. 9): all in the first round. Three-time champion Boris Becker, seeded second, was eliminated in the third round when he withdrew with a wrist injury.

Seeds

USA Pete Sampras (quarterfinals) GER Boris Becker (third round, retired) USA Andre Agassi (first round) CRO Goran Ivanišević (quarterfinals) RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov (first round) USA Michael Chang (first round) AUT Thomas Muster (withdrew) USA Jim Courier (first round) SWE Thomas Enqvist (second round) GER Michael Stich (fourth round) RSA Wayne Ferreira (third round) SWE Stefan Edberg (second round) USA Todd Martin (semifinals) SUI Marc Rosset (third round) FRA Arnaud Boetsch (first round) FRA Cédric Pioline (fourth round) NED Richard Krajicek (champion)

Thomas Muster withdrew due to injury. His spot was replaced in the draw by the highest-ranked non-seeded player Richard Krajicek, who was made a seed without being numbered. Although Krajicek was shown as unseeded in the official souvenir programme during the championships, the committee ruled that he was seeded throughout and this is reflected in the final issue of the programme. He was indeed replaced by lucky loser Anders Järryd in the main draw.

Qualifying

Main article: 1996 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying

Draw

Finals

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Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

References

Barrett, John. (2014). "Wimbledon: The Official History". Vision Sports Publishing.
Wimbledon: The Official History of the Championships. Barrett, John. Collins Willow 2011 {{ISBN. 0-00-711707-8

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