1996 Panasonic German Open – Doubles

1996 Panasonic German Open s BAH Mark Knowles CAN Daniel Nestor FRA Guy Forget SUI Jakob Hlasek 6–2, 6–4 28 8 singles doubles German Open Tennis Championships ATP German Open ATP German Open Wayne Ferreira and Yevgeny Kafelnikov were the defending champions but lost in the first round to David Rikl and Daniel Vacek. Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor won in the final 6–2, 6–4 against Guy Forget and Jakob Hlasek.International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997 1997 CollinsWillow London 9780002187145 John Barrett 130, 140–141 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 BAH Mark Knowles / CAN Daniel Nestor (champions) USA Patrick Galbraith / RUS Andrei Olhovskiy (semifinals) RSA Ellis Ferreira / NED Jan Siemerink (second round) FRA Guy Forget / SUI Jakob Hlasek (final) ARG Luis Lobo / ESP Javier Sánchez (quarterfinals) ESP Tomás Carbonell / ESP Francisco Roig (semifinals) CAN Grant Connell / RSA John-Laffnie de Jager (quarterfinals) RSA Wayne Ferreira / RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov (first round) Draw Final 3 Final 1 BAH Mark Knowles CAN Daniel Nestor 6 6   4 FRA Guy Forget SUI Jakob Hlasek 2 4   Top half y 3 1 First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals   SWE A Järryd CZE C Suk 4 6 3   CRO G Ivanišević ITA D Nargiso 6 3 6 WC GER K Braasch GER P Kühnen 4 2     NED P Haarhuis NED S Schalken 6 6     NED T Kempers USA J Waite 3 2   7 CAN G Connell RSA J-L de Jager 6 6     USA T Kronemann AUS D Macpherson 6 7   WC NED R Krajicek USA M Washington 1 5     RSA L Bale RSA M Barnard 7 3 2   GER M-K Goellner GER D Prinosil 6 6 6 Q GER A Rădulescu GER J Renzenbrink 6 4   6 ESP T Carbonell ESP F Roig 7 6   1 BAH M Knowles CAN D Nestor 6 6     CRO G Ivanišević ITA D Nargiso 2 1     NED P Haarhuis NED S Schalken 5 6   7 CAN G Connell RSA J-L de Jager 7 7   3 RSA E Ferreira NED J Siemerink 4 4     USA T Kronemann AUS D Macpherson 6 6     GER M-K Goellner GER D Prinosil 6 6   6 ESP T Carbonell ESP F Roig 7 7   1 BAH M Knowles CAN D Nestor 6 6 6 7 CAN G Connell RSA J-L de Jager 7 3 2   USA T Kronemann AUS D Macpherson 2 6 1 6 ESP T Carbonell ESP F Roig 6 2 6 1 BAH M Knowles CAN D Nestor 7 7   6 ESP T Carbonell ESP F Roig 6 6   Bottom half y 3 1 First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 5 ARG L Lobo ESP J Sánchez 3 7 6   AUS J Eagle AUS A Florent 6 6 4 WC GER H Dreekmann GER M Stich 6 4 4   NED T Nijssen USA G Van Emburgh 4 6 6   BEL L Pimek RSA B Talbot 6 6   Q ESP E Benfele Álvarez ESP D Salvador-Estepa 1 3   8 RSA W Ferreira RUS Y Kafelnikov 4 5     CZE D Rikl CZE D Vacek 6 7     SWE P Nyborg NED M Oosting 6 6 3 WC GER B Karbacher GER A Thoms 3 7 6   RSA D Adams AUS W Arthurs 6 1 3   GBR N Broad RSA P Norval 4 6 6 5 ARG L Lobo ESP J Sánchez 6 6     NED T Nijssen USA G Van Emburgh 1 2     BEL L Pimek RSA B Talbot 5 5   4 FRA G Forget SUI J Hlasek 7 7     CZE D Rikl CZE D Vacek 6 6   WC GER B Karbacher GER A Thoms 2 4     GBR N Broad GBR T Henman 2 6 4 2 USA P Galbraith RUS A Olhovskiy 6 1 6 5 ARG L Lobo ESP J Sánchez 4 6   4 FRA G Forget SUI J Hlasek 6 7     CZE D Rikl CZE D Vacek 5 1   2 USA P Galbraith RUS A Olhovskiy 7 6   4 FRA G Forget SUI J Hlasek 6 6   2 USA P Galbraith RUS A Olhovskiy 2 1   Qualifying Seeds 30em ESP Javier Conde / ESP Àlex Corretja (first round) GER Alex Rădulescu / GER Jörn Renzenbrink (qualified) ESP Emilio Benfele Álvarez / ESP David Salvador-Estepa (qualified) CRC Juan Antonio Marín / ESP Óscar Martínez (qualifying competition) Qualifiers 30em ESP Emilio Benfele Álvarez / ESP David Salvador-Estepa GER Alex Rădulescu / GER Jörn Renzenbrink Qualifying draw First qualifier y 3 First round Qualifying competition 175 1 ESP Javier CondeESP Àlex Corretja 6 3 WC GER Tommy Haas ITA Davide Sanguinetti 7 6 GER Lars KirschnerGER Alexander von Hugo 3 4 3 ESP Emilio Benfele Álvarez ESP David Salvador-Estepa 6 6 WC GER Tommy Haas ITA Davide Sanguinetti 7 3 5 3 ESP Emilio Benfele Álvarez ESP David Salvador-Estepa 5 6 7 Second qualifier y 3 First round Qualifying competition 175 2 GER Alex Rădulescu GER Jörn Renzenbrink 6 6 RUS Andrei Merinov UKR Dimitri Poliakov 4 3 CRO Igor Šarić SWE Mikael Stadling 5 6 4 4 CRC Juan Antonio Marín ESP Óscar Martínez 7 2 6 2 GER Alex Rădulescu GER Jörn Renzenbrink 7 6 4 CRC Juan Antonio Marín ESP Óscar Martínez 6 1 References External links Official results archive (ATP) Official results archive (ITF) Category:1996 ATP Tour