1996 Stella Artois Championships – Doubles

Doubles
1996 Stella Artois Championships
Champions	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde
Runners-up	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien
Final score	6–3, 7–6

Todd Martin and Pete Sampras were the defending champions but only Martin competed that year with Scott Davis.

Davis and Martin lost in the first round to Stefan Edberg and Petr Korda.

Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde won in the final 6–3, 7–6 against Sébastien Lareau and Alex O'Brien.

Seeds

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

1. Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (Champions)
2. Patrick Galbraith / Andrei Olhovskiy (Quarterfinals)
3. Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien (Final)
4. Ellis Ferreira / Patrick Rafter (Semifinals)
5. Stefan Edberg / Petr Korda (Second Round)
6. Guy Forget / Guillaume Raoux (First Round)
7. Marc-Kevin Goellner / Daniel Vacek (First Round)
8. Kent Kinnear / Dave Randall (Quarterfinals)

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

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Todd Woodbridge   Mark Woodforde	6	7
	4	Ellis Ferreira   Patrick Rafter	4	6
								1	Todd Woodbridge   Mark Woodforde	6	7
								3	Sébastien Lareau   Alex O'Brien	3	6
	3	Sébastien Lareau   Alex O'Brien	6	6
	2	Marius Barnard   Greg Van Emburgh	2	2

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							1	T Woodbridge   M Woodforde	7	6
	A Gaudenzi   G Ivanišević	7	6	7				A Gaudenzi   G Ivanišević	6	4
	J Palmer   J Stark	6	7	6										1	T Woodbridge   M Woodforde	6	6
	M Keil   M Lucena	6	6											8	K Kinnear   D Randall	4	3
Q	P Baur   V Spadea	3	1					M Keil   M Lucena	6	7	4
	K Flach   D Wheaton	3	6				8	K Kinnear   D Randall	7	6	6
8	K Kinnear   D Randall	6	7																		1	T Woodbridge   M Woodforde	6	7
																					4	E Ferreira   P Rafter	4	6
							4	E Ferreira   P Rafter	6	7	6
	J Frana   M Knowles	6	6					J Frana   M Knowles	7	6	4
	M Damm   D Nargiso	2	4											4	E Ferreira   P Rafter	1	3
	B MacPhie   M Tebbutt	4	4												R Leach   G Muller	6	6
	R Leach   G Muller	6	6					R Leach   G Muller	3	6	6
	S Davis   T Martin	2	5				5	S Edberg   P Korda	6	3	2
5	S Edberg   P Korda	6	7

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
6	G Forget   G Raoux	6	3
WC	P Cash   S Stolle	7	6				WC	P Cash   S Stolle	6	7
WC	W Ferreira   T Henman	6	4				WC	M Petchey   G Rusedski	2	6
WC	M Petchey   G Rusedski	7	6											WC	P Cash   S Stolle	2	7	3
	W Arthurs   A Kratzmann	4	7	5										3	S Lareau   A O'Brien	6	6	6
	L Jensen   M Jensen	6	6	7				L Jensen   M Jensen	6	5	1
							3	S Lareau   A O'Brien	4	7	6
																					3	S Lareau   A O'Brien	6	6
7	M-K Goellner   D Vacek	6	4																			M Barnard   G Van Emburgh	2	2
	M Ondruska   N Pereira	7	6					M Ondruska   N Pereira	4	6	5
	M Barnard   G Van Emburgh	6	4	5				M Barnard   G Van Emburgh	6	4	7
	N Broad   P Norval	4	6	7											M Barnard   G Van Emburgh	6	6
Q	D DiLucia   R Smith	4	2											2	P Galbraith   A Olhovskiy	2	3
	B Becker   P Kühnen	6	6					B Becker   P Kühnen	3	4
							2	P Galbraith   A Olhovskiy	6	6

References

• 1996 Stella Artois Championships Doubles Draw