1996 Panasonic German Open – Doubles

Doubles
1996 Panasonic German Open
1995 Champions	Wayne Ferreira Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Champions	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor
Runners-up	Guy Forget Jakob Hlasek
Final score	6–2, 6–4

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.

1. Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (Champions)
2. Patrick Galbraith / Andrei Olhovskiy (Semifinals)
3. Ellis Ferreira / Jan Siemerink (Second Round)
4. Guy Forget / Jakob Hlasek (Final)
5. Luis Lobo / Javier Sánchez (Quarterfinals)
6. Tomás Carbonell / Francisco Roig (Semifinals)
7. Grant Connell / John-Laffnie de Jager (Quarterfinals)
8. Wayne Ferreira / Yevgeny Kafelnikov (First Round)

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

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	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

References

• 1996 Panasonic German Open Doubles Draw