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
Champions Byron Black
Grant Connell
Runners-up Libor Pimek
Byron Talbot
Final score6–2, 6–3

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

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 3r

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 3r
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
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