1996 Lipton Championships – Women's Doubles

Jana Novotná and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were the defending champions and won in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Meredith McGrath and Larisa Neiland.

Women's Doubles
1996 Lipton Championships
1995 Champions	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Champions	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Runners-up	Meredith McGrath Larisa Neiland
Final score	6–4, 6–4

Seeds

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

1. Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (Champions)
2. n/a
3. Meredith McGrath / Larisa Neiland (Final)
4. Lindsay Davenport / Mary Joe Fernandez (Semifinals)
5. Nicole Arendt / Manon Bollegraf (Quarterfinals)
6. Lori McNeil / Helena Suková (Quarterfinals)
7. Chanda Rubin / Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (Quarterfinals)
8. Lisa Raymond / Gabriela Sabatini (Second Round)
9. Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (Third Round)
10. Julie Halard-Decugis / Nathalie Tauziat (Quarterfinals)
11. Katrina Adams / Mariaan de Swardt (Third Round)
12. Jill Hetherington / Irina Spîrlea (Second Round)
13. Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (Third Round)
14. Kristie Boogert / Miriam Oremans (Third Round)
15. Zina Garrison-Jackson / Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel (Third Round)
16. Alexia Dechaume-Balleret / Sandrine Testud (Second Round)

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

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6	6
	4	Lindsay Davenport Mary Joe Fernandez	4	2
								1	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6	6
								3	Meredith McGrath Larisa Neiland	4	4
	3	Meredith McGrath Larisa Neiland	6	6
		Rosalyn Nideffer Kimberly Po	1	1

Top Half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
								1	J Novotná A Sánchez Vicario	2	6	7
		K Kschwendt R Simpson	3	4					K Nagatsuka A Sugiyama	6	3	5
		K Nagatsuka A Sugiyama	6	6											1	J Novotná A Sánchez Vicario	7	6
		A Ellwood G Helgeson-Nielsen	4	7^7	6										15	Z Garrison-Jackson K Rinaldi-Stunkel	5	4
		N Feber M Paz	6	6^3	4				A Ellwood G Helgeson-Nielsen	4	6^5
								15	Z Garrison-Jackson K Rinaldi-Stunkel	6	7^7
																						1	J Novotná A Sánchez Vicario	7	7
																						6	L McNeil H Suková	5	5
								11	K Adams M de Swardt	7^7	6
		D Krajčovičová L Němečková	2	5					T Ječmenica C Porwik	6^3	4
		T Ječmenica C Porwik	6	7											11	K Adams M de Swardt	6^3	2
		E deLone D Scott	1	1											6	L McNeil H Suková	7^7	6
		W Probst C Singer	6	6					W Probst C Singer	6^7	2
								6	L McNeil H Suková	7^9	6

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
								4	L Davenport M J Fernandez	6	6
		R Dragomir A Grossman	6^5	4					A Lettiere C Morariu	2	2
		A Lettiere C Morariu	7^7	6											4	L Davenport M J Fernandez	6	6
	WC	P Shriver E Smylie	3	6	3										9	C Martínez P Tarabini	2	0
		S Cecchini L Garrone	6	1	6				S Cecchini L Garrone	3	1
								9	C Martínez P Tarabini	6	6
																						4	L Davenport M J Fernandez	3	6	6
																						7	C Rubin B Schultz-McCarthy	6	4	2
								13	Y Basuki C Vis	6	6
		M Werdel-Witmeyer T Whitlinger-Jones	6	0	3				J Husárová E Likhovtseva	4	2
		J Husárová E Likhovtseva	0	6	6										13	Y Basuki C Vis	2	4
		Å Carlsson A Temesvári	5	4											7	C Rubin B Schultz-McCarthy	6	6
		L Montalvo P Suárez	7	6					L Montalvo P Suárez	1	1
								7	C Rubin B Schultz-McCarthy	6	6

Bottom Half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
								8	L Raymond G Sabatini	6	6
		R McQuillan S Stafford	6	6					R McQuillan S Stafford	1	2
	LL	E Hakami N Pratt	4	4											8	L Raymond G Sabatini	4	4
		P Langrová R Zrubáková	1	5											10	J Halard-Decugis N Tauziat	6	6
		N Miyagi S Reece	6	7				LL	N Miyagi S Reece	4	3
								10	J Halard-Decugis N Tauziat	6	6
																						10	J Halard-Decugis N Tauziat	4	6	5
																						3	M McGrath L Neiland	6	3	7
								16	A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	4	6	4
		T Križan D Van Roost	4	4					D Graham L Wild	6	4	6
		D Graham L Wild	6	6												D Graham L Wild	2	4
		K Studeníková C Wood	4	5											3	M McGrath L Neiland	6	6
		S Farina L Golarsa	6	7					S Farina L Golarsa	2	4
								3	M McGrath L Neiland	6	6

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
								5	N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	2	6
		A Fusai N Medvedeva	6	6					A Fusai N Medvedeva	3	6	2
		C Papadáki L Pleming	1	3											5	N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	6
		R Hiraki P Hy-Boulais	5	7	6										14	K Boogert M Oremans	2	3
		C Cristea C Schneider	7	5	1				R Hiraki P Hy-Boulais	2	3
								14	K Boogert M Oremans	6	6
																						5	N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	2	2
																							R Nideffer K Po	3	6	6
								12	J Hetherington I Spîrlea	5	1
		R Grande J Steven	5	2					M Hingis A Huber	7	6
		M Hingis A Huber	7	6												M Hingis A Huber	4	6	3
	Q	L Lee M Murić	2	1												R Nideffer K Po	6	0	6
		R Nideffer K Po	6	6					R Nideffer K Po	6	6
								LL	M Bernard C Delisle	4	1

References

• 1996 Lipton Championships Women's Doubles Draw