| Doubles | ||||
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| 1996 Gerry Weber Open | ||||
| Final | ||||
| Champions |  Byron Black  Grant Connell | |||
| Runners-up |  Yevgeny Kafelnikov  Daniel Vacek | |||
| Score | 6–1, 7–5 | |||
| Details | ||||
| Draw | 16 | |||
| Seeds | 4 | |||
| Events | ||||
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Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Byron Black and Grant Connell.
Black and Connell won in the final 6–1, 7–5 against Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Daniel Vacek.
Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
- Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek (final)
- Byron Black / Grant Connell (champions)
Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis (semifinals)
Libor Pimek / 
Byron Talbot (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 | Y Kafelnikov D Vacek
| 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 A Gaudenzi T Muster
| 6 | 6 | 1 | Y Kafelnikov D Vacek
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 J Hlasek D Prinosil
| 6 | 6 | J Hlasek D Prinosil
| 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
J-L de Jager B Steven
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Y Kafelnikov D Vacek
| 7 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | L Pimek B Talbot
| 6 | 4 |  J Björkman N Kulti
| 5 | 7 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| J Björkman N Kulti
| 7 | 6 | J Björkman N Kulti
| 7 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | H Dreekmann S Schalken
| 6 | 4 | 6 |  R Reneberg C Suk
| 6 | 7 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| R Reneberg C Suk
| 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | Y Kafelnikov D Vacek
| 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | T Enqvist M Larsson
| 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | B Black G Connell
| 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
 A Boetsch M Rosset
| 6 | 6 | 6 | A Boetsch M Rosset
| 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | V Flégl B Karbacher
| 6 | 2 | 3 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis
| 7 | 6 | 3 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis
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 T Carbonell A Florent
| 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | B Black G Connell
| w/o | |||||||||||||||||||||
| J-P Fleurian G Raoux
| 5 | 6 | 7 | J-P Fleurian G Raoux
| 6 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | P Cash F Stauder
| 2 | 5 | 2 | B Black G Connell
| 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | B Black G Connell
| 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- John Barrett, ed. (1997). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 130, 150. ISBN 9780002187145.