1996 Mercedes Cup – Doubles

Seeds

Draw

References

Key

Final

Top half

Bottom half

Doubles

1996 Mercedes Cup

1995 Champion

Tomás Carbonell

Francisco Roig

Final

Champion

Libor Pimek

Byron Talbot^[1]

Runner-up

Tomás Carbonell

Francisco Roig

Score

6–2, 5–7, 6–4

Details

Draw

Seeds

Events

Singles

Doubles

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1996 tennis event results

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]^[2]

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.

Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Menno Oosting (second round)
Luis Lobo / Javier Sánchez (second round)
Libor Pimek / Byron Talbot (champions)
Tomás Carbonell / Francisco Roig (final)
Jiří Novák / David Rikl (quarterfinals)
David Adams / Peter Nyborg (quarterfinals)
Trevor Kronemann / David Macpherson (semifinals)
John-Laffnie de Jager / Sjeng Schalken (quarterfinals)

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

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

Tomás Carbonell
Francisco Roig

Libor Pimek
Byron Talbot

^ ^a ^b "1996 Stuttgart Open - Doubles". ATPWorldTour.com. Retrieved 2010-11-17.
^ John Barrett, ed. (1997). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 130, 141–142. ISBN 9780002187145.