1996 French Open – Men's doubles

1996 French Open RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov CZE Daniel Vacek FRA Guy Forget SUI Jakob Hlasek 6–2, 6–3 64 16 1996 French Open Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Daniel Vacek defeated Guy Forget and Jakob Hlasek in the final, 6–2, 6–3 to win the men's doubles tennis title at the 1996 French Open. As of 2025, Kafelnikov remains the most recent man to win both the singles and men's doubles events at the same edition of a major. Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. 30em AUS Todd Woodbridge / AUS Mark Woodforde (semifinals) BAH Mark Knowles / CAN Daniel Nestor (second round) ZIM Byron Black / CAN Grant Connell (second round) USA Patrick Galbraith / RUS Andrei Olhovskiy (second round) FRA Guy Forget / SUI Jakob Hlasek (final) RSA Ellis Ferreira / NED Jan Siemerink (first round) RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov / CZE Daniel Vacek (champions) CAN Sébastien Lareau / USA Alex O'Brien (third round) SWE Jonas Björkman / SWE Nicklas Kulti (quarterfinals) ARG Luis Lobo / ESP Javier Sánchez (third round) BEL Libor Pimek / RSA Byron Talbot (quarterfinals) ESP Tomás Carbonell / ESP Francisco Roig (first round) NED Hendrik Jan Davids / CZE Cyril Suk (second round) SWE Stefan Edberg / CZE Petr Korda (third round) AUS Mark Philippoussis / AUS Patrick Rafter (third round) CZE Jiří Novák / CZE David Rikl (first round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1 AUS Todd WoodbridgeAUS Mark Woodforde 9 SWE Jonas BjörkmanSWE Nicklas Kulti 6 4 6 1 5 FRA Guy ForgetSUI Jakob Hlasek   ARG Javier FranaUSA Rick Leach 6 2 6 2   USA Jared PalmerUSA Jonathan Stark 11 BEL Libor PimekRSA Byron Talbot 6 3 3 6 6 1 7 RUS Yevgeny KafelnikovCZE Daniel Vacek   USA Donald JohnsonUSA Francisco Montana 6 2 7 68 5 FRA Guy ForgetSUI Jakob Hlasek 1 AUS Todd WoodbridgeAUS Mark Woodforde 6 3 4 6 6 4 7 RUS Yevgeny KafelnikovCZE Daniel Vacek   USA Jared PalmerUSA Jonathan Stark 6 4 7 64 7 RUS Yevgeny KafelnikovCZE Daniel Vacek 5 FRA Guy ForgetSUI Jakob Hlasek 6 2 6 3 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 1 AUS T WoodbridgeAUS M Woodforde RSA M OndruskaZIM K Ullyett 6 3 7 61 SUI L MantaCZE P Vízner AUS J IrelandITA D Nargiso 6 4 7 5 RSA D AdamsAUS W Arthurs NED T KempersNED T Nijssen 6 3 3 6 8 6 15 AUS M PhilippoussisAUS P Rafter USA B MacPhieAUS M Tebbutt 6 4 7 64 9 SWE J BjörkmanSWE N Kulti FRA L BarthezFRA G Bastié 6 2 6 3 RSA B HaygarthRSA C van Rensburg AUS P KilderryAUS P Tramacchi 6 2 7 62 NED R KrajicekNED M Oosting SWE R BerghUSA S Cannon 3 6 7 62 6 4 8 CAN S LareauUSA A O'Brien ECU N LapenttiVEN N Pereira 4 6 6 1 6 3 1 AUS T WoodbridgeAUS M Woodforde SUI L MantaCZE P Vízner 6 1 6 2 15 AUS M PhilippoussisAUS P Rafter RSA D AdamsAUS W Arthurs 7 64 7 69 9 SWE J BjörkmanSWE N Kulti RSA B HaygarthRSA C van Rensburg 6 2 6 4 8 CAN S LareauUSA A O'Brien NED R KrajicekNED M Oosting 7 5 6 3 1 AUS T WoodbridgeAUS M Woodforde 15 AUS M PhilippoussisAUS P Rafter 6 4 7 69 9 SWE J BjörkmanSWE N Kulti 8 CAN S LareauUSA A O'Brien 6 3 4 6 6 3 1 AUS T WoodbridgeAUS M Woodforde 9 SWE J BjörkmanSWE N Kulti 6 4 6 1 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 4 USA