1996 US Open – Men's doubles qualifying

Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual US Open.

Seeds
• # 🇮🇳 Mahesh Bhupathi / 🇮🇳 Leander Paes (first round)

• # 🇸🇪 Ola Kristiansson / 🇸🇪 Mårten Renström (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Bill Behrens / 🇺🇸 Geoff Grant (first round)

• # 🇲🇽 Alejandro Hernández / 🇲🇽 Óscar Ortiz (first round)

• # (n/a)

• # 🇲🇽 Leonardo Lavalle / 🇻🇪 Maurice Ruah (qualifying competition, lucky losers)

• # 🇲🇰 Aleksandar Kitinov / 🇮🇹 Mosé Navarra (first round)

• # Clinton Ferreira / Andrei Pavel (qualified)

Qualifiers
• # 🇮🇹 Stefano Pescosolido / 🇮🇹 Vincenzo Santopadre

• # Clinton Ferreira / Andrei Pavel

• # 🇪🇨 Nicolás Lapentti / 🇦🇷 Daniel Orsanic

• # 🇦🇺 Scott Draper / 🇺🇸 Kenny Thorne

Lucky losers
• # 🇲🇽 Leonardo Lavalle / 🇻🇪 Maurice Ruah