1996 EA-Generali Open – Doubles

Doubles
1996 EA-Generali Open
1995 Champions	Francisco Montana Greg Van Emburgh
Champions	Libor Pimek Byron Talbot
Runners-up	David Adams Menno Oosting
Final score	7–6, 6–3

Francisco Montana and Greg Van Emburgh were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Montana with Donald Johnson and Van Emburgh with Shelby Cannon.

Johnson and Montana lost in the second round to Jeff Belloli and Vojtěch Flégl.

Cannon and Van Emburgh lost in the quarterfinals to Libor Pimek and Byron Talbot.

Pimek and Talbot won in the final 7–6, 6–3 against David Adams and Menno Oosting.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. All eight seeded teams received byes to the second round.

1. Libor Pimek / Byron Talbot (Champions)
2. David Rikl / Javier Sánchez (Second Round)
3. Trevor Kronemann / David Macpherson (Second Round)
4. David Adams / Menno Oosting (Final)
5. John-Laffnie de Jager / Sjeng Schalken (Semifinals)
6. Donald Johnson / Francisco Montana (Second Round)
7. Joshua Eagle / Andrew Florent (Second Round)
8. Shelby Cannon / Greg Van Emburgh (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier WC = Wild Card LL = Lucky Loser

Alt = Alternate SE = Special Exempt PR = Protected Ranking

w/o = Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted

Final

Final
1	Libor Pimek   Byron Talbot	7	6
4	David Adams   Menno Oosting	6	3

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							1	L Pimek   B Talbot	6	7
	J Ireland   A Kitinov	6	7					J Ireland   A Kitinov	4	5
	O Delaître   F Santoro	1	6											1	L Pimek   B Talbot	6	6
WC	C Doseděl   M Ríos	7	4	4										8	S Cannon   G Van Emburgh	3	2
	R Bergh   J Waite	6	6	6				R Bergh   J Waite	4	7	3
							8	S Cannon   G Van Emburgh	6	6	6
																					1	L Pimek   B Talbot	6	3	6
																					5	J-L de Jager   S Schalken	3	6	3
							3	T Kronemann   D Macpherson	7	4	6
WC	T Muster   C Trimmel	6	6	6			WC	G Blumauer   G Mandl	6	6	7
WC	G Blumauer   G Mandl	2	7	7										WC	G Blumauer   G Mandl	4	3
	T Vanhoudt   F Wibier	4	2											5	J-L de Jager   S Schalken	6	6
	J Cunha e Silva   N Marques	6	6					J Cunha e Silva   N Marques	4	5
							5	J-L de Jager   S Schalken	6	7

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							6	D Johnson   F Montana	4	6
	D Ekerot   S Noteboom	7	6	6				J Belloli   V Flégl	6	7
	J Belloli   V Flégl	6	7	7											J Belloli   V Flégl	6	6
Q	J Alonso   A Martín	6	6											4	D Adams   M Oosting	7	7
WC	J Burillo   E Sánchez	3	2				Q	J Alonso   A Martín	4	4
							4	D Adams   M Oosting	6	6
																					4	D Adams   M Oosting	6	4	6
																						P Albano   L Arnold	3	6	4
							7	J Eagle   A Florent	7	6	4
	C Brandi   F Messori	6	3	2				B Hansen-Dent   T.J. Middleton	6	7	6
	B Hansen-Dent   T.J. Middleton	2	6	6											B Hansen-Dent   T.J. Middleton	6	4	2
	J A Conde   À Corretja	3	5												P Albano   L Arnold	2	6	6
	P Albano   L Arnold	6	7					P Albano   L Arnold	6	3	6
							2	D Rikl   J Sánchez	3	6	4

References

• 1996 EA-Generali Open Doubles Draw