1996 St. Petersburg Open – Doubles

Doubles
1996 St. Petersburg Open
Champions	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Andrei Olhovskiy
Runners-up	Nicklas Kulti Peter Nyborg
Final score	6–3, 6–4

Martin Damm and Anders Järryd were the defending champions but only Järryd competed that year with Jan Apell.

Apell and Järryd lost in the first round to Wayne Arthurs and Jeff Tarango.

Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Andrei Olhovskiy won in the final 6–3, 6–4 against Nicklas Kulti and Peter Nyborg.

Seeds

1. Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Andrei Olhovskiy (Champions)
2. Wayne Arthurs / Jeff Tarango (Quarterfinals)
3. David Prinosil / Daniel Vacek (Semifinals, withdrew)
4. Nicklas Kulti / Peter Nyborg (Final)

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

	First Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Y Kafelnikov A Olhovskiy	6	6
	WC	M Commandeur D Poliakov	2	2				1	Y Kafelnikov A Olhovskiy	6	6
		L Manta P Vízner	7	3	7				L Manta P Vízner	4	4
		JA Conde N Marques	5	6	6										1	Y Kafelnikov A Olhovskiy	w/o
	3	D Prinosil D Vacek	6	7											3	D Prinosil D Vacek
		L Pimek B Talbot	4	6				3	D Prinosil D Vacek	w/o
		A Antonitsch J Ireland	6	7	6			WC	O Ogorodov A Volkov
	WC	O Ogorodov A Volkov	7	5	7																	1	Y Kafelnikov A Olhovskiy	6	6
		M Barnard T Kempers	6	6																		4	N Kulti P Nyborg	3	4
	WC	G Dzelde A Filippov	2	3					M Barnard T Kempers
		N Broad P Norval	4	4				4	N Kulti P Nyborg	w/o
	4	N Kulti P Nyborg	6	6											4	N Kulti P Nyborg	7	6
		D Adams H J Davids	6	6												D Adams H J Davids	6	3
	Q	A Stoliarov I Tchelychev	2	2					D Adams H J Davids	6	6
		J Apell A Järryd	1	3				2	W Arthurs J Tarango	4	2
	2	W Arthurs J Tarango	6	6

References

• 1996 St. Petersburg Open Doubles Draw