1996 Italian Open – Men's doubles

Cyril Suk and Daniel Vacek were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Suk with Hendrik Jan Davids and Vacek with Richey Reneberg.

Davids and Suk lost in the first round to Mark Keil and Peter Nyborg, as did Reneberg and Vacek to Emilio Sánchez and Christo van Rensburg.

Byron Black and Grant Connell won in the final 6–2, 6–3 against Libor Pimek and Byron Talbot.

Seeds
• # Mark Knowles / 🇨🇦 Daniel Nestor (first round)

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

• # Byron Black / 🇨🇦 Grant Connell (champions)

• # Ellis Ferreira /  Jan Siemerink (semifinals)

• # 🇫🇷 Guy Forget / Jakob Hlasek (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Todd Martin / 🇺🇸 Alex O'Brien (second round)

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

• # 🇪🇸 Tomás Carbonell / 🇪🇸 Francisco Roig (first round)

Seeds
• # 🇪🇸 Jordi Arrese / Brent Haygarth (qualified)

• # 🇺🇸 Kelly Jones / Stephen Noteboom (qualified)

• # 🇪🇸 Emilio Benfele Álvarez / 🇪🇸 Pepe Imaz (first round)

• # 🇦🇺 Ben Ellwood / 🇦🇺 Todd Larkham (first round)

Qualifiers
• # 🇪🇸 Jordi Arrese / Brent Haygarth

• # 🇺🇸 Kelly Jones / Stephen Noteboom