Jim Courier was the defending champion but did not compete that year.
Boris Becker was the defending champion but did not compete that year.
David Adams and Andrei Olhovskiy were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
1996 Italian Indoor, Boris Becker and Guy Forget were the defending champions but only Forget competed that year with Jakob Hlasek.
Wayne Ferreira and Yevgeny Kafelnikov were the defending champions but lost in the first round to David Rikl and Daniel Vacek.
Cyril Suk and Daniel Vacek were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Suk with Hendrik Jan Davids and Vacek with Richey Reneberg.
Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Ellis Ferreira and Jan Siemerink.
Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Andrei Olhovskiy were the defending champions but only Olhovskiy competed that year with Ken Flach.
This was the first edition of the event.
Cyril Suk and Daniel Vacek were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Suk with Petr Korda and Vacek with Yevgeny Kafelnikov.
Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis were the defending champions but lost in the final 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 against Sébastien Lareau and Alex O'Brien.
Grant Connell and Patrick Galbraith were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Connell with Byron Black and Galbraith with Jonathan Stark.
Jakob Hlasek and Yevgeny Kafelnikov were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, winning in the final 6–3, 6–3, against John-Laffnie de Jager and Wayne Ferreira.
Gary Muller and Danie Visser were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals this year.
Olivier Delaître and Guy Forget were the defending champions, but they did not participate together this year. Delaître partnered David Prinosil, losing in the semifinals. Forget partnered Jakob Hlasek, losing in the quarterfinals.
Petr Korda and Cyril Suk were the defending champions, but Korda did not participate this year. Suk partnered Daniel Vacek, losing in the quarterfinals.
Jan Siemerink and Daniel Vacek were the defending champions, but did not play together this year. Siemerink partnered Martin Damm, losing in the quarterfinals. Vacek partnered Alexander Mronz, losing in the first round.
The 1995 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Flinders Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 83rd edition of the Australian Open and was held from 16 through 29 January 1995.
Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Daniel Vacek defeated Guy Forget and Jakob Hlasek in the final, 6–2, 6–3 to win the men's doubles tennis title at the 1996 French Open. As of 2024, Kafelnikov remains the most recent man to win both the singles and men's doubles events at the same edition of a major.
The 1996 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Melbourne Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 84th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 15 through 28 January 1996.
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