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.
Winner of each match advanced to round two.
Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
Match #1 | Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde | ![]() | Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes | ![]() | 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 | ||
Match #2 | Sergi Bruguera / Tomás Carbonell | ![]() | Satoshi Iwabuchi / Takao Suzuki | ![]() | 6-7 (–-1), 6-2, 7-5 | ||
Match #3 | Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis | ![]() | Clément N'Goran / Claude N'Goran | ![]() | 6-4, 6-4 | ||
Match #4 | Ellis Ferreira / Wayne Ferreira | ![]() | Andre Agassi / MaliVai Washington | ![]() | 7-5, 6-7 (–-2), 6-0 | ||
Match #5 | Marc-Kevin Goellner / David Prinosil | ![]() | Byron Black / Wayne Black | ![]() | 6-4, 7-6 (8-6) | ||
Match #6 | Saša Hiršzon / Goran Ivanišević | ![]() | Mark Knowles / Roger Smith | ![]() | 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 | ||
Match #7 | Jiří Novák / Daniel Vacek | ![]() | Pablo Campana / Nicolás Lapentti | ![]() | 7-5, 6-4 | ||
Match #8 | Neil Broad / Tim Henman | ![]() | Grant Connell / Daniel Nestor | ![]() | 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, 6-4 |
Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
Match #1 | Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde | ![]() | Sergi Bruguera / Tomás Carbonell | ![]() | 6-4, 6-1 | ||
Match #2 | Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis | ![]() | Ellis Ferreira / Wayne Ferreira | ![]() | 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (–-4) | ||
Match #3 | Marc-Kevin Goellner / David Prinosil | ![]() | Saša Hiršzon / Goran Ivanišević | ![]() | 6-2, 6-3 | ||
Match #4 | Neil Broad / Tim Henman | ![]() | Jiří Novák / Daniel Vacek | ![]() | 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 |
Winner of each match advanced to the final.
Match #1 | Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde | ![]() | Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis | ![]() | 6-2, 5-7, 18-16 | ||
Match #2 | Neil Broad / Tim Henman | ![]() | Marc-Kevin Goellner / David Prinosil | ![]() | 4-6, 6-3, 10-8 |
Match 1/2 | Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde | ![]() | Neil Broad / Tim Henman | ![]() | 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 | ||
Match 3/4 | Marc-Kevin Goellner / David Prinosil | ![]() | Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis | ![]() | 6-2, 7-5 |