1996 EA Generali Open – Doubles

Francisco Montana and Greg Van Emburgh were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Montana with Donald Johnson and Van Emburgh with Shelby Cannon.

Doubles
1996 EA Generali Open
1995 Champions	Francisco Montana Greg Van Emburgh
Champions	Libor Pimek Byron Talbot
Runners-up	David Adams Menno Oosting
Score	7–6, 6–3
Draw	24
Seeds	8

Johnson and Montana lost in the second round to Jeff Belloli and Vojtěch Flégl.

Cannon and Van Emburgh lost in the quarterfinals to Libor Pimek and Byron Talbot.

Pimek and Talbot won in the final 7–6, 6–3 against David Adams and Menno Oosting.^[1]

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. All eight seeded teams received byes to the second round.

1. Libor Pimek / Byron Talbot (champions)
2. David Rikl / Javier Sánchez (second round)
3. Trevor Kronemann / David Macpherson (second round)
4. David Adams / Menno Oosting (final)
5. John-Laffnie de Jager / Sjeng Schalken (semifinals)
6. Donald Johnson / Francisco Montana (second round)
7. Joshua Eagle / Andrew Florent (second round)
8. Shelby Cannon / Greg Van Emburgh (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Final

	Final
	1	Libor Pimek  Byron Talbot	7	6
	4	David Adams  Menno Oosting	6	3

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	L Pimek  B Talbot	6	7
		J Ireland  A Kitinov	6	7					J Ireland  A Kitinov	4	5
		O Delaître  F Santoro	1	6											1	L Pimek  B Talbot	6	6
	WC	C Doseděl  M Ríos	7	4	4										8	S Cannon  G Van Emburgh	3	2
		R Bergh  J Waite	6	6	6				R Bergh  J Waite	4	7	3
								8	S Cannon  G Van Emburgh	6	6	6
																						1	L Pimek  B Talbot	6	3	6
																						5	J-L de Jager  S Schalken	3	6	3
								3	T Kronemann  D Macpherson	7	4	6
	WC	T Muster  C Trimmel	6	6	6			WC	G Blumauer  G Mandl	6	6	7
	WC	G Blumauer  G Mandl	2	7	7										WC	G Blumauer  G Mandl	4	3
		T Vanhoudt  F Wibier	4	2											5	J-L de Jager  S Schalken	6	6
		J Cunha e Silva  N Marques	6	6					J Cunha e Silva  N Marques	4	5
								5	J-L de Jager  S Schalken	6	7

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								6	D Johnson  F Montana	4	6
		D Ekerot  S Noteboom	7	6	6				J Belloli  V Flégl	6	7
		J Belloli  V Flégl	6	7	7											J Belloli  V Flégl	6	6
	Q	J Alonso  A Martín	6	6											4	D Adams  M Oosting	7	7
	WC	J Burillo  E Sánchez	3	2				Q	J Alonso  A Martín	4	4
								4	D Adams  M Oosting	6	6
																						4	D Adams  M Oosting	6	4	6
																							P Albano  L Arnold	3	6	4
								7	J Eagle  A Florent	7	6	4
		C Brandi  F Messori	6	3	2				B Hansen-Dent  T. J. Middleton	6	7	6
		B Hansen-Dent  T. J. Middleton	2	6	6											B Hansen-Dent  T. J. Middleton	6	4	2
		J A Conde  À Corretja	3	5												P Albano  L Arnold	2	6	6
		P Albano  L Arnold	6	7					P Albano  L Arnold	6	3	6
								2	D Rikl  J Sánchez	3	6	4

References

1. John Barrett, ed. (1997). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 130, 150. ISBN 9780002187145.

External links

• 1996 EA-Generali Open doubles draw