Men's doubles Champions Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde Runners-up Mark Knowles Rick Leach Final score 6–2, 6–3
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1996 tennis event results
The 1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships included this tournament in men's doubles. Mark Knowles and Jonathan Stark were the defending champions but only Knowles competed that year with Rick Leach .
Knowles and Leach lost in the final at 6–2, 6–3 against Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde .
Seeds [ ]
The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.
Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (Champions)
Mark Knowles / Rick Leach (Final)
Patrick Galbraith / Andrei Olhovskiy (Quarterfinals)
Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien (Semifinals)
n/a
Guy Forget / Jakob Hlasek (Semifinals)
Nicklas Kulti / Sandon Stolle (First Round)
Jim Grabb / Richey Reneberg (Second 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
Final [ ]
Semifinals
Final
1
Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde
7
6
6
Guy Forget Jakob Hlasek
6
3
1
Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde
6
6
2
Mark Knowles Rick Leach
2
3
4
Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien
2
Mark Knowles Rick Leach
w/o
Top Half [ ]
First Round
Second Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
1
T Woodbridge M Woodforde
w/o
J Cunha e Silva J-P Fleurian
3
4
D Prinosil G Rusedski
D Prinosil G Rusedski
6
6
1
T Woodbridge M Woodforde
6
6
L Manta F Wibier
3
2
W Black K Ullyett
4
0
W Black K Ullyett
6
6
W Black K Ullyett
6
6
J Eagle A Florent
w/o
J Eagle A Florent
2
4
7
N Kulti S Stolle
1
T Woodbridge M Woodforde
7
6
6
G Forget J Hlasek
6
3
3
P Galbraith A Olhovskiy
w/o
M Ondruska J Waite
6
6
4
W Ferreira G Muller
W Ferreira G Muller
7
3
6
3
P Galbraith A Olhovskiy
1
6
WC
S Iwabuchi T Suzuki
6
6
6
G Forget J Hlasek
6
7
WC
T Chaen D Morii
3
3
WC
S Iwabuchi T Suzuki
2
6
D Pate J Tarango
4
6
6
G Forget J Hlasek
6
7
6
G Forget J Hlasek
6
7
Bottom Half [ ]
First Round
Second Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
LL
J Golmard L Roux
6
6
WC
T Mori M Takada
3
3
LL
J Golmard L Roux
4
2
S Campbell D Norman
6
6
4
Q
N Bruno G Pozzi
6
6
Q
N Bruno G Pozzi
7
2
6
Q
N Bruno G Pozzi
1
6
3
A Järryd B MacPhie
3
4
4
S Lareau A O'Brien
6
1
6
M Damm P Nyborg
6
6
M Damm P Nyborg
5
5
4
S Lareau A O'Brien
7
7
4
S Lareau A O'Brien
8
J Grabb R Reneberg
6
6
2
M Knowles R Leach
w/o
Q
M Lee C Wilkinson
3
2
8
J Grabb R Reneberg
2
6
4
K Kinnear D Randall
6
5
6
K Kinnear D Randall
6
4
6
W Arthurs T Henman
4
7
2
K Kinnear D Randall
6
3
WC
H Kaneko G Motomura
7
3
4
2
M Knowles R Leach
7
6
P Kilderry P Tramacchi
5
6
6
P Kilderry P Tramacchi
2
4
2
M Knowles R Leach
6
6
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