1996 European Community Championships – Doubles

Doubles
1996 European Community Championships
Final
ChampionsSweden Jonas Björkman
Sweden Nicklas Kulti
Runners-upRussia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Netherlands Menno Oosting
Score6–4, 6–4
Details
Draw16
Seeds4
Events
Singles Doubles
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Jonas Björkman and Nicklas Kulti won in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Menno Oosting.[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.

  1. United States Patrick Galbraith / Russia Andrei Olhovskiy (first round)
  2. Czech Republic Cyril Suk / Czech Republic Daniel Vacek (quarterfinals)
  3. United States Patrick McEnroe / Australia Sandon Stolle (quarterfinals)
  4. Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Netherlands Menno Oosting (final)

Draw

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Key

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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 United States P Galbraith
Russia A Olhovskiy
2 4  
  Netherlands H J Davids
South Africa E Ferreira
6 6     Netherlands H J Davids
South Africa E Ferreira
6 6  
  Argentina L Lobo
Spain J Sánchez
3 3   WC Germany B Becker
Germany P Kühnen
7 7  
WC Germany B Becker
Germany P Kühnen
6 6   WC Germany B Becker
Germany P Kühnen
6 4 3
4 Russia Y Kafelnikov
Netherlands M Oosting
6 6   4 Russia Y Kafelnikov
Netherlands M Oosting
2 6 6
  Australia W Arthurs
Belgium L Pimek
3 4   4 Russia Y Kafelnikov
Netherlands M Oosting
6 6  
  Germany M-K Goellner
South Africa B Talbot
7 7     Germany M-K Goellner
South Africa B Talbot
3 2  
  United Kingdom N Broad
South Africa P Norval
6 6   4 Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Netherlands Menno Oosting
4 4  
WC Netherlands R Krajicek
Netherlands J Siemerink
6 5     Sweden Jonas Björkman
Sweden Nicklas Kulti
6 6  
  Sweden J Björkman
Sweden N Kulti
7 7     Sweden J Björkman
Sweden N Kulti
1 6 7
  South Africa J-L de Jager
South Africa G Muller
6 5   3 United States P McEnroe
Australia S Stolle
6 3 5
3 United States P McEnroe
Australia S Stolle
7 7     Sweden J Björkman
Sweden N Kulti
6 7  
Q South Africa D Adams
Australia A Kratzmann
3 4     Czech Republic M Damm
Sweden P Nyborg
4 6  
  Czech Republic M Damm
Sweden P Nyborg
6 6     Czech Republic M Damm
Sweden P Nyborg
7 7  
WC Belgium F Dewulf
Belgium J van Herck
5 3   2 Czech Republic C Suk
Czech Republic D Vacek
5 5  
2 Czech Republic C Suk
Czech Republic D Vacek
7 6  

References

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  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1997). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 130, 137. ISBN 9780002187145.
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