1996 Panasonic German Open – Doubles

Doubles
1996 Panasonic German Open
Champions	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor
Runners-up	Guy Forget Jakob Hlasek
Final score	6–2, 6–4
Events
Singles Doubles
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Wayne Ferreira and Yevgeny Kafelnikov were the defending champions but lost in the first round to David Rikl and Daniel Vacek.

Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor won in the final 6–2, 6–4 against Guy Forget and Jakob Hlasek.

Seeds[]

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

Draw[]

Key[]

Final[]

	Final
	1	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6	6
	4	Guy Forget Jakob Hlasek	2	4

Top half[]

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	M Knowles D Nestor	6	6
		A Järryd C Suk	4	6	3				G Ivanišević D Nargiso	2	1
		G Ivanišević D Nargiso	6	3	6										1	M Knowles D Nestor	6	6	6
	WC	K Braasch P Kühnen	4	2											7	G Connell J-L de Jager	7	3	2
		P Haarhuis S Schalken	6	6					P Haarhuis S Schalken	5	6
		T Kempers J Waite	3	2				7	G Connell J-L de Jager	7	7
	7	G Connell J-L de Jager	6	6																		1	M Knowles D Nestor	7	7
																						6	T Carbonell F Roig	6	6
								3	E Ferreira J Siemerink	4	4
		T Kronemann D Macpherson	6	7					T Kronemann D Macpherson	6	6
	WC	R Krajicek M Washington	1	5												T Kronemann D Macpherson	2	6	1
		L Bale M Barnard	7	3	2										6	T Carbonell F Roig	6	2	6
		M-K Goellner D Prinosil	6	6	6				M-K Goellner D Prinosil	6	6
	Q	A Rădulescu J Renzenbrink	6	4				6	T Carbonell F Roig	7	7
	6	T Carbonell F Roig	7	6

Bottom half[]

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	5	L Lobo J Sánchez	3	7	6
		J Eagle A Florent	6	6	4			5	L Lobo J Sánchez	6	6
	WC	H Dreekmann M Stich	6	4	4				T Nijssen G Van Emburgh	1	2
		T Nijssen G Van Emburgh	4	6	6										5	L Lobo J Sánchez	4	6
		L Pimek B Talbot	6	6											4	G Forget J Hlasek	6	7
	Q	E Benfele Álvarez D Salvador-Estepa	1	3					L Pimek B Talbot	5	5
								4	G Forget J Hlasek	7	7
																						4	G Forget J Hlasek	6	6
	8	W Ferreira Y Kafelnikov	4	5																		2	P Galbraith A Olhovskiy	2	1
		D Rikl D Vacek	6	7					D Rikl D Vacek	6	6
		P Nyborg M Oosting	6	6	3			WC	B Karbacher A Thoms	2	4
	WC	B Karbacher A Thoms	3	7	6											D Rikl D Vacek	5	1
		D Adams W Arthurs	6	1	3										2	P Galbraith A Olhovskiy	7	6
		N Broad P Norval	4	6	6				N Broad T Henman	2	6	4
								2	P Galbraith A Olhovskiy	6	1	6

Qualifying[]

Seeds[]

Qualifiers[]

Qualifying draw[]

First qualifier[]

	First round							Qualifying competition
	1	Javier Conde Àlex Corretja	6	3
	WC	Tommy Haas Davide Sanguinetti	7	6				WC	Tommy Haas Davide Sanguinetti	7	3	5
		Lars Kirschner Alexander von Hugo	3	4				3	Emilio Benfele Álvarez David Salvador-Estepa	5	6	7
	3	Emilio Benfele Álvarez David Salvador-Estepa	6	6

Second qualifier[]

	First round							Qualifying competition
	2	Alex Rădulescu Jörn Renzenbrink	6	6
		Andrei Merinov Dimitri Poliakov	4	3				2	Alex Rădulescu Jörn Renzenbrink	7	6
		Igor Šarić Mikael Stadling	5	6	4			4	Juan Antonio Marín Óscar Martínez	6	1
	4	Juan Antonio Marín Óscar Martínez	7	2	6

References[]

• Official results archive (ATP)
• Official results archive (ITF)