1996 Great American Insurance ATP Championships – Doubles

1996 Great American Insurance ATP Championships
1995 champions   Todd Woodbridge
Mark Woodforde
Champions   Mark Knowles
Daniel Nestor
Runners-up   Sandon Stolle
Cyril Suk
Final score   3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Events
Singles   Doubles

Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Ellis Ferreira and Jan Siemerink.

Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor won in the final 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 against Sandon Stolle and Cyril Suk.

Contents

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

  1. Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (Quarterfinals)
  2. Byron Black / Grant Connell (Quarterfinals)
  3. Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (Champions)
  4. Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek (Second Round)
  1. Jacco Eltingh / Jakob Hlasek (First Round)
  2. Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien (Second Round)
  3. Patrick Galbraith / Andrei Olhovskiy (Second Round)
  4. Ellis Ferreira / Jan Siemerink (Semifinals)

Draw

Key

Final

Final
         
3   Mark Knowles
  Daniel Nestor
3 6 6
    Sandon Stolle
  Cyril Suk
6 3 4

Top Half

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
 
    1   T Woodbridge
  M Woodforde
6 6 7  
Q   K Jones
  C Woodruff
6 6 6     Q   K Jones
  C Woodruff
7 3 5  
    M Barnard
  G Van Emburgh
2 7 1       1   T Woodbridge
  M Woodforde
3 6 2  
    J Eagle
  A Florent
5 6 6       8   E Ferreira
  J Siemerink
6 3 6  
WC   L Jensen
  M Jensen
7 2 7     WC   L Jensen
  M Jensen
4 6 3
Q   D Kronauge
  A Reichel
0 3       8   E Ferreira
  J Siemerink
6 4 6  
8   E Ferreira
  J Siemerink
6 6         8   E Ferreira
  J Siemerink
3 2  
      3   M Knowles
  D Nestor
6 6  
    3   M Knowles
  D Nestor
6 7    
    K Kinnear
  D Randall
6 3 4         M Damm
  P Nyborg
4 6    
    M Damm
  P Nyborg
3 6 6       3   M Knowles
  D Nestor
7 7  
    M Philippoussis
  P Rafter
6 6             M Philippoussis
  P Rafter
6 6    
    P Kilderry
  M Tebbutt
2 3           M Philippoussis
  P Rafter
6 6  
WC   S Hirszon
  G Ivanišević
6 2 6     6   S Lareau
  A O'Brien
2 4    
6   S Lareau
  A O'Brien
4 6 7  

Bottom Half

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
5   J Eltingh
  J Hlasek
3 4    
    R Leach
  R Reneberg
6 6           R Leach
  R Reneberg
7 6    
    N Broad
  P Norval
2 7 6         N Broad
  P Norval
6 4    
    S Edberg
  P Korda
6 6 4           R Leach
  R Reneberg
6 7    
WC   T Henman
  G Raoux
2 2             J Björkman
  N Kulti
2 5    
    J Björkman
  N Kulti
6 6           J Björkman
  N Kulti
7 7  
    4   Y Kafelnikov
  D Vacek
6 6    
          R Leach
  J Stark
3 1  
7   P Galbraith
  A Olhovskiy
6 3 6           S Stolle
  C Suk
6 6  
    T Kronemann
  D Macpherson
3 6 3     7   P Galbraith
  A Olhovskiy
4 7 4  
    S Stolle
  C Suk
6 6 7         S Stolle
  C Suk
6 6 6  
    D Johnson
  G Michibata
7 4 6           S Stolle
  C Suk
6 7  
WC   S Bruguera
  À Corretja
3 3         2   B Black
  G Connell
4 6    
    J Grabb
  J Stark
6 6           J Grabb
  R Reneberg
3 5  
    2   B Black
  G Connell
6 7    
 

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