1996 Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships - Doubles
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Jim Courier
Jim Courier
James Spencer "Jim" Courier, Jr. is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. During his career, he won four Grand Slam singles titles, two at the French Open and two at the Australian Open...

 and Patrick Rafter
Patrick Rafter
Patrick "Pat" Michael Rafter is an Australian former World No. 1 tennis player. He twice won the men's singles title at the US Open and was twice the runner-up at Wimbledon. Rafter was elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2006. He was known for his natural serve-and-volley style of...

 were the defending champions but did not compete that year.

Todd Woodbridge
Todd Woodbridge
Todd Andrew Woodbridge is an Australian former tennis player. He was born in Sydney and turned professional in 1988. He is best known for his successful Doubles partnerships with Mark Woodforde and later Jonas Björkman...

 and Mark Woodforde
Mark Woodforde
Mark Woodforde is a former professional tennis player from Australia. He is best known as one half of "The Woodies", a doubles partnership with Todd Woodbridge....

 won in the final 7–5, 7–6 against Jonas Björkman
Jonas Björkman
Jonas Lars Björkman is a former World Number 4 Swedish professional tennis player. He is also a former World No. 1 in doubles. Björkman retired from professional tennis after competing at the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup Doubles championships....

 and Tommy Ho
Tommy Ho
Thomas "Tommy" Ho is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Ho first came to the tennis world's attention as an exceptionally successful junior player...

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Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
  1.   Todd Woodbridge
    Todd Woodbridge
    Todd Andrew Woodbridge is an Australian former tennis player. He was born in Sydney and turned professional in 1988. He is best known for his successful Doubles partnerships with Mark Woodforde and later Jonas Björkman...

     /   Mark Woodforde
    Mark Woodforde
    Mark Woodforde is a former professional tennis player from Australia. He is best known as one half of "The Woodies", a doubles partnership with Todd Woodbridge....

     (Champions)
  2.   Cyril Suk
    Cyril Suk
    Cyril Suk III is a former professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, Suk has won one Grand Slam men's doubles title and four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles during his career....

     /   Daniel Vacek
    Daniel Vacek
    Daniel Vacek is a former tennis player from Czechoslovakia and the Czechia who turned professional in 1990.Vacek represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the second round...

     (Quarterfinals)
  3.   Byron Black
    Byron Black
    Byron Black is a former touring professional tennis and Davis Cup player for Zimbabwe.- Biography :He is the brother of Cara and Wayne Black, both professional tennis players...

     /   Grant Connell
    Grant Connell
    Grant Connell is a former professional tennis player from Canada. He was one of the world's top doubles player from the early through middle 1990s....

     (Semifinals)
  4.   Jonas Björkman
    Jonas Björkman
    Jonas Lars Björkman is a former World Number 4 Swedish professional tennis player. He is also a former World No. 1 in doubles. Björkman retired from professional tennis after competing at the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup Doubles championships....

     /   Tommy Ho
    Tommy Ho
    Thomas "Tommy" Ho is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Ho first came to the tennis world's attention as an exceptionally successful junior player...

     (Final)

Draw

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