1996 Kremlin Cup – Men's doubles

Byron Black and Jared Palmer were the defending champions but only Black competed that year with Grant Connell.

Men's doubles
1996 Kremlin Cup
Champions	Rick Leach Andrei Olhovskiy
Runners-up	Jiří Novák David Rikl
Score	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Draw	16
Seeds	4

Black and Connell lost in the first round to Max Mirnyi and Kevin Ullyett.

Rick Leach and Andrei Olhovskiy won in the final 4–6, 6–1, 6–2 against Jiří Novák and David Rikl.

Seeds

1. Byron Black / Grant Connell (first round)
2. Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek (quarterfinals)
3. Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien (quarterfinals)
4. Libor Pimek / Byron Talbot (first round)

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	B Black G Connell	5	7	4
	Q	M Mirnyi K Ullyett	7	6	6			Q	M Mirnyi K Ullyett	6	3
	WC	J Hlasek M Rosset	6	6	4				R Leach A Olhovskiy	7	6
		R Leach A Olhovskiy	3	7	6											R Leach A Olhovskiy	7	6
	4	L Pimek B Talbot	6	4												M Damm P Vízner	5	3
		M Damm P Vízner	7	6					M Damm P Vízner	6	6
		H J Davids S Schalken	7	7					H J Davids S Schalken	1	4
		N Broad P Norval	6	6																			R Leach A Olhovskiy	4	6	6
		T Carbonell F Roig	6	4	4																		J Novák D Rikl	6	1	2
		P Korda C Suk	2	6	6				P Korda C Suk	3	6	6
	WC	J Courier J Sánchez	1	4				3	S Lareau A O'Brien	6	1	1
	3	S Lareau A O'Brien	6	6												P Korda C Suk
		D Adams M Oosting	4	4												J Novák D Rikl	w/o
		J Novák D Rikl	6	6					J Novák D Rikl	w/o
	WC	A Cherkasov S Sargsian	3	6				2	Y Kafelnikov D Vacek
	2	Y Kafelnikov D Vacek	6	7

External links

• 1996 Kremlin Cup Men's doubles draw