1996 Panasonic German Open – Doubles

Doubles
1996 Panasonic German Open
Champions	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor
Runners-up	Guy Forget Jakob Hlasek
Score	6–2, 6–4

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.

Seeds

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.

1. Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (Champions)
2. Patrick Galbraith / Andrei Olhovskiy (Semifinals)
3. Ellis Ferreira / Jan Siemerink (Second Round)
4. Guy Forget / Jakob Hlasek (Final)
5. Luis Lobo / Javier Sánchez (Quarterfinals)
6. Tomás Carbonell / Francisco Roig (Semifinals)
7. Grant Connell / John-Laffnie de Jager (Quarterfinals)
8. Wayne Ferreira / Yevgeny Kafelnikov (First Round)

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

Top Half

	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

Bottom Half

	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	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

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Javier Conde / Àlex Corretja (First round)
2. Alex Rădulescu / Jörn Renzenbrink (Qualified)
3. Emilio Benfele Álvarez / David Salvador Estepa (Qualified)
4. Juan Antonio Marín / Óscar Martínez (Qualifying Competition)

Qualifiers

1. Emilio Benfele Álvarez / David Salvador Estepa
2. Alex Rădulescu / Jörn Renzenbrink

Qualifying Draw

First qualifier

	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

Second qualifier

	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

References

• Official results archive (ATP)
• Official results archive (ITF)