1996 Newsweek Champions Cup – Doubles

Doubles
1996 Newsweek Champions Cup
Champions	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde
Runners-up	Brian MacPhie Michael Tebbutt
Score	1–6, 6–2, 6–2
Draw	28
Seeds	8

Tommy Ho and Brett Steven were the defending champions but only Steven competed that year with Sandon Stolle.

Steven and Stolle lost in the first round to Jonas Björkman and Stefan Edberg.

Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde won in the final 1–6, 6–2, 6–2 against Brian MacPhie and Michael Tebbutt.

Seeds

The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

1. Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (champions)
2. Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis (quarterfinals)
3. Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (second round)
4. Byron Black / Grant Connell (semifinals)
5. Rick Leach / Scott Melville (first round)
6. Guy Forget / Jakob Hlasek (second round)
7. Brett Steven / Sandon Stolle (first round)
8. Todd Martin / Jonathan Stark (second round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Final

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Todd Woodbridge  Mark Woodforde	6	6
	4	Byron Black  Grant Connell	3	3
								1	Todd Woodbridge  Mark Woodforde	1	6	6
									Brian MacPhie  Michael Tebbutt	6	2	2
		Brian MacPhie  Michael Tebbutt	7	6
		Trevor Kronemann  David Macpherson	6	4

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	T Woodbridge  M Woodforde	7	3	6
		T Nijssen  G Van Emburgh	6	5	2				W Ferreira  G Muller	5	6	4
		W Ferreira  G Muller	4	7	6										1	T Woodbridge  M Woodforde	7	4	6
		L Lobo  J Sánchez	2	7	6											J Grabb  R Reneberg	6	6	3
		J Grabb  R Reneberg	6	5	7				J Grabb  R Reneberg	6	7
	WC	A Boetsch  M Rosset	4	7	6			8	T Martin  J Stark	2	5
	8	T Martin  J Stark	6	5	7																	1	T Woodbridge  M Woodforde	6	6
																						4	B Black  G Connell	3	3
								4	B Black  G Connell	6	6
	WC	T Budgen  B Sceney	2	3					A Gaudenzi  G Ivanišević	2	3
		A Gaudenzi  G Ivanišević	6	6											4	B Black  G Connell	7	6
	LL	K Flach  K Jones	6	1	4										Q	P Kilderry  M Ondruska	5	1
	Q	P Kilderry  M Ondruska	1	6	6			Q	P Kilderry  M Ondruska	6	1	6
	WC	J Courier  A O'Brien	6	6	7			WC	J Courier  A O'Brien	3	6	2
	5	R Leach  S Melville	0	7	5

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	6	G Forget  J Hlasek	6	6
		J Frana  E Sánchez	3	4				6	G Forget  J Hlasek	4	6	4
	WC	A Agassi  P Galbraith	3	7	5				B MacPhie  M Tebbutt	6	3	6
		B MacPhie  M Tebbutt	6	5	7											B MacPhie  M Tebbutt	6	6
		J-L de Jager  E Ferreira	6	6												J-L de Jager  E Ferreira	3	4
		K Kinnear  D Randall	1	3					J-L de Jager  E Ferreira	6	6	6
								3	M Knowles  D Nestor	7	3	4
																							B MacPhie  M Tebbutt	7	6
	7	B Steven  S Stolle	4	6																			T Kronemann  D Macpherson	6	4
		J Björkman  S Edberg	6	7					J Björkman  S Edberg	2	6
	Q	J Belloli  L Paes	3	6	3				T Kronemann  D Macpherson	6	7
		T Kronemann  D Macpherson	6	3	6											T Kronemann  D Macpherson	1	6	6
		J Eagle  A Florent	6	2	7										2	J Eltingh  P Haarhuis	6	3	2
		L Jensen  M Jensen	3	6	6				J Eagle  A Florent	7	4	6
								2	J Eltingh  P Haarhuis	6	6	7

External links

• 1996 Newsweek Champions Cup Doubles draw