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.

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

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