1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles

The 1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships included this tournament in men's doubles. Mark Knowles and Jonathan Stark were the defending champions but only Knowles competed that year with Rick Leach.

Men's Doubles
1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships
Champions Todd Woodbridge
Mark Woodforde
Runners-up Mark Knowles
Rick Leach
Final score6–2, 6–3

Knowles and Leach lost in the final at 6–2, 6–3 against Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde.

Seeds

The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

  1. Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (Champions)
  2. Mark Knowles / Rick Leach (Final)
  3. Patrick Galbraith / Andrei Olhovskiy (Quarterfinals)
  4. Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien (Semifinals)
  5. n/a
  6. Guy Forget / Jakob Hlasek (Semifinals)
  7. Nicklas Kulti / Sandon Stolle (First Round)
  8. Jim Grabb / Richey Reneberg (Second Round)

Draw

Key

Final
Semifinals Final
          
1 Todd Woodbridge
Mark Woodforde 		7 6
6 Guy Forget
Jakob Hlasek 		6 3
1 Todd Woodbridge
Mark Woodforde 		6 6  
2 Mark Knowles
Rick Leach 		2 3  
4 Sébastien Lareau
Alex O'Brien
2 Mark Knowles
Rick Leach 		w/o

Top Half
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 T Woodbridge
M Woodforde 		w/o    
  J Cunha e Silva
J-P Fleurian 		3 4     D Prinosil
G Rusedski 		     
  D Prinosil
G Rusedski 		6 6   1 T Woodbridge
M Woodforde 		6 6  
  L Manta
F Wibier 		3 2     W Black
K Ullyett 		4 0  
  W Black
K Ullyett 		6 6     W Black
K Ullyett 		6 6  
  J Eagle
A Florent 		w/o       J Eagle
A Florent 		2 4  
7 N Kulti
S Stolle 		      1 T Woodbridge
M Woodforde 		7 6  
6 G Forget
J Hlasek 		6 3  
3 P Galbraith
A Olhovskiy 		w/o    
  M Ondruska
J Waite 		6 6 4   W Ferreira
G Muller 		     
  W Ferreira
G Muller 		7 3 6 3 P Galbraith
A Olhovskiy 		1 6  
WC S Iwabuchi
T Suzuki 		6 6   6 G Forget
J Hlasek 		6 7  
WC T Chaen
D Morii 		3 3   WC S Iwabuchi
T Suzuki 		2 6  
  D Pate
J Tarango 		4 6   6 G Forget
J Hlasek 		6 7  
6 G Forget
J Hlasek 		6 7  

Bottom Half
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
LL J Golmard
L Roux 		6 6  
WC T Mori
M Takada 		3 3   LL J Golmard
L Roux 		4 2  
  S Campbell
D Norman 		6 6 4 Q N Bruno
G Pozzi 		6 6  
Q N Bruno
G Pozzi 		7 2 6 Q N Bruno
G Pozzi 		1 6 3
  A Järryd
B MacPhie 		3 4   4 S Lareau
A O'Brien 		6 1 6
  M Damm
P Nyborg 		6 6     M Damm
P Nyborg 		5 5  
4 S Lareau
A O'Brien 		7 7  
4 S Lareau
A O'Brien 		     
8 J Grabb
R Reneberg 		6 6   2 M Knowles
R Leach 		w/o    
Q M Lee
C Wilkinson 		3 2   8 J Grabb
R Reneberg 		2 6 4
  K Kinnear
D Randall 		6 5 6   K Kinnear
D Randall 		6 4 6
  W Arthurs
T Henman 		4 7 2   K Kinnear
D Randall 		6 3  
WC H Kaneko
G Motomura 		7 3 4 2 M Knowles
R Leach 		7 6  
  P Kilderry
P Tramacchi 		5 6 6   P Kilderry
P Tramacchi 		2 4  
2 M Knowles
R Leach 		6 6  

References
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