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Doubles, Men

Date25 July – 2 August 1996
StatusOlympic
LocationStone Mountain Tennis Center, Stone Mountain, Georgia
Participants62 from 31 countries
FormatSingle-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.

PosPairNOC
1Todd Woodbridge / Mark WoodfordeAUSGold
2Neil Broad / Tim HenmanGBRSilver
3Marc-Kevin Goellner / David PrinosilGERBronze
4Jacco Eltingh / Paul HaarhuisNED
=5Sergi Bruguera / Tomás CarbonellESP
=5Ellis Ferreira / Wayne FerreiraRSA
=5Saša Hiršzon / Goran IvaniševićCRO
=5Jiří Novák / Daniel VacekCZE
=9Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander PaesIND
=9Satoshi Iwabuchi / Takao SuzukiJPN
=9Clément N'Goran / Claude N'GoranCIV
=9Andre Agassi / MaliVai WashingtonUSA
=9Byron Black / Wayne BlackZIM
=9Mark Knowles / Roger SmithBAH
=9Pablo Campana / Nicolás LapenttiECU
=9Grant Connell / Daniel NestorCAN
=17Arnaud Boetsch / Guillaume RaouxFRA
=17Pan Bing / Xia JiapingCHN
=17Juan Carlos Bianchi / Nicolás PereiraVEN
=17Javier Frana / Luis LoboARG
=17Andrei Pavel / Dinu PescariuROU
=17Chen Chih-Jung / Lien Yu-HuiTPE
=17Alejandro Hernández / Óscar OrtizMEX
=17Gábor Köves / László MarkovitsHUN
=17Lee Hyeong-Taek / Yun Yong-IlKOR
=17Andrea Gaudenzi / Diego NargisoITA
=17Emanuel Couto / Bernardo MotaPOR
=17Jonas Björkman / Nicklas KultiSWE
=17Kenneth Carlsen / Frederik FetterleinDEN
=17Ján Krošlák / Karol KučeraSVK
=17Scott Barron / Owen CaseyIRL
DNSOleg Ogorodov / Dmitry TomashevichUZB

Round One

Date25 – 26 July 1996
FormatWinner of each match advanced to round two.
MatchDate/TimePair (Seed)NOCResultPair (Seed)NOC
Match #1Woodbridge / WoodfordeAUS6-2, 3-6, 6-3Boetsch / RaouxFRA
Match #2Bhupathi / PaesIND4-6, 6-4, 6-4Pan / XiaCHN
Match #3Iwabuchi / SuzukiJPN4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 8-6Bianchi / PereiraVEN
Match #4Bruguera / CarbonellESP6-3, 7-6 (8-6)Frana / LoboARG
Match #5Eltingh / HaarhuisNED6-2, 6-7 (6-7), 6-4Pavel / PescariuROU
Match #6N'Goran / N'GoranCIV6-2, 6-2Chen / LienTPE
Match #7Agassi / WashingtonUSA6-2, 6-2Hernández / OrtizMEX
Match #8Ferreira / FerreiraRSA6-4, 6-1Köves / MarkovitsHUN
Match #9Black / BlackZIM6-4, 6-2Lee / YunKOR
Match #10Goellner / PrinosilGER4-6, 6-1, 7-5Gaudenzi / NargisoITA
Match #11Knowles / SmithBAH7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-4)Couto / MotaPOR
Match #12Hiršzon / IvaniševićCRO7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-4)Björkman / KultiSWE
Match #13Novák / VacekCZEOgorodov / Tomashevich (WC)UZBwalkover
Match #14Campana / LapenttiECU6-4, 3-6, 6-3Carlsen / FetterleinDEN
Match #15Broad / HenmanGBR6-3, 6-3Krošlák / KučeraSVK
Match #16Connell / NestorCAN6-4, 6-4Barron / CaseyIRL

Round Two

Date27 – 28 July 1996
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimePair (Seed)NOCResultPair (Seed)NOC
Match #1Woodbridge / WoodfordeAUS4-6, 6-2, 6-2Bhupathi / PaesIND
Match #2Bruguera / CarbonellESP6-7 (7-1), 6-2, 7-5Iwabuchi / SuzukiJPN
Match #3Eltingh / HaarhuisNED6-4, 6-4N'Goran / N'GoranCIV
Match #4Ferreira / FerreiraRSA7-5, 6-7 (7-2), 6-0Agassi / WashingtonUSA
Match #5Goellner / PrinosilGER6-4, 7-6 (8-6)Black / BlackZIM
Match #6Hiršzon / IvaniševićCRO7-6 (7-4), 6-3Knowles / SmithBAH
Match #7Novák / VacekCZE7-5, 6-4Campana / LapenttiECU
Match #8Broad / HenmanGBR7-6 (7-5), 4-6, 6-4Connell / NestorCAN

Quarter-Finals

Date29 July 1996
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeLocationPair (Seed)NOCResultPair (Seed)NOC
Match #129 Jul 13:00Court #2Woodbridge / WoodfordeAUS6-4, 6-1Bruguera / CarbonellESP
Match #229 Jul 15:00Centre CourtEltingh / HaarhuisNED7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-4)Ferreira / FerreiraRSA
Match #329 Jul 11:00Court #2Goellner / PrinosilGER6-2, 6-3Hiršzon / IvaniševićCRO
Match #429 Jul 15:00Court #1Broad / HenmanGBR7-6 (7-4), 6-4Novák / VacekCZE

Semi-Finals

Date31 July 1996
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final.
MatchDate/TimeLocationPair (Seed)NOCResultPair (Seed)NOC
Match #131 Jul 13:00Court #1Woodbridge / WoodfordeAUS6-2, 5-7, 18-16Eltingh / HaarhuisNED
Match #231 Jul 11:00Court #1Broad / HenmanGBR4-6, 6-3, 10-8Goellner / PrinosilGER

Final Round

Date1 – 2 August 1996
MatchDate/TimeLocationPair (Seed)NOCResultPair (Seed)NOC
Match 1/202 Aug 15:00Centre CourtWoodbridge / WoodfordeAUS6-4, 6-4, 6-2Broad / HenmanGBR
Match 3/401 Aug 17:00Centre CourtGoellner / PrinosilGER6-2, 7-5Eltingh / HaarhuisNED