title: 1996 Croatia Open – Doubles
text: # 1996 Croatia Open – Doubles
  
  Luis Lobo and Javier Sánchez were the defending champions but only Lobo competed that year with Pablo Albano.
  
  Albano and Lobo won in the final 6–4, 6–1 against Ģirts Dzelde and Udo Plamberger.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  Champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
  
  * Libor Pimek / Byron Talbot (first round)
  * Pablo Albano / Luis Lobo (champions)
  * John-Laffnie de Jager / David Ekerot (quarterfinals)
  * Petr Pála / David Rikl (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 | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | L Pimek B Talbot | 3 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Ģ Dzelde U Plamberger | 6 | 5 | 6 | | Ģ Dzelde U Plamberger | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Belloli J Ireland | 6 | 6 | 3 | | F Mordegan O Ogorodov | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | F Mordegan O Ogorodov | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | Ģ Dzelde U Plamberger | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | 4 | P Pála D Rikl | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | P Pála D Rikl | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | |
  | | C Ferreira A Pavel | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4 | P Pála D Rikl | 7 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | G Köves F Meligeni | 6 | 6 | | | G Köves F Meligeni | 5 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | G Prpić I Saric | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ģirts Dzelde Udo Plamberger | 4 | 1 |
  | | M Hood S Prieto | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Pablo Albano Luis Lobo | 6 | 6 |
  | | C Doseděl P Vízner | 7 | 6 | | | C Doseděl P Vízner | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | I Karlović K Ritz | 6 | 3 | | 3 | J-L de Jager D Ekerot | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 3 | J-L de Jager D Ekerot | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | C Doseděl P Vízner | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
  | WC | T Prpic E Rasberger | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | P Albano L Lobo | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | A Berasategui L Markovits | 3 | 4 | | WC | T Prpic E Rasberger | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | A Costa C Moyá | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | P Albano L Lobo | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | P Albano L Lobo | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  