1996 IN REVIEW

Breakthrough year for the South African in doubles, winning three Tour titles and one Challenger title, finishing at a career-high No. 46...Teamed with nine partners in 1996...Started season 16-5 in doubles in Challenger and Tour play...Reached Heilbronn Challenger SF in first tournament of year (w/Jarryd)...Defeated Pimek-Talbot in 1st RD of Marseille en route to final (w/Nyborg)...The next week won the Cherbourg Challenger (w/Behrens)...Won his third career Tour doubles title in Rotterdam (w/D.Adams) and reached the SF of Copenhagen the next week (w/ Kempers)...Slumped in April-June, posting a 4-11 match record...In July, teamed again with Nyborg to win titles in Newport and Los Angeles, where they defeated Bjorkman-Kulti in the final...Finished season with QFs in Toulouse (w/Randall) and Stockholm (w/Nyborg)...Earned a career-high $112,169.