1996 BMW Open – Doubles

Doubles
1996 BMW Open
Champions	Lan Bale Stephen Noteboom
Runners-up	Olivier Delaître Diego Nargiso
Score	4–6, 7–6, 6–4
Draw	16
Seeds	4

Trevor Kronemann and David Macpherson were the defending champions but only Kronemann competed that year with John-Laffnie de Jager.

de Jager and Kronemann lost in the quarterfinals to Lan Bale and Stephen Noteboom.

Bale and Noteboom won in the final 4–6, 7–6, 6–4 against Olivier Delaître and Diego Nargiso.

Seeds

1. Tomás Carbonell / Francisco Roig (quarterfinals)
2. Stefan Edberg / Petr Korda (quarterfinals)
3. Piet Norval / Menno Oosting (first round)
4. John-Laffnie de Jager / Trevor Kronemann (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	T Carbonell F Roig	6	6	6
	WC	M Philippoussis C-U Steeb	3	7	0			1	T Carbonell F Roig	4	2
		A Gaudenzi G Ivanišević	6	3	6				A Gaudenzi G Ivanišević	6	6
	Q	O Camporese S Pescosolido	2	6	4											A Gaudenzi G Ivanišević	6	3	2
	4	J-L de Jager T Kronemann	6	6												L Bale S Noteboom	4	6	6
		D Adams M Barnard	2	2				4	J-L de Jager T Kronemann	4	4
		L Bale S Noteboom	6	6					L Bale S Noteboom	6	6
		W Ferreira M Ondruska	4	3																			L Bale S Noteboom	4	7	6
	WC	D Elsner T Nydahl	1	3																			O Delaître D Nargiso	6	6	4
		T Nijssen G Van Emburgh	6	6					T Nijssen G Van Emburgh	4	6
		M-K Goellner D Prinosil	6	2	6				M-K Goellner D Prinosil	6	7
	3	P Norval M Oosting	1	6	3											M-K Goellner D Prinosil	1	2
		O Delaître D Nargiso	6	6	6											O Delaître D Nargiso	6	6
	WC	H Dreekmann P Kühnen	4	7	1				O Delaître D Nargiso	w/o
		J Eagle A Florent	1	3				2	S Edberg P Korda
	2	S Edberg P Korda	6	6

External links

• 1996 BMW Open Doubles draw