1996 Qatar Open – Doubles
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1996 Qatar Open | |
| Champions | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor |
| Runners-up | Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis |
| Score | 7–6, 6–3 |
| Draw | 16 |
| Seeds | 4 |
Stefan Edberg and Magnus Larsson were the defending champions but only Edberg competed that year with Petr Korda.
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
- Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis (final)
- Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (champions)
- Patrick Galbraith / Andrei Olhovskiy (semifinals)
- Rick Leach / Scott Melville (first round)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||