1996 Mercedes Cup – Doubles

Doubles
1996 Mercedes Cup
1995 Champion	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig
Champion	Libor Pimek Byron Talbot[1]
Runner-up	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig
Score	6–2, 5–7, 6–4
Draw	24
Seeds	8

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.^[1][2]

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

Final

	Final
	4	Tomás Carbonell  Francisco Roig	2	7	4
	3	Libor Pimek  Byron Talbot	6	5	6

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

References

1. "1996 Stuttgart Open - Doubles". ATPWorldTour.com. Retrieved 2010-11-17.
2. John Barrett, ed. (1997). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 130, 141–142. ISBN 9780002187145.