1996 Paris Open – Doubles

1996 Paris Open s CAN Grant Connell USA Patrick Galbraith NED Jacco Eltingh NED Paul Haarhuis RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov CZE Daniel Vacek 6–4, 4–6, 7–6 24 8 singles 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. 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.International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997 1997 CollinsWillow London 9780002187145 John Barrett 131, 145 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. 30em AUS Todd Woodbridge / AUS Mark Woodforde (semifinals) ZIM Byron Black / CAN Grant Connell (semifinals) BAH Mark Knowles / CAN Daniel Nestor (quarterfinals) RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov / CZE Daniel Vacek (final) FRA Guy Forget / SUI Jakob Hlasek (second round) NED Jacco Eltingh / NED Paul Haarhuis (champions) RSA Ellis Ferreira / NED Jan Siemerink (second round) CAN Sébastien Lareau / USA Alex O'Brien (second round) Draw Final 3 Final 6 NED Jacco Eltingh NED Paul Haarhuis 6 4 7 4 RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov CZE Daniel Vacek 4 6 6 Top half y 3 1 First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Q ESP T Carbonell ESP F Roig 6 6 6   AUS S Stolle AUS M Tebbutt 7 4 4   CZE P Korda CZE C Suk 6 6     ARG L Lobo ESP J Sánchez 3 4   WC USA J Courier FRA F Santoro 6 6   WC FRA A Boetsch FRA O Delaître 3 4   WC FRA J-P Fleurian FRA G Raoux 6 6   WC USA A Agassi USA L Jensen 3 3   1 AUS T Woodbridge AUS M Woodforde 6 6   Q ESP T Carbonell ESP F Roig 4 3     CZE P Korda CZE C Suk 6 6   8 CAN S Lareau USA A O'Brien 3 3   3 BAH M Knowles CAN D Nestor 7 6   WC USA J Courier FRA F Santoro 6 3   WC FRA J-P Fleurian FRA G Raoux 5 6   6 NED J Eltingh NED P Haarhuis 7 7   1 AUS T Woodbridge AUS M Woodforde 6 7     CZE P Korda CZE C Suk 1 6   3 BAH M Knowles CAN D Nestor 3 2 r 6 NED J Eltingh NED P Haarhuis 6 5   1 AUS T Woodbridge AUS M Woodforde 6 6 6 6 NED J Eltingh NED P Haarhuis 4 7 7 Bottom half y 3 1 First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals   RSA D Adams NED M Oosting 6 6 6   USA P Galbraith USA J Stark 4 7 2   USA R Leach RUS A Olhovskiy 4 6 6   USA J Grabb USA R Reneberg 6 4 7   SWE N Kulti AUS M Philippoussis 6 4 6   CZE M Damm CZE P Vízner 4 6 7   USA T Kronemann AUS D Macpherson 5 7 6   BEL L Pimek RSA B Talbot 7 6 4 5 FRA G Forget SUI J Hlasek 6 6 6   RSA D Adams NED M Oosting 4 7 7   USA J Grabb USA R Reneberg 3 5   4 RUS Y Kafelnikov CZE D Vacek 6 7   7 RSA E Ferreira NED J Siemerink 2 4     CZE M Damm CZE P Vízner 6 6     USA T Kronemann AUS D Macpherson 6 5   2 ZIM B Black CAN G Connell 7 7     RSA D Adams NED M Oosting 6 2 4 4 RUS Y Kafelnikov CZE D Vacek 4 6 6   CZE M Damm CZE P Vízner 7 3 5 2 ZIM B Black CAN G Connell 6 6 7 4 RUS Y Kafelnikov CZE D Vacek 5 6 7 2 ZIM B Black CAN G Connell 7 1 6 References External links 1996 Paris Open Doubles draw Category:1996 Paris Open Category:1996 ATP Tour