1996 ATP Tour World Championships – Doubles

Doubles
1996 ATP Tour World Championships
Final
Champions	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde
Runners-up	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien
Score	6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Details
Draw	8
Events
Singles Doubles
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Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde defeated Sébastien Lareau and Alex O'Brien in the final, 6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 7–6^(7–3) to win the doubles tennis title at the 1996 ATP Tour World Championships. It was the Woodies' second Tour Finals title.^[1]

Grant Connell and Patrick Galbraith were the reigning champions, but only Connell competed that year partnering Byron Black; they were defeated in the semifinals by Woodbridge and Woodforde.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

Draw

Key

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6	6
	2	Byron Black Grant Connell	3	3
								1	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6	5	6	77
								5	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	4	7	2	63
	5	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	710	77
	8	Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson	68	64

Green group

		Woodbridge Woodforde	Eltingh Haarhuis	Lareau O'Brien	Pimek Talbot	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
1	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde		4–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5)	6–4, 3–6, 5–7	6–2, 6–3	2–1	5–3	44–40	2
4	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(5–7)		7–6(7–2), 6–4	7–6(7–5), 5–7, 4–6	1–2	4–4	47–47	4
5	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	4–6, 6–3, 7–5	6–7(2–7), 4–6		6–1, 6–3	2–1	4–3	39–31	1
7	Libor Pimek Byron Talbot	2–6, 3–6	6–7(5–7), 7–5, 6–4	1–6, 3–6		1–2	2–5	28–40	3

Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5. steering-committee decision.

Yellow group

		Black Connell	Knowles Nestor	Björkman Kulti	Kronemann Macpherson	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
2	Byron Black Grant Connell		w/o	6–3, 1–6, 6–4	3–6, 6–2, 6–3	3–0	4–2	28–24	1
3	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	w/o		6–4, 4–6, 4–6	6–3, 4–6, 6–3	1–2	3–3	30–28	3
6	Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti	3–6, 6–1, 4–6	4–6, 6–4, 6–4		6–4, 5–7, 6–7(2–7)	1–2	4–5	46–45	4
8	Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson	6–3, 2–6, 3–6	3–6, 6–4, 3–6	4–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–2)		1–2	4–5	41–48	2

Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5. steering-committee decision.

References