![]() Thomas Enqvist (second round, lost to MaliVai Washington).Jim Courier (first round, lost to Jonathan Stark).Thomas Muster (withdrew before the tournament began).Michael Chang (first round, lost to Albert Costa).Yevgeny Kafelnikov (first round, lost to Tim Henman).Goran Ivanišević (quarterfinals, lost to Jason Stoltenberg).Andre Agassi (first round, lost to Doug Flach).Boris Becker (third round, lost to Neville Godwin).Pete Sampras (quarterfinals, lost to Richard Krajicek).* per team Champions Seniors Men's singles The winner of the men's title earned £392,500 while the women's singles champion earned £353,000. The total prize money for 1996 championships was £6,465,910. ĭuring the entrance of the court staff for the Men's Singles final, the court was briefly invaded by a streaker. Since a retractable roof was completed on Centre Court in 2009 such a performance is unlikely to happen again. Richard was not aware that his performance was televised by the BBC, and after six songs presenter Des Lynam jokingly claimed "we'll probably get one hell of a bill." The performance made the front pages in many major British newspapers on the following day. Past tennis stars Virginia Wade, Martina Navratilova, Hana Mandlíková, Pam Shriver, Liz Smylie, Gigi Fernández and Conchita Martínez were in the Royal Box and proceeded to join in as background singers. The performance ran for twenty minutes and consisted of Richard's hits such as " Living Doll" and " Congratulations", as well as the Elvis Presley hit " All Shook Up". With approval from his PR manager Richard proceeded to give an impromptu performance, starting with " Summer Holiday". They suggested that he sing a song or two to entertain the crowd. When rain interrupted play on Centre Court on 3 July with a crowd that included Prince Michael of Kent, Princess Michael of Kent and actress Joanna Lumley, Cliff Richard, who was watching from the royal box, was approached by court officials for an interview. ![]() ![]() It was the 110th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and was held from 24 June to 7 July 1996. The 1996 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. Tennis tournament 1996 Wimbledon Championships ![]()
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