1996 Lipton Championships – Men's doubles

Men's doubles
1996 Lipton Championships
Champions	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde
Runners-up	Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith
Score	6–1, 6–3
Draw	48
Seeds	16

Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde were the defending champions and won in the final 6–1, 6–3 against Ellis Ferreira and Patrick Galbraith.^[1]

Seeds

All sixteen seeded teams received byes into the second round.

1. Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (champions)
2. n/a
3. Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (semifinals)
4. Byron Black / Grant Connell (semifinals)
5. Rick Leach / Scott Melville (third round)
6. Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien (quarterfinals)
7. Guy Forget / Jakob Hlasek (second round)
8. Menno Oosting / Cyril Suk (third round)
9. Patrick McEnroe / Sandon Stolle (quarterfinals)
10. Ellis Ferreira / Patrick Galbraith (final)
11. Todd Martin / Jonathan Stark (second round)
12. Jonas Björkman / Stefan Edberg (third round)
13. Luis Lobo / Javier Sánchez (third round)
14. Trevor Kronemann / David Macpherson (third round, withdrew)
15. Brian MacPhie / Mark Philippoussis (second round)
16. Jim Grabb / Richey Reneberg (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Todd Woodbridge  Mark Woodforde	6	6
	3	Mark Knowles  Daniel Nestor	3	4
								1	Todd Woodbridge  Mark Woodforde	6	6
								10	Ellis Ferreira  Patrick Galbraith	1	3
	4	Byron Black  Grant Connell	2	2
	10	Ellis Ferreira  Patrick Galbraith	6	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								1	T Woodbridge  M Woodforde	6	6
		K Nováček  M Ondruska	6	6					K Nováček  M Ondruska	3	4
		L Bale  B Haygarth	2	3											1	T Woodbridge  M Woodforde	7	6
		L Jensen  M Jensen	6	6	6											M Damm  P Korda	5	4
		M Damm  P Korda	1	7	7				M Damm  P Korda	6	7
								15	B MacPhie  M Philippoussis	3	5
																						1	T Woodbridge  M Woodforde	7	6
																						9	P McEnroe  S Stolle	6	4
								9	P McEnroe  S Stolle	6	6
	Q	S Draper  J Stoltenberg	6	4	3				M Keil  M Larsson	4	4
		M Keil  M Larsson	4	6	6										9	P McEnroe  S Stolle	6	3	6
		D Johnson  F Montana	6	6											8	M Oosting  C Suk	3	6	3
		A Gaudenzi  D Nargiso	3	4					D Johnson  F Montana	6	7	5
								8	M Oosting  C Suk	7	5	7

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								3	M Knowles  D Nestor	6	6	6
	WC	P Cash  J Gimelstob	2	7	6			WC	P Cash  J Gimelstob	7	3	4
		G Michibata  R Smith	6	6	2										3	M Knowles  D Nestor	6	6
		J-L de Jager  G Muller	3	6	3										13	L Lobo  J Sánchez	3	4
	WC	P Kilderry  P Tramacchi	6	2	6			WC	P Kilderry  P Tramacchi	2	4
								13	L Lobo  J Sánchez	6	6
																						3	M Knowles  D Nestor	6	7
																							J Eagle  A Florent	4	6
								11	T Martin  J Stark	6	5
	WC	J Courier  T Enqvist	7	6	6				J Eagle  A Florent	7	7
		J Eagle  A Florent	5	7	7											J Eagle  A Florent	6	3	6
		T Henman  P Kühnen	5	2											5	R Leach  S Melville	4	6	3
		L Paes  N Pereira	7	6					L Paes  N Pereira	5	5
								5	R Leach  S Melville	7	7

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								6	S Lareau  A O'Brien	6	6
		B Behrens  M Tebbutt	4	6	7				B Behrens  M Tebbutt	3	0
		P Albano  V Flégl	6	4	5										6	S Lareau  A O'Brien	6	2	6
		M Lucena  J Morgan	4	3											12	J Björkman  S Edberg	2	6	4
		K Flach  K Jones	6	6					K Flach  K Jones	7	3	4
								12	J Björkman  S Edberg	5	6	6
																						6	S Lareau  A O'Brien	7	4	2
																						4	B Black  G Connell	6	6	6
								14	T Kronemann  D Macpherson	6	6
		K Kinnear  D Randall	6	1	6				K Kinnear  D Randall	3	4
		T Nijssen  G Van Emburgh	4	6	3										14	T Kronemann  D Macpherson
		G Köves  A Richardson	4	4											4	B Black  G Connell	w/o
		K Thorne  J Waite	6	6					K Thorne  J Waite
								4	B Black  G Connell	w/o

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								7	G Forget  J Hlasek	6	3	4
		J-P Fleurian  G Raoux	7	6					J-P Fleurian  G Raoux	2	6	6
		D Ekerot  S Noteboom	6	4												J-P Fleurian  G Raoux	5	4
		S Davis  D Pate	4	6	3										10	E Ferreira  P Galbraith	7	6
	WC	À Corretja  S Schalken	6	3	6			WC	À Corretja  S Schalken	6	1	4
								10	E Ferreira  P Galbraith	4	6	6
																						10	E Ferreira  P Galbraith	3	6	6
																						16	J Grabb  R Reneberg	6	3	2
								16	J Grabb  R Reneberg	6	6	7
	Q	A Boetsch  M Rosset	6	2					J Frana  E Sánchez	3	7	6
		J Frana  E Sánchez	7	6											16	J Grabb  R Reneberg	2	6	6
		R Krajicek  J Siemerink	6	6												R Krajicek  J Siemerink	6	1	0
		R Bergh  S Cannon	2	2					R Krajicek  J Siemerink	6	6
								LL	Ó Ortiz  L-A Wahlgren	3	4

References

1. John Barrett, ed. (1997). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 138–139, 148. ISBN 9780002187145.

External links

• Official results archive (ATP)
• Official results archive (ITF)