1996 Panasonic German Open – Doubles

Wayne Ferreira and Yevgeny Kafelnikov were the defending champions but lost in the first round to David Rikl and Daniel Vacek.

Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor won in the final 6–2, 6–4 against Guy Forget and Jakob Hlasek.

Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

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

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

• # Ellis Ferreira /  Jan Siemerink (second round)

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

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

• # 🇪🇸 Tomás Carbonell / 🇪🇸 Francisco Roig (semifinals)

• # 🇨🇦 Grant Connell / John-Laffnie de Jager (quarterfinals)

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

Seeds
• # 🇪🇸 Javier Conde / 🇪🇸 Àlex Corretja (first round)

• # 🇩🇪 Alex Rădulescu / 🇩🇪 Jörn Renzenbrink (qualified)

• # 🇪🇸 Emilio Benfele Álvarez / 🇪🇸 David Salvador-Estepa (qualified)

• # Juan Antonio Marín / 🇪🇸 Óscar Martínez (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers
• # 🇪🇸 Emilio Benfele Álvarez / 🇪🇸 David Salvador-Estepa

• # 🇩🇪 Alex Rădulescu / 🇩🇪 Jörn Renzenbrink