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Doubles
1996 ATP Tour World Championships
Final
Champions Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde
Runners-up Canada Sébastien Lareau
United States Alex O'Brien
Score6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Details
Draw8
Events
Singles Doubles
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Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde defeated Sébastien Lareau and Alex O'Brien in the final, 6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 7–6(7–3) to win the doubles tennis title at the 1996 ATP Tour World Championships. It was the Woodies' second Tour Finals title. [1]

Grant Connell and Patrick Galbraith were the reigning champions, but only Connell competed that year partnering Byron Black; they were defeated in the semifinals by Woodbridge and Woodforde.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
            
1 Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde
6 6  
2 Zimbabwe Byron Black
Canada Grant Connell
3 3  
1 Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde
6 5 6 77  
5 Canada Sébastien Lareau
United States Alex O'Brien
4 7 2 63  
5 Canada Sébastien Lareau
United States Alex O'Brien
710 77  
8 United States Trevor Kronemann
Australia David Macpherson
68 64  

Green group

  Australia Woodbridge
Australia Woodforde
Netherlands Eltingh
Netherlands Haarhuis
Canada Lareau
United States O'Brien
Belgium Pimek
South Africa Talbot
RR
W–L
Set
W–L
Game
W–L
Standings
1 Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde
4–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5) 6–4, 3–6, 5–7 6–2, 6–3 2–1 5–3 44–40 2
4 Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(5–7) 7–6(7–2), 6–4 7–6(7–5), 5–7, 4–6 1–2 4–4 47–47 4
5 Canada Sébastien Lareau
United States Alex O'Brien
4–6, 6–3, 7–5 6–7(2–7), 4–6 6–1, 6–3 2–1 4–3 39–31 1
7 Belgium Libor Pimek
South Africa Byron Talbot
2–6, 3–6 6–7(5–7), 7–5, 6–4 1–6, 3–6 1–2 2–5 28–40 3

Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5. steering-committee decision.

Yellow group

  Zimbabwe Black
Canada Connell
The Bahamas Knowles
Canada Nestor
Sweden Björkman
Sweden Kulti
United States Kronemann
Australia Macpherson
RR
W–L
Set
W–L
Game
W–L
Standings
2 Zimbabwe Byron Black
Canada Grant Connell
w/o 6–3, 1–6, 6–4 3–6, 6–2, 6–3 3–0 4–2 28–24 1
3 The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
w/o 6–4, 4–6, 4–6 6–3, 4–6, 6–3 1–2 3–3 30–28 3
6 Sweden Jonas Björkman
Sweden Nicklas Kulti
3–6, 6–1, 4–6 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 6–4, 5–7, 6–7(2–7) 1–2 4–5 46–45 4
8 United States Trevor Kronemann
Australia David Macpherson
6–3, 2–6, 3–6 3–6, 6–4, 3–6 4–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–2) 1–2 4–5 41–48 2

Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5. steering-committee decision.

References

  1. ^ "1996 Tour World Championships – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).