Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Grant Connell and Patrick Galbraith were the defending champions but only Connell competed that year with Byron Black. Black and Connell won in the final 6 0, 6 1 against Karel Nová ek and Ji í Novák. The 1996 Dubai Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and was part of the World Series of the 1996 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from February 12 through February 18, 1996.