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.^[1]

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
Score	6–4, 6–4
Draw	48
Seeds	16

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 Fernández (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
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6	6
	4	Lindsay Davenport Mary Joe Fernández	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 deLone 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 Fernández	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 Fernández	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 Fernández	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