1996 ATP Tour World Championships – Doubles

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Doubles
1996 ATP Tour World Championships
ChampionsAustralia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde
Runners-upCanada Sébastien Lareau
United States Alex O'Brien
Final score6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Events
Singles Doubles
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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.

  1. Australia Todd Woodbridge / Australia Mark Woodforde (champions)
  2. Zimbabwe Byron Black / Canada Grant Connell (semifinals)
  3. The Bahamas Mark Knowles / Canada Daniel Nestor (round robin)
  4. Netherlands Jacco Eltingh / Netherlands Paul Haarhuis (round robin)
  5. Canada Sébastien Lareau / United States Alex O'Brien (final)
  6. Sweden Jonas Björkman / Sweden Nicklas Kulti (round robin)
  7. Belgium Libor Pimek / South Africa Byron Talbot (round robin)
  8. United States Trevor Kronemann / Australia 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
  • SR = Special ranking

Finals[]

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

Green group[]

  Australia Woodbridge
Australia Woodforde
Netherlands Eltingh
Netherlands Haarhuis
Canada Lareau
United States O'Brien
Belgium Pimek
South Africa Talbot
RR
W–L
Set
W–L
Game
W–L
Standings
1 Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia 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 Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands 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 Canada Sébastien Lareau
United States 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 Belgium Libor Pimek
South Africa 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[]

  Zimbabwe Black
Canada Connell
The Bahamas Knowles
Canada Nestor
Sweden Björkman
Sweden Kulti
United States Kronemann
Australia Macpherson
RR
W–L
Set
W–L
Game
W–L
Standings
2 Zimbabwe Byron Black
Canada Grant Connell
w/o 6–3, 1–6, 6–4 3–6, 6–2, 6–3 3–0 4–2 28–24 1
3 The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
w/o 6–4, 4–6, 4–6 6–3, 4–6, 6–3 1–2 3–3 30–28 3
6 Sweden Jonas Björkman
Sweden 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 United States Trevor Kronemann
Australia 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.

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