1996 Italian Open – Men's Doubles

Men's Doubles
1996 Italian Open
Champions	Byron Black Grant Connell
Runners-up	Libor Pimek Byron Talbot
Final score	6–2, 6–3

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

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
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

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

References

• 1996 Italian Open Men's Doubles Draw