Doubles | |
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1996 Monte Carlo Open | |
Champions | Ellis Ferreira Jan Siemerink |
Runners-up | Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti |
Score | 2–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
Draw | 28 |
Seeds | 8 |
Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis were the defending champions but only Haarhuis competed that year with Sjeng Schalken.
Haarhuis and Schalken lost in the quarterfinals to Grant Connell and Todd Martin.
Ellis Ferreira and Jan Siemerink won in the final 2–6, 6–3, 6–2 against Jonas Björkman and Nicklas Kulti. [1]
The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.
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WC | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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2 | 7 | 6 |
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