1996 Mercedes Cup – Doubles

Doubles
1996 Stuttgart Open
1995 Champion	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig
Champion	Libor Pimek Byron Talbot
Runner-up	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig
Score	6–2, 5–7, 6–4

Main article: 1996 Stuttgart Open

Tomás Carbonell and Francisco Roig were the defending champions but lost in the final 6–2, 5–7, 6–4 against Libor Pimek and Byron Talbot.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. All eight seeded teams received byes into the second round.

1. Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Menno Oosting (Second Round)
2. Luis Lobo / Javier Sánchez (Second Round)
3. Libor Pimek / Byron Talbot (Champions)
4. Tomás Carbonell / Francisco Roig (Final)
5. Jiří Novák / David Rikl (Quarterfinals)
6. David Adams / Peter Nyborg (Quarterfinals)
7. Trevor Kronemann / David Macpherson (Semifinals)
8. John-Laffnie de Jager / Sjeng Schalken (Quarterfinals)

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

Top Half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	Y Kafelnikov M Oosting	4	4
		J Ireland A Kitinov	4	4					C Doseděl P Vízner	6	6
		C Doseděl P Vízner	6	6												C Doseděl P Vízner	6	6
	Q	G Kuerten F Meligeni	6	6											8	J-L de Jager S Schalken	4	0
	WC	A Chesnokov H Gumy	3	2				Q	G Kuerten F Meligeni	2	4
								8	J-L de Jager S Schalken	6	6
																							C Doseděl P Vízner	4	4
																						4	T Carbonell F Roig	6	6
								4	T Carbonell F Roig	6	6
		D Ekerot S Noteboom	6	3	5				T Kempers T Nijssen	1	4
		T Kempers T Nijssen	3	6	7										4	T Carbonell F Roig	6	6
		J Belloli C Brandi	1	2											6	D Adams P Nyborg	4	3
	WC	T Muster C Trimmel	6	6				WC	T Muster C Trimmel	6	4
								6	D Adams P Nyborg	7	6

Bottom Half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								5	J Novák D Rikl	7	6
		E Benfele Álvarez À Corretja	4	6	7				E Benfele Álvarez À Corretja	6	3
	WC	M Tillström B Ulihrach	6	4	6										5	J Novák D Rikl	7	3	4
		R Bergh O Delaître	6	6											3	L Pimek B Talbot	6	6	6
		J A Conde J Waite	3	2					R Bergh O Delaître	4	6	3
								3	L Pimek B Talbot	6	4	6
																						3	L Pimek B Talbot	6	7
																						7	T Kronemann D Macpherson	4	6
								7	T Kronemann D Macpherson	6	7
		G Köves L Markovits	4	1				WC	K Braasch S Bruguera	4	6
	WC	K Braasch S Bruguera	6	6											7	T Kronemann D Macpherson	6	5	6
		S Cannon G Van Emburgh	6	6	3											J Eagle A Florent	4	7	2
		J Eagle A Florent	7	4	6				J Eagle A Florent	4	6	6
								2	L Lobo J Sánchez	6	2	2