1996 BellSouth Open – Doubles

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Doubles
1996 BellSouth Open
Final
Champions Flag of South Africa.svg Marcos Ondruska
Flag of the United States.svg Jack Waite
Runners-up Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Björkman
Flag of New Zealand.svg Brett Steven
Score Walkover
Details
Draw16
Seeds4
Events
Singles Doubles
  1995  · ATP Auckland Open ·  1997  

Grant Connell and Patrick Galbraith were the defending champions but did not compete that year.

Contents

Marcos Ondruska and Jack Waite won the final on a walkover against Jonas Björkman and Brett Steven. [1]

Seeds

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

  1. Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Björkman / Flag of New Zealand.svg Brett Steven (final, withdrew)
  2. Flag of France.svg Guy Forget / Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jakob Hlasek (quarterfinals)
  3. Flag of South Africa.svg David Adams / Flag of the United States.svg Richey Reneberg (quarterfinals)
  4. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Novák / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg David Rikl (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 76 
 6 4  1 77 
 61 3  6 5  
 1 661 66 
4 66  
3 4  
 4 2  4 6 73
 
6   
76 6
WC 1 r  1    
WC 3 3   w/o  
 66  2 66
Q 3 63 3 63 2
3 63 6 76 
 66  6 2  
 3 1   66 
WC 76 1 2 3 2  
2 6 76

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References

  1. John Barrett, ed. (1997). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 130, 146. ISBN   9780002187145.