title: 1996 Eisenberg Israel Open – Doubles
text: # 1996 Eisenberg Israel Open – Doubles
  
  Jim Grabb and Jared Palmer were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
  
  Marcos Ondruska and Grant Stafford won in the final 6–3, 6–2 against Noam Behr and Eyal Erlich.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Luis Lobo / Javier Sánchez (first round)
  * Andrew Kratzmann / Michael Tebbutt (first round)
  * Jean-Philippe Fleurian / Nicolás Pereira (semifinals)
  * Mahesh Bhupathi / Kent Kinnear (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
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | L Lobo J Sánchez | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Ondruska G Stafford | 6 | 6 | | | M Ondruska G Stafford | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | O Ogorodov S Pescosolido | 7 | 6 | 4 | | M Huning J Ireland | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Huning J Ireland | 5 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | M Ondruska G Stafford | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | 4 | M Bhupathi K Kinnear | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | B Haygarth G Van Emburgh | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
  | | M Keil S Leblanc | 6 | 7 | | | M Keil S Leblanc | 6 | 3 | $1^d$ | | | | | | | | | |
  | | B Haygarth G Van Emburgh | 6 | 6 | | | B Haygarth G Van Emburgh | 3 | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | L Mor N Welgreen | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | M Ondruska G Stafford | 6 | 6 |
  | | C Ferreira E Ran | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | WC | N Behr E Erlich | 3 | 2 |
  | Q | A Hadad H Levy | 1 | 6 | 6 | Q | A Hadad H Levy | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | S Draper S Simian | 6 | 5 | | 3 | J-P Fleurian N Pereira | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 3 | J-P Fleurian N Pereira | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | 3 | J-P Fleurian N Pereira | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | WC | A Costa F Mantilla | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | WC | N Behr E Erlich | 6 | 1 | 7 | | | | |
  | | G Kuerten S Sargsian | 5 | 6 | | WC | A Costa F Mantilla | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | N Behr E Erlich | 6 | 6 | | WC | N Behr E Erlich | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | A Kratzmann M Tebbutt | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  