1996 ATP Tour World Championships – Doubles

Doubles
1996 ATP Tour World Championships
Champions	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde
Runners-up	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien
Final score	6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 7–6(7–3)

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Grant Connell and Patrick Galbraith were the defending champions but only Connell competed that year with Byron Black.

Black and Connell lost in the semifinals to Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde.

Woodbridge and Woodforde won in the final 6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 7–6^(7–3) against Sébastien Lareau and Alex O'Brien.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

Draw

Key

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6	6
	2	Byron Black Grant Connell	3	3
								1	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6	5	6	77
								5	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	4	7	2	63
	5	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	710	77
	8	Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson	68	64

Green Group

		Woodbridge Woodforde	Eltingh Haarhuis	Lareau O'Brien	Pimek Talbot	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
1	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde		4–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5)	6–4, 3–6, 5–7	6–2, 6–3	2–1	5–3	44–40	2
4	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(5–7)		7–6(7–2), 6–4	7–6(7–5), 5–7, 4–6	1–2	4–4	47–47	4
5	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	4–6, 6–3, 7–5	6–7(2–7), 4–6		6–1, 6–3	2–1	4–3	39–31	1
7	Libor Pimek Byron Talbot	2–6, 3–6	6–7(5–7), 7–5, 6–4	1–6, 3–6		1–2	2–5	28–40	3

Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.

Yellow Group

		Black Connell	Knowles Nestor	Björkman Kulti	Kronemann Macpherson	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
2	Byron Black Grant Connell		w/o	6–3, 1–6, 6–4	3–6, 6–2, 6–3	3–0	4–2	28–24	1
3	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	w/o		6–4, 4–6, 4–6	6–3, 4–6, 6–3	1–2	3–3	30–28	3
6	Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti	3–6, 6–1, 4–6	4–6, 6–4, 6–4		6–4, 5–7, 6–7(2–7)	1–2	4–5	46–45	4
8	Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson	6–3, 2–6, 3–6	3–6, 6–4, 3–6	4–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–2)		1–2	4–5	41–48	2

Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.

External links

• 1996 ATP Tour World Doubles Championships Round Robin Draw (Green Group)
• 1996 ATP Tour World Doubles Championships Round Robin Draw (Yellow Group)
• 1996 ATP Tour World Doubles Championships Finals Draw