1996 Qatar Open – Doubles

Stefan Edberg and Magnus Larsson were the defending champions but only Edberg competed that year with Petr Korda.

Doubles
1996 Qatar Open
Champions	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor
Runners-up	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis
Score	7–6, 6–3
Draw	16
Seeds	4

Edberg and Korda lost in the quarterfinals to Patrick Galbraith and Andrei Olhovskiy.

Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor won in the final 7–6, 6–3 against Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis.

Seeds

1. Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis (final)
2. Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (champions)
3. Patrick Galbraith / Andrei Olhovskiy (semifinals)
4. Rick Leach / Scott Melville (first round)

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							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	J Eltingh P Haarhuis	6	6
	WC	A Gaudenzi T Muster	2	3				1	J Eltingh P Haarhuis	6	6
		J-L de Jager G Raoux	6	6	6				J-L de Jager G Raoux	4	2
		T Carbonell F Roig	7	3	4										1	J Eltingh P Haarhuis	7	5	7
	4	R Leach S Melville	2	6	3										Q	M-K Goellner D Prinosil	5	7	6
		M Keil J Tarango	6	4	6				M Keil J Tarango	6	4	4
		J Apell P Nyborg	7	6	2			Q	M-K Goellner D Prinosil	1	6	6
	Q	M-K Goellner D Prinosil	6	7	6																	1	J Eltingh P Haarhuis	6	3
		M Oosting J Siemerink	3	6	3																	2	M Knowles D Nestor	7	6
	WC	S Edberg P Korda	6	3	6			WC	S Edberg P Korda	2	3
		N Broad P Norval	5	6	6			3	P Galbraith A Olhovskiy	6	6
	3	P Galbraith A Olhovskiy	7	4	7										3	P Galbraith A Olhovskiy	7	4	2
	WC	B Becker P Kühnen	6	7											2	M Knowles D Nestor	5	6	6
		L Bale L Pimek	1	5				WC	B Becker P Kühnen	1	6
		N Pereira J Sánchez	6	2	4			2	M Knowles D Nestor	6	7
	2	M Knowles D Nestor	3	6	6

External links

• 1996 Qatar Open Doubles Draw