1996 du Maurier Open – Women's doubles

Gabriela Sabatini and Brenda Schultz-McCarthy were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Larisa Savchenko and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.

Women's doubles
1996 du Maurier Open
1995 Champions	Gabriela Sabatini Brenda Schultz-McCarthy
Champions	Larisa Savchenko Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Runners-up	Mary Joe Fernández Helena Suková
Score	7–6, 6–1

Savchenko and Sánchez Vicario won in the final 7–6, 6–1 against Mary Joe Fernández and Helena Suková.

Seeds

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

1. Larisa Savchenko / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (champions)
2. Mary Joe Fernández / Helena Suková (final)
3. Gabriela Sabatini / Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (semifinals)
4. Nicole Arendt / Manon Bollegraf (second round)
5. Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs (quarterfinals)
6. Amanda Coetzer / Lori McNeil (quarterfinals)
7. Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (semifinals)
8. Kristie Boogert / Irina Spîrlea (first 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

Final

	Final
	1	Larisa Savchenko Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7	6
	2	Mary Joe Fernández Helena Suková	6	1

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	L Savchenko A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
		A Grossman V Ruano-Pascual	6	6					A Grossman V Ruano-Pascual	1	4
		E Makarova J Watanabe	0	3											1	L Savchenko A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
	WC	M Bernard C Popescu	0	3												S Jeyaseelan R Simpson	0	3
		S-H Park S-T Wang	6	6					S-H Park S-T Wang	3	6	4
		S Jeyaseelan R Simpson	3	6	6				S Jeyaseelan R Simpson	6	2	6
	8	K Boogert I Spîrlea	6	3	1																	1	L Savchenko A Sánchez Vicario	7	6
																						3	G Sabatini B Schultz-McCarthy	5	2
								3	G Sabatini B Schultz-McCarthy	6	6
		Å Carlsson M Strandlund	6	7	3				L Golarsa N Tauziat	2	1
		L Golarsa N Tauziat	7	6	6										3	G Sabatini B Schultz-McCarthy	6	7
	WC	J Nejedly V Webb	7	6	4										6	A Coetzer L McNeil	2	6
		A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	6	7	6				A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	3	3
		N Dahlman C Wood	4	2				6	A Coetzer L McNeil	6	6
	6	A Coetzer L McNeil	6	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	7	Y Basuki C Vis	3	6	6
		A Frazier K Po	6	4	4			7	Y Basuki C Vis	7	6
		B Rittner C Singer	4	5					N Kijimuta F Labat	5	3
		N Kijimuta F Labat	6	7											7	Y Basuki C Vis	6	6	7
	Q	S Farina B Schett	6	7											Q	S Farina B Schett	7	3	5
		S Reece M Werdel-Witmeyer	2	6				Q	S Farina B Schett	w/o
								4	N Arendt M Bollegraf
																						7	Y Basuki C Vis	4	6	5
	5	L Raymond R Stubbs	0	6	6																	2	M J Fernández H Suková	6	3	7
		A Huber I Majoli	6	4	3			5	L Raymond R Stubbs	6	5	7
		J Hetherington K Rinaldi-Stunkel	6	6					J Hetherington K Rinaldi-Stunkel	3	7	5
		R Grande E Likhovtseva	4	4											5	L Raymond R Stubbs	2	4
		P Hy-Boulais R Nideffer	3	7	2										2	M J Fernández H Suková	6	6
		A Fusai M Paz	6	6	6				A Fusai M Paz	4	0
								2	M J Fernández H Suková	6	6

External links

• 1996 du Maurier Open women's doubles draw