1995 US Open – Men's doubles

The 1995 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City in New York in the United States. It was the 115th edition of the US Open and was held from August 28 to September 10, 1995.

This marked the first Grand Slam main draw appearance for Bob and Mike Bryan, who would go on to win 16 Grand Slam titles together, including five US Open titles in 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, and 2014.

Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. • #🇳🇱 Jacco Eltingh / 🇳🇱 Paul Haarhuis (third round)

• #🇦🇺 Todd Woodbridge / 🇦🇺 Mark Woodforde (champions)

• #🇷🇺 Yevgeny Kafelnikov / 🇷🇺 Andrei Olhovskiy (second round)

• #🇨🇦 Grant Connell / 🇺🇸 Patrick Galbraith (semifinals)

• #🇧🇸 Mark Knowles / 🇨🇦 Daniel Nestor (quarterfinals)

• #🇿🇼 Byron Black / 🇺🇸 Jonathan Stark (quarterfinals)

• #🇺🇸 Jared Palmer / 🇺🇸 Richey Reneberg (first round)

• #🇨🇿 Cyril Suk / 🇨🇿 Daniel Vacek (second round)

• #🇺🇸 Jim Grabb / 🇺🇸 Patrick McEnroe (first round)

• #🇺🇸 Rick Leach / 🇺🇸 Scott Melville (quarterfinals)

• #🇦🇷 Luis Lobo / 🇪🇸 Javier Sánchez (first round)

• #🇨🇿 Petr Korda / 🇸🇪 Nicklas Kulti (third round)

• #🇺🇸 Trevor Kronemann / 🇦🇺 David Macpherson (second round)

• #🇿🇦 Lan Bale / 🇿🇦 John-Laffnie de Jager (first round)

• #🇺🇸 Alex O'Brien / 🇦🇺 Sandon Stolle (final)

• #🇦🇺 Mark Philippoussis / 🇦🇺 Patrick Rafter (third round)

Qualifying
The qualifying rounds for the 1995 US Open were played in late August 1995 at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York City, United States.

This event marks the only participation of Marcelo Ríos (who eventually became world No. 1 in singles in 1998) at a doubles competition of any Grand Slam tournament. Ríos teamed up with Sjeng Schalken, losing in the final round against Roger Smith and Paul Wekesa. The pair would also win an ATP tournament in Amsterdam at the same year, which would be the only title of Ríos in his entire doubles career.

Seeds
• # 🇺🇸 Shelby Cannon / 🇦🇺 Michael Tebbutt (qualified)

• # Stefan Kruger / Christo van Rensburg (qualifying competition, lucky losers)

• # Wayne Black /  Fernon Wibier (first round)

• # 🇦🇺 Scott Draper / 🇦🇺 Peter Tramacchi (qualified)

• # 🇳🇿 James Greenhalgh / 🇧🇪 Dick Norman (qualifying competition)

• # Roger Smith / 🇰🇪 Paul Wekesa (qualified)

• # 🇸🇪 Ola Kristiansson / 🇸🇪 Mårten Renström (qualified)

• # Neville Godwin /  Grant Stafford (first round)

Qualifiers
• # 🇺🇸 Shelby Cannon / 🇦🇺 Michael Tebbutt

• # 🇸🇪 Ola Kristiansson / 🇸🇪 Mårten Renström

• # Roger Smith / 🇰🇪 Paul Wekesa

• # 🇦🇺 Scott Draper / 🇦🇺 Peter Tramacchi

Lucky losers

 * 1)  Stefan Kruger /  Christo van Rensburg