1996 US Open – Men's doubles qualifying

Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual US Open.

Men's doubles qualifying
1996 US Open

Seeds

  1. India Mahesh Bhupathi / India Leander Paes (first round)
  2. Sweden Ola Kristiansson / Sweden Mårten Renström (first round)
  3. United States Bill Behrens / United States Geoff Grant (first round)
  4. Mexico Alejandro Hernández / Mexico Óscar Ortiz (first round)
  5. (n/a)
  6. Mexico Leonardo Lavalle / Venezuela Maurice Ruah (qualifying competition, lucky losers)
  7. North Macedonia Aleksandar Kitinov / Italy Mosé Navarra (first round)
  8. South Africa Clinton Ferreira / Romania Andrei Pavel (qualified)

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Draw

First qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
1 India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes
4 6 3
WC United States Paul Goldstein
United States Ryan Wolters
6 0 6
WC United States Paul Goldstein
United States Ryan Wolters
3 1
Italy Stefano Pescosolido
Italy Vincenzo Santopadre
6 6
Italy Stefano Pescosolido
Italy Vincenzo Santopadre
7 6
7 North Macedonia Aleksandar Kitinov
Italy Mosé Navarra
6 3

Second qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
2 Sweden Ola Kristiansson
Sweden Mårten Renström
6 4
WC United States Adam Peterson
United States Jim Thomas
7 6
WC United States Adam Peterson
United States Jim Thomas
3 2
8 South Africa Clinton Ferreira
Romania Andrei Pavel
6 6
Zimbabwe Wayne Black
South Africa Chris Haggard
6 1 6
8 South Africa Clinton Ferreira
Romania Andrei Pavel
4 6 7

Third qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
3 United States Bill Behrens
United States Geoff Grant
7 6 1
Ecuador Nicolás Lapentti
Argentina Daniel Orsanic
5 7 6
Ecuador Nicolás Lapentti
Argentina Daniel Orsanic
6 6
6 Mexico Leonardo Lavalle
Venezuela Maurice Ruah
3 4
France Lionel Barthez
Italy Nicola Bruno
2 2
6 Mexico Leonardo Lavalle
Venezuela Maurice Ruah
6 6

Fourth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
4 Mexico Alejandro Hernández
Mexico Óscar Ortiz
7 4 4
Australia Scott Draper
United States Kenny Thorne
6 6 6
Australia Scott Draper
United States Kenny Thorne
6 7
WC United States David DiLucia
United States Scott Humphries
3 5
WC United States David DiLucia
United States Scott Humphries
6 6
Alt Australia Ben Ellwood
Australia Peter Tramacchi
4 4

References

    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.