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{{TennisEventInfo|1996|Comcast U.S. Indoor|
| date=February 26 – March 3
| edition=29th
| category=[[ATP International Series Gold|Championship Series]]
| draw=32S / 16D
| prize_money=$589,250
| surface=[[Carpet court|Carpet]] / indoor
| location=[[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania|PA]], U.S.
| venue=[[Spectrum (arena)|CoreStates Spectrum]]
| attendance=40,058<ref name="inquirer">{{cite news |author1=Diane Pucin |title=Sampras holds off Rafter |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/178303437/ |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=March 7, 1997 |pages=F1, F2 |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=limited}}</ref>
| champs={{flagicon|USA}} [[Jim Courier]]<ref name="ms">{{cite web|title=1996 Philadelphia – Singles draw|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/philadelphia/401/1996/draws?matchtype=singles|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}</ref>
| champd={{flagicon|AUS}} [[Todd Woodbridge]] / {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Mark Woodforde]]<ref name="md">{{cite web|title=1996 Philadelphia – Doubles draw|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/philadelphia/401/1996/draws?matchtype=doubles|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}</ref>
| main_name=U.S. Pro Indoor
}}

The '''1996 Comcast U.S. Indoor''' was a men's [[tennis]] tournament played on indoor [[carpet court]]s at the [[Spectrum (arena)|CoreStates Spectrum]] in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]] in the United States and was part of the [[ATP International Series Gold|Championship Series]] of the [[1996 ATP Tour]]. It was the 29th edition of the tournament and ran from February 26 through March 3, 1996. Second-seeded [[Jim Courier]] won the singles title.<ref name="inquirer1996">{{cite news |author1=Diane Pucin |title=Courier stops upstart for title |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/178426889/ |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=March 4, 1996 |pages=D1, D5 |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=limited}}</ref><ref name="wot1997">{{cite book|title=International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997|year=1997|publisher=CollinsWillow|location=London|isbn=9780002187145|editor=[[John Barrett (tennis)|John Barrett]]|pages=130, 138}}</ref>

==Finals==
===Singles===
{{main|1996 Comcast U.S. Indoor – Singles}}
{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jim Courier]] defeated {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chris Woodruff]] 6–4, 6–3
* It was Courier's only singles title of the year and the 19th of his career.

===Doubles===
{{main|1996 Comcast U.S. Indoor – Doubles}}
{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Todd Woodbridge]] / {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Mark Woodforde]] defeated {{flagicon|ZIM}} [[Byron Black]] / {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Grant Connell]] 7–6, 6–2
* It was Woodbridge's 2nd title of the year and the 42nd of his career. It was Woodforde's 3rd title of the year and the 46th of his career.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/philadelphia/usa/1996/m-csd-usa-02a-1996/draws-and-results/ ITF tournament edition details]

{{U.S. Pro Indoor tournaments}}
{{1996 ATP Tour}}

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1996 Comcast U.S. Indoor - Revision history

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