1996 Paris Open – Doubles

Seeds

Draw

Key

Final

Top half

Bottom half

Doubles

1996 Paris Open

1995 Champions

Grant Connell

Patrick Galbraith

Final

Champions

Jacco Eltingh

Paul Haarhuis

Runners-up

Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Daniel Vacek

Score

6–4, 4–6, 7–6

Details

Draw

Seeds

Events

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1996 tennis event results

Grant Connell and Patrick Galbraith were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Connell with Byron Black and Galbraith with Jonathan Stark.

Galbraith and Stark lost in the first round to David Adams and Menno Oosting.

Black and Connell lost in the semifinals to Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Daniel Vacek.

Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis won in the final 6–4, 4–6, 7–6 against Kafelnikov and Vacek.^[1]

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. All eight seeded teams received byes into the second round.

Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (semifinals)
Byron Black / Grant Connell (semifinals)
Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (quarterfinals)
Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek (final)
Guy Forget / Jakob Hlasek (second round)
Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis (champions)
Ellis Ferreira / Jan Siemerink (second round)
Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien (second round)

First round					Second round				Quarterfinals					Semifinals

					1	T Woodbridge M Woodforde	6	6
Q	T Carbonell F Roig	6	6	6	Q	T Carbonell F Roig	4	3
	S Stolle M Tebbutt	7	4	4					1	T Woodbridge M Woodforde	6	7
	P Korda C Suk	6	6							P Korda C Suk	1	6
	L Lobo J Sánchez	3	4			P Korda C Suk	6	6
					8	S Lareau A O'Brien	3	3
														1	T Woodbridge M Woodforde	6	6	6
														6	J Eltingh P Haarhuis	4	7	7
					3	M Knowles D Nestor	7	6
WC	J Courier F Santoro	6	6		WC	J Courier F Santoro	6	3
WC	A Boetsch O Delaître	3	4						3	M Knowles D Nestor	3	2	r
WC	J-P Fleurian G Raoux	6	6						6	J Eltingh P Haarhuis	6	5
WC	A Agassi L Jensen	3	3		WC	J-P Fleurian G Raoux	5	6
					6	J Eltingh P Haarhuis	7	7

Jacco Eltingh
Paul Haarhuis

Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Daniel Vacek

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals

					5	G Forget J Hlasek	6	6	6
	D Adams M Oosting	6	6	6		D Adams M Oosting	4	7	7
	P Galbraith J Stark	4	7	2							D Adams M Oosting	6	2	4
	R Leach A Olhovskiy	4	6	6						4	Y Kafelnikov D Vacek	4	6	6
	J Grabb R Reneberg	6	4	7		J Grabb R Reneberg	3	5
					4	Y Kafelnikov D Vacek	6	7
															4	Y Kafelnikov D Vacek	5	6	7
															2	B Black G Connell	7	1	6
					7	E Ferreira J Siemerink	2	4
	N Kulti M Philippoussis	6	4	6		M Damm P Vízner	6	6
	M Damm P Vízner	4	6	7							M Damm P Vízner	7	3	5
	T Kronemann D Macpherson	5	7	6						2	B Black G Connell	6	6	7
	L Pimek B Talbot	7	6	4		T Kronemann D Macpherson	6	5
					2	B Black G Connell	7	7