Date | 25 July – 2 August 1996 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Stone Mountain Tennis Center, Stone Mountain, Georgia | |
Participants | 62 from 31 countries | |
Format | Single-elimination tournament. |
The Australian pair of Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde was called “The Woodies“. Together they won 61 ATP doubles titles, and 11 Grand Slam doubles championships, including six titles at Wimbledon. Going into the 1996 Olympics, they had won the last four Wimbledon doubles, and were heavy favorites. They did not disappoint, winning the final comfortably in three sets over Britain’s Neil Broad and Tim Henman. They met their toughest opponents, the Dutch team of Paul Haarhuis and Jacco Eltingh, in the semi-finals, winning 18-16 in the third set.
Date | 25 – 26 July 1996 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to round two. |
Date | 27 – 28 July 1996 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals. |
Match | Date/Time | Pair (Seed) | NOC | Result | Pair (Seed) | NOC | |
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Match #1 | Woodbridge / Woodforde | AUS | 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 | Bhupathi / Paes | IND | ||
Match #2 | Bruguera / Carbonell | ESP | 6-7 (7-1), 6-2, 7-5 | Iwabuchi / Suzuki | JPN | ||
Match #3 | Eltingh / Haarhuis | NED | 6-4, 6-4 | N'Goran / N'Goran | CIV | ||
Match #4 | Ferreira / Ferreira | RSA | 7-5, 6-7 (7-2), 6-0 | Agassi / Washington | USA | ||
Match #5 | Goellner / Prinosil | GER | 6-4, 7-6 (8-6) | Black / Black | ZIM | ||
Match #6 | Hiršzon / Ivanišević | CRO | 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 | Knowles / Smith | BAH | ||
Match #7 | Novák / Vacek | CZE | 7-5, 6-4 | Campana / Lapentti | ECU | ||
Match #8 | Broad / Henman | GBR | 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, 6-4 | Connell / Nestor | CAN |
Date | 29 July 1996 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals. |
Match | Date/Time | Location | Pair (Seed) | NOC | Result | Pair (Seed) | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 29 Jul 13:00 | Court #2 | Woodbridge / Woodforde | AUS | 6-4, 6-1 | Bruguera / Carbonell | ESP | |
Match #2 | 29 Jul 15:00 | Centre Court | Eltingh / Haarhuis | NED | 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-4) | Ferreira / Ferreira | RSA | |
Match #3 | 29 Jul 11:00 | Court #2 | Goellner / Prinosil | GER | 6-2, 6-3 | Hiršzon / Ivanišević | CRO | |
Match #4 | 29 Jul 15:00 | Court #1 | Broad / Henman | GBR | 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 | Novák / Vacek | CZE |
Date | 31 July 1996 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the final. |
Match | Date/Time | Location | Pair (Seed) | NOC | Result | Pair (Seed) | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 31 Jul 13:00 | Court #1 | Woodbridge / Woodforde | AUS | 6-2, 5-7, 18-16 | Eltingh / Haarhuis | NED | |
Match #2 | 31 Jul 11:00 | Court #1 | Broad / Henman | GBR | 4-6, 6-3, 10-8 | Goellner / Prinosil | GER |
Date | 1 – 2 August 1996 |
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Match | Date/Time | Location | Pair (Seed) | NOC | Result | Pair (Seed) | NOC | |
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Match 1/2 | 02 Aug 15:00 | Centre Court | Woodbridge / Woodforde | AUS | 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 | Broad / Henman | GBR | |
Match 3/4 | 01 Aug 17:00 | Centre Court | Goellner / Prinosil | GER | 6-2, 7-5 | Eltingh / Haarhuis | NED |