1996 Paris Open – Doubles

Grant Connell and Patrick Galbraith were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Connell with Byron Black and Galbraith with Jonathan Stark.

Doubles
1996 Paris Open
1995 Champions	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith
Champions	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis
Runners-up	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek
Score	6–4, 4–6, 7–6
Draw	24
Seeds	8

Galbraith and Stark lost in the first round to David Adams and Menno Oosting.

Black and Connell lost in the semifinals to Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Daniel Vacek.

Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis won in the final 6–4, 4–6, 7–6 against Kafelnikov and Vacek.^[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 into the second round.

1. Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (semifinals)
2. Byron Black / Grant Connell (semifinals)
3. Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (quarterfinals)
4. Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek (final)
5. Guy Forget / Jakob Hlasek (second round)
6. Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis (champions)
7. Ellis Ferreira / Jan Siemerink (second round)
8. Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien (second round)

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
	6	Jacco Eltingh  Paul Haarhuis	6	4	7
	4	Yevgeny Kafelnikov  Daniel Vacek	4	6	6

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	T Woodbridge  M Woodforde	6	6
	Q	T Carbonell  F Roig	6	6	6			Q	T Carbonell  F Roig	4	3
		S Stolle  M Tebbutt	7	4	4										1	T Woodbridge  M Woodforde	6	7
		P Korda  C Suk	6	6												P Korda  C Suk	1	6
		L Lobo  J Sánchez	3	4					P Korda  C Suk	6	6
								8	S Lareau  A O'Brien	3	3
																						1	T Woodbridge  M Woodforde	6	6	6
																						6	J Eltingh  P Haarhuis	4	7	7
								3	M Knowles  D Nestor	7	6
	WC	J Courier  F Santoro	6	6				WC	J Courier  F Santoro	6	3
	WC	A Boetsch  O Delaître	3	4											3	M Knowles  D Nestor	3	2	r
	WC	J-P Fleurian  G Raoux	6	6											6	J Eltingh  P Haarhuis	6	5
	WC	A Agassi  L Jensen	3	3				WC	J-P Fleurian  G Raoux	5	6
								6	J Eltingh  P Haarhuis	7	7

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								5	G Forget  J Hlasek	6	6	6
		D Adams  M Oosting	6	6	6				D Adams  M Oosting	4	7	7
		P Galbraith  J Stark	4	7	2											D Adams  M Oosting	6	2	4
		R Leach  A Olhovskiy	4	6	6										4	Y Kafelnikov  D Vacek	4	6	6
		J Grabb  R Reneberg	6	4	7				J Grabb  R Reneberg	3	5
								4	Y Kafelnikov  D Vacek	6	7
																						4	Y Kafelnikov  D Vacek	5	6	7
																						2	B Black  G Connell	7	1	6
								7	E Ferreira  J Siemerink	2	4
		N Kulti  M Philippoussis	6	4	6				M Damm  P Vízner	6	6
		M Damm  P Vízner	4	6	7											M Damm  P Vízner	7	3	5
		T Kronemann  D Macpherson	5	7	6										2	B Black  G Connell	6	6	7
		L Pimek  B Talbot	7	6	4				T Kronemann  D Macpherson	6	5
								2	B Black  G Connell	7	7

References

1. John Barrett, ed. (1997). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 131, 145. ISBN 9780002187145.

External links

• 1996 Paris Open Doubles draw