title: 1996 Dubai Tennis Championships
text: # 1996 Dubai Tennis Championships
  
  The 1996 Dubai Tennis Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and was part of the World Series of the 1996 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from 12 February through 18 February 1996. Fourth-seeded Goran Ivanišević won the singles title.
  
  ## Finals
  
  ### Singles
  
  Goran Ivanišević defeated Albert Costa 6–4, 6–3
  
  * It was Ivanišević's 2nd title of the year and the 20th of his career.
  
  ### Doubles
  
  Byron Black / Grant Connell defeated Karel Nováček / Jiří Novák 6–0, 6–1
  
  * It was Black's 1st title of the year and the 12th of his career. It was Connell's 1st title of the year and the 18th of his career.
  