1996 Great American Insurance ATP Championships – Doubles

1996 Great American Insurance ATP Championships
Champions   The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
Runners-up   Australia Sandon Stolle
Czech Republic Cyril Suk
Final score   36, 63, 64
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 36, 63, 64 against Sandon Stolle and Cyril Suk.

Seeds

The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

  1. Australia Todd Woodbridge / Australia Mark Woodforde (Quarterfinals)
  2. Zimbabwe Byron Black / Canada Grant Connell (Quarterfinals)
  3. The Bahamas Mark Knowles / Canada Daniel Nestor (Champions)
  4. Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Czech Republic Daniel Vacek (Second Round)
  5. Netherlands Jacco Eltingh / Switzerland Jakob Hlasek (First Round)
  6. Canada Sébastien Lareau / United States Alex O'Brien (Second Round)
  7. United States Patrick Galbraith / Russia Andrei Olhovskiy (Second Round)
  8. South Africa Ellis Ferreira / Netherlands Jan Siemerink (Semifinals)

Draw

Key

Final

  Semifinals Final
                         
  8  South Africa Ellis Ferreira
 Netherlands Jan Siemerink
3 2  
3  The Bahamas Mark Knowles
 Canada Daniel Nestor
6 6  
  3  The Bahamas Mark Knowles
 Canada Daniel Nestor
3 6 6
     Australia Sandon Stolle
 Czech Republic Cyril Suk
6 3 4
   United States Rick Leach
 United States Jonathan Stark
3 1  
     Australia Sandon Stolle
 Czech Republic Cyril Suk
6 6    

Top Half

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

Bottom Half

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
5  Netherlands J Eltingh
 Switzerland J Hlasek
3 4    
   United States R Leach
 United States R Reneberg
6 6          United States R Leach
 United States R Reneberg
7 6    
   United Kingdom N Broad
 South Africa P Norval
2 7 6        United Kingdom N Broad
 South Africa P Norval
6 4    
   Sweden S Edberg
 Czech Republic P Korda
6 6 4          United States R Leach
 United States R Reneberg
6 7    
WC  United Kingdom T Henman
 France G Raoux
2 2            Sweden J Björkman
 Sweden N Kulti
2 5    
   Sweden J Björkman
 Sweden N Kulti
6 6          Sweden J Björkman
 Sweden N Kulti
7 7  
    4  Russia Y Kafelnikov
 Czech Republic D Vacek
6 6    
         United States R Leach
 United States J Stark
3 1  
7  United States P Galbraith
 Russia A Olhovskiy
6 3 6          Australia S Stolle
 Czech Republic C Suk
6 6  
   United States T Kronemann
 Australia D Macpherson
3 6 3     7  United States P Galbraith
 Russia A Olhovskiy
4 7 4  
   Australia S Stolle
 Czech Republic C Suk
6 6 7        Australia S Stolle
 Czech Republic C Suk
6 6 6  
   United States D Johnson
 Canada G Michibata
7 4 6          Australia S Stolle
 Czech Republic C Suk
6 7  
WC  Spain S Bruguera
 Spain À Corretja
3 3         2  Zimbabwe B Black
 Canada G Connell
4 6    
   United States J Grabb
 United States J Stark
6 6          United States J Grabb
 United States R Reneberg
3 5  
    2  Zimbabwe B Black
 Canada G Connell
6 7    
 

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