1996 Pilot Pen International – Doubles

Doubles
1996 Pilot Pen International
1995 Champions	Rick Leach Scott Melville
Champions	Byron Black Grant Connell
Runners-up	Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti
Score	6–4, 6–4
Draw	28
Seeds	8

Rick Leach and Scott Melville were the defending champions but did not compete that year.

Byron Black and Grant Connell won in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Jonas Björkman and Nicklas Kulti.^[1]

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. Byron Black / Grant Connell (champions)
2. Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek (quarterfinals)
3. Patrick Galbraith / Andrei Olhovskiy (second round)
4. Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis (second round)
5. Ellis Ferreira / Jan Siemerink (semifinals)
6. Jonas Björkman / Nicklas Kulti (final)
7. Mark Philippoussis / Patrick Rafter (first round)
8. Neil Broad / Piet Norval (semifinals)

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

Final

	Final
	1	Byron Black  Grant Connell	6	6
	6	Jonas Björkman  Nicklas Kulti	4	4

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	B Black  G Connell	6	6	6
		S Cannon  R Smith	6	6					S Cannon  R Smith	7	4	4
	WC	A Boetsch  M Rosset	4	4											1	B Black  G Connell	7	6
		A Richardson  L Tieleman	6	6												D Adams  S Schalken	6	4
	WC	S Bruguera  A Medvedev	4	1					A Richardson  L Tieleman	6	6	4
		D Adams  S Schalken	6	6	6				D Adams  S Schalken	7	4	6
	7	M Philippoussis  P Rafter	7	3	4																	1	B Black  G Connell	6	6	6
																						5	E Ferreira  J Siemerink	7	4	3
								4	J Eltingh  P Haarhuis	4	5
		M Bhupathi  L Paes	6	7					M Bhupathi  L Paes	6	7
		S Noteboom  F Wibier	3	6												M Bhupathi  L Paes	3	4
		M Barnard  G Van Emburgh	6	2	3										5	E Ferreira  J Siemerink	6	6
		B Hansen-Dent  T. J. Middleton	4	6	6				B Hansen-Dent  T. J. Middleton	7	4	3
		O Delaître  V Spadea	1	0				5	E Ferreira  J Siemerink	6	6	6
	5	E Ferreira  J Siemerink	6	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	6	J Björkman  N Kulti	6	7
	Q	N Pereira  M Wilander	3	5				6	J Björkman  N Kulti	6	6
		L Jensen  M Jensen	7	6	4				J Courier  A O'Brien	4	3
		J Courier  A O'Brien	6	7	6										6	J Björkman  N Kulti	6	6
		P Cash  S Stolle	6	6												P Cash  S Stolle	4	2
		O Kristiansson  M Renström	3	0					P Cash  S Stolle	6	6
								3	P Galbraith  A Olhovskiy	3	4
																						6	J Björkman  N Kulti	6	6	6
	8	N Broad  P Norval	6	4	6																	8	N Broad  P Norval	7	4	3
		E Couto  B Mota	0	6	2			8	N Broad  P Norval	7	7
	WC	A Gaudenzi  T Muster	7	6				WC	A Gaudenzi  T Muster	5	6
	Q	R Koenig  M Mirnyi	6	1											8	N Broad  P Norval	6	6	6
		W Black  K Ullyett	6	6	1										2	Y Kafelnikov  D Vacek	4	7	3
	WC	M Joyce  M Ríos	3	7	6			WC	M Joyce  M Ríos	3	5
								2	Y Kafelnikov  D Vacek	6	7

References

1. John Barrett, ed. (1997). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 131, 143–144. ISBN 9780002187145.

External links

• 1996 Pilot Pen International Doubles draw