1996 Mercedes Cup – Doubles

1996 Mercedes Cup ESP Tomás Carbonell ESP Francisco Roig BEL Libor Pimek RSA Byron Talbothttp://www.atpworldtour.com/Share/Event-Draws.aspx?e=321&y=1996&t=d 1996 Stuttgart Open - Doubles ATPWorldTour.com 2010-11-17 ESP Tomás Carbonell ESP Francisco Roig 6–2, 5–7, 6–4 24 8 singles doubles Stuttgart Open 1996 Stuttgart Open 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.International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997 1997 CollinsWillow London 9780002187145 John Barrett 130, 141–142 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. 30em RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov / NED Menno Oosting (second round) ARG Luis Lobo / ESP Javier Sánchez (second round) BEL Libor Pimek / RSA Byron Talbot (champions) ESP Tomás Carbonell / ESP Francisco Roig (final) CZE Jiří Novák / CZE David Rikl (quarterfinals) RSA David Adams / SWE Peter Nyborg (quarterfinals) USA Trevor Kronemann / AUS David Macpherson (semifinals) RSA John-Laffnie de Jager / NED Sjeng Schalken (quarterfinals) Draw Final 3 Final 4 ESP Tomás Carbonell ESP Francisco Roig 2 7 4 3 BEL Libor Pimek RSA Byron Talbot 6 5 6 Top half y 3 1 First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals   AUS J Ireland MKD A Kitinov 4 4     CZE C Doseděl CZE P Vízner 6 6   Q BRA G Kuerten BRA F Meligeni 6 6   WC RUS A Chesnokov ARG H Gumy 3 2     SWE D Ekerot NED S Noteboom 6 3 5   NED T Kempers NED T Nijssen 3 6 7   USA J Belloli ITA C Brandi 1 2   WC AUT T Muster AUT C Trimmel 6 6   1 RUS Y Kafelnikov NED M Oosting 4 4     CZE C Doseděl CZE P Vízner 6 6   Q BRA G Kuerten BRA F Meligeni 2 4   8 RSA J-L de Jager NED S Schalken 6 6   4 ESP T Carbonell ESP F Roig 6 6     NED T Kempers NED T Nijssen 1 4   WC AUT T Muster AUT C Trimmel 6 4   6 RSA D Adams SWE P Nyborg 7 6     CZE C Doseděl CZE P Vízner 6 6   8 RSA J-L de Jager NED S Schalken 4 0   4 ESP T Carbonell ESP F Roig 6 6   6 RSA D Adams SWE P Nyborg 4 3     CZE C Doseděl CZE P Vízner 4 4   4 ESP T Carbonell ESP F Roig 6 6   Bottom half y 3 1 First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals   ESP E Benfele Álvarez ESP À Corretja 4 6 7 WC SWE M Tillström CZE B Ulihrach 6 4 6   SWE R Bergh FRA O Delaître 6 6     ESP J A Conde USA J Waite 3 2     HUN G Köves HUN L Markovits 4 1   WC GER K Braasch ESP S Bruguera 6 6     USA S Cannon USA G Van Emburgh 6 6 3   AUS J Eagle AUS A Florent 7 4 6 5 CZE J Novák CZE D Rikl 7 6     ESP E Benfele Álvarez ESP À Corretja 6 3     SWE R Bergh FRA O Delaître 4 6 3 3 BEL L Pimek RSA B Talbot 6 4 6 7 USA T Kronemann AUS D Macpherson 6 7   WC GER K Braasch ESP S Bruguera 4 6     AUS J Eagle AUS A Florent 4 6 6 2 ARG L Lobo ESP J Sánchez 6 2 2 5 CZE J Novák CZE D Rikl 7 3 4 3 BEL L Pimek RSA B Talbot 6 6 6 7 USA T Kronemann AUS D Macpherson 6 5 6   AUS J Eagle AUS A Florent 4 7 2 3 BEL L Pimek RSA B Talbot 6 7   7 USA T Kronemann AUS D Macpherson 4 6   References Doubles 1996 Mercedes Cup Doubles