# 1996 Italian Open – Men's doubles

Cyril Suk and Daniel Vacek were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Suk with Hendrik Jan Davids and Vacek with Richey Reneberg.
Davids and Suk lost in the first round to Mark Keil and Peter Nyborg, as did Reneberg and Vacek to Emilio Sánchez and Christo van Rensburg.
Byron Black and Grant Connell won in the final 6–2, 6–3 against Libor Pimek and Byron Talbot.

## Seeds

* Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (first round)
* Patrick Galbraith / Andrei Olhovskiy (semifinals)
* Byron Black / Grant Connell (champions)
* Ellis Ferreira / Jan Siemerink (semifinals)
* Guy Forget / Jakob Hlasek (first round)
* Todd Martin / Alex O'Brien (second round)
* Luis Lobo / Javier Sánchez (quarterfinals)
* Tomás Carbonell / Francisco Roig (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

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | Libor Pimek Byron Talbot | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 4 | Ellis Ferreira Jan Siemerink | 4 | 7 | 3 | | | | |
| 4 | Ellis Ferreira Jan Siemerink | 4 | 7 | 3 | | Libor Pimek Byron Talbot | 2 | 3 |
| | | | | | 3 | Byron Black Grant Connell | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Byron Black Grant Connell | 6 | 4 | | 3 | Byron Black Grant Connell | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Patrick Galbraith Andrei Olhovskiy | 4 | 3$^r$ | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | M Knowles D Nestor | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Kinnear D Randall | 3 | 6 | 7 | | K Kinnear D Randall | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Gaudenzi G Ivanišević | 7 | 4 | 6 | | A Gaudenzi G Ivanišević | 6 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Adams W Arthurs | 5 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | K Kinnear D Randall | 5 | 6 | | | | | |
| | P Haarhuis S Schalken | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | L Pimek B Talbot | 7 | 7 | | | | | |
| WC | O Camporese D Nargiso | 4 | 7 | 4 | | P Haarhuis S Schalken | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Pimek B Talbot | 6 | 3 | 6 | | L Pimek B Talbot | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | T Carbonell F Roig | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | L Pimek B Talbot | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | E Ferreira J Siemerink | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | E Ferreira J Siemerink | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| Q | J Arrese B Haygarth | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | E Ferreira J Siemerink | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | H J Davids C Suk | 6 | 4 | | | M Keil P Nyborg | 7 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Keil P Nyborg | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | E Ferreira J Siemerink | 7 | 7 | | | | | |
| Q | K Jones S Noteboom | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | J Eagle A Florent | 5 | 5 | | | | | |
| | T Kronemann D Macpherson | 4 | 6 | 3 | Q | K Jones S Noteboom | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Eagle A Florent | 2 | 7 | 6 | | J Eagle A Florent | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | G Forget J Hlasek | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals |
| 6 | T Martin A O'Brien | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Broad P Norval | 5 | 4 | | 6 | T Martin A O'Brien | 4 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | W Ferreira Y Kafelnikov | 6 | 6 | | | W Ferreira Y Kafelnikov | 6 | 2 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J-L de Jager M Philippoussis | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | W Ferreira Y Kafelnikov | 5 | 2 | | | | | |
| | T Nijssen M Oosting | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | 3 | B Black G Connell | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | S Edberg P Korda | 6 | 6 | | | S Edberg P Korda | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | C Brandi C Caratti | 3 | 4 | | 3 | B Black G Connell | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | B Black G Connell | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | B Black G Connell | 6 | 4 |
| 7 | L Lobo J Sánchez | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | P Galbraith A Olhovskiy | 4 | 3$^r$ |
| WC | A Boetsch M Rosset | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | L Lobo J Sánchez | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Barnard G Van Emburgh | 6 | 6 | | | M Barnard G Van Emburgh | 2 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Ríos M Washington | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | 7 | L Lobo J Sánchez | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| | R Reneberg D Vacek | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | P Galbraith A Olhovskiy | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | E Sánchez C van Rensburg | 6 | 6 | | | E Sánchez C van Rensburg | 7 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Kempers J Waite | 3 | 2 | | 2 | P Galbraith A Olhovskiy | 5 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | P Galbraith A Olhovskiy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Jordi Arrese / Brent Haygarth (qualified)
* Kelly Jones / Stephen Noteboom (qualified)
* Emilio Benfele Álvarez / Pepe Imaz (first round)
* Ben Ellwood / Todd Larkham (first round)

### Qualifiers

* Jordi Arrese / Brent Haygarth
* Kelly Jones / Stephen Noteboom

### Qualifying draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Jordi Arrese Brent Haygarth | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| WC | Giorgio Galimberti Igor Gaudi | 4 | 6 | 1 | Jordi Arrese Brent Haygarth | 6 | 3 | 7 |
| WC | Alberto Berasategui Albert Costa | 7 | 6 | WC | Alberto Berasategui Albert Costa | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| 4 | Ben Ellwood Todd Larkham | 5 | 4 | | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Kelly Jones Stephen Noteboom | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Vojtěch Flégl Karol Kučera | 4 | 2 | 2 | Kelly Jones Stephen Noteboom | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| WC | Tommy Haas Mariano Zabaleta | 6 | 6 | WC | Tommy Haas Mariano Zabaleta | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| 3 | Emilio Benfele Álvarez Pepe Imaz | 3 | 2 | | | | | |