1996 du Maurier Open – Men's doubles

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Men's doubles
1996 du Maurier Open
1995 Champions Flag of Russia.svg Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Flag of Russia.svg Andrei Olhovskiy
Final
Champions Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Galbraith
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Paul Haarhuis
Runners-up Flag of the Bahamas.svg Mark Knowles
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Nestor
Score7–6, 6–3
Details
Draw28
Seeds8
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
  1995  · du Maurier Open ·  1997  

Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Andrei Olhovskiy were the defending champions but only Olhovskiy competed that year with Ken Flach.

Contents

Flach and Olhovskiy lost in the first round to Sébastien Leblanc and Jocelyn Robichaud.

Patrick Galbraith and Paul Haarhuis won in the final 7–6, 6–3 against Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor. [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 Australia (converted).svg Todd Woodbridge / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Woodforde (quarterfinals)
  2. Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Byron Black / Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Grant Connell (quarterfinals)
  3. Flag of the Bahamas.svg Mark Knowles / Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Nestor (final)
  4. Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Galbraith / Flag of the Netherlands.svg Paul Haarhuis (champions)
  5. Flag of France.svg Guy Forget / Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jakob Hlasek (first round)
  6. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sébastien Lareau / Flag of the United States.svg Alex O'Brien (quarterfinals)
  7. Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Björkman / Flag of Sweden.svg Nicklas Kulti (semifinals)
  8. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Novák / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Daniel Vacek (first round)

Draw

Key

Final

Final
     
4 76 
3 6 3  

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 2 66
WC 3 2   64 4
 66 1 62 4
 77  4 66
 6 6      
 76 6 w/o  
8 6 74  6 2  
4 76 
4 67 
Q 77 Q 3 6  
 6 5  4 6 66
 73 3 6 74 1
WC 5 66WC 4 4  
 3 63 6 66 
6 63 6

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
5 66 4
 4 76 6 3  
 6 67 76 
9 74 6  3 5  
WC 4 4  3 67 
 
66  
6 3  
3 76 
3 4 66
7 66 7 63 4
Q 4 1  7 66 
 1 76 3 4  
WC 66 4 7 65 7
 6 64 2 4 76
 73 6 6 4  
2 76 

References

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