Marcelo Ríos and Sjeng Schalken were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Ríos with Jordi Burillo and Schalken with John-Laffnie de Jager.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1996 Grolsch Open | |
| Champions |  Donald Johnson Francisco Montana |
| Runners-up |  Rikard Bergh Jack Waite |
| Score | 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 |
| Draw | 16 |
| Seeds | 4 |
de Jager and Schalken lost in the first round to Brett Hansen-Dent and T.J. Middleton.
Burillo and Ríos lost in the quarterfinals to David Rikl and Pavel Vízner.
Donald Johnson and Francisco Montana won in the final 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 against Rikard Bergh and Jack Waite.[1]
Seeds
editChampion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Libor Pimek / 
Byron Talbot (first round)
David Rikl / Pavel Vízner (semifinals)- David Adams /
Menno Oosting (first round) 
Donald Johnson / Francisco Montana (champions)
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 |  L Pimek B Talbot
| 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
D Ekerot S Noteboom
| 7 | 4 | 7 | D Ekerot S Noteboom
| 6 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  A Costa C Moyá
| 3 | 0 | R Bergh J Waite
| 2 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| R Bergh J Waite
| 6 | 6 | R Bergh J Waite
| 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | D Adams M Oosting
| 3 | 2 | LL | B Hansen-Dent T.J. Middleton
| 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  C Doseděl B Ulihrach
| 6 | 6 | WC | C Doseděl B Ulihrach
| 5 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| J-L de Jager S Schalken
| 3 | 2 | LL | B Hansen-Dent T.J. Middleton
| 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| LL | B Hansen-Dent T.J. Middleton
| 6 | 6 | R Bergh J Waite
| 4 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q |  H Gumy D Orsanic
| 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | D Johnson F Montana
| 6 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| T Kempers T Nijssen
| 4 | 6 | 3 | Q | H Gumy D Orsanic
| 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| J A Conde J Sánchez
| 3 | 4 | 4 | D Johnson F Montana
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | D Johnson F Montana
| 6 | 6 | 4 | D Johnson F Montana
| 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| S Cannon G Van Emburgh
| 4 | 2 | 2 | D Rikl P Vízner
| 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | J Burillo M Ríos
| 6 | 6 | WC | J Burillo M Ríos
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
 A Kitinov P Pála
| 3 | 2 | 2 | D Rikl P Vízner
| w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | D Rikl P Vízner
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ John Barrett, ed. (1997). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 130, 150. ISBN 9780002187145.