1996 ATP Tour World Championships – Doubles

Doubles
1996 ATP Tour World Championships
Champions Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde
Runners-up Canada Sébastien Lareau
United States Alex O'Brien
Final score 6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 7–6(7–3)

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Grant Connell and Patrick Galbraith were the defending champions but only Connell competed that year with Byron Black.

Black and Connell lost in the semifinals to Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde.

Woodbridge and Woodforde won in the final 6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 7–6(7–3) against Sébastien Lareau and Alex O'Brien.

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

Green Group

  Australia Woodbridge
Australia Woodforde		 Netherlands Eltingh
Netherlands Haarhuis		 Canada Lareau
United States O'Brien		 Belgium Pimek
South Africa Talbot		 RR
W–L		 Set
W–L		 Game
W–L		 Standings
1 Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia 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 Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands 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 Canada Sébastien Lareau
United States 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 Belgium Libor Pimek
South Africa 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

  Zimbabwe Black
Canada Connell		 The Bahamas Knowles
Canada Nestor		 Sweden Björkman
Sweden Kulti		 United States Kronemann
Australia Macpherson		 RR
W–L		 Set
W–L		 Game
W–L		 Standings
2 Zimbabwe Byron Black
Canada Grant Connell		 w/o 6–3, 1–6, 6–4 3–6, 6–2, 6–3 3–0 4–2 28–24 1
3 The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor		 w/o 6–4, 4–6, 4–6 6–3, 4–6, 6–3 1–2 3–3 30–28 3
6 Sweden Jonas Björkman
Sweden 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 United States Trevor Kronemann
Australia 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.

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