1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's doubles

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Men's doubles
1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships
Final
Champions Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Woodbridge
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Woodforde
Runners-up Flag of the Bahamas.svg Mark Knowles
Flag of the United States.svg Rick Leach
Score6–2, 6–3
Details
Draw28
Seeds8
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
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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.

Contents

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. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Woodbridge / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Woodforde (champions)
  2. Flag of the Bahamas.svg Mark Knowles / Flag of the United States.svg Rick Leach (final)
  3. Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Galbraith / Flag of Russia.svg Andrei Olhovskiy (quarterfinals)
  4. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sébastien Lareau / Flag of the United States.svg Alex O'Brien (semifinals)
  5. n/a
  6. Flag of France.svg Guy Forget / Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jakob Hlasek (semifinals)
  7. Flag of Sweden.svg Nicklas Kulti / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sandon Stolle (first round)
  8. Flag of the United States.svg Jim Grabb / Flag of the United States.svg Richey Reneberg (second round)

Draw

Key

Final

Semifinals Final
          
1 76
6 6 3
1 66 
2 2 3  
4
2 w/o

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 w/o  
 3 4      
 66 1 66 
 3 2   4 0  
 66  66 
 w/o   2 4  
7    1 76 
6 6 3  
3 w/o  
 6 64     
 73 63 1 6  
WC 66 6 67 
WC 3 3  WC 2 6  
 4 6  6 67 
6 67 

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
LL 66 
WC 3 3  LL 4 2  
 6 64 Q 66 
Q 72 6Q 1 63
 3 4  4 61 6
 66  5 5  
4 77 
4    
8 66 2 w/o  
Q 3 2  8 2 64
 65 6 64 6
 4 72  6 3  
WC 73 4 2 76 
 5 66 2 4  
2 66 

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