1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's doubles

The 1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships included this tournament in men's doubles. Mark Knowles and Jonathan Stark were the defending champions but only Knowles competed that year with Rick Leach.

Knowles and Leach lost in the final at 6–2, 6–3 against Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde.

Seeds
The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

• # 🇦🇺 Todd Woodbridge / 🇦🇺 Mark Woodforde (champions)

• # Mark Knowles / 🇺🇸 Rick Leach (final)

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

• # 🇨🇦 Sébastien Lareau / 🇺🇸 Alex O'Brien (semifinals)

• # n/a

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

• # 🇸🇪 Nicklas Kulti / 🇦🇺 Sandon Stolle (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Jim Grabb / 🇺🇸 Richey Reneberg (second round)