1996 Australian Open – Women's Doubles

Women's Doubles
1996 Australian Open
Champions	Chanda Rubin Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Runners-up	Lindsay Davenport Mary Joe Fernández
Final score	7–5, 2–6, 6–4

The 1996 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Melbourne Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 84th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 15 through 28 January 1996.

Jana Novotná and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were the defending champions, but Novotná did not compete this year.

Sánchez Vicario partnered alongside Chanda Rubin and successfully defended her title, defeating Lindsay Davenport and Mary Joe Fernández 7–5, 2–6, 6–4 in the final. It was the first and only Grand Slam doubles title for Rubin, and the sixth and final Grand Slam doubles title (third and final Australian Open doubles title) for Sánchez Vicario, in their respective careers.

Seeds

Draw

Key

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Gigi Fernández   Natasha Zvereva	1	77	4
	8	Chanda Rubin   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6	63	6
								8	Chanda Rubin   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6	2	6
								4	Nicole Arendt   Manon Bollegraf	4	6	2
	4	Nicole Arendt   Manon Bollegraf	6	2	7
		Yayuk Basuki   Caroline Vis	1	6	5
															8	Chanda Rubin   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7	2	6
															3	Lindsay Davenport   Mary Joe Fernández	5	6	4
	7	Lisa Raymond   Gabriela Sabatini	3	6	2
	3	Lindsay Davenport   Mary Joe Fernández	6	4	6
								3	Lindsay Davenport   Mary Joe Fernández	6	6
								2	Meredith McGrath   Larisa Neiland	2	3
		Elena Makarova   Eugenia Maniokova	0	6	3
	2	Meredith McGrath   Larisa Neiland	6	3	6

Top Half

Section 1

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
1	G Fernández   N Zvereva	6	6
	K Maleeva   S Stafford	3	3				1	G Fernández   N Zvereva	2	6	6
	L Ghirardi-Rubbi   S Pitkowski	6	4	6			WC	A Ellwood   N Pratt	6	1	1
WC	A Ellwood   N Pratt	4	6	8										1	G Fernández   N Zvereva	7	6
WC	L McShea   T Musgrave	3	3											13	A Coetzer   M de Swardt	5	2
	A Dechaume-Balleret   S Testud	6	6					A Dechaume-Balleret   S Testud	1	2
WC	P Shriver   E Smylie	3	6	1			13	A Coetzer   M de Swardt	6	6
13	A Coetzer   M de Swardt	6	2	6																	1	G Fernández   N Zvereva	1	77	4
16	S Farina   L Golarsa	3	6	3																	8	C Rubin   A Sánchez Vicario	6	63	6
	A Huber   K Kschwendt	6	4	6				A Huber   K Kschwendt	6	6
	L Němečková   Denisa Szabová	2	7	6				L Němečková   Denisa Szabová	3	0
	M Grzybowska   A Olsza	6	5	4											A Huber   K Kschwendt	0	5
	Kristin Godridge   Kirrily Sharpe	5	64											8	C Rubin   A Sánchez Vicario	6	7
	E de Lone   Audra Keller	7	77					E de Lone   Audra Keller	2	3
WC	Siobhan Drake-Brockman   Jane Taylor	4	4				8	C Rubin   A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
8	C Rubin   A Sánchez Vicario	6	6

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	4	N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	6
		M Paz R Simpson	2	3				4	N Arendt M Bollegraf	w/o
		Å Carlsson C Cristea	6	2	1				K Nagatsuka A Sugiyama
		K Nagatsuka A Sugiyama	0	6	6										4	N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	2
		I Demongeot L Pleming	2	1											9	C Martínez P Tarabini	3	3r
		R McQuillan C Porwik	6	6					R McQuillan C Porwik	3	63
		L Courtois N Feber	60	4				9	C Martínez P Tarabini	6	77
	9	C Martínez P Tarabini	77	6																		4	N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	2	7
	12	M Hingis I Majoli	7	0	3																		Y Basuki C Vis	1	6	5
		M Saeki Y Yoshida	5	6	6				M Saeki Y Yoshida	4	2
		Y Basuki C Vis	6	6					Y Basuki C Vis	6	6
		R Dragomir J Kruger	2	3												Y Basuki C Vis	63	6	6
		R Grande A Temesvári	4	2												N Dahlman C Wood	77	4	2
		N Dahlman C Wood	6	6					N Dahlman C Wood	77	6
		E Hakami Danielle Scott	6	0	1			6	B Schultz-McCarthy R Stubbs	64	3
	6	B Schultz-McCarthy R Stubbs	3	6	6

Bottom Half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	7	L Raymond G Sabatini	6	6
		A Grossman T Whitlinger-Jones	2	0				7	L Raymond G Sabatini	6	6
		S Cacic C Papadáki	2	6	1				S Appelmans M Oremans	1	1
		S Appelmans M Oremans	6	3	6										7	L Raymond G Sabatini	6	7
		P Schwarz K Studeníková	6	6											14	K Boogert N Bradtke	0	5
		E Likhovtseva Hiromi Nagano	3	2					P Schwarz K Studeníková	0r
		V Lake L Poruri	62	5				14	K Boogert N Bradtke	4
	14	K Boogert N Bradtke	77	7																		7	L Raymond G Sabatini	3	6	2
	15	I Spîrlea L Wild	6	6																		3	L Davenport MJ Fernández	6	4	6
		R Bobková P Langrová	3	1				15	I Spîrlea L Wild	7	77
		K-A Guse P Hy-Boulais	6	6					K-A Guse P Hy-Boulais	5	65
		W Probst C Singer	3	4											15	I Spîrlea L Wild	5	0
		Kim de Weille S Noorlander	4	3											3	L Davenport MJ Fernández	7	6
		M Lindström M Strandlund	6	6					M Lindström M Strandlund	65	3
		M Murić D van Roost	1	0				3	L Davenport MJ Fernández	77	6
	3	L Davenport MJ Fernández	6	6

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	5	L McNeil H Suková	6	66	3
		N Miyagi Stephanie Reece	2	78	6				N Miyagi Stephanie Reece	1	0
		T Križan R Zrubáková	1	61					C Barclay J Byrne	6	6
		C Barclay J Byrne	6	77												C Barclay J Byrne	4	2
		M Mróz J Watanabe	3	2												E Makarova E Maniokova	6	6
		E Melicharová H Vildová	6	6					E Melicharová H Vildová	4	4
		E Makarova E Maniokova	6	6					E Makarova E Maniokova	6	6
	10	J Hetherington K Radford	3	0																			E Makarova E Maniokova	0	6	3
	11	E Callens J Halard-Decugis	6	6																		2	M McGrath L Neiland	6	3	6
		R Hiraki S-h Park	2	3				11	E Callens J Halard-Decugis	7	6
		V Csurgó N Kijimuta	6	6					V Csurgó N Kijimuta	5	2
		A Fusai K Habšudová	4	4											11	E Callens J Halard-Decugis	2	4
		A Frazier K Po	6	78											2	M McGrath L Neiland	6	6
		Yone Kamio F Labat	4	66					A Frazier K Po	4	3
		S Cecchini L Garrone	3	4				2	M McGrath L Neiland	6	6
	2	M McGrath L Neiland	6	6

External links

• Official Results Archive (Australian Open)
• Official Results Archive (ITF)
• Official Results Archive (WTA)