1996 ATP Tour World Championships – Doubles

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]

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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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.

1.   Todd Woodbridge /   Mark Woodforde (champions)
2.   Byron Black /   Grant Connell (semifinals)
3.   Mark Knowles /   Daniel Nestor (round robin)
4.   Jacco Eltingh /   Paul Haarhuis (round robin)
5.   Sébastien Lareau /   Alex O'Brien (final)
6.   Jonas Björkman /   Nicklas Kulti (round robin)
7.   Libor Pimek /   Byron Talbot (round robin)
8.   Trevor Kronemann /   David Macpherson (semifinals)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

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	7^7
								5	Sébastien Lareau   Alex O'Brien	4	7	2	6^3
	5	Sébastien Lareau   Alex O'Brien	7^10	7^7
	8	Trevor Kronemann   David Macpherson	6^8	6^4

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

1. "1996 Tour World Championships – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).