# 1996 Great American Insurance ATP Championships – Doubles

Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Ellis Ferreira and Jan Siemerink.
Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor won in the final 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 against Sandon Stolle and Cyril Suk.

## Seeds

The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.
* Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (quarterfinals)
* Byron Black / Grant Connell (quarterfinals)
* Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (champions)
* Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek (second round)
* Jacco Eltingh / Jakob Hlasek (first round)
* Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien (second round)
* Patrick Galbraith / Andrei Olhovskiy (second round)
* Ellis Ferreira / Jan Siemerink (semifinals)

## 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 | Final |
| 8 | Ellis Ferreira Jan Siemerink | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| 3 | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 3 | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor | 6 | 6 | 3 | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | Sandon Stolle Cyril Suk | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| | Rick Leach Jonathan Stark | 3 | 1 | | Sandon Stolle Cyril Suk | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| | Sandon Stolle Cyril Suk | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

### Top 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 | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | K Jones C Woodruff | 6 | 6 | 6 | Q | K Jones C Woodruff | 7 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Barnard G Van Emburgh | 2 | 7 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| | J Eagle A Florent | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | E Ferreira J Siemerink | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | L Jensen M Jensen | 7 | 2 | 7 | WC | L Jensen M Jensen | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | D Kronauge A Reichel | 0 | 3 | | 8 | E Ferreira J Siemerink | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | E Ferreira J Siemerink | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | E Ferreira J Siemerink | 3 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | M Knowles D Nestor | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 3 | M Knowles D Nestor | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Kinnear D Randall | 6 | 3 | 4 | | M Damm P Nyborg | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Damm P Nyborg | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | M Knowles D Nestor | 7 | 7 | | | | | |
| | M Philippoussis P Rafter | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | M Philippoussis P Rafter | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | P Kilderry M Tebbutt | 2 | 3 | | | M Philippoussis P Rafter | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Hiršzon G Ivanišević | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | S Lareau A O'Brien | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | S Lareau A O'Brien | 4 | 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 5 | J Eltingh J Hlasek | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Leach R Reneberg | 6 | 6 | | | R Leach R Reneberg | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Broad P Norval | 2 | 7 | 6 | | N Broad P Norval | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | S Edberg P Korda | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | R Leach R Reneberg | 6 | 7 | | | |
| WC | T Henman G Raoux | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | J Björkman N Kulti | 2 | 5 | | | |
| | J Björkman N Kulti | 6 | 6 | | | J Björkman N Kulti | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Y Kafelnikov D Vacek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R Leach J Stark | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | P Galbraith A Olhovskiy | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | S Stolle C Suk | 6 | 6 |
| | T Kronemann D Macpherson | 3 | 6 | 3 | 7 | P Galbraith A Olhovskiy | 4 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | S Stolle C Suk | 6 | 6 | 7 | | S Stolle C Suk | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | D Johnson G Michibata | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | S Stolle C Suk | 6 | 7 | | | |
| WC | S Bruguera À Corretja | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | 2 | B Black G Connell | 4 | 6 | | | |
| | J Grabb J Stark | 6 | 6 | | | J Grabb R Reneberg | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | B Black G Connell | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Qualifying seeds

The top three seeds received a bye to the second round.
* Kelly Jones / Chris Woodruff (qualified)
* Robbie Koenig / Wojciech Kowalski (qualifying competition)
* Dan Kronauge / Alex Reichel (qualified)
* Brian Eagle / Jeff Thomas (qualifying competition)

### Qualifiers

* Kelly Jones / Chris Woodruff
* Dan Kronauge / Alex Reichel

### Qualifying draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| | | | | 1 | Kelly Jones Chris Woodruff | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | Brian Eagle Jeff Thomas | 6 | 6 | 4 | Brian Eagle Jeff Thomas | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| WC | Randy Baldemor Curt Josselyn | 4 | 4 | | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| | | | | | 3 | Dan Kronauge Alex Reichel | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| | | | | | 2 | Robbie Koenig Wojciech Kowalski | 4 | 6 | 4 |