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1996 Panasonic German Open – Doubles

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Doubles
1996 Panasonic German Open
Final
ChampionsThe Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
Runners-upFrance Guy Forget
Switzerland Jakob Hlasek
Score6–2, 6–4
Details
Draw28
Seeds8
Events
Singles Doubles
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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.[1]

Seeds

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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. The Bahamas Mark Knowles / Canada Daniel Nestor (champions)
  2. United States Patrick Galbraith / Russia Andrei Olhovskiy (semifinals)
  3. South Africa Ellis Ferreira / Netherlands Jan Siemerink (second round)
  4. France Guy Forget / Switzerland Jakob Hlasek (final)
  5. Argentina Luis Lobo / Spain Javier Sánchez (quarterfinals)
  6. Spain Tomás Carbonell / Spain Francisco Roig (semifinals)
  7. Canada Grant Connell / South Africa John-Laffnie de Jager (quarterfinals)
  8. South Africa Wayne Ferreira / Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov (first round)

Draw

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Key

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Final

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Final
     
1
6 6  
4
2 4  

Top half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1
6 6  
 
4 6 3  
2 1  
 
6 3 6 1
6 6 6
WC
4 2   7
7 3 2
 
6 6    
5 6  
 
3 2   7
7 7  
7
6 6   1
7 7  
6
6 6  
3
4 4  
 
6 7    
6 6  
WC
1 5    
2 6 1
 
7 3 2 6
6 2 6
 
6 6 6  
6 6  
Q
6 4   6
7 7  
6
7 6  

Bottom half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
5
3 7 6
 
6 6 4 5
6 6  
WC
6 4 4  
1 2  
 
4 6 6 5
4 6  
 
6 6   4
6 7  
Q
1 3    
5 5  
4
7 7  
4
6 6  
8
4 5   2
2 1  
 
6 7    
6 6  
 
6 6 3 WC
2 4  
WC
3 7 6  
5 1  
 
6 1 3 2
7 6  
 
4 6 6  
2 6 4
2
6 1 6

Qualifying

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Seeds

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  1. Spain Javier Conde / Spain Àlex Corretja (first round)
  2. Germany Alex Rădulescu / Germany Jörn Renzenbrink (qualified)
  3. Spain Emilio Benfele Álvarez / Spain David Salvador-Estepa (qualified)
  4. Costa Rica Juan Antonio Marín / Spain Óscar Martínez (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

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

Qualifying draw

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First qualifier

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First round Qualifying competition
1 Spain Javier Conde
Spain Àlex Corretja 		6 3
WC
7 6 WC
7 3 5
Germany Lars Kirschner
Germany Alexander von Hugo 		3 4 3
5 6 7
3
6 6

Second qualifier

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First round Qualifying competition
2
6 6
4 3 2
7 6
5 6 4 4
6 1
4
7 2 6

References

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  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1997). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 130, 140–141. ISBN 9780002187145.
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