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1996 Pilot Pen International – Doubles
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January 2025
1996 Pilot Pen International s USA Rick Leach USA Scott Melville ZIM Byron Black CAN Grant Connell SWE Jonas Björkman SWE Nicklas Kulti 6–4, 6–4 28 8 singles doubles Volvo International – Doubles
Rick Leach and Scott Melville were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Byron Black and Grant Connell won in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Jonas Björkman and Nicklas Kulti.International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997 1997 CollinsWillow London 9780002187145 John Barrett 131, 143–144
Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.
30em ZIM Byron Black / CAN Grant Connell (champions)
RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov / CZE Daniel Vacek (quarterfinals)
USA Patrick Galbraith / RUS Andrei Olhovskiy (second round)
NED Jacco Eltingh / NED Paul Haarhuis (second round)
RSA Ellis Ferreira / NED Jan Siemerink (semifinals)
SWE Jonas Björkman / SWE Nicklas Kulti (final)
AUS Mark Philippoussis / AUS Patrick Rafter (first round)
GBR Neil Broad / RSA Piet Norval (semifinals)
Draw
Final
3 Final 1 ZIM Byron Black CAN Grant Connell 6 6 6 SWE Jonas Björkman SWE Nicklas Kulti 4 4
Top half
y 3 1 First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals USA S Cannon BAH R Smith 6 6 WC FRA A Boetsch SUI M Rosset 4 4 GBR A Richardson ITA L Tieleman 6 6 WC ESP S Bruguera UKR A Medvedev 4 1 RSA D Adams NED S Schalken 6 6 6 7 AUS M Philippoussis AUS P Rafter 7 3 4 IND M Bhupathi IND L Paes 6 7 NED S Noteboom NED F Wibier 3 6 RSA M Barnard USA G Van Emburgh 6 2 3 USA B Hansen-Dent USA T. J. Middleton 4 6 6 FRA O Delaître USA V Spadea 1 0 5 RSA E Ferreira NED J Siemerink 6 6 1 ZIM B Black CAN G Connell 6 6 6 USA S Cannon BAH R Smith 7 4 4 GBR A Richardson ITA L Tieleman 6 6 4 RSA D Adams NED S Schalken 7 4 6 4 NED J Eltingh NED P Haarhuis 4 5 IND M Bhupathi IND L Paes 6 7 USA B Hansen-Dent USA T. J. Middleton 7 4 3 5 RSA E Ferreira NED J Siemerink 6 6 6 1 ZIM B Black CAN G Connell 7 6 RSA D Adams NED S Schalken 6 4 IND M Bhupathi IND L Paes 3 4 5 RSA E Ferreira NED J Siemerink 6 6 1 ZIM B Black CAN G Connell 6 6 6 5 RSA E Ferreira NED J Siemerink 7 4 3
Bottom half
y 3 1 First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 6 SWE J Björkman SWE N Kulti 6 7 Q VEN 1930 N Pereira SWE M Wilander 3 5 USA L Jensen USA M Jensen 7 6 4 USA J Courier USA A O'Brien 6 7 6 AUS P Cash AUS S Stolle 6 6 SWE O Kristiansson SWE M Renström 3 0 8 GBR N Broad RSA P Norval 6 4 6 POR E Couto POR B Mota 0 6 2 WC ITA A Gaudenzi AUT T Muster 7 6 Q RSA R Koenig BLR M Mirnyi 6 1 ZIM W Black RSA K Ullyett 6 6 1 WC USA M Joyce CHI M Ríos 3 7 6 6 SWE J Björkman SWE N Kulti 6 6 USA J Courier USA A O'Brien 4 3 AUS P Cash AUS S Stolle 6 6 3 USA P Galbraith RUS A Olhovskiy 3 4 8 GBR N Broad RSA P Norval 7 7 WC ITA A Gaudenzi AUT T Muster 5 6 WC USA M Joyce CHI M Ríos 3 5 2 RUS Y Kafelnikov CZE D Vacek 6 7 6 SWE J Björkman SWE N Kulti 6 6 AUS P Cash AUS S Stolle 4 2 8 GBR N Broad RSA P Norval 6 6 6 2 RUS Y Kafelnikov CZE D Vacek 4 7 3 6 SWE J Björkman SWE N Kulti 6 6 6 8 GBR N Broad RSA P Norval 7 4 3
References
External links
1996 Pilot Pen International Doubles draw
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