Luis Lobo and Javier Sánchez were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Trevor Kronemann and David Macpherson. Jiří Novák and Pavel Vízner won in the final 4–6, 7–6, 7–6 against Kronemann and Macpherson. Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. Guy Forget / Jakob Hlasek (first round) Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Menno Oosting (first round) Luis Lobo / Javier Sánchez (quarterfinals) Libor Pimek / Byron Talbot (first round) Draw References 1996 Rado Open Doubles Draw Swiss Open (tennis) 1996 ATP Tour Swiss Open