1996 Kroger St. Jude International – Doubles

Jared Palmer and Richey Reneberg were the defending champions but only Reneberg competed that year with Jim Grabb.

Doubles
1996 Kroger St. Jude International
Champions	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor
Runners-up	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde
Score	7–6, 1–6, 6–4
Draw	24
Seeds	8

Grabb and Reneberg lost in the first round to Brian MacPhie and Mark Philippoussis.

Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor won in the final 7–6, 1–6, 6–4 against Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde.^[1]

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. All eight seeded teams received byes to the second round.

1. Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (final)
2. Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (champions)
3. Byron Black / Grant Connell (quarterfinals)
4. Rick Leach / Scott Melville (quarterfinals)
5. Paul Haarhuis / Emilio Sánchez (second round)
6. Todd Martin / Alex O'Brien (semifinals)
7. Mark Keil / Jeff Tarango (second round)
8. Tomás Carbonell / Francisco Roig (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

• 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

Final

	Final
	1	Todd Woodbridge  Mark Woodforde	6	6	4
	2	Mark Knowles  Daniel Nestor	7	1	6

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	T Woodbridge  M Woodforde	6	6
		K Kinnear  D Randall	4	6	6				K Kinnear  D Randall	3	3
	WC	M Bhupathi  A Hamadeh	6	2	3										1	T Woodbridge  M Woodforde	6	3	7
		J A Conde  N Marques	4	7	1										WC	K Flach  K Jones	3	6	5
	WC	K Flach  K Jones	6	6	6			WC	K Flach  K Jones	6	7
								7	M Keil  J Tarango	3	6
																						1	T Woodbridge  M Woodforde	6	4	6
																						WC	M Joyce  D Pate	2	6	1
								4	R Leach  S Melville	6	4	7
		J Grabb  R Reneberg	0	6	1				B MacPhie  M Philippoussis	3	6	5
		B MacPhie  M Philippoussis	6	4	6										4	R Leach  S Melville	2	3
		T Nijssen  G Van Emburgh	2	4											WC	M Joyce  D Pate	6	6
	WC	M Joyce  D Pate	6	6				WC	M Joyce  D Pate	6	7
								5	P Haarhuis  E Sánchez	3	5

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								6	T Martin  A O'Brien	6	6
		T Kronemann  D Macpherson	4	6					J Novák  D Rikl	3	4
		J Novák  D Rikl	6	7											6	T Martin  A O'Brien	3	7	6
	Q	G Rusedski  P Tramacchi	4	3											3	B Black  G Connell	6	6	4
		N Pereira  M Tebbutt	6	6					N Pereira  M Tebbutt	1	7	5
								3	B Black  G Connell	6	5	7
																						6	T Martin  A O'Brien	6	4
																						2	M Knowles  D Nestor	7	6
								8	T Carbonell  F Roig	7	1	6
		L Jensen  M Jensen	5	6	6				L Jensen  M Jensen	6	6	4
		J Eagle  A Florent	7	4	3										8	T Carbonell  F Roig	5	3
	WC	B Shelton  K Thorne	7	1	4										2	M Knowles  D Nestor	7	6
		M Lucena  J Waite	6	6	6				M Lucena  J Waite	6	3	2
								2	M Knowles  D Nestor	4	6	6

References

1. John Barrett, ed. (1997). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 130, 137. ISBN 9780002187145.

External links

• 1996 Kroger St. Jude International Doubles draw