1996 World Doubles Cup – Doubles

Doubles
1996 World Doubles Cup
1995 Champions	Meredith McGrath Larisa Savchenko
Champions	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf
Runners-up	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva
Score	6–3, 2–6, 7–6

Meredith McGrath and Larisa Savchenko were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf.

Arendt and Bollegraf won in the final 6–3, 2–6, 7–6 against Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

1. Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva (final)
2. Meredith McGrath / Larisa Savchenko (semifinals)
3. Nicole Arendt / Manon Bollegraf (champions)
4. Katrina Adams / Mariaan de Swardt (semifinals)

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

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	3	6	6
		Elena Makarova Eugenia Maniokova	6	1	1
								1	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6	5	7
								4	Katrina Adams Mariaan de Swardt	1	7	6
	4	Katrina Adams Mariaan de Swardt	6	6
	WC	Zina Garrison-Jackson Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel	2	4
															1	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	3	6	6
															3	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	6	2	7
		Patricia Tarabini Caroline Vis	2	3
	3	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	6	6
								3	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	3	6	6
								2	Meredith McGrath Larisa Savchenko	6	4	4
		Jill Hetherington Kristine Radford	3	6	3
	2	Meredith McGrath Larisa Savchenko	6	3	6

External links

• 1996 World Doubles Cup Draw Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine