1996 Eurocard Open – Doubles

Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis were the defending champions but lost in the final 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 against Sébastien Lareau and Alex O'Brien.

Doubles
1996 Eurocard Open
1995 Champions	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis
Champions	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien
Runners-up	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis
Score	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Draw	24
Seeds	8

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]

1. Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (quarterfinals)
2. Byron Black / Grant Connell (second round)
3. Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek (second round)
4. Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (second round)
5. Guy Forget / Jakob Hlasek (second round)
6. Ellis Ferreira / Jan Siemerink (second round)
7. Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis (final)
8. Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien (champions)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Final

	Final
	7	Jacco Eltingh  Paul Haarhuis	6	4	3
	8	Sébastien Lareau  Alex O'Brien	3	6	6

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	T Woodbridge  M Woodforde	4	6	7
		P Korda  C Suk	5	6	6				P Korda  C Suk	6	3	6
		D Adams  M Oosting	7	3	3										1	T Woodbridge  M Woodforde	2	6	2
		P Galbraith  S Stolle	6	6	7										7	J Eltingh  P Haarhuis	6	1	6
	Q	H Dreekmann  A Rădulescu	7	3	6				P Galbraith  S Stolle	6	2	3
								7	J Eltingh  P Haarhuis	4	6	6
																						7	J Eltingh  P Haarhuis	6	6	7
																						WC	S Hiršzon  G Ivanišević	3	7	6
								3	Y Kafelnikov  D Vacek	6	4
	WC	S Edberg  M Stich	6	6	3			LL	J-L de Jager  C van Rensburg	7	6
	LL	J-L de Jager  C van Rensburg	7	4	6										LL	J-L de Jager  C van Rensburg	7	6	3
	WC	S Hiršzon  G Ivanišević	2	7	7										WC	S Hiršzon  G Ivanišević	6	7	6
		L Lobo  J Sánchez	6	6	6			WC	S Hiršzon  G Ivanišević	3	7	6
								6	E Ferreira  J Siemerink	6	6	4

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								5	G Forget  J Hlasek	6	5	3
		J Grabb  R Reneberg	7	7					J Grabb  R Reneberg	3	7	6
		N Broad  P Norval	5	5												J Grabb  R Reneberg	6	6
		L Pimek  B Talbot	6	1	6											T Carbonell  F Roig	4	2
		T Carbonell  F Roig	2	6	7				T Carbonell  F Roig	6	3	6
								4	M Knowles  D Nestor	2	6	3
																							J Grabb  R Reneberg	2	6
																						8	S Lareau  A O'Brien	6	7
								8	S Lareau  A O'Brien	6	6
		A Agassi  L Jensen	7	3	6				A Agassi  L Jensen	4	4
		M Damm  P Vízner	6	6	2										8	S Lareau  A O'Brien	6	6	6
		R Leach  A Olhovskiy	5	4												T Kronemann  D Macpherson	7	3	4
		T Kronemann  D Macpherson	7	6					T Kronemann  D Macpherson	7	6
								2	B Black  G Connell	6	3