Cyril Suk and Daniel Vacek were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Suk with Petr Korda and Vacek with Yevgeny Kafelnikov.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1996 Davidoff Swiss Indoors | |
| Champions |  Yevgeny Kafelnikov  Daniel Vacek |
| Runners-up |  David Adams  Menno Oosting |
| Score | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Draw | 16 |
| Seeds | 4 |
Korda and Suk lost in the quarterfinals to Jonas Björkman and Jakob Hlasek.
Kafelnikov and Vacek won in the final 6–3, 6–4 against David Adams and Menno Oosting.[1]
Seeds
editChampion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Jonas Björkman / 
Jakob Hlasek (semifinals)
Yevgeny Kafelnikov / 
Daniel Vacek (champions)
Ellis Ferreira / 
Jan Siemerink (quarterfinals)
Libor Pimek / Byron Talbot (quarterfinals)
Draw
editKey
edit- 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  J Björkman J Hlasek
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 N Broad P Norval
| 4 | 4 | 1 | J Björkman J Hlasek
| 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  M Keil C Woodruff
| 4 | 3 | P Korda C Suk
| 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| P Korda C Suk
| 6 | 6 | 1 | J Björkman J Hlasek
| 3 | 7 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  L Pimek B Talbot
| 3 | 6 | 6 | D Adams M Oosting
| 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| WC | G Bastl M Kratochvil
| 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | L Pimek B Talbot
| 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  M Philippoussis M Rosset
| 7 | 6 | 4 | D Adams M Oosting
| 4 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| D Adams M Oosting
| 5 | 7 | 6 | David Adams Menno Oosting
| 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| D Ekerot J Tarango
| 6 | 7 | 2 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| M Barnard P Nyborg
| 2 | 6 | D Ekerot J Tarango
| 3 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| J Novák P Vízner
| 3 | 6 | 3 | E Ferreira J Siemerink
| 6 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | E Ferreira J Siemerink
| 6 | 7 | D Ekerot J Tarango
| 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| J Grabb R Reneberg
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Y Kafelnikov D Vacek
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 M-K Goellner D Prinosil
| 7 | 6 | M-K Goellner D Prinosil
| 3 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q |  G Mandl L Rehmann
| 3 | 0 | 2 | Y Kafelnikov D Vacek
| 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Y Kafelnikov D Vacek
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ John Barrett, ed. (1997). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 131, 151. ISBN 9780002187145.