Doubles | |
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1996 Open Romania | |
1995 Champions | Mark Keil Jeff Tarango |
Champions | David Ekerot Jeff Tarango |
Runners-up | David Adams Menno Oosting |
Score | 7–6, 7–6 |
Draw | 16 |
Seeds | 4 |
Mark Keil and Jeff Tarango were the defending champions but only Tarango competed that year with David Ekerot.
Ekerot and Tarango won in the final 7–6, 7–6 against David Adams and Menno Oosting. [1]
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | L Pimek B Talbot | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
WC | S Noszály G Schaller | 0 | 0 | 1 | L Pimek B Talbot | 7 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
G Cosac A Pavel | 6 | 7 | G Cosac A Pavel | 5 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
LL | R Fromberg J Sekulov | 2 | 6 | 1 | L Pimek B Talbot | 6 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | D Ekerot J Tarango | 7 | 7 | 4 | D Ekerot J Tarango | 7 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
I Moldovan D Pescariu | 5 | 6 | 4 | D Ekerot J Tarango | 4 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
WC | A Berasategui G Blanco | 6 | 5 | 6 | WC | A Berasategui G Blanco | 6 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
B Coupe T Phillips | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | David Ekerot Jeff Tarango | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J Belloli J Ireland | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | David Adams Jeff Tarango | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
WC | H Arazi F Segărceanu | 5 | 6 | 7 | WC | H Arazi F Segărceanu | 6 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
M Hood S Prieto | 4 | 6 | 6 | M Hood S Prieto | 7 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Q | D Salvador F Vicente | 6 | 4 | 4 | WC | H Arazi F Segărceanu | 6 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
S Hiršzon G Ivanišević | 4 | 2 | 2 | D Adams M Oosting | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
CP Porumb G Trifu | 6 | 6 | CP Porumb G Trifu | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
F Browne A Zingman | 6 | 4 | 2 | D Adams M Oosting | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | D Adams M Oosting | 7 | 6 |
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