1996 Nokia Open – Doubles
# 1996 Nokia Open – Doubles

Claudia Porwik and Linda Wild were the defending champions but did not compete that year.

Naoko Kijimuta and Miho Saeki lost in the final 7–5, 6–4 against Yuko Hosoki and Kazue Takuma.

## Seeds

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

* Rika Hiraki / Nana Miyagi (first round)
* Sung-Hee Park / Shi-Ting Wang (semifinals)
* Naoko Kijimuta / Miho Saeki (champions)
* Silke Meier / Louise Pleming (quarterfinals)

## 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

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | R Hiraki N Miyagi | 5 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Križan N van Lottum | 7 | 3 | 7 | | T Križan N van Lottum | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Hosoki K Takuma | 6 | 6 | | | Y Hosoki K Takuma | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L-L Chen J-Q Yi | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | Y Hosoki K Takuma | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| 4 | S Meier L Pleming | $7^7$ | 7 | | | | | | | | H Nagano K Shibata | $6^3$ | 1 | | | | | |
| | J Chen L Li | $6^3$ | 5 | | 4 | S Meier L Pleming | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Rosen T-T Weng | 2 | 3 | | | H Nagano K Shibata | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Nagano K Shibata | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Yuko Hosoki Kazue Takuma | 5 | 4 |
| Q | F Lubiani M Schnell | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Naoko Kijimuta Miho Saeki | 7 | 6 |
| | B Sangaram T Tanasugarn | 6 | 6 | | | B Sangaram T Tanasugarn | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Mochizuki S Obata | 3 | $7^8$ | 4 | 3 | N Kijimuta M Saeki | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | N Kijimuta M Saeki | 6 | $6^6$ | 6 | | | | | | 3 | N Kijimuta M Saeki | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| | N Dechy S Klösel | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | S-H Park S-T Wang | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| | Y-J Choi M-R Jeon | 7 | 4 | 2 | | N Dechy S Klösel | 6 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Y Chen L Liu | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | S-H Park S-T Wang | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | S-H Park S-T Wang | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
