Jim Grabb and Patrick McEnroe were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1996 Sybase Open | |
| Champions |  Trevor Kronemann  David Macpherson |
| Runners-up | Richey Reneberg Jonathan Stark |
| Score | 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |
| Draw | 16 |
| Seeds | 4 |
Trevor Kronemann and David Macpherson won in the final 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 against Richey Reneberg and Jonathan Stark.
Seeds
editChampion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
- Tommy Ho /
Brett Steven (first round) - Rick Leach / Scott Melville (semifinals)
- Richey Reneberg / Jonathan Stark (final)
- Trevor Kronemann / David Macpherson (champions)
Draw
editKey
- 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 Ho B Steven
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | K Flach K Jones
| w/o | WC | K Flach K Jones
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| LL |  G Rusedski V Spadea
| 6 | 7 | LL | G Rusedski V Spadea
| 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q |  R Bergh D Ekerot
| 3 | 6 | WC | K Flach K Jones
| 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | T Kronemann D Macpherson
| 6 | 7 | 4 | T Kronemann D Macpherson
| 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| LL | M Chinchiolo B Coupe
| 3 | 6 | 4 | T Kronemann D Macpherson
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 T Nijssen G Van Emburgh
| 7 | 4 | 7 | T Nijssen G Van Emburgh
| 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
S Davis G Michibata
| 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson
| 6 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| WC | B Gilbert B Mahal
| 3 | 2 | 3 | Richey Reneberg Jonathan Stark
| 4 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
 N Pereira M Tebbutt
| 6 | 6 | N Pereira M Tebbutt
| 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| K Kinnear D Randall
| 6 | 3 | 3 | R Reneberg J Stark
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | R Reneberg J Stark
| 7 | 6 | 3 | R Reneberg J Stark
| 6 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| L Jensen M Jensen
| 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | R Leach S Melville
| 2 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| M Lucena J Waite
| 5 | 6 | 6 | M Lucena J Waite
| 6 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 J A Conde N Marques
| 6 | 4 | 2 | R Leach S Melville
| 4 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | R Leach S Melville
| 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||