1996 US Open – Women's doubles

Defending champions Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva defeated Jana Novotná and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the final, 1–6, 6–1, 6–4 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1996 US Open. It was Fernández' fifth US Open, 15th major and 66th overall title for Fernández, and Zvereva's fourth US Open, 15th major and 60th overall title.

Women's doubles
1996 US Open
Champions	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva
Runners-up	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Score	1–6, 6–1, 6–4
Draw	64 (4 Q / 4 WC )
Seeds	16

Main article: 1996 US Open (tennis)

Seeds

1. Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (final)
2. Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva (champions)
3. n/a
4. Martina Hingis / Helena Suková (semifinals)
5. Nicole Arendt / Manon Bollegraf (quarterfinals)
6. Lori McNeil / Gabriela Sabatini (semifinals)
7. Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs (second round)
8. Brenda Schultz-McCarthy / Nathalie Tauziat (first round)
9. Katrina Adams / Mariaan de Swardt (second round)
10. Elizabeth Smylie / Linda Wild (first round)
11. Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (third round)
12. Kristie Boogert / Irina Spîrlea (third round)
13. Zina Garrison-Jackson / Pam Shriver (first round)
14. Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (third round)
15. Rika Hiraki / Nana Miyagi (third round)
16. Debbie Graham / Kristine Radford (third round)
17. Alexia Dechaume-Balleret / Sandrine Testud (third round)

Qualifying

Main article: 1996 US Open – Women's doubles qualifying

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

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7	6
		Anna Kournikova Elena Likhovtseva	5	2
								1	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6	1	6
								4	Martina Hingis Helena Suková	1	6	1
	4	Martina Hingis Helena Suková	6	6
		Patricia Hy-Boulais Rosalyn Nideffer	4	4
															1	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6	1	4
															2	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	1	6	6
	6	Lori McNeil Gabriela Sabatini	4	6	7
	5	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	6	3	5
								6	Lori McNeil Gabriela Sabatini	2	6
								2	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6	7
		Sonya Jeyaseelan Rene Simpson	3	7	2
	2	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6	6	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	1	J Novotná A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
	Q	M Saeki Y Yoshida	1	1				1	J Novotná A Sánchez Vicario	6	6	6
		N Bradtke R McQuillan	6	6					N Bradtke R McQuillan	7	3	2
		L Golarsa C Singer	4	2											1	J Novotná A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
	LL	V Csurgó M Grzybowska	6	4	2										15	R Hiraki N Miyagi	4	2
		S Noorlander S Pitkowski	4	6	6				S Noorlander S Pitkowski	6	2	2
		N Dahlman C Wood	6	3	2			15	R Hiraki N Miyagi	4	6	6
	15	R Hiraki N Miyagi	3	6	6																	1	J Novotná A Sánchez Vicario	7	6
	10	E Smylie L Wild	4	4																			A Kournikova E Likhovtseva	5	2
		A Lettiere C Morariu	6	6					A Lettiere C Morariu	3	6	6
		L Cenková A Olsza	6	6					L Cenková A Olsza	6	1	1
	Q	L Horn J Kruger	1	2												A Lettiere C Morariu	2	7	2
		R Bobková E Melicharová	3	6	6											A Kournikova E Likhovtseva	6	6	6
		A Kournikova E Likhovtseva	6	3	7				A Kournikova E Likhovtseva	7	4
		A Ellwood N Pratt	3	4				9	K Adams M de Swardt	6	1r
	9	K Adams M de Swardt	6	6

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	4	M Hingis H Suková	6	6
		H Nagyová K Studeníková	0	3				4	M Hingis H Suková	6	6
	Q	M-F Landa M Weingärtner	2	2					Å Carlsson M Strandlund	2	4
		Å Carlsson M Strandlund	6	6											4	M Hingis H Suková	6	3	7
		A Coetzer I Gorrochategui	6	6											11	Y Basuki C Vis	3	6	5
		K Nagatsuka A Sugiyama	3	3					A Coetzer I Gorrochategui	3	0r
		M Werdel-Witmeyer T Whitlinger-Jones	3	6	5			11	Y Basuki C Vis	6	1
	11	Y Basuki C Vis	6	3	7																	4	M Hingis H Suková	6	6
	13	Z Garrison-Jackson P Shriver	5	4																			P Hy-Boulais R Nideffer	4	4
		L Montalvo B Rittner	7	6					L Montalvo B Rittner	2	6
		T Križan C Papadáki	3	6					R Grande E Makarova	6	7
		R Grande E Makarova	6	7												R Grande E Makarova	1	1
		P Langrová R Zrubáková	4	2												P Hy-Boulais R Nideffer	6	6
		N Kijimuta F Labat	6	6					N Kijimuta F Labat	6	4	6
		P Hy-Boulais R Nideffer	7	6					P Hy-Boulais R Nideffer	1	6	7
	8	B Schultz-McCarthy N Tauziat	5	1

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	6	L McNeil G Sabatini	6	7
		D Krajčovičová L Němečková	2	5				6	L McNeil G Sabatini	6	6
		S Cecchini L Garrone	2	1					J Hetherington K Rinaldi-Stunkel	1	1
		J Hetherington K Rinaldi-Stunkel	6	6											6	L McNeil G Sabatini	6	6
	WC	L Osterloh S Reeves	7	3	1										12	K Boogert I Spîrlea	4	2
		S Appelmans M Oremans	6	6	6				S Appelmans M Oremans	1	0
		K Kschwendt B Schett	7	1	3			12	K Boogert I Spîrlea	6	6
	12	K Boogert I Spîrlea	5	6	6																	6	L McNeil G Sabatini	4	6	7
	14	C Martínez P Tarabini	6	1	6																	5	N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	3	5
		O Lugina E Pampoulova	2	6	2			14	C Martínez P Tarabini	6	7
		A Frazier K Po	6	3	2				S-h Park S-t Wang	2	5
		S-h Park S-t Wang	4	6	6										14	C Martínez P Tarabini	5	5
	WC	J Lee L Lee	6	7											5	N Arendt M Bollegraf	7	7
	WC	A deLone L Poruri	4	6				WC	J Lee L Lee	4	7	1
		M Lindström L Pleming	4	0				5	N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	5	6
	5	N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	6

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	7	L Raymond R Stubbs	6	6
	WC	D Buth S Nickitas	1	2				7	L Raymond R Stubbs	4	3
		A Huber I Majoli	4	4					S Jeyaseelan R Simpson	6	6
		S Jeyaseelan R Simpson	6	6												S Jeyaseelan R Simpson	7	6
		A Grossman S Reece	3	4											17	A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	5	3
		C Barclay K-A Guse	6	6					C Barclay K-A Guse	5	1
		V Ruano Pascual A Temesvári	6	7	3			17	A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	7	6
	17	A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	7	6	6																		S Jeyaseelan R Simpson	3	7	2
	16	D Graham K Radford	4	7	7																	2	G Fernández N Zvereva	6	6	6
		A Fusai M Paz	6	5	6			16	D Graham K Radford	6	6
	LL	J Byrne T Morton-Rodgers	6	6				LL	J Byrne T Morton-Rodgers	2	4
	Q	J Chi K Pace	2	4											16	D Graham K Radford	3	6
		M Murić P Suárez	3	4											2	G Fernández N Zvereva	6	7
		R Dragomir T Ječmenica	6	6					R Dragomir T Ječmenica	1	0
		J Husárová D van Roost	6	3	0			2	G Fernández N Zvereva	6	6
	2	G Fernández N Zvereva	4	6	6

External links

• Official results archive (WTA)
• 1996 US Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation