1996 Lipton Championships – Women's doubles
# 1996 Lipton Championships – Women's doubles

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 Fernández (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

* 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

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 4 | Lindsay Davenport Mary Joe Fernández | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| 4 | Lindsay Davenport Mary Joe Fernández | 4 | 2 | 1 | Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 3 | Meredith McGrath Larisa Neiland | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | Meredith McGrath Larisa Neiland | 6 | 6 | 3 | Meredith McGrath Larisa Neiland | 4 | 4 |
| | Rosalyn Nideffer Kimberly Po | 1 | 1 | | | | |

### Top half

**Section 1**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | 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 | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | 15 | Z Garrison-Jackson K Rinaldi-Stunkel | 5 | 4 | | | | |
| N Feber M Paz | 6 | $6^3$ | 4 | | A Ellwood G Helgeson-Nielsen | 4 | $6^5$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 15 | Z Garrison-Jackson K Rinaldi-Stunkel | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | J Novotná A Sánchez Vicario | 7 | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | L McNeil H Suková | 5 | 5 |
| | | | | 11 | K Adams M de Swardt | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| D Krajčovičová L Němečková | 2 | 5 | | | T Ječmenica C Porwik | $6^3$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| T Ječmenica C Porwik | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 11 | K Adams M de Swardt | $6^3$ | 2 | | | | |
| E deLone D Scott | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | 6 | L McNeil H Suková | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| W Probst C Singer | 6 | 6 | | | W Probst C Singer | $6^7$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 6 | L McNeil H Suková | $7^9$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

**Section 2**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 4 | L Davenport M J Fernández | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Dragomir A Grossman | $6^5$ | 4 | | | A Lettiere C Morariu | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Lettiere C Morariu | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | 4 | L Davenport M J Fernández | 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 Fernández | 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 | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | 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 | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | 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 | | | | | | | | | | | |
