1996 Lipton Championships – Men's doubles

Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde were the defending champions and won in the final 6–1, 6–3 against Ellis Ferreira and Patrick Galbraith.^[1]

Men's doubles
1996 Lipton Championships
Champions	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde
Runners-up	Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith
Score	6–1, 6–3
Draw	48
Seeds	16

Seeds

All sixteen seeded teams received byes into the second round.

1. Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (champions)
2. n/a
3. Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (semifinals)
4. Byron Black / Grant Connell (semifinals)
5. Rick Leach / Scott Melville (third round)
6. Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien (quarterfinals)
7. Guy Forget / Jakob Hlasek (second round)
8. Menno Oosting / Cyril Suk (third round)
9. Patrick McEnroe / Sandon Stolle (quarterfinals)
10. Ellis Ferreira / Patrick Galbraith (final)
11. Todd Martin / Jonathan Stark (second round)
12. Jonas Björkman / Stefan Edberg (third round)
13. Luis Lobo / Javier Sánchez (third round)
14. Trevor Kronemann / David Macpherson (third round, withdrew)
15. Brian MacPhie / Mark Philippoussis (second round)
16. Jim Grabb / Richey Reneberg (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

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Todd Woodbridge  Mark Woodforde	6	6
	3	Mark Knowles  Daniel Nestor	3	4
								1	Todd Woodbridge  Mark Woodforde	6	6
								10	Ellis Ferreira  Patrick Galbraith	1	3
	4	Byron Black  Grant Connell	2	2
	10	Ellis Ferreira  Patrick Galbraith	6	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								1	T Woodbridge  M Woodforde	6	6
		K Nováček  M Ondruska	6	6					K Nováček  M Ondruska	3	4
		L Bale  B Haygarth	2	3											1	T Woodbridge  M Woodforde	7	6
		L Jensen  M Jensen	6	6	6											M Damm  P Korda	5	4
		M Damm  P Korda	1	7	7				M Damm  P Korda	6	7
								15	B MacPhie  M Philippoussis	3	5
																						1	T Woodbridge  M Woodforde	7	6
																						9	P McEnroe  S Stolle	6	4
								9	P McEnroe  S Stolle	6	6
	Q	S Draper  J Stoltenberg	6	4	3				M Keil  M Larsson	4	4
		M Keil  M Larsson	4	6	6										9	P McEnroe  S Stolle	6	3	6
		D Johnson  F Montana	6	6											8	M Oosting  C Suk	3	6	3
		A Gaudenzi  D Nargiso	3	4					D Johnson  F Montana	6	7	5
								8	M Oosting  C Suk	7	5	7

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								3	M Knowles  D Nestor	6	6	6
	WC	P Cash  J Gimelstob	2	7	6			WC	P Cash  J Gimelstob	7	3	4
		G Michibata  R Smith	6	6	2										3	M Knowles  D Nestor	6	6
		J-L de Jager  G Muller	3	6	3										13	L Lobo  J Sánchez	3	4
	WC	P Kilderry  P Tramacchi	6	2	6			WC	P Kilderry  P Tramacchi	2	4
								13	L Lobo  J Sánchez	6	6
																						3	M Knowles  D Nestor	6	7
																							J Eagle  A Florent	4	6
								11	T Martin  J Stark	6	5
	WC	J Courier  T Enqvist	7	6	6				J Eagle  A Florent	7	7
		J Eagle  A Florent	5	7	7											J Eagle  A Florent	6	3	6
		T Henman  P Kühnen	5	2											5	R Leach  S Melville	4	6	3
		L Paes  N Pereira	7	6					L Paes  N Pereira	5	5
								5	R Leach  S Melville	7	7

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								6	S Lareau  A O'Brien	6	6
		B Behrens  M Tebbutt	4	6	7				B Behrens  M Tebbutt	3	0
		P Albano  V Flégl	6	4	5										6	S Lareau  A O'Brien	6	2	6
		M Lucena  J Morgan	4	3											12	J Björkman  S Edberg	2	6	4
		K Flach  K Jones	6	6					K Flach  K Jones	7	3	4
								12	J Björkman  S Edberg	5	6	6
																						6	S Lareau  A O'Brien	7	4	2
																						4	B Black  G Connell	6	6	6
								14	T Kronemann  D Macpherson	6	6
		K Kinnear  D Randall	6	1	6				K Kinnear  D Randall	3	4
		T Nijssen  G Van Emburgh	4	6	3										14	T Kronemann  D Macpherson
		G Köves  A Richardson	4	4											4	B Black  G Connell	w/o
		K Thorne  J Waite	6	6					K Thorne  J Waite
								4	B Black  G Connell	w/o

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								7	G Forget  J Hlasek	6	3	4
		J-P Fleurian  G Raoux	7	6					J-P Fleurian  G Raoux	2	6	6
		D Ekerot  S Noteboom	6	4												J-P Fleurian  G Raoux	5	4
		S Davis  D Pate	4	6	3										10	E Ferreira  P Galbraith	7	6
	WC	À Corretja  S Schalken	6	3	6			WC	À Corretja  S Schalken	6	1	4
								10	E Ferreira  P Galbraith	4	6	6
																						10	E Ferreira  P Galbraith	3	6	6
																						16	J Grabb  R Reneberg	6	3	2
								16	J Grabb  R Reneberg	6	6	7
	Q	A Boetsch  M Rosset	6	2					J Frana  E Sánchez	3	7	6
		J Frana  E Sánchez	7	6											16	J Grabb  R Reneberg	2	6	6
		R Krajicek  J Siemerink	6	6												R Krajicek  J Siemerink	6	1	0
		R Bergh  S Cannon	2	2					R Krajicek  J Siemerink	6	6
								LL	Ó Ortiz  L-A Wahlgren	3	4