1996 Kroger St. Jude International – Doubles

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Doubles
1996 Kroger St. Jude International
Final
Champions Flag of the Bahamas.svg Mark Knowles
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Nestor
Runners-up Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Woodbridge
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Woodforde
Score7–6, 1–6, 6–4
Details
Draw24
Seeds8
Events
Singles Doubles
  1995  · U.S. National Indoor Championships ·  1997  

Jared Palmer and Richey Reneberg were the defending champions but only Reneberg competed that year with Jim Grabb.

Contents

Grabb and Reneberg lost in the first round to Brian MacPhie and Mark Philippoussis.

Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor won in the final 7–6, 1–6, 6–4 against Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde. [1]

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. All eight seeded teams received byes to the second round.

  1. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Woodbridge / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Woodforde (final)
  2. Flag of the Bahamas.svg Mark Knowles / Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Nestor (champions)
  3. Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Byron Black / Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Grant Connell (quarterfinals)
  4. Flag of the United States.svg Rick Leach / Flag of the United States.svg Scott Melville (quarterfinals)
  5. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Paul Haarhuis / Flag of Spain.svg Emilio Sánchez (second round)
  6. Flag of the United States.svg Todd Martin / Flag of the United States.svg Alex O'Brien (semifinals)
  7. Flag of the United States.svg Mark Keil / Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Tarango (second round)
  8. Flag of Spain.svg Tomás Carbonell / Flag of Spain.svg Francisco Roig (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Final

Final
     
1 6 64
2 71 6

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 66 
 4 66 3 3  
WC 62 3 1 63 7
 4 71 WC 3 65
WC 66 6WC 67 
7 3 6  
1 64 6
WC
2 61
4 64 7
 0 61  3 65
 64 64 2 3  
 2 4  WC
66 
WC
66 WC
67 
5 3 5  

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
6 66 
 4 6   3 4  
 67 6 3 76
Q 4 3  3 66 4
 66  1 75
3 65 7
6 6 4  
2 76 
8 71 6
 5 66 6 64
 74 3 8 5 3  
WC 71 4 2 76 
 6 66 63 2
2 4 66

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References

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