1996 ATP Tour World Championships – Doubles
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Doubles | |
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1996 ATP Tour World Championships | |
Champions | |
Runners-up | |
Final score | 6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 7–6(7–3) |
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.
Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (Champions) Byron Black / Grant Connell (Semifinals) Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (Round Robin) Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis (Round Robin) Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien (Final) Jonas Björkman / Nicklas Kulti (Round Robin) Libor Pimek / Byron Talbot (Round Robin) Trevor Kronemann / David Macpherson (Semifinals)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild Card
- LL = Lucky Loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special Exempt
- PR = Protected Ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior Exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
Finals
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||
1 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||
2 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||
1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 77 | |||||||||||
5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 63 | |||||||||||
5 | 710 | 77 | |||||||||||||
8 | 68 | 64 | |||||||||||||
Green Group
RR W–L |
Set W–L |
Game W–L |
Standings | ||||||
1 | 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 | 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 | 4–6, 6–3, 7–5 | 6–7(2–7), 4–6 | 6–1, 6–3 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 39–31 | 1 | ||
7 | 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
RR W–L |
Set W–L |
Game W–L |
Standings | ||||||
2 | w/o | 6–3, 1–6, 6–4 | 3–6, 6–2, 6–3 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 28–24 | 1 | ||
3 | w/o | 6–4, 4–6, 4–6 | 6–3, 4–6, 6–3 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 30–28 | 3 | ||
6 | 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 | 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.