1996 Pilot Pen International – Doubles

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Doubles
1996 Pilot Pen International
1995 Champions Flag of the United States.svg Rick Leach
Flag of the United States.svg Scott Melville
Final
Champions Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Byron Black
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Grant Connell
Runners-up Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Björkman
Flag of Sweden.svg Nicklas Kulti
Score6–4, 6–4
Details
Draw28
Seeds8
Events
Singles Doubles
  1995  · Pilot Pen International ·  1997  

Rick Leach and Scott Melville were the defending champions but did not compete that year.

Contents

Byron Black and Grant Connell won in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Jonas Björkman and Nicklas Kulti. [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 Zimbabwe.svg Byron Black / Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Grant Connell (champions)
  2. Flag of Russia.svg Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Daniel Vacek (quarterfinals)
  3. Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Galbraith / Flag of Russia.svg Andrei Olhovskiy (second round)
  4. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jacco Eltingh / Flag of the Netherlands.svg Paul Haarhuis (second round)
  5. Flag of South Africa.svg Ellis Ferreira / Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jan Siemerink (semifinals)
  6. Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Björkman / Flag of Sweden.svg Nicklas Kulti (final)
  7. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Philippoussis / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Patrick Rafter (first round)
  8. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Neil Broad / Flag of South Africa.svg Piet Norval (semifinals)

Draw

Key

Final

Final
     
1 66 
6 4 4  

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 6 66
 66  74 4
WC 4 4  1 76 
 66  6 4  
WC 4 1   6 64
 6 66 74 6
7 73 4 1 6 66
5 74 3
4 4 5  
 67  67 
 3 6   3 4  
 62 3 5 66 
 4 66 74 3
 1 0  5 6 66
5 66 

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
6 67 
Q 3 5  6 66 
 76 4  4 3  
 6 766 66 
 66  4 2  
 3 0   66 
3 3 4  
6 6 66
8 64 68 74 3
 
0 62 8 77 
WC 76 WC 5 6  
Q 6 1  8 66 6
 66 1 2 4 73
WC 3 76WC 3 5  
2 67 

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References

  1. John Barrett, ed. (1997). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 131, 143–144. ISBN   9780002187145.