# 1996 US Open – Men's doubles

The 1996 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 116th edition of the US Open and was held from August 26 through September 8, 1996.

## Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
* Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (champions)
* Byron Black / Grant Connell (first round)
* Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (first round)
* Guy Forget / Jakob Hlasek (semifinals)
* Jonas Björkman / Nicklas Kulti (first round)
* Ellis Ferreira / Jan Siemerink (second round)
* Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien (quarterfinals)
* Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis (final)
* Libor Pimek / Byron Talbot (second round)
* Petr Korda / Cyril Suk (first round)
* Unknown (withdrew)
* Luis Lobo / Javier Sánchez (quarterfinals)
* Mark Philippoussis / Patrick Rafter (semifinals)
* David Prinosil / Daniel Vacek (first round)
* Trevor Kronemann / David Macpherson (quarterfinals)
* Jiří Novák / David Rikl (first 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

### Finals

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien | 3 | 5 | | 1 | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 13 | Mark Philippoussis Patrick Rafter | 7 | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| 13 | Mark Philippoussis Patrick Rafter | 6 | 6 | | 13 | Mark Philippoussis Patrick Rafter | 7 | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Hendrik Jan Davids Sjeng Schalken | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Hendrik Jan Davids Sjeng Schalken | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | 1 | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde | 4 | 7 | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 8 | Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 12 | Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Guy Forget Jakob Hlasek | 6 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Guy Forget Jakob Hlasek | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | Guy Forget Jakob Hlasek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis | 7 | 7 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis | 7 | 7 | | | | | | |
| 15 | Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson | 5 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Joyce V Spadea | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J-P Fleurian G Raoux | 7 | 6 | | | J-P Fleurian G Raoux | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Johnson F Montana | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | S Cannon R Smith | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | S Cannon R Smith | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| | S Pescosolido V Santopadre | 4 | 6 | 4 | | S Cannon R Smith | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Kempers T Nijssen | 6 | 2 | 6 | | T Kempers T Nijssen | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | J Novák D Rikl | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 6 | 7 |
| | B MacPhie M Tebbutt | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | S Lareau A O'Brien | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | P Korda C Suk | 3 | 6 | 3 | | B MacPhie M Tebbutt | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Keil M Lucena | 6 | 6 | | | M Keil M Lucena | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Hansen-Dent TJ Middleton | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | M Keil M Lucena | 1 | 7 | 3 | | | | |
| | P Cash S Stolle | 7 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | 7 | S Lareau A O'Brien | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | |
| | R Bergh J Waite | 6 | 6 | 4 | | P Cash S Stolle | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | S Lareau A O'Brien | 6 | 6 | | 7 | S Lareau A O'Brien | 4 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Ferreira A Pavel | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | J-L de Jager C van Rensburg | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | M Knowles D Nestor | 5 | 6 | | | J-L de Jager C van Rensburg | 6 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | JA Conde À Corretja | 6 | 1 | 7 | | JA Conde À Corretja | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Barnard G Van Emburgh | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | JA Conde À Corretja | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | S Hiršzon G Ivanišević | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | 13 | M Philippoussis P Rafter | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | S Davis D Ekerot | 3 | 6 | 3 | | S Hiršzon G Ivanišević | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | M Philippoussis P Rafter | 7 | 6 | | 13 | M Philippoussis P Rafter | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | K Kinnear D Randall | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | M Philippoussis P Rafter | 6 | 6 |
| | L Lavalle M Ruah | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | HJ Davids S Schalken | 3 | 4 |
| | P Kühnen G Muller | 4 | 4 | | | L Lavalle M Ruah | 4 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | HJ Davids S Schalken | 3 | 7 | 6 | | HJ Davids S Schalken | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Leach R Leach | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | HJ Davids S Schalken | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | O Delaître J Tarango | 6 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | O Delaître J Tarango | 2 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Merklein B Shelton | 7 | 6 | 3 | | O Delaître J Tarango | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | E Ferreira J Siemerink | 6 | 6 | | 6 | E Ferreira J Siemerink | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Damm P Nyborg | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | A Gaudenzi D Nargiso | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | J Björkman N Kulti | 6 | 3 | 4 | | A Gaudenzi D Nargiso | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Ondruska A Richardson | 6 | 4 | 6 | | M Ondruska A Richardson | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Broad P Norval | 0 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | A Gaudenzi D Nargiso | 6 | 4 | | | | | | |
| | T Carbonell F Roig | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 12 | L Lobo J Sánchez | 7 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | N Lapentti D Orsanic | 6 | 2 | | | T Carbonell F Roig | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | L Lobo J Sánchez | 6 | 6 | | 12 | L Lobo J Sánchez | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Eagle A Florent | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | L Lobo J Sánchez | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| | L Bale G Köves | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | G Forget J Hlasek | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| 14 | D Prinosil D Vacek | 4 | 3 | | | L Bale G Köves | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Nováček N Pereira | 6 | 6 | | | K Nováček N Pereira | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Draper K Thorne | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | K Nováček N Pereira | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | | |
| | K Jones C Woodruff | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | G Forget J Hlasek | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Petchey D Sapsford | 5 | 2 | | | K Jones C Woodruff | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | G Forget J Hlasek | 6 | 2 | | 4 | G Forget J Hlasek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Pála P Vízner | 3 | 0$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 8 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Jensen M Jensen | 2 | 4 | | 8 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Galbraith T Henman | 7 | 7 | | | P Galbraith T Henman | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Gimelstob S Muskatirovic | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | 8 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| | D Adams M Oosting | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | D Adams M Oosting | 5 | 6 | 2 | | | | | |
| | K Flach A Olhovskiy | 7 | 4 | 4 | | D Adams M Oosting | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | L Pimek B Talbot | 6 | 6 | | 9 | L Pimek B Talbot | 3 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Bryan M Bryan | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| 15 | T Kronemann D Macpherson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | T Kronemann D Macpherson | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| | D Caldwell C Mamiit | 3 | 2 | | 15 | T Kronemann D Macpherson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Palmer J Stark | 6 | 6 | | | J Palmer J Stark | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Clark J Salzenstein | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | 15 | T Kronemann D Macpherson | 6 | 7 | | | | | | |
| | D Flach D Wheaton | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | D Flach D Wheaton | 3 | 5 | | | | | | |
| | B Haygarth P Kilderry | 6 | 4 | 3 | | D Flach D Wheaton | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Noteboom F Wibier | 2 | 6 | 6 | | S Noteboom F Wibier | 3 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | B Black G Connell | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |