1996 Panasonic German Open – Doubles

Seeds

Draw

Qualifying

Key

Final

Top half

Bottom half

Seeds

Qualifiers

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

Second qualifier

Doubles

1996 Panasonic German Open

Final

Champions

Mark Knowles

Daniel Nestor

Runners-up

Guy Forget

Jakob Hlasek

Score

6–2, 6–4

Details

Draw

Seeds

Events

Singles

Doubles

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1996 tennis event results

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.^[1]

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.

Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (champions)
Patrick Galbraith / Andrei Olhovskiy (semifinals)
Ellis Ferreira / Jan Siemerink (second round)
Guy Forget / Jakob Hlasek (final)
Luis Lobo / Javier Sánchez (quarterfinals)
Tomás Carbonell / Francisco Roig (semifinals)
Grant Connell / John-Laffnie de Jager (quarterfinals)
Wayne Ferreira / Yevgeny Kafelnikov (first round)

First round					Second round				Quarterfinals					Semifinals

					1	M Knowles D Nestor	6	6
	A Järryd C Suk	4	6	3		G Ivanišević D Nargiso	2	1
	G Ivanišević D Nargiso	6	3	6					1	M Knowles D Nestor	6	6	6
WC	K Braasch P Kühnen	4	2						7	G Connell J-L de Jager	7	3	2
	P Haarhuis S Schalken	6	6			P Haarhuis S Schalken	5	6
	T Kempers J Waite	3	2		7	G Connell J-L de Jager	7	7
7	G Connell J-L de Jager	6	6											1	M Knowles D Nestor	7	7
														6	T Carbonell F Roig	6	6
					3	E Ferreira J Siemerink	4	4
	T Kronemann D Macpherson	6	7			T Kronemann D Macpherson	6	6
WC	R Krajicek M Washington	1	5							T Kronemann D Macpherson	2	6	1
	L Bale M Barnard	7	3	2					6	T Carbonell F Roig	6	2	6
	M-K Goellner D Prinosil	6	6	6		M-K Goellner D Prinosil	6	6
Q	A Rădulescu J Renzenbrink	6	4		6	T Carbonell F Roig	7	7
6	T Carbonell F Roig	7	6

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals				Semifinals

5	L Lobo J Sánchez	3	7	6
	J Eagle A Florent	6	6	4	5	L Lobo J Sánchez	6	6
WC	H Dreekmann M Stich	6	4	4		T Nijssen G Van Emburgh	1	2
	T Nijssen G Van Emburgh	4	6	6						5	L Lobo J Sánchez	4	6
	L Pimek B Talbot	6	6							4	G Forget J Hlasek	6	7
Q	E Benfele Álvarez D Salvador-Estepa	1	3			L Pimek B Talbot	5	5
					4	G Forget J Hlasek	7	7
														4	G Forget J Hlasek	6	6
8	W Ferreira Y Kafelnikov	4	5											2	P Galbraith A Olhovskiy	2	1
	D Rikl D Vacek	6	7			D Rikl D Vacek	6	6
	P Nyborg M Oosting	6	6	3	WC	B Karbacher A Thoms	2	4
WC	B Karbacher A Thoms	3	7	6							D Rikl D Vacek	5	1
	D Adams W Arthurs	6	1	3						2	P Galbraith A Olhovskiy	7	6
	N Broad P Norval	4	6	6		N Broad T Henman	2	6	4
					2	P Galbraith A Olhovskiy	6	1	6

Javier Conde / Àlex Corretja (first round)
Alex Rădulescu / Jörn Renzenbrink (qualified)
Emilio Benfele Álvarez / David Salvador-Estepa (qualified)
Juan Antonio Marín / Óscar Martínez (qualifying competition)

Emilio Benfele Álvarez / David Salvador-Estepa
Alex Rădulescu / Jörn Renzenbrink

First round				Qualifying competition

1	Javier Conde Àlex Corretja	6	3
WC	Tommy Haas Davide Sanguinetti	7	6	WC	Tommy Haas Davide Sanguinetti	7	3	5
	Lars Kirschner Alexander von Hugo	3	4	3	Emilio Benfele Álvarez David Salvador-Estepa	5	6	7
3	Emilio Benfele Álvarez David Salvador-Estepa	6	6

Mark Knowles
Daniel Nestor

Guy Forget
Jakob Hlasek

First round					Qualifying competition

2	Alex Rădulescu Jörn Renzenbrink	6	6
	Andrei Merinov Dimitri Poliakov	4	3		2	Alex Rădulescu Jörn Renzenbrink	7	6
	Igor Šarić Mikael Stadling	5	6	4	4	Juan Antonio Marín Óscar Martínez	6	1
4	Juan Antonio Marín Óscar Martínez	7	2	6