1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's doubles

The 1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships included this tournament in men's doubles. Mark Knowles and Jonathan Stark were the defending champions but only Knowles competed that year with Rick Leach.

Men's doubles
1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships
Champions	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde
Runners-up	Mark Knowles Rick Leach
Score	6–2, 6–3
Draw	28
Seeds	8

Knowles and Leach lost in the final at 6–2, 6–3 against Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde.

Seeds

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

1. Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (champions)
2. Mark Knowles / Rick Leach (final)
3. Patrick Galbraith / Andrei Olhovskiy (quarterfinals)
4. Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien (semifinals)
5. n/a
6. Guy Forget / Jakob Hlasek (semifinals)
7. Nicklas Kulti / Sandon Stolle (first round)
8. Jim Grabb / Richey Reneberg (second round)

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

Final

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Todd Woodbridge  Mark Woodforde	7	6
	6	Guy Forget  Jakob Hlasek	6	3
								1	Todd Woodbridge  Mark Woodforde	6	6
								2	Mark Knowles  Rick Leach	2	3
	4	Sébastien Lareau  Alex O'Brien
	2	Mark Knowles  Rick Leach	w/o

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	T Woodbridge  M Woodforde	w/o
		J Cunha e Silva  J-P Fleurian	3	4					D Prinosil  G Rusedski
		D Prinosil  G Rusedski	6	6											1	T Woodbridge  M Woodforde	6	6
		L Manta  F Wibier	3	2												W Black  K Ullyett	4	0
		W Black  K Ullyett	6	6					W Black  K Ullyett	6	6
		J Eagle  A Florent	w/o						J Eagle  A Florent	2	4
	7	N Kulti  S Stolle																				1	T Woodbridge  M Woodforde	7	6
																						6	G Forget  J Hlasek	6	3
								3	P Galbraith  A Olhovskiy	w/o
		M Ondruska  J Waite	6	6	4				W Ferreira  G Muller
		W Ferreira  G Muller	7	3	6										3	P Galbraith  A Olhovskiy	1	6
	WC	S Iwabuchi  T Suzuki	6	6											6	G Forget  J Hlasek	6	7
	WC	T Chaen  D Morii	3	3				WC	S Iwabuchi  T Suzuki	2	6
		D Pate  J Tarango	4	6				6	G Forget  J Hlasek	6	7
	6	G Forget  J Hlasek	6	7

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	LL	J Golmard  L Roux	6	6
	WC	T Mori  M Takada	3	3				LL	J Golmard  L Roux	4	2
		S Campbell  D Norman	6	6	4			Q	N Bruno  G Pozzi	6	6
	Q	N Bruno  G Pozzi	7	2	6										Q	N Bruno  G Pozzi	1	6	3
		A Järryd  B MacPhie	3	4											4	S Lareau  A O'Brien	6	1	6
		M Damm  P Nyborg	6	6					M Damm  P Nyborg	5	5
								4	S Lareau  A O'Brien	7	7
																						4	S Lareau  A O'Brien
	8	J Grabb  R Reneberg	6	6																		2	M Knowles  R Leach	w/o
	Q	M Lee  C Wilkinson	3	2				8	J Grabb  R Reneberg	2	6	4
		K Kinnear  D Randall	6	5	6				K Kinnear  D Randall	6	4	6
		W Arthurs  T Henman	4	7	2											K Kinnear  D Randall	6	3
	WC	H Kaneko  G Motomura	7	3	4										2	M Knowles  R Leach	7	6
		P Kilderry  P Tramacchi	5	6	6				P Kilderry  P Tramacchi	2	4
								2	M Knowles  R Leach	6	6

External links

• 1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships Men's Doubles draw