1996 Infiniti Open – Doubles
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1996 Infiniti Open | |
| Champions | Marius Barnard Piet Norval |
| Runners-up | Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti |
| Score | 7–5, 6–2 |
| Draw | 16 |
| Seeds | 4 |
The 1996 Infiniti Open was a doubles tennis event in 1996.
Brent Haygarth and Kent Kinnear were the defending champions, but they competed with different partners that year namely, Haygarth with Lan Bale and Kinnear with Dave Randall.
Bale and Haygarth lost in the first round to Kelly Jones and Matt Lucena. Kinnear and Randall lost in the quarterfinals to Marius Barnard and Piet Norval. Barnard and Norval won in the final, with a score of 7–5, 6–2 against Jonas Björkman and Nicklas Kulti.[1]
Seeds
- Jonas Björkman / Nicklas Kulti (final)
- Guillaume Raoux / Jan Siemerink (first round)
- Paul Kilderry / Patrick Rafter (semifinals)
- Trevor Kronemann / Brian MacPhie (first 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
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | J Björkman N Kulti | 6 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| S Davis S Stolle | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | J Björkman N Kulti | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | B Bryan M Bryan | 4 | 6 | Q | K Evans M Joyce | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | K Evans M Joyce | 6 | 7 | 1 | J Björkman N Kulti | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | P Kilderry P Rafter | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | P Kilderry P Rafter | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| L Markovits N Pereira | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | P Kilderry P Rafter | 5 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| K Jones M Lucena | 6 | 7 | K Jones M Lucena | 7 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| L Bale B Haygarth | 1 | 5 | 1 | J Björkman N Kulti | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| L Jensen M Jensen | 3 | 5 | M Barnard P Norval | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| K Kinnear D Randall | 6 | 7 | K Kinnear D Randall | 7 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| M Barnard P Norval | 6 | 6 | M Barnard P Norval | 5 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | T Kronemann B MacPhie | 3 | 3 | M Barnard P Norval | 6 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | J Gimelstob S Muškatirović | 7 | 6 | 6 | G Michibata R Smith | 3 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| G Michibata R Smith | 5 | 7 | 7 | G Michibata R Smith | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | J Leach R Leach | 6 | 6 | 7 | WC | J Leach R Leach | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | G Raoux J Siemerink | 4 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ John Barrett, ed. (1997). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 131, 150. ISBN 9780002187145.