1996 Lipton Championships – Men's doubles

Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde were the defending champions and won in the final 6–1, 6–3 against Ellis Ferreira and Patrick Galbraith.

Seeds
All sixteen seeded teams received byes into the second round.

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

• # n/a

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

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

• # 🇺🇸 Rick Leach / 🇺🇸 Scott Melville (third round)

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

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

• # Menno Oosting / 🇨🇿 Cyril Suk (third round)

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

• # Ellis Ferreira / 🇺🇸 Patrick Galbraith (final)

• # 🇺🇸 Todd Martin / 🇺🇸 Jonathan Stark (second round)

• # 🇸🇪 Jonas Björkman / 🇸🇪 Stefan Edberg (third round)

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

• # 🇺🇸 Trevor Kronemann / 🇦🇺 David Macpherson (third round, withdrew)

• # 🇺🇸 Brian MacPhie / 🇦🇺 Mark Philippoussis (second round)

• # 🇺🇸 Jim Grabb / 🇺🇸 Richey Reneberg (quarterfinals)