P GalbraithRUS A Olhovskiy AUS J EagleAUS A Florent 1 6 7 65 6 4 ARG J FranaUSA R Leach ARG P AlbanoESP J-A Conde 6 3 5 7 7 5 USA S DavisGBR T Henman RSA M BarnardUSA G Van Emburgh 6 3 6 2 13 NED HJ DavidsCZE C Suk SWE D EkerotHUN L Markovits 7 63 7 65 GER P KühnenRSA G Muller 12 ESP T CarbonellESP F Roig 7 5 7 66 USA J GrabbUSA R Reneberg GER M-K GoellnerGER D Prinosil 6 3 6 4 CZE K NováčekUSA V Spadea FRA J-F BachelotFRA G Carraz 6 2 6 3 5 FRA G ForgetSUI J Hlasek ZIM W BlackUSA J Waite 3 6 6 3 6 3 ARG J FranaUSA R Leach 4 USA P GalbraithRUS A Olhovskiy 7 63 6 4 USA S DavisGBR T Henman 13 NED HJ DavidsCZE C Suk 6 3 7 64 USA J GrabbUSA R Reneberg GER P KühnenRSA G Muller 64 7 6 3 6 3 5 FRA G ForgetSUI J Hlasek CZE K NováčekUSA V Spadea 4 6 6 3 6 2 ARG J FranaUSA R Leach USA S DavisGBR T Henman 7 5 6 3 5 FRA G ForgetSUI J Hlasek USA J GrabbUSA R Reneberg 6 1 6 4 5 FRA G ForgetSUI J Hlasek ARG J FranaUSA R Leach 6 2 6 2 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals USA T KronemannAUS D Macpherson 6 RSA E FerreiraNED J Siemerink 68 7 7 66 7 5 NED P HaarhuisNED S Schalken USA K KinnearUSA D Randall 4 6 7 64 6 4 ESP J ArreseITA S Pescosolido USA L JensenUSA M Jensen 6 4 6 4 11 BEL L PimekRSA B Talbot RSA J-L de JagerSWE M Larsson 6 4 6 4 14 SWE S EdbergCZE P Korda NZL B StevenUSA K Thorne 6 3 6 4 FRA J-P FleurianFRA G Raoux FRA R GilbertFRA S Simian 6 3 6 4 USA J PalmerUSA J Stark USA B BehrensUSA M Lucena 6 3 7 68 3 ZIM B BlackCAN G Connell HUN G KövesGBR A Richardson 6 1 6 4 USA T KronemannAUS D Macpherson NED P HaarhuisNED S Schalken 6 3 4 6 6 1 11 BEL L PimekRSA B Talbot ESP J ArreseITA S Pescosolido 6 4 6 3 14 SWE S EdbergCZE P Korda FRA J-P FleurianFRA G Raoux 6 3 7 5 USA J PalmerUSA J Stark 3 ZIM B BlackCAN G Connell 7 65 7 5 11 BEL L PimekRSA B Talbot USA T KronemannAUS D Macpherson 6 4 7 63 USA J PalmerUSA J Stark 14 SWE S EdbergCZE P Korda 6 4 4 6 7 5 USA J PalmerUSA J Stark 11 BEL L PimekRSA B Talbot 6 3 3 6 6 1 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 7 RUS Y KafelnikovCZE D Vacek FRA J GolmardFRA L Roux 6 0 6 3 USA K JonesUSA C Woodruff USA M KeilSWE P Nyborg 3 0 0 0R FRA O DelaîtreUSA J Tarango FRA H LeconteFRA Y Noah 7 64 4 6 6 2 10 ARG L LoboESP J Sánchez FRA S GrosjeanFRA O Mutis 6 3 6 4 AUS S StolleAUS J Stoltenberg 16 CZE J NovákCZE D Rikl 6 1 6 4 RSA L BaleNED S Noteboom USA K FlachUSA D Wheaton 7 64 6 4 USA D JohnsonUSA F Montana FRA A BoetschSUI M Rosset 6 2 1 6 6 3 2 BAH M KnowlesCAN D Nestor GBR N BroadRSA P Norval 2 6 7 62 6 2 7 RUS Y KafelnikovCZE D Vacek USA K JonesUSA C Woodruff 6 3 6 4 10 ARG L LoboESP J Sánchez FRA O DelaîtreUSA J Tarango 6 2 3 6 6 3 RSA L BaleNED S Noteboom AUS S StolleAUS J Stoltenberg 6 3 7 66 USA D JohnsonUSA F Montana 2 BAH M KnowlesCAN D Nestor 3 6 7 5 6 3 7 RUS Y KafelnikovCZE D Vacek 10 ARG L LoboESP J Sánchez 7 68 7 5 USA D JohnsonUSA F Montana RSA L BaleNED S Noteboom 6 4 7 65 7 RUS Y KafelnikovCZE D Vacek USA D JohnsonUSA F Montana 6 2 7 68 References External links Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) – main draw 1996 French Open – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation Men's Doubles Men's Doubles Category:French Open by year – Men's doubles