1996 ATP Tour World Championships – Doubles

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Doubles
1996 ATP Tour World Championships
Champions Todd Woodbridge
Mark Woodforde
Runners-up Sébastien Lareau
Alex O'Brien
Final score6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 7–6(7–3)

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.

Draw

Key

Finals

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

Green Group

  Woodbridge
Woodforde
Eltingh
Haarhuis
Lareau
O'Brien
Pimek
Talbot
RR
W–L
Set
W–L
Game
W–L
Standings
1 Todd Woodbridge
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 Jacco Eltingh
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 Sébastien Lareau
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 Libor Pimek
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

  Black
Connell
Knowles
Nestor
Björkman
Kulti
Kronemann
Macpherson
RR
W–L
Set
W–L
Game
W–L
Standings
2 Byron Black
Grant Connell
w/o 6–3, 1–6, 6–4 3–6, 6–2, 6–3 3–0 4–2 28–24 1
3 Mark Knowles
Daniel Nestor
w/o 6–4, 4–6, 4–6 6–3, 4–6, 6–3 1–2 3–3 30–28 3
6 Jonas Björkman
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 Trevor Kronemann
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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