1996 French Open – Men's doubles

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Men's doubles
1996 French Open
ChampionRussia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Czech Republic Daniel Vacek
Runner-upFrance Guy Forget
Switzerland Jakob Hlasek
Final score6–2, 6–3
Details
Draw64
Seeds16
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women mixed
WC Singles
WC Doubles
Legends
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The 1996 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 27 May until 9 June. It was the 95th staging of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1996.

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 (semifinals)
  2. The Bahamas Mark Knowles / Canada Daniel Nestor (second round)
  3. Zimbabwe Byron Black / Canada Grant Connell (second round)
  4. United States Patrick Galbraith / Russia Andrei Olhovskiy (second round)
  5. France Guy Forget / Switzerland Jakob Hlasek (final)
  6. South Africa Ellis Ferreira / Netherlands Jan Siemerink (first round)
  7. Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Czech Republic Daniel Vacek (champions)
  8. Canada Sébastien Lareau / United States Alex O'Brien (third round)
  9. Sweden Jonas Björkman / Sweden Nicklas Kulti (quarterfinals)
  10. Argentina Luis Lobo / Spain Javier Sánchez (third round)
  11. Belgium Libor Pimek / South Africa Byron Talbot (quarterfinals)
  12. Spain Tomás Carbonell / Spain Francisco Roig (first round)
  13. Netherlands Hendrik Jan Davids / Czech Republic Cyril Suk (second round)
  14. Sweden Stefan Edberg / Czech Republic Petr Korda (third round)
  15. Australia Mark Philippoussis / Australia Patrick Rafter (third round)
  16. Czech Republic Jiří Novák / Czech Republic David Rikl (first round)

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[]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde
6 6
9 Sweden Jonas Björkman
Sweden Nicklas Kulti
4 1
1 Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde
3 6 4
5 France Guy Forget
Switzerland Jakob Hlasek
6 4 6
  Argentina Javier Frana
United States Rick Leach
2 2
5 France Guy Forget
Switzerland Jakob Hlasek
6 6
5 France Guy Forget
Switzerland Jakob Hlasek
2 3
7 Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Czech Republic Daniel Vacek
6 6
11 Belgium Libor Pimek
South Africa Byron Talbot
3 6 1
  United States Jared Palmer
United States Jonathan Stark
6 3 6
  United States Jared Palmer
United States Jonathan Stark
4 64
7 Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Czech Republic Daniel Vacek
6 7
7 Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Czech Republic Daniel Vacek
6 7
  United States Donald Johnson
United States Francisco Montana
2 68

Top half[]

Section 1[]

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1 Australia T Woodbridge
Australia M Woodforde
6 7
South Africa M Ondruska
Zimbabwe K Ullyett
3 61 1 Australia T Woodbridge
Australia M Woodforde
6 6
Switzerland L Manta
Czech Republic P Vízner
6 7 Switzerland L Manta
Czech Republic P Vízner
1 2
Australia J Ireland
Italy D Nargiso
4 5 1 Australia T Woodbridge
Australia M Woodforde
6 7
South Africa D Adams
Australia W Arthurs
6 3 8 15 Australia M Philippoussis
Australia P Rafter
4 69
Netherlands T Kempers
Netherlands T Nijssen
3 6 6 South Africa D Adams
Australia W Arthurs
64 69
15 Australia M Philippoussis
Australia P Rafter
6 7 15 Australia M Philippoussis
Australia P Rafter
7 7
United States B MacPhie
Australia M Tebbutt
4 64 1 Australia T Woodbridge
Australia M Woodforde
6 6
9 Sweden J Björkman
Sweden N Kulti
6 6 9 Sweden J Björkman
Sweden N Kulti
4 1
France L Barthez
France G Bastié
2 3 9 Sweden J Björkman
Sweden N Kulti
6 6
South Africa B Haygarth
South Africa C van Rensburg
6 7 South Africa B Haygarth
South Africa C van Rensburg
2 4
Australia P Kilderry
Australia P Tramacchi
2 62 9 Sweden J Björkman
Sweden N Kulti
6 4 6
Netherlands R Krajicek
Netherlands M Oosting
3 7 6 8 Canada S Lareau
United States A O'Brien
3 6 3
Sweden R Bergh
United States S Cannon
6 62 4 Netherlands R Krajicek
Netherlands M Oosting
5 3
8 Canada S Lareau
United States A O'Brien
4 6 6 8 Canada S Lareau
United States A O'Brien
7 6
Ecuador N Lapentti
Venezuela N Pereira
6 1 3

Section 2[]

