1996 Panasonic German Open – Doubles

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Doubles
1996 Panasonic German Open
Final
Champions Flag of the Bahamas.svg Mark Knowles
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Nestor
Runners-up Flag of France.svg Guy Forget
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jakob Hlasek
Score6–2, 6–4
Details
Draw28
Seeds8
Events
Singles Doubles
  1995  · German Open Tennis Championships ·  1997  

Wayne Ferreira and Yevgeny Kafelnikov were the defending champions but lost in the first round to David Rikl and Daniel Vacek.

Contents

Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor won in the final 6–2, 6–4 against Guy Forget and Jakob Hlasek. [1]

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

  1. Flag of the Bahamas.svg Mark Knowles / Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Nestor (champions)
  2. Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Galbraith / Flag of Russia.svg Andrei Olhovskiy (semifinals)
  3. Flag of South Africa.svg Ellis Ferreira / Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jan Siemerink (second round)
  4. Flag of France.svg Guy Forget / Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jakob Hlasek (final)
  5. Flag of Argentina.svg Luis Lobo / Flag of Spain.svg Javier Sánchez (quarterfinals)
  6. Flag of Spain.svg Tomás Carbonell / Flag of Spain.svg Francisco Roig (semifinals)
  7. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Grant Connell / Flag of South Africa.svg John-Laffnie de Jager (quarterfinals)
  8. Flag of South Africa.svg Wayne Ferreira / Flag of Russia.svg Yevgeny Kafelnikov (first round)

Draw

Key

Final

Final
     
1 66 
4 2 4  

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 66 
 4 63  2 1  
 63 61 6 66
WC 4 2  7 73 2
 66  5 6  
 3 2  7 77 
7 66 1 77 
6 6 6  
3 4 4  
 67  66 
WC 1 5   2 61
 73 2 6 62 6
 6 66 6 6  
Q 6 4  6 77 
6 76 

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
5 3 76
 66 4 5 66 
WC 64 4  1 2  
 4 665 4 6  
 66 4 67 
Q 1 3   5 5  
4 77 
4 66 
8 4 5  2 2 1  
 
67  
66 
 66 3 WC 2 4  
WC 3 76 
5 1  
 61 3 2 76 
 4 66 2 64
2 61 6

Qualifying

Seeds

  1. Flag of Spain.svg Javier Conde / Flag of Spain.svg Àlex Corretja (first round)
  2. Flag of Germany.svg Alex Rădulescu / Flag of Germany.svg Jörn Renzenbrink (qualified)
  3. Flag of Spain.svg Emilio Benfele Álvarez / Flag of Spain.svg David Salvador-Estepa (qualified)
  4. Flag of Costa Rica.svg Juan Antonio Marín / Flag of Spain.svg Óscar Martínez (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
1 Flag of Spain.svg Javier Conde
Flag of Spain.svg Àlex Corretja
6 3
WC 76WC 73 5
Flag of Germany.svg Lars Kirschner
Flag of Germany.svg Alexander von Hugo
3 4 3 5 67
3 66

Second qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
2 66
4 3 2 76
5 64 4 6 1
4 72 6

References

  1. John Barrett, ed. (1997). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 130, 140–141. ISBN   9780002187145.