1996 Salem Open Beijing and the Nokia Open

The 1996 Salem Open Beijing and the Nokia Open were tennis tournaments. The men's tournament was played on indoor carpet courts while the women's tournament was played on indoor hard courts. Both events were held in Beijing, China and were part of the World Series of the 1996 ATP Tour and of Tier IV of the 1996 WTA Tour. The men's tournament was held from October 7 through October 13, 1996, while the women's tournament was held from October 14 through October 20, 1996. Greg Rusedski and Wang Shi-ting won the singles titles.^[3]

1996 Salem Open Beijing and Nokia Open
Date	October 7–13 (men) October 14–20 (women)
Edition	4th (men) / 3rd (women)
Location	Beijing, China
Champions
Men's singles
Greg Rusedski[1]
Women's singles
Wang Shi-ting
Men's doubles
Martin Damm / Andrei Olhovskiy[2]
Women's doubles
Naoko Kijimuta / Miho Saeki

Finals

Men's singles

Main article: 1996 Salem Open Beijing – Singles

Greg Rusedski defeated Martin Damm 7–6^(7–5), 6–4

• It was Rusedski's 2nd title of the year and the 5th of his career.

Women's singles

Main article: 1996 Nokia Open – Singles

Wang Shi-ting defeated Chen Li-Ling 6–3, 6–4

• It was Wang's 2nd title of the year and the 6th of her career.

Men's doubles

Main article: 1996 Salem Open Beijing – Doubles

Martin Damm / Andrei Olhovskiy defeated Patrik Kühnen / Gary Muller 6–4, 7–5

• It was Damm's only title of the year and the 8th of his career. It was Olhovskiy's 4th title of the year and the 14th of his career.

Women's doubles

Main article: 1996 Nokia Open – Doubles

Naoko Kijimuta / Miho Saeki defeated Yuko Hosoki / Kazue Takuma 7–5, 6–4

• It was Kijimuta's 2nd title of the year and the 2nd of her career. It was Saeki's 1st title of the year and the 2nd of her career.