1996 Australian Open – Men's doubles

The 1996 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Melbourne Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 84th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 15 through 28 January 1996.

Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. • #🇦🇺 Todd Woodbridge / 🇦🇺 Mark Woodforde (first round)

• # Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis (third round)

• # Mark Knowles / 🇨🇦 Daniel Nestor (quarterfinals)

• #🇺🇸 Patrick Galbraith / 🇷🇺 Andrei Olhovskiy (semifinals)

• #🇨🇿 Cyril Suk / 🇨🇿 Daniel Vacek (third round)

• # Byron Black / 🇨🇦 Grant Connell (second round)

• #🇺🇸 Tommy Ho / 🇳🇿 Brett Steven (third round)

• #🇺🇸 Patrick McEnroe / 🇦🇺 Sandon Stolle (second round)

• #🇺🇸 Rick Leach / 🇺🇸 Scott Melville (quarterfinals)

• #🇦🇷 Luis Lobo / 🇪🇸 Javier Sánchez (second round)

• #Unknown (withdrew)

• #🇫🇷 Guy Forget / Jakob Hlasek (semifinals)

• # Wayne Ferreira / 🇷🇺 Yevgeny Kafelnikov (third round)

• #🇸🇪 Jan Apell / 🇸🇪 Jonas Björkman (third round)

• #🇺🇸 Mark Keil / 🇺🇸 Jeff Tarango (third round)

• #🇦🇺 Mark Philippoussis / 🇦🇺 Patrick Rafter (second round)