title: 1996 Romanian Open – Doubles
text: # 1996 Romanian Open – Doubles
  
  Mark Keil and Jeff Tarango were the defending champions but only Tarango competed that year with David Ekerot.
  
  Ekerot and Tarango won in the final 7–6, 7–6 against David Adams and Menno Oosting.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
  
  * Libor Pimek / Byron Talbot (semifinals)
  * David Adams / Menno Oosting (final)
  * n/a
  * David Ekerot / Jeff Tarango (champions)
  
  ## 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 Pimek B Talbot | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | S Noszály G Schaller | 0 | 0 | | 1 | L Pimek B Talbot | 7 | 1 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | G Cosac A Pavel | 6 | 7 | | | G Cosac A Pavel | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | LL | R Fromberg J Sekulov | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | L Pimek B Talbot | 6 | 6 | 1 | | | | |
  | 4 | D Ekerot J Tarango | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | 4 | D Ekerot J Tarango | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
  | | I Moldovan D Pescariu | 5 | 6 | | 4 | D Ekerot J Tarango | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | A Berasategui G Blanco | 6 | 5 | 6 | WC | A Berasategui G Blanco | 6 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | B Coupe T Phillips | 3 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | David Ekerot Jeff Tarango | 7 | 7 |
  | | J Belloli J Ireland | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | David Adams Jeff Tarango | 6 | 6 |
  | WC | H Arazi F Segărceanu | 5 | 6 | 7 | WC | H Arazi F Segărceanu | 6 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Hood S Prieto | 4 | 6 | 6 | | M Hood S Prieto | 7 | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | D Salvador F Vicente | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | WC | H Arazi F Segărceanu | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
  | | S Hiršzon G Ivanišević | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | D Adams M Oosting | 1 | 6 | 7 | | | | |
  | | CP Porumb G Trifu | 6 | 6 | | | CP Porumb G Trifu | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | F Browne A Zingman | 6 | 4 | | 2 | D Adams M Oosting | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | D Adams M Oosting | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  