title: 1996 Continental Championships – Doubles
text: # 1996 Continental Championships – Doubles
  
  Richard Krajicek and Jan Siemerink were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Kenneth Carlsen and Frederik Fetterlein.
  
  Paul Kilderry and Pavel Vízner won in the final 7–5, 6–3 against Anders Järryd and Daniel Nestor.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
  
  * Byron Black / Grant Connell (first round)
  * Hendrik Jan Davids / Cyril Suk (first round)
  * Jakob Hlasek / David Prinosil (first round)
  * Paul Haarhuis / Sjeng Schalken (semifinals)
  
  ## 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 |
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  | 1 | B Black G Connell | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | P Kilderry P Vízner | 4 | 7 | 6 | | P Kilderry P Vízner | 3 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | S Noteboom F Wibier | 6 | 6 | | WC | S Noteboom F Wibier | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Belloli L Paes | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | P Kilderry P Vízner | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | |
  | 4 | P Haarhuis S Schalken | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | P Haarhuis S Schalken | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | |
  | LL | T Ketola M Mirnyi | 4 | 4 | | 4 | P Haarhuis S Schalken | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Tarango K Thorne | 4 | 6 | 7 | | J Tarango K Thorne | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | S Simian A Thoms | 6 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | Paul Kilderry Pavel Vízner | 7 | 6 |
  | | A Järryd D Nestor | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | Anders Järryd Daniel Nestor | 5 | 3 |
  | | J-L de Jager B Steven | 4 | 4 | | | A Järryd D Nestor | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Grabb R Reneberg | 6 | 6 | 6 | | J Grabb R Reneberg | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 3 | J Hlasek D Prinosil | 7 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | A Järryd D Nestor | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | R Krajicek J Siemerink | 6 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | WC | K Carlsen F Fetterlein | 3 | 3 | | | | |
  | WC | K Carlsen F Fetterlein | 7 | 5 | 7 | WC | K Carlsen F Fetterlein | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | T Kempers T Nijssen | 6 | 7 | | | T Kempers T Nijssen | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | H J Davids C Suk | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  