1996 Italian Open – Men's doubles

1996 Italian Open s ZIM Byron Black CAN Grant Connell BEL Libor Pimek RSA Byron Talbot 6–2, 6–3 32 8 Cyril Suk and Daniel Vacek were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Suk with Hendrik Jan Davids and Vacek with Richey Reneberg. Davids and Suk lost in the first round to Mark Keil and Peter Nyborg, as did Reneberg and Vacek to Emilio Sánchez and Christo van Rensburg. Byron Black and Grant Connell won in the final 6–2, 6–3 against Libor Pimek and Byron Talbot.International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997 1997 CollinsWillow London 9780002187145 John Barrett 130, 141 Seeds 30em BAH Mark Knowles / CAN Daniel Nestor (first round) USA Patrick Galbraith / RUS Andrei Olhovskiy (semifinals) ZIM Byron Black / CAN Grant Connell (champions) RSA Ellis Ferreira / NED Jan Siemerink (semifinals) FRA Guy Forget / SUI Jakob Hlasek (first round) USA Todd Martin / USA Alex O'Brien (second round) ARG Luis Lobo / ESP Javier Sánchez (quarterfinals) ESP Tomás Carbonell / ESP Francisco Roig (first round) Draw Final Semifinals Final 170   BEL Libor PimekRSA Byron Talbot 6 6 6 4 RSA Ellis FerreiraNED Jan Siemerink 4 7 3 3 ZIM Byron BlackCAN Grant Connell 6 4 2 USA Patrick GalbraithRUS Andrei Olhovskiy 4 3r   BEL Libor PimekRSA Byron Talbot 2 3   3 ZIM Byron BlackCAN Grant Connell 6 6   Top half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 1 BAH M KnowlesCAN D Nestor 6 3 6   USA K KinnearUSA D Randall 3 6 7   ITA A GaudenziCRO G Ivanišević 7 4 6   RSA D AdamsAUS W Arthurs 5 6 1   NED P HaarhuisNED S Schalken 6 6 6 WC ITA O CamporeseITA D Nargiso 4 7 4   BEL L PimekRSA B Talbot 6 3 6 8 ESP T CarbonellESP F Roig 4 6 4 4 RSA E FerreiraNED J Siemerink 6 3 6 Q ESP J ArreseRSA B Haygarth 3 6 1   NED H J DavidsCZE C Suk 6 4     USA M KeilSWE P Nyborg 7 6   Q USA K JonesNED S Noteboom 6 3 6   USA T KronemannAUS D Macpherson 4 6 3   AUS J EagleAUS A Florent 2 7 6 5 FRA G ForgetSUI J Hlasek 6 6 4   USA K KinnearUSA D Randall 7 6 6   ITA A GaudenziCRO G Ivanišević 6 7 4   NED P HaarhuisNED S Schalken 6 2 6   BEL L PimekRSA B Talbot 4 6 7 4 RSA E FerreiraNED J Siemerink 6 6 6   USA M KeilSWE P Nyborg 7 4 3 Q USA K JonesNED S Noteboom 1 6     AUS J EagleAUS A Florent 6 7     USA K KinnearUSA D Randall 5 6     BEL L PimekRSA B Talbot 7 7   4 RSA E FerreiraNED J Siemerink 7 7     AUS J EagleAUS A Florent 5 5     BEL L PimekRSA B Talbot 6 6 6 4 RSA E FerreiraNED J Siemerink 4 7 3 Bottom half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 6 USA T MartinUSA A O'Brien 7 6     GBR N BroadRSA P Norval 5 4     RSA W FerreiraRUS Y Kafelnikov 6 6     RSA J-L de JagerAUS M Philippoussis 3 4     NED T NijssenNED M Oosting 1 4     SWE S EdbergCZE P Korda 6 6   WC ITA C BrandiITA C Caratti 3 4   3 ZIM B BlackCAN G Connell 6 6   7 ARG L LoboESP J Sánchez 6 6 7 WC FRA A BoetschSUI M Rosset 3 7 6   RSA M BarnardUSA G Van Emburgh 6 6   WC CHI M RíosUSA M Washington 4 4     USA R RenebergCZE D Vacek 4 2     ESP E SánchezRSA C van Rensburg 6 6     NED T KempersUSA J Waite 3 2   2 USA P GalbraithRUS A Olhovskiy 6 6   6 USA T MartinUSA A O'Brien 4 6 5   RSA W FerreiraRUS Y Kafelnikov 6 2 7   SWE S EdbergCZE P Korda 3 6 4 3 ZIM B BlackCAN G Connell 6 3 6 7 ARG L LoboESP J Sánchez 6 6 6   RSA M BarnardUSA G Van Emburgh 2 7 3   ESP E SánchezRSA C van Rensburg 7 3 5 2 USA P GalbraithRUS A Olhovskiy 5 6 7   RSA W FerreiraRUS Y Kafelnikov 5 2   3 ZIM B BlackCAN G Connell 7 6   7 ARG L LoboESP J Sánchez 6 4 4 2 USA P GalbraithRUS A Olhovskiy 3 6 6 3 ZIM B BlackCAN G Connell 6 4   2 USA P GalbraithRUS A Olhovskiy 4 3r Qualifying Seeds 30em ESP Jordi Arrese / RSA Brent Haygarth (qualified) USA Kelly Jones / NED Stephen Noteboom (qualified) ESP Emilio Benfele Álvarez / ESP Pepe Imaz (first round) AUS Ben Ellwood / AUS Todd Larkham (first round) Qualifiers 30em ESP Jordi Arrese / RSA Brent Haygarth USA Kelly Jones / NED Stephen Noteboom Qualifying draw First qualifier y 3 First round Qualifying competition 175 1 ESP Jordi ArreseRSA Brent Haygarth 6 7 WC ITA Giorgio GalimbertiITA Igor Gaudi 4 6 WC ESP Alberto BerasateguiESP Albert Costa 7 6 4 AUS Ben EllwoodAUS Todd Larkham 5 4 1 ESP Jordi ArreseRSA Brent Haygarth 6 3 7 WC ESP Alberto BerasateguiESP Albert Costa 4 6 5 Second qualifier y 3 First round Qualifying competition 175 2 USA Kelly JonesNED Stephen Noteboom 6 6 CZE Vojtěch FléglSVK Karol Kučera 4 2 WC GER Tommy HaasARG Mariano Zabaleta 6 6 3 ESP Emilio Benfele ÁlvarezESP Pepe Imaz 3 2 2 USA Kelly JonesNED Stephen Noteboom 6 4 6 WC GER Tommy HaasARG Mariano Zabaleta 2 6 3 References External links Official results archive (ATP) Official results archive (World Tennis) Men's Doubles Doubles