1996 Lipton Championships – Men's Doubles

1996 Lipton Championships
Champions   Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde
Runners-up   South Africa Ellis Ferreira
United States Patrick Galbraith
Final score   61, 63
Events
Singles   men   women
Doubles   men   women
Lipton Championships
 < 1995 1997 > 

Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde were the defending champions and won in the final 61, 63 against Ellis Ferreira and Patrick Galbraith.

Seeds

All sixteen seeded teams received byes into the second round.

  1. Australia Todd Woodbridge / Australia Mark Woodforde (Champions)
  2. n/a
  3. The Bahamas Mark Knowles / Canada Daniel Nestor (Semifinals)
  4. Zimbabwe Byron Black / Canada Grant Connell (Semifinals)
  5. United States Rick Leach / United States Scott Melville (Third Round)
  6. Canada Sébastien Lareau / United States Alex O'Brien (Quarterfinals)
  7. France Guy Forget / Switzerland Jakob Hlasek (Second Round)
  8. Netherlands Menno Oosting / Czech Republic Cyril Suk (Third Round)
  9. United States Patrick McEnroe / Australia Sandon Stolle (Quarterfinals)
  10. South Africa Ellis Ferreira / United States Patrick Galbraith (Final)
  11. United States Todd Martin / United States Jonathan Stark (Second Round)
  12. Sweden Jonas Björkman / Sweden Stefan Edberg (Third Round)
  13. Argentina Luis Lobo / Spain Javier Sánchez (Third Round)
  14. United States Trevor Kronemann / Australia David Macpherson (Third Round, withdrew)
  15. United States Brian MacPhie / Australia Mark Philippoussis (Second Round)
  16. United States Jim Grabb / United States Richey Reneberg (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Finals

  Semifinals Final
                         
  1  Australia Todd Woodbridge
 Australia Mark Woodforde
6 6    
3  The Bahamas Mark Knowles
 Canada Daniel Nestor
3 4    
  1  Australia Todd Woodbridge
 Australia Mark Woodforde
6 6  
  10  South Africa Ellis Ferreira
 United States Patrick Galbraith
1 3  
4  Zimbabwe Byron Black
 Canada Grant Connell
2 2  
  10  South Africa Ellis Ferreira
 United States Patrick Galbraith
6 6    

Top Half

Section 1

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarterfinals
 
    1  Australia T Woodbridge
 Australia M Woodforde
6 6    
   Czech Republic K Nováček
 South Africa M Ondruska
6 6          Czech Republic K Nováček
 South Africa M Ondruska
3 4    
   South Africa L Bale
 South Africa B Haygarth
2 3         1  Australia T Woodbridge
 Australia M Woodforde
7 6    
   United States L Jensen
 United States M Jensen
6 6 6          Czech Republic M Damm
 Czech Republic P Korda
5 4    
   Czech Republic M Damm
 Czech Republic P Korda
1 7 7        Czech Republic M Damm
 Czech Republic P Korda
6 7  
    15  United States B MacPhie
 Australia M Philippoussis
3 5    
      1  Australia T Woodbridge
 Australia M Woodforde
7 6  
      9  United States P McEnroe
 Australia S Stolle
6 4  
    9  United States P McEnroe
 Australia S Stolle
6 6    
Q  Australia S Draper
 Australia J Stoltenberg
6 4 3        United States M Keil
 Sweden M Larsson
4 4    
   United States M Keil
 Sweden M Larsson
4 6 6       9  United States P McEnroe
 Australia S Stolle
6 3 6
   United States D Johnson
 United States F Montana
6 6         8  Netherlands M Oosting
 Czech Republic C Suk
3 6 3  
   Italy A Gaudenzi
 Italy D Nargiso
3 4          United States D Johnson
 United States F Montana
6 7 5
    8  Netherlands M Oosting
 Czech Republic C Suk
7 5 7  
 

