1996 Great American Insurance ATP Championships – Doubles

Doubles
1996 Great American Insurance ATP Championships
Champions	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor
Runners-up	Sandon Stolle Cyril Suk
Final score	3–6, 6–3, 6–4

Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Ellis Ferreira and Jan Siemerink.

Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor won in the final 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 against Sandon Stolle and Cyril Suk.

Seeds

The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

1. Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (Quarterfinals)
2. Byron Black / Grant Connell (Quarterfinals)
3. Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (Champions)
4. Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek (Second Round)
5. Jacco Eltingh / Jakob Hlasek (First Round)
6. Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien (Second Round)
7. Patrick Galbraith / Andrei Olhovskiy (Second Round)
8. Ellis Ferreira / Jan Siemerink (Semifinals)

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier WC = Wild Card LL = Lucky Loser

Alt = Alternate SE = Special Exempt PR = Protected Ranking

w/o = Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted

Final

	Semifinals							Final
	8	Ellis Ferreira   Jan Siemerink	3	2
	3	Mark Knowles   Daniel Nestor	6	6
								3	Mark Knowles   Daniel Nestor	3	6	6
									Sandon Stolle   Cyril Suk	6	3	4
		Rick Leach   Jonathan Stark	3	1
		Sandon Stolle   Cyril Suk	6	6

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							1	T Woodbridge   M Woodforde	6	6	7
Q	K Jones   C Woodruff	6	6	6			Q	K Jones   C Woodruff	7	3	5
	M Barnard   G Van Emburgh	2	7	1										1	T Woodbridge   M Woodforde	3	6	2
	J Eagle   A Florent	5	6	6										8	E Ferreira   J Siemerink	6	3	6
WC	L Jensen   M Jensen	7	2	7			WC	L Jensen   M Jensen	4	6	3
Q	D Kronauge   A Reichel	0	3				8	E Ferreira   J Siemerink	6	4	6
8	E Ferreira   J Siemerink	6	6																		8	E Ferreira   J Siemerink	3	2
																					3	M Knowles   D Nestor	6	6
							3	M Knowles   D Nestor	6	7
	K Kinnear   D Randall	6	3	4				M Damm   P Nyborg	4	6
	M Damm   P Nyborg	3	6	6										3	M Knowles   D Nestor	7	7
	M Philippoussis   P Rafter	6	6												M Philippoussis   P Rafter	6	6
	P Kilderry   M Tebbutt	2	3					M Philippoussis   P Rafter	6	6
WC	S Hirszon   G Ivanišević	6	2	6			6	S Lareau   A O'Brien	2	4
6	S Lareau   A O'Brien	4	6	7

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
5	J Eltingh   J Hlasek	3	4
	R Leach   R Reneberg	6	6					R Leach   R Reneberg	7	6
	N Broad   P Norval	2	7	6				N Broad   P Norval	6	4
	S Edberg   P Korda	6	6	4											R Leach   R Reneberg	6	7
WC	T Henman   G Raoux	2	2												J Björkman   N Kulti	2	5
	J Björkman   N Kulti	6	6					J Björkman   N Kulti	7	7
							4	Y Kafelnikov   D Vacek	6	6
																						R Leach   J Stark	3	1
7	P Galbraith   A Olhovskiy	6	3	6																		S Stolle   C Suk	6	6
	T Kronemann   D Macpherson	3	6	3			7	P Galbraith   A Olhovskiy	4	7	4
	S Stolle   C Suk	6	6	7				S Stolle   C Suk	6	6	6
	D Johnson   G Michibata	7	4	6											S Stolle   C Suk	6	7
WC	S Bruguera   À Corretja	3	3											2	B Black   G Connell	4	6
	J Grabb   J Stark	6	6					J Grabb   R Reneberg	3	5
							2	B Black   G Connell	6	7

References

• 1996 Great American Insurance ATP Championships Doubles Draw