1996 Estoril Open – Doubles

Doubles
1996 Estoril Open
Champions	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig
Runners-up	Tom Nijssen Greg Van Emburgh
Score	6–3, 6–2
Draw	16
Seeds	4

Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Andrei Olhovskiy were the defending champions but only Kafelnikov competed that year with Paul Haarhuis.

Haarhuis and Kafelnikov lost in the first round to Javier Sánchez and Sjeng Schalken.

Tomás Carbonell and Francisco Roig won in the final 6–3, 6–2 against Tom Nijssen and Greg Van Emburgh.[1]

Seeds

1. Paul Haarhuis / Yevgeny Kafelnikov (first round)
2. Ellis Ferreira / Mark Keil (semifinals)
3. Trevor Kronemann / David Macpherson (first round)
4. Libor Pimek / Byron Talbot (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

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	P Haarhuis Y Kafelnikov	6	5	2
		J Sánchez S Schalken	2	7	6				J Sánchez S Schalken	3	4
		J Novák D Rikl	6	6					J Novák D Rikl	6	6
		À Corretja J-L de Jager	3	4												J Novák D Rikl	3	1
	3	T Kronemann D Macpherson	6	4												T Nijssen G Van Emburgh	6	6
	WC	J Cunha e Silva N Marques	7	6				WC	J Cunha e Silva N Marques	6	6	4
	Q	A Berasategui J Burillo	7	4	4				T Nijssen G Van Emburgh	2	7	6
		T Nijssen G Van Emburgh	5	6	6																		T Nijssen G Van Emburgh	3	2
		T Carbonell F Roig	6	6																			T Carbonell F Roig	6	6
	WC	B Fragoso N Matias	1	3					T Carbonell F Roig	6	7
	WC	L Markovits B Mota	4	3				4	L Pimek B Talbot	4	5
	4	L Pimek B Talbot	6	6												T Carbonell F Roig	6	3	6
		N Broad P Norval	6	6	6										2	E Ferreira M Keil	4	6	2
		H J Davids M-K Goellner	4	7	4				N Broad P Norval	6	2
		D Adams M Barnard	6	7	3			2	E Ferreira M Keil	7	6
	2	E Ferreira M Keil	7	6	6

References

1. John Barrett, ed. (1997). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 130, 148. ISBN 9780002187145.

External links

• 1996 Estoril Open Doubles draw