Section 2

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarterfinals
 
    3  The Bahamas M Knowles
 Canada D Nestor
6 6 6  
WC  Australia P Cash
 United States J Gimelstob
2 7 6     WC  Australia P Cash
 United States J Gimelstob
7 3 4  
   Canada G Michibata
 The Bahamas R Smith
6 6 2       3  The Bahamas M Knowles
 Canada D Nestor
6 6    
   South Africa J-L de Jager
 South Africa G Muller
3 6 3       13  Argentina L Lobo
 Spain J Sánchez
3 4    
WC  Australia P Kilderry
 Australia P Tramacchi
6 2 6     WC  Australia P Kilderry
 Australia P Tramacchi
2 4  
    13  Argentina L Lobo
 Spain J Sánchez
6 6    
      3  The Bahamas M Knowles
 Canada D Nestor
6 7  
         Australia J Eagle
 Australia A Florent
4 6  
    11  United States T Martin
 United States J Stark
6 5    
WC  United States J Courier
 Sweden T Enqvist
7 6 6        Australia J Eagle
 Australia A Florent
7 7    
   Australia J Eagle
 Australia A Florent
5 7 7          Australia J Eagle
 Australia A Florent
6 3 6
   United Kingdom T Henman
 Germany P Kühnen
5 2         5  United States R Leach
 United States S Melville
4 6 3  
   India L Paes
 Venezuela N Pereira
7 6          India L Paes
 Venezuela N Pereira
5 5  
    5  United States R Leach
 United States S Melville
7 7    
 

Bottom Half

Section 3

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarterfinals
 
    6  Canada S Lareau
 United States A O'Brien
6 6    
   United States B Behrens
 Australia M Tebbutt
4 6 7        United States B Behrens
 Australia M Tebbutt
3 0    
   Argentina P Albano
 Czech Republic V Flégl
6 4 5       6  Canada S Lareau
 United States A O'Brien
6 2 6  
   United States M Lucena
 Australia J Morgan
4 3         12  Sweden J Björkman
 Sweden S Edberg
2 6 4  
   United States K Flach
 United States K Jones
6 6          United States K Flach
 United States K Jones
7 3 4
    12  Sweden J Björkman
 Sweden S Edberg
5 6 6  
      6  Canada S Lareau
 United States A O'Brien
7 4 2
      4  Zimbabwe B Black
 Canada G Connell
6 6 6
    14  United States T Kronemann
 Australia D Macpherson
6 6    
   United States K Kinnear
 United States D Randall
6 1 6        United States K Kinnear
 United States D Randall
3 4    
   Netherlands T Nijssen
 United States G Van Emburgh
4 6 3       14  United States T Kronemann
 Australia D Macpherson
     
   Hungary G Köves
 United Kingdom A Richardson
4 4         4  Zimbabwe B Black
 Canada G Connell
w/o      
   United States K Thorne
 United States J Waite
6 6          United States K Thorne
 United States J Waite
     
    4  Zimbabwe B Black
 Canada G Connell
w/o      
 

Section 4

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarterfinals
 
    7  France G Forget
 Switzerland J Hlasek
6 3 4  
   France J-P Fleurian
 France G Raoux
7 6          France J-P Fleurian
 France G Raoux
2 6 6  
   Sweden D Ekerot
 Netherlands S Noteboom
6 4            France J-P Fleurian
 France G Raoux
5 4    
   United States S Davis
 United States D Pate
4 6 3       10  South Africa E Ferreira
 United States P Galbraith
7 6    
WC  Spain À Corretja
 Netherlands S Schalken
6 3 6     WC  Spain À Corretja
 Netherlands S Schalken
6 1 4
    10  South Africa E Ferreira
 United States P Galbraith
4 6 6  
      10  South Africa E Ferreira
 United States P Galbraith
3 6 6
      16  United States J Grabb
 United States R Reneberg
6 3 2
    16  United States J Grabb
 United States R Reneberg
6 6 7  
Q  France A Boetsch
 Switzerland M Rosset
6 2          Argentina J Frana
 Spain E Sánchez
3 7 6  
   Argentina J Frana
 Spain E Sánchez
7 6         16  United States J Grabb
 United States R Reneberg
2 6 6
   Netherlands R Krajicek
 Netherlands J Siemerink
6 6            Netherlands R Krajicek
 Netherlands J Siemerink
6 1 0  
   Sweden R Bergh
 United States S Cannon
2 2          Netherlands R Krajicek
 Netherlands J Siemerink
6 6  
    LL  Mexico Ó Ortiz
 Sweden L-A Wahlgren
3 4    
 

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