1996 Legg Mason Tennis Classic – Doubles
# 1996 Legg Mason Tennis Classic – Doubles

Olivier Delaître and Jeff Tarango were the defending champions but did not compete that year.

Grant Connell and Scott Davis won in the final 7–6, 3–6, 6–3 against Doug Flach and Chris Woodruff.

## Seeds

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

* Ellis Ferreira / Patrick Galbraith (quarterfinals)
* Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis (quarterfinals)
* Jim Grabb / Cyril Suk (quarterfinals)
* Brian MacPhie / Michael Tebbutt (quarterfinals)
* Paul Kilderry / Patrick Rafter (semifinals)
* Kent Kinnear / Dave Randall (second round)
* Rick Leach / Matt Lucena (first round)
* Grant Connell / Scott Davis (champions)

## 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

### Final

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | Grant Connell Scott Davis | 7 | 2 | 6 | | | | | |
| 5 | Paul Kilderry Patrick Rafter | 5 | 6 | 3 | | | | | |
| 5 | Paul Kilderry Patrick Rafter | 5 | 6 | 3 | 8 | Grant Connell Scott Davis | 7 | 3 | 6 |
| | | | | | WC | Doug Flach Chris Woodruff | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| WC | Doug Flach Chris Woodruff | 6 | 7 | | WC | Doug Flach Chris Woodruff | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| | Daniel Vacek David Wheaton | 2 | 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 | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 1 | E Ferreira P Galbraith | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Gimelstob D Witt | 4 | 7 | 2 | | L Bale W Ferreira | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Bale W Ferreira | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | E Ferreira P Galbraith | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| | J Cunha e Silva J-P Fleurian | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | G Connell S Davis | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | L Jensen M Jensen | 6 | 4 | 4 | | J Cunha e Silva J-P Fleurian | 4 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Haygarth M Ondruska | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | G Connell S Davis | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | G Connell S Davis | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | 8 | G Connell S Davis | 7 | 2 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | P Kilderry P Rafter | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| | | | | | 3 | J Grabb C Suk | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | P Goldstein R Wolters | 4 | 6 | 3 | Q | M Hilpert D Nainkin | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Hilpert D Nainkin | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | J Grabb C Suk | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| | M Barnard P Norval | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 5 | P Kilderry P Rafter | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | N Godwin G Stafford | 6 | 6 | 7 | WC | N Godwin G Stafford | 7 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Costa C Costa | 4 | 1 | | 5 | P Kilderry P Rafter | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | P Kilderry P Rafter | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | K Kinnear D Randall | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D DiLucia K Thorne | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | K Kinnear D Randall | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | D Flach C Woodruff | 6 | 6 | | WC | D Flach C Woodruff | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Hernández Ó Ortiz | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | WC | D Flach C Woodruff | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | M Bhupathi N Djordjevic | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | B MacPhie M Tebbutt | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| | S Pescosolido S Simian | 4 | 6 | 2 | | M Bhupathi N Djordjevic | 6 | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | B MacPhie M Tebbutt | 2 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | WC | D Flach C Woodruff | 6 | 7 |
| 7 | R Leach M Lucena | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | D Vacek D Wheaton | 2 | 6 |
| | D Vacek D Wheaton | 6 | 6 | | | D Vacek D Wheaton | 6 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Gaudenzi D Nargiso | 6 | 2 | | | W Black C Clark | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | W Black C Clark | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | D Vacek D Wheaton | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | S Campbell G Grant | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | 2 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis | 4 | 5 | | | | |
| | G Michibata R Smith | 6 | 4 | 6 | | G Michibata R Smith | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
