1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles

Men's Doubles
1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships
Champions	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde
Runners-up	Mark Knowles Rick Leach
Final score	6–2, 6–3

The 1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships included this tournament in men's doubles. Mark Knowles and Jonathan Stark were the defending champions but only Knowles competed that year with Rick Leach.

Knowles and Leach lost in the final at 6–2, 6–3 against Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde.

Seeds

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

1. Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (Champions)
2. Mark Knowles / Rick Leach (Final)
3. Patrick Galbraith / Andrei Olhovskiy (Quarterfinals)
4. Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien (Semifinals)
5. n/a
6. Guy Forget / Jakob Hlasek (Semifinals)
7. Nicklas Kulti / Sandon Stolle (First Round)
8. Jim Grabb / Richey Reneberg (Second 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

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Todd Woodbridge   Mark Woodforde	7	6
	6	Guy Forget   Jakob Hlasek	6	3
								1	Todd Woodbridge   Mark Woodforde	6	6
								2	Mark Knowles   Rick Leach	2	3
	4	Sébastien Lareau   Alex O'Brien
	2	Mark Knowles   Rick Leach	w/o

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							1	T Woodbridge   M Woodforde	w/o
	J Cunha e Silva   J-P Fleurian	3	4					D Prinosil   G Rusedski
	D Prinosil   G Rusedski	6	6											1	T Woodbridge   M Woodforde	6	6
	L Manta   F Wibier	3	2												W Black   K Ullyett	4	0
	W Black   K Ullyett	6	6					W Black   K Ullyett	6	6
	J Eagle   A Florent	w/o						J Eagle   A Florent	2	4
7	N Kulti   S Stolle																				1	T Woodbridge   M Woodforde	7	6
																					6	G Forget   J Hlasek	6	3
							3	P Galbraith   A Olhovskiy	w/o
	M Ondruska   J Waite	6	6	4				W Ferreira   G Muller
	W Ferreira   G Muller	7	3	6										3	P Galbraith   A Olhovskiy	1	6
WC	S Iwabuchi   T Suzuki	6	6											6	G Forget   J Hlasek	6	7
WC	T Chaen   D Morii	3	3				WC	S Iwabuchi   T Suzuki	2	6
	D Pate   J Tarango	4	6				6	G Forget   J Hlasek	6	7
6	G Forget   J Hlasek	6	7

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
LL	J Golmard   L Roux	6	6
WC	T Mori   M Takada	3	3				LL	J Golmard   L Roux	4	2
	S Campbell   D Norman	6	6	4			Q	N Bruno   G Pozzi	6	6
Q	N Bruno   G Pozzi	7	2	6										Q	N Bruno   G Pozzi	1	6	3
	A Järryd   B MacPhie	3	4											4	S Lareau   A O'Brien	6	1	6
	M Damm   P Nyborg	6	6					M Damm   P Nyborg	5	5
							4	S Lareau   A O'Brien	7	7
																					4	S Lareau   A O'Brien
8	J Grabb   R Reneberg	6	6																		2	M Knowles   R Leach	w/o
Q	M Lee   C Wilkinson	3	2				8	J Grabb   R Reneberg	2	6	4
	K Kinnear   D Randall	6	5	6				K Kinnear   D Randall	6	4	6
	W Arthurs   T Henman	4	7	2											K Kinnear   D Randall	6	3
WC	H Kaneko   G Motomura	7	3	4										2	M Knowles   R Leach	7	6
	P Kilderry   P Tramacchi	5	6	6				P Kilderry   P Tramacchi	2	4
							2	M Knowles   R Leach	6	6

References

• 1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships Men's Doubles Draw