1996 Panasonic German Open – Doubles

1996 Panasonic German Open
1995 Champions   South Africa Wayne Ferreira
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Champions   The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
Runners-up   France Guy Forget
Switzerland Jakob Hlasek
Final score   62, 64
Events
Singles   Doubles

Wayne Ferreira and Yevgeny Kafelnikov were the defending champions but lost in the first round to David Rikl and Daniel Vacek.

Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor won in the final 62, 64 against Guy Forget and Jakob Hlasek.

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.

Draw

Key

Final

Final
         
1  The Bahamas Mark Knowles
 Canada Daniel Nestor
6 6  
4  France Guy Forget
 Switzerland Jakob Hlasek
2 4  

Top Half

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
 
    1  The Bahamas M Knowles
 Canada D Nestor
6 6    
   Sweden A Järryd
 Czech Republic C Suk
4 6 3        Croatia G Ivanišević
 Italy D Nargiso
2 1    
   Croatia G Ivanišević
 Italy D Nargiso
6 3 6       1  The Bahamas M Knowles
 Canada D Nestor
6 6 6  
WC  Germany K Braasch
 Germany P Kühnen
4 2         7  Canada G Connell
 South Africa J-L de Jager
7 3 2  
   Netherlands P Haarhuis
 Netherlands S Schalken
6 6          Netherlands P Haarhuis
 Netherlands S Schalken
5 6  
   Netherlands T Kempers
 United States J Waite
3 2       7  Canada G Connell
 South Africa J-L de Jager
7 7    
7  Canada G Connell
 South Africa J-L de Jager
6 6         1  The Bahamas M Knowles
 Canada D Nestor
7 7  
      6  Spain T Carbonell
 Spain F Roig
6 6  
    3  South Africa E Ferreira
 Netherlands J Siemerink
4 4    
   United States T Kronemann
 Australia D Macpherson
6 7          United States T Kronemann
 Australia D Macpherson
6 6    
WC  Netherlands R Krajicek
 United States M Washington
1 5            United States T Kronemann
 Australia D Macpherson
2 6 1
   South Africa L Bale
 South Africa M Barnard
7 3 2       6  Spain T Carbonell
 Spain F Roig
6 2 6  
   Germany M-K Goellner
 Germany D Prinosil
6 6 6        Germany M-K Goellner
 Germany D Prinosil
6 6  
Q  Germany A Rădulescu
 Germany J Renzenbrink
6 4       6  Spain T Carbonell
 Spain F Roig
7 7    
6  Spain T Carbonell
 Spain F Roig
7 6    

Bottom Half

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
5  Argentina L Lobo
 Spain J Sánchez
3 7 6  
   Australia J Eagle
 Australia A Florent
6 6 4     5  Argentina L Lobo
 Spain J Sánchez
6 6    
WC  Germany H Dreekmann
 Germany M Stich
6 4 4        Netherlands T Nijssen
 United States G Van Emburgh
1 2    
   Netherlands T Nijssen
 United States G Van Emburgh
4 6 6       5  Argentina L Lobo
 Spain J Sánchez
4 6    
   Belgium L Pimek
 South Africa B Talbot
6 6         4  France G Forget
 Switzerland J Hlasek
6 7    
Q  Spain E Benfele Álvarez
 Spain D Salvador
1 3          Belgium L Pimek
 South Africa B Talbot
5 5  
    4  France G Forget
 Switzerland J Hlasek
7 7    
      4  France G Forget
 Switzerland J Hlasek
6 6  
8  South Africa W Ferreira
 Russia Y Kafelnikov
4 5         2  United States P Galbraith
 Russia A Olhovskiy
2 1  
   Czech Republic D Rikl
 Czech Republic D Vacek
6 7          Czech Republic D Rikl
 Czech Republic D Vacek
6 6    
   Sweden P Nyborg
 Netherlands M Oosting
6 6 3     WC  Germany B Karbacher
 Germany A Thoms
2 4    
WC  Germany B Karbacher
 Germany A Thoms
3 7 6          Czech Republic D Rikl
 Czech Republic D Vacek
5 1  
   South Africa D Adams
 Australia W Arthurs
6 1 3       2  United States P Galbraith
 Russia A Olhovskiy
7 6    
   United Kingdom N Broad
 South Africa P Norval
4 6 6        United Kingdom N Broad
 United Kingdom T Henman
2 6 4
    2  United States P Galbraith
 Russia A Olhovskiy
6 1 6  
 

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