1996 Mercedes Cup – Doubles

Doubles
1996 Mercedes Cup
1995 Champions	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig
Champions	Libor Pimek Byron Talbot[1]
Runners-up	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig
Final score	6–2, 5–7, 6–4

Tomás Carbonell and Francisco Roig were the defending champions but lost in the final 6–2, 5–7, 6–4 against Libor Pimek and Byron Talbot.^[1]

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. All eight seeded teams received byes into the second round.

Draw

Key

Final

Final
4	Tomás Carbonell   Francisco Roig	2	7	4
3	Libor Pimek   Byron Talbot	6	5	6

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							1	Y Kafelnikov   M Oosting	4	4
	J Ireland   A Kitinov	4	4					C Doseděl   P Vízner	6	6
	C Doseděl   P Vízner	6	6												C Doseděl   P Vízner	6	6
Q	G Kuerten   F Meligeni	6	6											8	J-L de Jager   S Schalken	4	0
WC	A Chesnokov   H Gumy	3	2				Q	G Kuerten   F Meligeni	2	4
							8	J-L de Jager   S Schalken	6	6
																						C Doseděl   P Vízner	4	4
																					4	T Carbonell   F Roig	6	6
							4	T Carbonell   F Roig	6	6
	D Ekerot   S Noteboom	6	3	5				T Kempers   T Nijssen	1	4
	T Kempers   T Nijssen	3	6	7										4	T Carbonell   F Roig	6	6
	J Belloli   C Brandi	1	2											6	D Adams   P Nyborg	4	3
WC	T Muster   C Trimmel	6	6				WC	T Muster   C Trimmel	6	4
							6	D Adams   P Nyborg	7	6

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							5	J Novák   D Rikl	7	6
	E Benfele Álvarez   À Corretja	4	6	7				E Benfele Álvarez   À Corretja	6	3
WC	M Tillström   B Ulihrach	6	4	6										5	J Novák   D Rikl	7	3	4
	R Bergh   O Delaître	6	6											3	L Pimek   B Talbot	6	6	6
	J A Conde   J Waite	3	2					R Bergh   O Delaître	4	6	3
							3	L Pimek   B Talbot	6	4	6
																					3	L Pimek   B Talbot	6	7
																					7	T Kronemann   D Macpherson	4	6
							7	T Kronemann   D Macpherson	6	7
	G Köves   L Markovits	4	1				WC	K Braasch   S Bruguera	4	6
WC	K Braasch   S Bruguera	6	6											7	T Kronemann   D Macpherson	6	5	6
	S Cannon   G Van Emburgh	6	6	3											J Eagle   A Florent	4	7	2
	J Eagle   A Florent	7	4	6				J Eagle   A Florent	4	6	6
							2	L Lobo   J Sánchez	6	2	2

References