Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde defeated Sébastien Lareau and Alex O'Brien in the final, 6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 7–6(7–3) to win the doubles tennis title at the 1996 ATP Tour World Championships. It was the Woodies' second Tour Finals title.[1]
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1996 ATP Tour World Championships | |
| Champions |  Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde |
| Runners-up |  Sébastien Lareau  Alex O'Brien |
| Score | 6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 7–6(7–3) |
| Draw | 8 |
Grant Connell and Patrick Galbraith were the reigning champions, but only Connell competed that year partnering Byron Black; they were defeated in the semifinals by Woodbridge and Woodforde.
Seeds edit
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (champions)
Byron Black / 
Grant Connell (semifinals)
Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (round robin)
Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis (round robin)- Sébastien Lareau /
Alex O'Brien (final) 
Jonas Björkman / Nicklas Kulti (round robin)
Libor Pimek / 
Byron Talbot (round robin)- Trevor Kronemann / David Macpherson (semifinals)
Draw edit
Key edit
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Finals edit
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 2 |  Byron Black Grant Connell
| 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde
| 6 | 5 | 6 | 77 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien
| 4 | 7 | 2 | 63 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien
| 710 | 77 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson
| 68 | 64 | ||||||||||||
Green group edit
| Woodbridge Woodforde
|
 Eltingh Haarhuis
|
Lareau O'Brien
|
 Pimek Talbot
|
RR W–L |
Set W–L |
Game W–L |
Standings | ||
| 1 | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde
|
4–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5) | 6–4, 3–6, 5–7 | 6–2, 6–3 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 44–40 | 2 | |
| 4 | Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis
|
6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(5–7) | 7–6(7–2), 6–4 | 7–6(7–5), 5–7, 4–6 | 1–2 | 4–4 | 47–47 | 4 | |
| 5 | Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien
|
4–6, 6–3, 7–5 | 6–7(2–7), 4–6 | 6–1, 6–3 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 39–31 | 1 | |
| 7 | Libor Pimek Byron Talbot
|
2–6, 3–6 | 6–7(5–7), 7–5, 6–4 | 1–6, 3–6 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 28–40 | 3 |
Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5. steering-committee decision.
Yellow group edit
| Black Connell
|
 Knowles Nestor
|
 Björkman Kulti
|
Kronemann Macpherson
|
RR W–L |
Set W–L |
Game W–L |
Standings | ||
| 2 | Byron Black Grant Connell
|
w/o | 6–3, 1–6, 6–4 | 3–6, 6–2, 6–3 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 28–24 | 1 | |
| 3 | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor
|
w/o | 6–4, 4–6, 4–6 | 6–3, 4–6, 6–3 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 30–28 | 3 | |
| 6 | Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti
|
3–6, 6–1, 4–6 | 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 | 6–4, 5–7, 6–7(2–7) | 1–2 | 4–5 | 46–45 | 4 | |
| 8 | Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson
|
6–3, 2–6, 3–6 | 3–6, 6–4, 3–6 | 4–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–2) | 1–2 | 4–5 | 41–48 | 2 |
Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5. steering-committee decision.
References edit
- ^ "1996 Tour World Championships – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).