1996 Pilot Pen International – Doubles

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Doubles
1996 Pilot Pen International
1995 ChampionsUnited States Rick Leach
United States Scott Melville
ChampionsZimbabwe Byron Black
Canada Grant Connell
Runners-upSweden Jonas Björkman
Sweden Nicklas Kulti
Final score6–4, 6–4
Events
Singles Doubles
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Rick Leach and Scott Melville were the defending champions but did not compete that year.

Byron Black and Grant Connell won in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Jonas Björkman and Nicklas Kulti.

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.

  1. Zimbabwe Byron Black / Canada Grant Connell (champions)
  2. Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Czech Republic Daniel Vacek (quarterfinals)
  3. United States Patrick Galbraith / Russia Andrei Olhovskiy (second round)
  4. Netherlands Jacco Eltingh / Netherlands Paul Haarhuis (second round)
  5. South Africa Ellis Ferreira / Netherlands Jan Siemerink (semifinals)
  6. Sweden Jonas Björkman / Sweden Nicklas Kulti (final)
  7. Australia Mark Philippoussis / Australia Patrick Rafter (first round)
  8. United Kingdom Neil Broad / South Africa Piet Norval (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

Final[]

Final
     
1 Zimbabwe Byron Black
Canada Grant Connell
6 6  
6 Sweden Jonas Björkman
Sweden Nicklas Kulti
4 4  

Top half[]

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Zimbabwe B Black
Canada G Connell
6 6 6
  United States S Cannon
The Bahamas R Smith
6 6     United States S Cannon
The Bahamas R Smith
7 4 4
WC France A Boetsch
Switzerland M Rosset
4 4   1 Zimbabwe B Black
Canada G Connell
7 6  
  United Kingdom A Richardson
Italy L Tieleman
6 6     South Africa D Adams
Netherlands S Schalken
6 4  
WC Spain S Bruguera
Ukraine A Medvedev
4 1     United Kingdom A Richardson
Italy L Tieleman
6 6 4
  South Africa D Adams
Netherlands S Schalken
6 6 6   South Africa D Adams
Netherlands S Schalken
7 4 6
7 Australia M Philippoussis
Australia P Rafter
7 3 4 1 Zimbabwe B Black
Canada G Connell
6 6 6
5 South Africa E Ferreira
Netherlands J Siemerink
7 4 3
4 Netherlands J Eltingh
Netherlands P Haarhuis
4 5  
  India M Bhupathi
India L Paes
6 7     India M Bhupathi
India L Paes
6 7  
  Netherlands S Noteboom
Netherlands F Wibier
3 6     India M Bhupathi
India L Paes
3 4  
  South Africa M Barnard
United States G Van Emburgh
6 2 3 5 South Africa E Ferreira
Netherlands J Siemerink
6 6  
  United States B Hansen-Dent
United States T.J. Middleton
4 6 6   United States B Hansen-Dent
United States T.J. Middleton
7 4 3
  France O Delaître
United States V Spadea
1 0   5 South Africa E Ferreira
Netherlands J Siemerink
6 6 6
5 South Africa E Ferreira
Netherlands J Siemerink
6 6  

Bottom half[]

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
6 Sweden J Björkman
Sweden N Kulti
6 7  
Q Venezuela N Pereira
Sweden M Wilander
3 5   6 Sweden J Björkman
Sweden N Kulti
6 6  
  United States L Jensen
United States M Jensen
7 6 4   United States J Courier
United States A O'Brien
4 3  
  United States J Courier
United States A O'Brien
6 7 6 6 Sweden J Björkman
Sweden N Kulti
6 6  
  Australia P Cash
Australia S Stolle
6 6     Australia P Cash
Australia S Stolle
4 2  
  Sweden O Kristiansson
Sweden M Renström
3 0     Australia P Cash
Australia S Stolle
6 6  
3 United States P Galbraith
Russia A Olhovskiy
3 4  
6 Sweden J Björkman
Sweden N Kulti
6 6 6
8 United Kingdom N Broad
South Africa P Norval
6 4 6 8 United Kingdom N Broad
South Africa P Norval
7 4 3
  Portugal E Couto
Portugal B Mota
0 6 2 8 United Kingdom N Broad
South Africa P Norval
7 7  
WC Italy A Gaudenzi
Austria T Muster
7 6   WC Italy A Gaudenzi
Austria T Muster
5 6  
Q South Africa R Koenig
Belarus M Mirnyi
6 1   8 United Kingdom N Broad
South Africa P Norval
6 6 6
  Zimbabwe W Black
South Africa K Ullyett
6 6 1 2 Russia Y Kafelnikov
Czech Republic D Vacek
4 7 3
WC United States M Joyce
Chile M Ríos
3 7 6 WC United States M Joyce
Chile M Ríos
3 5  
2 Russia Y Kafelnikov
Czech Republic D Vacek
6 7  

References[]

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