1996 Direct Line International Championships – Doubles
# 1996 Direct Line International Championships – Doubles

Jana Novotná and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were the defending champions and won in the final 4–6, 7–5, 6–4 against Rosalyn Nideffer and Pam Shriver.

## Seeds

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

* Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (champions)
* n/a
* Katrina Adams / Meredith McGrath (semifinals)
* Nicole Arendt / Manon Bollegraf (first 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

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | J Novotná A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L McNeil N Tauziat | 3 | 3 | | 1 | J Novotná A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Smith C Wood | 7 | 7 | | WC | S Smith C Wood | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Kschwendt A Sugiyama | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | J Novotná A Sánchez Vicario | 7 | 7 | | | | | | |
| 3 | K Adams M McGrath | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | K Adams M McGrath | 5 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | Y Basuki J Hetherington | 4 | 3 | | 3 | K Adams M McGrath | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Feber R Hiraki | 4 | 6 | 1 | | L Raymond R Stubbs | 6 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Raymond R Stubbs | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| | A Lettiere C Morariu | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Rosalyn Nideffer Pam Shriver | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| | E Smylie L Wild | 7 | 6 | | | E Smylie L Wild | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Frazier K Po | 6 | 6 | | | A Frazier K Po | 6 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | N Arendt M Bollegraf | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | E Smylie L Wild | 6 | 5 | 2 | | | | | |
| | C Porwik I Spîrlea | 6 | 3 | 9 | | | | | | | R Nideffer P Shriver | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | T Ječmenica M Murić | 3 | 6 | 11 | Q | T Ječmenica M Murić | 7 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Nideffer P Shriver | 6 | 7 | | | R Nideffer P Shriver | 6 | 6 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | M Werdel-Witmeyer T Whitlinger-Jones | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
