1996 du Maurier Open – Men's Doubles

Men's Doubles
1996 du Maurier Open
1995 Champions	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Andrei Olhovskiy
Champions	Patrick Galbraith Paul Haarhuis
Runners-up	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor
Final score	7–6, 6–3

Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Andrei Olhovskiy were the defending champions but only Olhovskiy competed that year with Ken Flach.

Flach and Olhovskiy lost in the first round to Sébastien Leblanc and Jocelyn Robichaud.

Patrick Galbraith and Paul Haarhuis won in the final 7–6, 6–3 against Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor.

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. Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (Quarterfinals)
2. Byron Black / Grant Connell (Quarterfinals)
3. Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (Final)
4. Patrick Galbraith / Paul Haarhuis (Champions)
5. Guy Forget / Jakob Hlasek (First Round)
6. Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien (Quarterfinals)
7. Jonas Björkman / Nicklas Kulti (Semifinals)
8. Jiří Novák / Daniel Vacek (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
4	Patrick Galbraith   Paul Haarhuis	7	6
3	Mark Knowles   Daniel Nestor	6	3

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							1	T Woodbridge   M Woodforde	2	6	6
WC	S Hiršzon   G Ivanišević	3	2					N Broad   P Norval	6	4	4
	N Broad   P Norval	6	6											1	T Woodbridge   M Woodforde	6	2	4
	K Jones   C Woodruff	7	7												L Lobo   J Sánchez	4	6	6
	M Keil   G Muller	6	6					K Jones   C Woodruff
	L Lobo   J Sánchez	7	6	6				L Lobo   J Sánchez	w/o
8	J Novák   D Vacek	6	7	4																		L Lobo   J Sánchez	6	2
																					4	P Galbraith   P Haarhuis	7	6
							4	P Galbraith   P Haarhuis	6	7
Q	R Janecek   G Michibata	7	7				Q	R Janecek   G Michibata	3	6
	D Ekerot   G Van Emburgh	6	5											4	P Galbraith   P Haarhuis	6	6	6
	K Flach   A Olhovskiy	7	3	3										6	S Lareau   A O'Brien	7	4	1
WC	S Leblanc   J Robichaud	5	6	6			WC	S Leblanc   J Robichaud	4	4
	T Carbonell   F Roig	3	6	3			6	S Lareau   A O'Brien	6	6
6	S Lareau   A O'Brien	6	3	6

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
5	G Forget   J Hlasek	6	6	4
	M Philippoussis   P Rafter	4	7	6				M Philippoussis   P Rafter	6	3
	D Johnson   F Montana	6	6	7				D Johnson   F Montana	7	6
	S Cannon   R Smith	7	4	6											D Johnson   F Montana	3	5
WC	P Cash   B Kokavec	4	4											3	M Knowles   D Nestor	6	7
	P Korda   C Suk	6	6					P Korda   C Suk	6	3
							3	M Knowles   D Nestor	7	6
																					3	M Knowles   D Nestor	4	6	6
7	J Björkman   N Kulti	6	6																		7	J Björkman   N Kulti	6	3	4
Q	B Dickinson   T Suzuki	4	1				7	J Björkman   N Kulti	6	6
	J A Conde   À Corretja	1	7	6				J A Conde   À Corretja	3	4
WC	A Gaudenzi   T Muster	6	6	4										7	J Björkman   N Kulti	6	5	7
	D Adams   S Schalken	6	6	4										2	B Black   G Connell	4	7	6
	M Barnard   P Nyborg	7	3	6				M Barnard   P Nyborg	6	4
							2	B Black   G Connell	7	6

References

• 1996 du Maurier Open Men's Doubles Draw