# 1996 Panasonic German Open – Doubles

Wayne Ferreira and Yevgeny Kafelnikov were the defending champions but lost in the first round to David Rikl and Daniel Vacek.
Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor won in the final 6–2, 6–4 against Guy Forget and Jakob Hlasek.

## Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.
* Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (champions)
* Patrick Galbraith / Andrei Olhovskiy (semifinals)
* Ellis Ferreira / Jan Siemerink (second round)
* Guy Forget / Jakob Hlasek (final)
* Luis Lobo / Javier Sánchez (quarterfinals)
* Tomás Carbonell / Francisco Roig (semifinals)
* Grant Connell / John-Laffnie de Jager (quarterfinals)
* Wayne Ferreira / Yevgeny Kafelnikov (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

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor | 6 | 6 | |
| 4 | Guy Forget Jakob Hlasek | 2 | 4 | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | M Knowles D Nestor | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Järryd C Suk | 4 | 6 | 3 | | G Ivanišević D Nargiso | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Ivanišević D Nargiso | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | 1 | M Knowles D Nestor | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | K Braasch P Kühnen | 4 | 2 | | | | | | 7 | G Connell J-L de Jager | 7 | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | P Haarhuis S Schalken | 6 | 6 | | | P Haarhuis S Schalken | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Kempers J Waite | 3 | 2 | | 7 | G Connell J-L de Jager | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | G Connell J-L de Jager | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Knowles D Nestor | 7 | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | T Carbonell F Roig | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 3 | E Ferreira J Siemerink | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Kronemann D Macpherson | 6 | 7 | | | T Kronemann D Macpherson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | R Krajicek M Washington | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | T Kronemann D Macpherson | 2 | 6 | 1 | | | | |
| | L Bale M Barnard | 7 | 3 | 2 | | | | | 6 | T Carbonell F Roig | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | |
| | M-K Goellner D Prinosil | 6 | 6 | 6 | | M-K Goellner D Prinosil | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Rădulescu J Renzenbrink | 6 | 4 | | 6 | T Carbonell F Roig | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | T Carbonell F Roig | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals |
| 5 | L Lobo J Sánchez | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Eagle A Florent | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | L Lobo J Sánchez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | H Dreekmann M Stich | 6 | 4 | 4 | | T Nijssen G Van Emburgh | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Nijssen G Van Emburgh | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 5 | L Lobo J Sánchez | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| | L Pimek B Talbot | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | G Forget J Hlasek | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| Q | E Benfele Álvarez D Salvador-Estepa | 1 | 3 | | | L Pimek B Talbot | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | G Forget J Hlasek | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | G Forget J Hlasek | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | W Ferreira Y Kafelnikov | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | P Galbraith A Olhovskiy | 2 | 1 |
| | D Rikl D Vacek | 6 | 7 | | | D Rikl D Vacek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Nyborg M Oosting | 6 | 6 | 3 | WC | B Karbacher A Thoms | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | B Karbacher A Thoms | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | D Rikl D Vacek | 5 | 1 | | | | |
| | D Adams W Arthurs | 6 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | 2 | P Galbraith A Olhovskiy | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | N Broad P Norval | 4 | 6 | 6 | | N Broad T Henman | 2 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | P Galbraith A Olhovskiy | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Javier Conde / Àlex Corretja (first round)
* Alex Rădulescu / Jörn Renzenbrink (qualified)
* Emilio Benfele Álvarez / David Salvador-Estepa (qualified)
* Juan Antonio Marín / Óscar Martínez (qualifying competition)

### Qualifiers

* Emilio Benfele Álvarez / David Salvador-Estepa
* Alex Rădulescu / Jörn Renzenbrink

### Qualifying draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Javier Conde Àlex Corretja | 6 | 3 | | | | | |
| WC | Tommy Haas Davide Sanguinetti | 7 | 6 | WC | Tommy Haas Davide Sanguinetti | 7 | 3 | 5 |
| | Lars Kirschner Alexander von Hugo | 3 | 4 | 3 | Emilio Benfele Álvarez David Salvador-Estepa | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | Emilio Benfele Álvarez David Salvador-Estepa | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Alex Rădulescu Jörn Renzenbrink | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Andrei Merinov Dimitri Poliakov | 4 | 3 | | 2 | Alex Rădulescu Jörn Renzenbrink | 7 | 6 |
| | Igor Šarić Mikael Stadling | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | Juan Antonio Marín Óscar Martínez | 6 | 1 |
| 4 | Juan Antonio Marín Óscar Martínez | 7 | 2 | 6 | | | | |