1996 Infiniti Open – Doubles

The 1996 Infiniti Open was a doubles tennis event in 1996.

Doubles
1996 Infiniti Open
Champions	Marius Barnard Piet Norval
Runners-up	Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti
Score	7–5, 6–2
Draw	16
Seeds	4

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.

Seeds

1. Jonas Björkman / Nicklas Kulti (final)
2. Guillaume Raoux / Jan Siemerink (first round)
3. Paul Kilderry / Patrick Rafter (semifinals)
4. Trevor Kronemann / Brian MacPhie (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

	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

External links

• 1996 Infiniti Open Doubles draw