1996 Lipton Championships – Men's doubles
# 1996 Lipton Championships – Men's doubles

Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde were the defending champions and won in the final 6–1, 6–3 against Ellis Ferreira and Patrick Galbraith.

## Seeds

All sixteen seeded teams received byes into the second round.

* Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (champions)
* n/a
* Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (semifinals)
* Byron Black / Grant Connell (semifinals)
* Rick Leach / Scott Melville (third round)
* Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien (quarterfinals)
* Guy Forget / Jakob Hlasek (second round)
* Menno Oosting / Cyril Suk (third round)
* Patrick McEnroe / Sandon Stolle (quarterfinals)
* Ellis Ferreira / Patrick Galbraith (final)
* Todd Martin / Jonathan Stark (second round)
* Jonas Björkman / Stefan Edberg (third round)
* Luis Lobo / Javier Sánchez (third round)
* Trevor Kronemann / David Macpherson (third round, withdrew)
* Brian MacPhie / Mark Philippoussis (second round)
* Jim Grabb / Richey Reneberg (quarterfinals)

## 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 | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 3 | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| 3 | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor | 3 | 4 | 1 | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 10 | Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Byron Black Grant Connell | 2 | 2 | 10 | Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith | 6 | 6 | | | | |

### Top half

**Section 1**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Nováček M Ondruska | 6 | 6 | | | K Nováček M Ondruska | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Bale B Haygarth | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | L Jensen M Jensen | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | M Damm P Korda | 5 | 4 | | | | | |
| | M Damm P Korda | 1 | 7 | 7 | | M Damm P Korda | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 15 | B MacPhie M Philippoussis | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | P McEnroe S Stolle | 6 | 4 |
| | | | | | 9 | P McEnroe S Stolle | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Draper J Stoltenberg | 6 | 4 | 3 | | M Keil M Larsson | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Keil M Larsson | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 9 | P McEnroe S Stolle | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | D Johnson F Montana | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 8 | M Oosting C Suk | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| | A Gaudenzi D Nargiso | 3 | 4 | | | D Johnson F Montana | 6 | 7 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | M Oosting C Suk | 7 | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |

**Section 2**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 3 | M Knowles D Nestor | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | P Cash J Gimelstob | 2 | 7 | 6 | WC | P Cash J Gimelstob | 7 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Michibata R Smith | 6 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | 3 | M Knowles D Nestor | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | J-L de Jager G Muller | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | 13 | L Lobo J Sánchez | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| WC | P Kilderry P Tramacchi | 6 | 2 | 6 | WC | P Kilderry P Tramacchi | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 13 | L Lobo J Sánchez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | M Knowles D Nestor | 6 | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | J Eagle A Florent | 4 | 6 |
| | | | | | 11 | T Martin J Stark | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J Courier T Enqvist | 7 | 6 | 6 | | J Eagle A Florent | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Eagle A Florent | 5 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | J Eagle A Florent | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | T Henman P Kühnen | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | 5 | R Leach S Melville | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| | L Paes N Pereira | 7 | 6 | | | L Paes N Pereira | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | R Leach S Melville | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

**Section 3**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | 6 | S Lareau A O'Brien | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| B Behrens M Tebbutt | 4 | 6 | 7 | | B Behrens M Tebbutt | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| P Albano V Flégl | 6 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | 6 | S Lareau A O'Brien | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | |
| M Lucena J Morgan | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | 12 | J Björkman S Edberg | 2 | 6 | 4 | | | | | |
| K Flach K Jones | 6 | 6 | | | K Flach K Jones | 7 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 12 | J Björkman S Edberg | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | S Lareau A O'Brien | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | B Black G Connell | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 14 | T Kronemann D Macpherson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| K Kinnear D Randall | 6 | 1 | 6 | | K Kinnear D Randall | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| T Nijssen G Van Emburgh | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | 14 | T Kronemann D Macpherson | | | | | | | | |
| G Köves A Richardson | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | 4 | B Black G Connell | w/o | | | | | | | |
| K Thorne J Waite | 6 | 6 | | | K Thorne J Waite | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 4 | B Black G Connell | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | |

**Section 4**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 7 | G Forget J Hlasek | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J-P Fleurian G Raoux | 7 | 6 | | | J-P Fleurian G Raoux | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Ekerot S Noteboom | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | J-P Fleurian G Raoux | 5 | 4 | | | | | | |
| | S Davis D Pate | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | 10 | E Ferreira P Galbraith | 7 | 6 | | | | | | |
| WC | À Corretja S Schalken | 6 | 3 | 6 | WC | À Corretja S Schalken | 6 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 10 | E Ferreira P Galbraith | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | E Ferreira P Galbraith | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16 | J Grabb R Reneberg | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| | | | | | 16 | J Grabb R Reneberg | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Boetsch M Rosset | 6 | 2 | | | J Frana E Sánchez | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Frana E Sánchez | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 16 | J Grabb R Reneberg | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | R Krajicek J Siemerink | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | R Krajicek J Siemerink | 6 | 1 | 0 | | | | | |
| | R Bergh S Cannon | 2 | 2 | | | R Krajicek J Siemerink | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | LL | Ó Ortiz L-A Wahlgren | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
