Tommy Ho and Brett Steven were the defending champions but only Steven competed that year with Sandon Stolle.
Steven and Stolle lost in the first round to Jonas Björkman and Stefan Edberg.
Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde won in the final 1–6, 6–2, 6–2 against Brian MacPhie and Michael Tebbutt.
Seeds The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.
Draw
Final
Top half
Bottom half
References
External links 1996 Newsweek Champions Cup Doubles draw