1996 St. Petersburg Open – Doubles
# 1996 St. Petersburg Open – Doubles

Martin Damm and Anders Järryd were the defending champions but only Järryd competed that year with Jan Apell.

Apell and Järryd lost in the first round to Wayne Arthurs and Jeff Tarango.

Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Andrei Olhovskiy won in the final 6–3, 6–4 against Nicklas Kulti and Peter Nyborg.

## Seeds

* Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Andrei Olhovskiy (champions)
* Wayne Arthurs / Jeff Tarango (quarterfinals)
* David Prinosil / Daniel Vacek (semifinals, withdrew)
* Nicklas Kulti / Peter Nyborg (final)

## 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 | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Y Kafelnikov A Olhovskiy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Commandeur D Poliakov | 2 | 2 | | 1 | Y Kafelnikov A Olhovskiy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | L Manta P Vízner | 7 | 3 | 7 | | L Manta P Vízner | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | JA Conde N Marques | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | 1 | Y Kafelnikov A Olhovskiy | w/o | | | | | |
| 3 | D Prinosil D Vacek | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 3 | D Prinosil D Vacek | | | | | | |
| | L Pimek B Talbot | 4 | 6 | | 3 | D Prinosil D Vacek | w/o | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Antonitsch J Ireland | 6 | 7 | 6 | WC | O Ogorodov A Volkov | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | O Ogorodov A Volkov | 7 | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | | | 1 | Y Kafelnikov A Olhovskiy | 6 | 6 |
| | M Barnard T Kempers | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | N Kulti P Nyborg | 3 | 4 |
| WC | G Dzelde A Filippov | 2 | 3 | | | M Barnard T Kempers | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Broad P Norval | 4 | 4 | | 4 | N Kulti P Nyborg | w/o | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | N Kulti P Nyborg | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | N Kulti P Nyborg | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | D Adams H J Davids | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | D Adams H J Davids | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| Q | A Stoliarov I Tchelychev | 2 | 2 | | | D Adams H J Davids | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Apell A Järryd | 1 | 3 | | 2 | W Arthurs J Tarango | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | W Arthurs J Tarango | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