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
4 United States P Galbraith
Russia A Olhovskiy
1 7 6
Australia J Eagle
Australia A Florent
6 65 4 4 United States P Galbraith
Russia A Olhovskiy
63 4
Argentina J Frana
United States R Leach
6 5 7 Argentina J Frana
United States R Leach
7 6
Argentina P Albano
Spain J-A Conde
3 7 5 Argentina J Frana
United States R Leach
7 6
United States S Davis
United Kingdom T Henman
6 6 United States S Davis
United Kingdom T Henman
5 3
South Africa M Barnard
United States G Van Emburgh
3 2 United States S Davis
United Kingdom T Henman
6 7
13 Netherlands HJ Davids
Czech Republic C Suk
7 7 13 Netherlands HJ Davids
Czech Republic C Suk
3 64
Sweden D Ekerot
Hungary L Markovits
63 65 Argentina J Frana
United States R Leach
2 2
Germany P Kühnen
South Africa G Muller
7 7 5 France G Forget
Switzerland J Hlasek
6 6
12 Spain T Carbonell
Spain F Roig
5 66 Germany P Kühnen
South Africa G Muller
7 3 3
United States J Grabb
United States R Reneberg
6 6 United States J Grabb
United States R Reneberg
64 6 6
Germany M-K Goellner
Germany D Prinosil
3 4 United States J Grabb
United States R Reneberg
1 4
Czech Republic K Nováček
United States V Spadea
6 6 5 France G Forget
Switzerland J Hlasek
6 6
France J-F Bachelot
France G Carraz
2 3 Czech Republic K Nováček
United States V Spadea
6 3 2
5 France G Forget
Switzerland J Hlasek
3 6 6 5 France G Forget
Switzerland J Hlasek
4 6 6
Zimbabwe W Black
United States J Waite
6 3 3

Bottom half[]

Section 3[]

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
United States T Kronemann
Australia D Macpherson
68 7 7
6 South Africa E Ferreira
Netherlands J Siemerink
7 66 5 United States T Kronemann
Australia D Macpherson
6 4 6
Netherlands P Haarhuis
Netherlands S Schalken
4 7 6 Netherlands P Haarhuis
Netherlands S Schalken
3 6 1
United States K Kinnear
United States D Randall
6 64 4 United States T Kronemann
Australia D Macpherson
4 63
Spain J Arrese
Italy S Pescosolido
6 6 11 Belgium L Pimek
South Africa B Talbot
6 7
United States L Jensen
United States M Jensen
4 4 Spain J Arrese
Italy S Pescosolido
4 3
11 Belgium L Pimek
South Africa B Talbot
6 6 11 Belgium L Pimek
South Africa B Talbot
6 6
South Africa J-L de Jager
Sweden M Larsson
4 4 11 Belgium L Pimek
South Africa B Talbot
3 6 1
14 Sweden S Edberg
Czech Republic P Korda
6 6 United States J Palmer
United States J Stark
6 3 6
New Zealand B Steven
United States K Thorne
3 4 14 Sweden S Edberg
Czech Republic P Korda
6 7
France J-P Fleurian
France G Raoux
6 6 France J-P Fleurian
France G Raoux
3 5
France R Gilbert
France S Simian
3 4 14 Sweden S Edberg
Czech Republic P Korda
4 6 5
United States J Palmer
United States J Stark
6 7 United States J Palmer
United States J Stark
6 4 7
United States B Behrens
United States M Lucena
3 68 United States J Palmer
United States J Stark
7 7
3 Zimbabwe B Black
Canada G Connell
6 6 3 Zimbabwe B Black
Canada G Connell
65 5
Hungary G Köves
United Kingdom A Richardson
1 4

Section 4[]

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
7 Russia Y Kafelnikov
Czech Republic D Vacek
6 6
France J Golmard
France L Roux
0 3 7 Russia Y Kafelnikov
Czech Republic D Vacek
6 6
United States K Jones
United States C Woodruff
3 0 United States K Jones
United States C Woodruff
3 4
United States M Keil
Sweden P Nyborg
0 0R 7 Russia Y Kafelnikov
Czech Republic D Vacek
7 7
France O Delaître
United States J Tarango
7 4 6 10 Argentina L Lobo
Spain J Sánchez
68 5
France H Leconte
France Y Noah
64 6 2 France O Delaître
United States J Tarango
2 6 3
10 Argentina L Lobo
Spain J Sánchez
6 6 10 Argentina L Lobo
Spain J Sánchez
6 3 6
France S Grosjean
France O Mutis
3 4 7 Russia Y Kafelnikov
Czech Republic D Vacek
6 7
Australia S Stolle
Australia J Stoltenberg
6 6 United States D Johnson
United States F Montana
2 68
16 Czech Republic J Novák
Czech Republic D Rikl
1 4 Australia S Stolle
Australia J Stoltenberg
3 66
South Africa L Bale
Netherlands S Noteboom
7 6 South Africa L Bale
Netherlands S Noteboom
6 7
United States K Flach
United States D Wheaton
64 4 South Africa L Bale
Netherlands S Noteboom
4 65
United States D Johnson
United States F Montana
6 1 6 United States D Johnson
United States F Montana
6 7
France A Boetsch
Switzerland M Rosset
2 6 3 United States D Johnson
United States F Montana
3 7 6
2 The Bahamas M Knowles
Canada D Nestor
2 7 6 2 The Bahamas M Knowles
Canada D Nestor
6 5 3
United Kingdom N Broad
South Africa P Norval
6 62 2

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