1996 BellSouth Open – Doubles

Doubles
1996 BellSouth Open
Champions	Marcos Ondruska Jack Waite
Runners-up	Jonas Björkman Brett Steven
Score	Walkover
Draw	16
Seeds	4

Grant Connell and Patrick Galbraith were the defending champions but did not compete that year.

Marcos Ondruska and Jack Waite won the final on a walkover against Jonas Björkman and Brett Steven.[1]

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

1. Jonas Björkman / Brett Steven (final, withdrew)
2. Guy Forget / Jakob Hlasek (quarterfinals)
3. David Adams / Richey Reneberg (quarterfinals)
4. Jiří Novák / David Rikl (quarterfinals)

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

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	J Björkman  B Steven	7	6
		K Flach  K Jones	6	4				1	J Björkman  B Steven	7	7
		C Brandi  N Marques	6	1	3				T Nijssen  G Van Emburgh	6	5
		T Nijssen  G Van Emburgh	1	6	6										1	J Björkman  B Steven	6	6
	4	J Novák  D Rikl	6	6												J Frana  L Lobo	3	4
		M Damm  S Pescosolido	4	2				4	J Novák  D Rikl	6	7	3
		J Frana  L Lobo	6						J Frana  L Lobo	7	6	6
	WC	S Matsuoka  M Washington	1	r																		1	J Björkman  B Steven
	WC	A Hunt  G Wilson	3	3																			M Ondruska  J Waite	w/o
		M Ondruska  J Waite	6	6					M Ondruska  J Waite	2	6	6
	Q	V Spadea  C van Rensburg	3	6	3			3	D Adams  R Reneberg	6	3	2
	3	D Adams  R Reneberg	6	3	6											M Ondruska  J Waite	7	6
		J A Conde  À Corretja	6	6												J A Conde  À Corretja	6	2
		D Johnson  F Montana	3	1					J A Conde  À Corretja	6	6
	WC	S Downs  J Greenhalgh	7	6	1			2	G Forget  J Hlasek	3	2
	2	G Forget  J Hlasek	6	7	6

References

1. John Barrett, ed. (1997). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 130, 146. ISBN 9780002187145.

External links

• 1996 BellSouth Open Doubles draw