1996 Italian Open – Men's doubles

Men's doubles
1996 Italian Open
Champions	Byron Black Grant Connell
Runners-up	Libor Pimek Byron Talbot
Score	6–2, 6–3
Draw	32
Seeds	8

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]

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
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

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

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

1. John Barrett, ed. (1997). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 130, 141. ISBN 9780002187145.

External links

• Official results archive (ATP)
• Official results archive (ITF)