title: 1996 Eurocard Open – Doubles
text: # 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.
  
  ## 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.
  
  * Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (quarterfinals)
  * Byron Black / Grant Connell (second round)
  * Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek (second round)
  * Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (second round)
  * Guy Forget / Jakob Hlasek (second round)
  * Ellis Ferreira / Jan Siemerink (second round)
  * Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis (final)
  * Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien (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
  
  ### Final
  
  | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 7 | Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis | 6 | 4 | 3 |
  | 8 | Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien | 3 | 6 | 6 |
  
  ### Top 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | | | | | | | | | | |
  