1996 Italian Open – Men's doubles

Men's doubles
1996 Italian Open
Final
Champions	Byron Black Grant Connell
Runners-up	Libor Pimek Byron Talbot
Score	6–2, 6–3
Details
Draw	32
Seeds	8
Events
Singles men women Doubles men women
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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.^[1]

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

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