1996 Italian Open – Men's Doubles

1996 Italian Open
Champions		Byron Black Grant Connell
Runners-up		Libor Pimek Byron Talbot
Final score		6–2, 6–3
Events
Singles		men		women
Doubles		men		women
Italian Open  < 1995 1997 >

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.

Seeds

Draw

Key

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	3r

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	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

References

• 1996 Italian Open Men's Doubles Draw