1996 Bausch & Lomb Championships – Doubles

Amanda Coetzer and Inés Gorrochategui were the defending champions but did not compete that year.

Doubles
1996 Bausch & Lomb Championships
Champions	Chanda Rubin Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Runners-up	Meredith McGrath Larisa Neiland
Score	6–1, 6–1
Draw	28
Seeds	8

Chanda Rubin and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario won in the final 6–1, 6–1 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. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

1. Gigi Fernández / Mary Joe Fernández (quarterfinals)
2. Meredith McGrath / Larisa Neiland (final)
3. Chanda Rubin / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (champions)
4. Nicole Arendt / Manon Bollegraf (quarterfinals)
5. Kristie Boogert / Jana Novotná (semifinals)
6. Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (quarterfinals)
7. Laura Golarsa / Irina Spîrlea (semifinals)
8. Elena Makarova / Eugenia Maniokova (second round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Final

	Final
	3	Chanda Rubin Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6	6
	2	Meredith McGrath Larisa Savchenko	1	1

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	G Fernández M J Fernández	6	6
		L Ghirardi S Pitkowski	3	0					J Hetherington K Rinaldi-Stunkel	3	3
		J Hetherington K Rinaldi-Stunkel	6	6											1	G Fernández M J Fernández	5	5
		Å Carlsson A Temesvári	6	6											7	L Golarsa I Spîrlea	7	7
		S Cecchini B Rittner	4	4					Å Carlsson A Temesvári	4	4
		P Schwarz T Whitlinger-Jones	6	6	5			7	L Golarsa I Spîrlea	6	6
	7	L Golarsa I Spîrlea	3	7	7																	7	L Golarsa I Spîrlea	5	3
																						3	C Rubin A Sánchez Vicario	7	6
								3	C Rubin A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
		J Husárová T Ječmenica	4	3					R Dragomir M Paz	3	1
		R Dragomir M Paz	6	6											3	C Rubin A Sánchez Vicario	6	7
		C Cristea M Jackson-Nobrega	0	2											6	C Martínez P Tarabini	2	6
		K Maleeva S Stafford	6	6					K Maleeva S Stafford	4	2
		L Lee C Schneider	2	4				6	C Martínez P Tarabini	6	6
	6	C Martínez P Tarabini	6	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	5	K Boogert J Novotná	6	7
		G León García P Suárez	2	6				5	K Boogert J Novotná	6	6
		A Fusai W Probst	6	6					A Fusai W Probst	3	1
		S Dopfer J Kandarr	4	2											5	K Boogert J Novotná	6	7	7
		S Cacic L Pleming	6	6											4	N Arendt M Bollegraf	7	6	6
		L Horn T Morton-Rodgers	2	2					S Cacic L Pleming	2	4
								4	N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	6
																						5	K Boogert J Novotná	3	3
	8	E Makarova E Maniokova	6	6																		2	M McGrath L Neiland	6	6
		R Jensen S McCarthy	4	3				8	E Makarova E Maniokova	4	0	r
		G Helgeson-Nielsen M Murić	5	4					A Lettiere C Papadáki	6	1
		A Lettiere C Papadáki	7	6												A Lettiere C Papadáki	1	2
		V Martinek S Ramón-Cortés	2	1											2	M McGrath L Neiland	6	6
		D Krajčovičová R Zrubáková	6	6					D Krajčovičová R Zrubáková	6	2
								2	M McGrath L Neiland	7	6

External links

• ITF tournament edition details Archived 2016-08-20 at the Wayback Machine