1996 Paris Open – Doubles

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.

Doubles
1996 Paris Open
1995 Champions Grant Connell
Patrick Galbraith
Champions Jacco Eltingh
Paul Haarhuis
Runners-up Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Daniel Vacek
Final score6–4, 4–6, 7–6

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.

Seeds

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.

  1. Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (Semifinals)
  2. Byron Black / Grant Connell (Semifinals)
  3. Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (Quarterfinals)
  4. Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek (Final)
  5. Guy Forget / Jakob Hlasek (Second Round)
  6. Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis (Champions)
  7. Ellis Ferreira / Jan Siemerink (Second Round)
  8. Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien (Second Round)

Draw

Key

Final
Final
     
6 Jacco Eltingh
Paul Haarhuis 		6 4 7
4 Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Daniel Vacek 		4 6 6

Top Half
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  

Bottom Half
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  

References
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