1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's doubles

1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships s AUS Todd Woodbridge AUS Mark Woodforde BAH Mark Knowles USA Rick Leach 6–2, 6–3 28 (2Q Qualifiers / 4WC Wild cards) 8 Japan Open (tennis) Japan Open 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. 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. 30em AUS Todd Woodbridge / AUS Mark Woodforde (champions) BAH Mark Knowles / USA Rick Leach (final) USA Patrick Galbraith / RUS Andrei Olhovskiy (quarterfinals) CAN Sébastien Lareau / USA Alex O'Brien (semifinals) n/a FRA Guy Forget / SUI Jakob Hlasek (semifinals) SWE Nicklas Kulti / AUS Sandon Stolle (first round) USA Jim Grabb / USA Richey Reneberg (second round) Draw Final Semifinals Final 175 1 AUS Todd Woodbridge AUS Mark Woodforde 7 6 6 FRA Guy Forget SUI Jakob Hlasek 6 3 4 CAN Sébastien Lareau USA Alex O'Brien 2 BAH Mark Knowles USA Rick Leach w/o 1 AUS Todd Woodbridge AUS Mark Woodforde 6 6   2 BAH Mark Knowles USA Rick Leach 2 3   Top half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals   POR J Cunha e Silva FRA J-P Fleurian 3 4     GER D Prinosil GBR G Rusedski 6 6     SUI L Manta NED F Wibier 3 2     ZIM W Black RSA K Ullyett 6 6     AUS J Eagle AUS A Florent w/o     7 SWE N Kulti AUS S Stolle         RSA M Ondruska USA J Waite 6 6 4   RSA W Ferreira RSA G Muller 7 3 6 WC JPN S Iwabuchi JPN T Suzuki 6 6   WC JPN T Chaen JPN D Morii 3 3     USA D Pate USA J Tarango 4 6   6 FRA G Forget SUI J Hlasek 6 7   1 AUS T Woodbridge AUS M Woodforde w/o       GER D Prinosil GBR G Rusedski         ZIM W Black RSA K Ullyett 6 6     AUS J Eagle AUS A Florent 2 4   3 USA P Galbraith RUS A Olhovskiy w/o       RSA W Ferreira RSA G Muller       WC JPN S Iwabuchi JPN T Suzuki 2 6   6 FRA G Forget SUI J Hlasek 6 7   1 AUS T Woodbridge AUS M Woodforde 6 6     ZIM W Black RSA K Ullyett 4 0   3 USA P Galbraith RUS A Olhovskiy 1 6   6 FRA G Forget SUI J Hlasek 6 7   1 AUS T Woodbridge AUS M Woodforde 7 6   6 FRA G Forget SUI J Hlasek 6 3   Bottom half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals LL FRA J Golmard FRA L Roux 6 6   WC JPN T Mori JPN M Takada 3 3     USA S Campbell BEL D Norman 6 6 4 Q ITA N Bruno ITA G Pozzi 7 2 6   SWE A Järryd USA B MacPhie 3 4     CZE M Damm SWE P Nyborg 6 6   8 USA J Grabb USA R Reneberg 6 6   Q GBR M Lee GBR C Wilkinson 3 2     USA K Kinnear USA D Randall 6 5 6   AUS W Arthurs GBR T Henman 4 7 2 WC JPN H Kaneko JPN G Motomura 7 3 4   AUS P Kilderry AUS P Tramacchi 5 6 6 LL FRA J Golmard FRA L Roux 4 2   Q ITA N Bruno ITA G Pozzi 6 6     CZE M Damm SWE P Nyborg 5 5   4 CAN S Lareau USA A O'Brien 7 7   8 USA J Grabb USA R Reneberg 2 6 4   USA K Kinnear USA D Randall 6 4 6   AUS P Kilderry AUS P Tramacchi 2 4   2 BAH M Knowles USA R Leach 6 6   Q ITA N Bruno ITA G Pozzi 1 6 3 4 CAN S Lareau USA A O'Brien 6 1 6   USA K Kinnear USA D Randall 6 3   2 BAH M Knowles USA R Leach 7 6   4 CAN S Lareau USA A O'Brien       2 BAH M Knowles USA R Leach w/o     External links 1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships Men's Doubles draw Doubles