1996 Monte Carlo Open – Doubles
# 1996 Monte Carlo Open – Doubles

Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis were the defending champions but only Haarhuis competed that year with Sjeng Schalken.

Haarhuis and Schalken lost in the quarterfinals to Grant Connell and Todd Martin.

Ellis Ferreira and Jan Siemerink won in the final 2–6, 6–3, 6–2 against Jonas Björkman and Nicklas Kulti.

## Seeds

The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

* Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Andrei Olhovskiy (quarterfinals)
* Jonas Björkman / Nicklas Kulti (final)
* Grant Connell / Todd Martin (semifinals)
* Ellis Ferreira / Jan Siemerink (champions)
* Menno Oosting / Cyril Suk (first round)
* Stefan Edberg / Petr Korda (first round)
* Luis Lobo / Javier Sánchez (semifinals)
* Jiří Novák / David Rikl (second 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

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez | 3 | 2 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Ellis Ferreira Jan Siemerink | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Ellis Ferreira Jan Siemerink | 6 | 6 | | 4 | Ellis Ferreira Jan Siemerink | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 2 | Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Grant Connell Todd Martin | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 1 | Y Kafelnikov A Olhovskiy | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Broad P Norval | 6 | 1 | 7 | | N Broad P Norval | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J-L de Jager O Delaître | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | Y Kafelnikov A Olhovskiy | 4 | 5 | | | | |
| | A Gaudenzi G Ivanišević | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 7 | L Lobo J Sánchez | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| WC | H Leconte A Medvedev | 6 | 3 | 2 | | A Gaudenzi G Ivanišević | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | T Nijssen G Van Emburgh | 3 | 0 | | 7 | L Lobo J Sánchez | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | L Lobo J Sánchez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | L Lobo J Sánchez | 3 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | E Ferreira J Siemerink | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 4 | E Ferreira J Siemerink | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | O Camporese D Nargiso | 5 | 6 | | | H J Davids M-K Goellner | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | H J Davids M-K Goellner | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | 4 | E Ferreira J Siemerink | 7 | 7 | | | | |
| WC | R Furlan E Sánchez | | | | | | | | | | L Pimek B Talbot | 6 | 5 | | | | |
| Q | F Clavet F Maggi | w/o | | | Q | F Clavet F Maggi | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Pimek B Talbot | 6 | 2 | 6 | | L Pimek B Talbot | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | M Oosting C Suk | 2 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | S Edberg P Korda | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Haarhuis S Schalken | 6 | 6 | | | P Haarhuis S Schalken | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Becker M Philippoussis | 3 | 6 | 7 | | B Becker M Philippoussis | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Eagle A Florent | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | P Haarhuis S Schalken | 2 | 7 | 2 | | | | | |
| | M Keil P Nyborg | 3 | 4 | | | | | | 3 | G Connell T Martin | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | V Flégl K Kučera | 6 | 6 | | Q | V Flégl K Kučera | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | G Connell T Martin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | G Connell T Martin | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| 8 | J Novák D Rikl | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | J Björkman N Kulti | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| | R Krajicek D Vacek | 2 | 3 | | 8 | J Novák D Rikl | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Kronemann D Macpherson | 6 | 6 | 6 | | T Kronemann D Macpherson | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Boetsch M Rosset | 1 | 7 | 1 | | | | | | T Kronemann D Macpherson | 1 | 7 | 5 | | | | | |
| | D Adams M Barnard | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | 2 | J Björkman N Kulti | 6 | 5 | 7 | | | | | |
| | J A Conde À Corretja | 0 | 6 | 6 | | J A Conde À Corretja | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | J Björkman N Kulti | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
