# 1996 du Maurier Open – Men's doubles

Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Andrei Olhovskiy were the defending champions but only Olhovskiy competed that year with Ken Flach.
Flach and Olhovskiy lost in the first round to Sébastien Leblanc and Jocelyn Robichaud.
Patrick Galbraith and Paul Haarhuis won in the final 7–6, 6–3 against Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor.

## 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.
* Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (quarterfinals)
* Byron Black / Grant Connell (quarterfinals)
* Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (final)
* Patrick Galbraith / Paul Haarhuis (champions)
* Guy Forget / Jakob Hlasek (first round)
* Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien (quarterfinals)
* Jonas Björkman / Nicklas Kulti (semifinals)
* Jiří Novák / Daniel Vacek (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 |
| 4 | Patrick Galbraith Paul Haarhuis | 7 | 6 | |
| 3 | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor | 6 | 3 | |

### 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 | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Hiršzon G Ivanišević | 3 | 2 | | | N Broad P Norval | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Broad P Norval | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | |
| | K Jones C Woodruff | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | L Lobo J Sánchez | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Keil G Muller | 6 | 6 | | | K Jones C Woodruff | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Lobo J Sánchez | 7 | 6 | 6 | | L Lobo J Sánchez | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | J Novák D Vacek | 6 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | L Lobo J Sánchez | 6 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | P Galbraith P Haarhuis | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | 4 | P Galbraith P Haarhuis | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | R Janecek G Michibata | 7 | 7 | | Q | R Janecek G Michibata | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Ekerot G Van Emburgh | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | 4 | P Galbraith P Haarhuis | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | K Flach A Olhovskiy | 7 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | 6 | S Lareau A O'Brien | 7 | 4 | 1 | | | | |
| WC | S Leblanc J Robichaud | 5 | 6 | 6 | WC | S Leblanc J Robichaud | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Carbonell F Roig | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | S Lareau A O'Brien | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | S Lareau A O'Brien | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom 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 | Semifinals |
| 5 | G Forget J Hlasek | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Philippoussis P Rafter | 4 | 7 | 6 | | M Philippoussis P Rafter | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Johnson F Montana | 6 | 6 | 7 | | D Johnson F Montana | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | S Cannon R Smith | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | D Johnson F Montana | 3 | 5 | | | | | | |
| WC | P Cash B Kokavec | 4 | 4 | | | | | | 3 | M Knowles D Nestor | 6 | 7 | | | | | | |
| | P Korda C Suk | 6 | 6 | | | P Korda C Suk | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | M Knowles D Nestor | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | M Knowles D Nestor | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | J Björkman N Kulti | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | J Björkman N Kulti | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| Q | B Dickinson T Suzuki | 4 | 1 | | 7 | J Björkman N Kulti | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J A Conde À Corretja | 1 | 7 | 6 | | J A Conde À Corretja | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Gaudenzi T Muster | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | | 7 | J Björkman N Kulti | 6 | 5 | 7 | | | | | |
| | D Adams S Schalken | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | | 2 | B Black G Connell | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Barnard P Nyborg | 7 | 3 | 6 | | M Barnard P Nyborg | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | B Black G Connell | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |