1996 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles


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. Krajicek had originally been unseeded, but as the 17th ranked player in the Wimbledon seedings he replaced 7th seed Thomas Muster in the draw, when Muster withdrew shortly before the start of the tournament. Pete Sampras was the three-time defending champion but lost to Krajicek in the quarterfinals, in his only loss at Wimbledon between 1993 and 2000.
For the first time since the 1990 French Open, none of the semifinalists had previously won a Grand Slam title. Of these four, Todd Martin reached the Grand Slam final before.
A number of high-seeded men were eliminated early, including 1992 champion Andre Agassi, reigning French Open champion Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Michael Chang, and 1993 finalist Jim Courier, all in the first round. Three-time champion Boris Becker, seeded no. 2, was eliminated in the third round when he withdrew from his match with Neville Godwin with a wrist injury.

Seeds

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Boris Becker '
Andre Agassi '
Goran Ivanišević '
Yevgeny Kafelnikov '
Michael Chang '
Thomas Muster '
Jim Courier '
Thomas Enqvist '
Michael Stich '
Wayne Ferreira '
Stefan Edberg '
Todd Martin '
Marc Rosset '
Arnaud Boetsch '
Cédric Pioline '
Richard Krajicek
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

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8