title: 1996 Mercedes Cup – Doubles
text: # 1996 Mercedes Cup – Doubles
  
  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.
  
  * Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Menno Oosting (second round)
  * Luis Lobo / Javier Sánchez (second round)
  * Libor Pimek / Byron Talbot (champions)
  * Tomás Carbonell / Francisco Roig (final)
  * Jiří Novák / David Rikl (quarterfinals)
  * David Adams / Peter Nyborg (quarterfinals)
  * Trevor Kronemann / David Macpherson (semifinals)
  * 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 | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 4 | Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig | 2 | 7 | 4 |
  | 3 | Libor Pimek Byron Talbot | 6 | 5 | 6 |
  
  ### Top half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | 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 | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | 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 | | | | | | | | | |
  