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.

Men's doubles
1996 Italian Open
Final
Champions	Byron Black Grant Connell
Runners-up	Libor Pimek Byron Talbot
Score	6–2, 6–3
Events
Singles men women Doubles men women
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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

1.   Mark Knowles /   Daniel Nestor (first round)
2.   Patrick Galbraith /   Andrei Olhovskiy (semifinals)
3.   Byron Black /   Grant Connell (champions)
4.   Ellis Ferreira /   Jan Siemerink (semifinals)
5.   Guy Forget /   Jakob Hlasek (first round)
6.   Todd Martin /   Alex O'Brien (second round)
7.   Luis Lobo /   Javier Sánchez (quarterfinals)
8.   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							Final
		Libor Pimek   Byron Talbot	6	6	6
	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
	2	Patrick Galbraith   Andrei Olhovskiy	4	3^r

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							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							Second round							Quarterfinals							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

1.   Jordi Arrese /   Brent Haygarth (qualified)
2.   Kelly Jones /   Stephen Noteboom (qualified)
3.   Emilio Benfele Álvarez /   Pepe Imaz (first round)
4.   Ben Ellwood /   Todd Larkham (first round)

Qualifiers

1.   Jordi Arrese /   Brent Haygarth
2.   Kelly Jones /   Stephen Noteboom

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

	First round							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							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

References

• Official results archive (ATP)
• Official results archive (ITF)