# 1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's doubles

The 1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships included this tournament in men's doubles. Mark Knowles and Jonathan Stark were the defending champions but only Knowles competed that year with Rick Leach.
Knowles and Leach lost in the final at 6–2, 6–3 against Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde.

## Seeds

The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.
* Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (champions)
* Mark Knowles / Rick Leach (final)
* Patrick Galbraith / Andrei Olhovskiy (quarterfinals)
* Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien (semifinals)
* n/a
* Guy Forget / Jakob Hlasek (semifinals)
* Nicklas Kulti / Sandon Stolle (first round)
* Jim Grabb / Richey Reneberg (second round)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Final

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| 6 | Guy Forget Jakob Hlasek | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| 6 | Guy Forget Jakob Hlasek | 6 | 3 | 1 | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 2 | Mark Knowles Rick Leach | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien | | | 2 | Mark Knowles Rick Leach | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Mark Knowles Rick Leach | w/o | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | w/o | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Cunha e Silva J-P Fleurian | 3 | 4 | | | D Prinosil G Rusedski | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Prinosil G Rusedski | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | L Manta F Wibier | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | W Black K Ullyett | 4 | 0 | | | | |
| | W Black K Ullyett | 6 | 6 | | | W Black K Ullyett | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Eagle A Florent | w/o | | | | J Eagle A Florent | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | N Kulti S Stolle | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | G Forget J Hlasek | 6 | 3 |
| | | | | | 3 | P Galbraith A Olhovskiy | w/o | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Ondruska J Waite | 6 | 6 | 4 | | W Ferreira G Muller | | | | | | | | | | |
| | W Ferreira G Muller | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | 3 | P Galbraith A Olhovskiy | 1 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | S Iwabuchi T Suzuki | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 6 | G Forget J Hlasek | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| WC | T Chaen D Morii | 3 | 3 | | WC | S Iwabuchi T Suzuki | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | D Pate J Tarango | 4 | 6 | | 6 | G Forget J Hlasek | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | G Forget J Hlasek | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| LL | J Golmard L Roux | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | T Mori M Takada | 3 | 3 | | LL | J Golmard L Roux | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Campbell D Norman | 6 | 6 | 4 | Q | N Bruno G Pozzi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | N Bruno G Pozzi | 7 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | Q | N Bruno G Pozzi | 1 | 6 | 3 | | | |
| | A Järryd B MacPhie | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | 4 | S Lareau A O'Brien | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | |
| | M Damm P Nyborg | 6 | 6 | | | M Damm P Nyborg | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | S Lareau A O'Brien | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | S Lareau A O'Brien | |
| 8 | J Grabb R Reneberg | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | M Knowles R Leach | w/o |
| Q | M Lee C Wilkinson | 3 | 2 | | 8 | J Grabb R Reneberg | 2 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | K Kinnear D Randall | 6 | 5 | 6 | | K Kinnear D Randall | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | W Arthurs T Henman | 4 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | K Kinnear D Randall | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| WC | H Kaneko G Motomura | 7 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | 2 | M Knowles R Leach | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | P Kilderry P Tramacchi | 5 | 6 | 6 | | P Kilderry P Tramacchi | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | M Knowles R Leach | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |