1996 Lipton Championships – Women's Doubles

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

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.

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.

Draw

Key

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	77	6										15	Z Garrison-Jackson   K Rinaldi-Stunkel	5	4
	N Feber   M Paz	6	63	4				A Ellwood   G Helgeson-Nielsen	4	65
							15	Z Garrison-Jackson   K Rinaldi-Stunkel	6	77
																					1	J Novotná   A Sánchez Vicario	7	7
																					6	L McNeil   H Suková	5	5
							11	K Adams   M de Swardt	77	6
	D Krajčovičová   L Němečková	2	5					T Ječmenica   C Porwik	63	4
	T Ječmenica   C Porwik	6	7											11	K Adams   M de Swardt	63	2
	E de Lone   D Scott	1	1											6	L McNeil   H Suková	77	6
	W Probst   C Singer	6	6					W Probst   C Singer	67	2
							6	L McNeil   H Suková	79	6

Section 2

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
							4	L Davenport   M J Fernandez	6	6
	R Dragomir   A Grossman	65	4					A Lettiere   C Morariu	2	2
	A Lettiere   C Morariu	77	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