1996 Australian Open – Mixed Doubles

1996 Australian Open
Champions		Larisa Neiland Mark Woodforde
Runners-up		Nicole Arendt Luke Jensen
Final score		4–6, 7–5, 6–0
Events
Singles		men		women				boys		girls
Doubles		men		women		mixed		boys		girls
Other events
Legends		men		women		mixed
WC Singles		men		women		quad
WC Doubles		men		women		quad
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Main article: 1996 Australian Open

Natasha Zvereva and Rick Leach were the defending champions but only Leach competed that year, with Rennae Stubbs.

Stubbs and Leach lost in the first round to Rene Simpson and Daniel Nestor.

Larisa Neiland and Mark Woodforde won in the final 4–6, 7–5, 6–0 against Nicole Arendt and Luke Jensen.

Seeds

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

1. Larisa Neiland / Mark Woodforde (Champions)
2. Gigi Fernández / Cyril Suk (Second Round)
3. n/a
4. Lisa Raymond / Mark Knowles (Semifinals)

5. Rennae Stubbs / Rick Leach (First Round)
6. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Emilio Sánchez (First Round)
7. Mary Joe Fernandez / Alex O'Brien (Second Round)
8. Kristie Boogert / Andrei Olhovskiy (First Round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser

• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking

• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Final

Final
1	Larisa Neiland   Mark Woodforde	4	7	6
	Nicole Arendt   Luke Jensen	6	5	0

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
1	L Neiland   M Woodforde	6	3	6
	B Schultz-McCarthy   M Jensen	4	6	2			1	L Neiland   M Woodforde	4	6	8
	M Bollegraf   T Kronemann	7	4	6				M Bollegraf   T Kronemann	6	2	6
WC	N Bradtke   J Frana	5	6	4										1	L Neiland   M Woodforde	2	6	8
WC	E Smylie   S Draper	6	67	5											M McGrath   M Lucena	6	3	6
	M McGrath   M Lucena	4	79	7				M McGrath   M Lucena	6	4	6
	R Simpson   D Nestor	7	6					R Simpson   D Nestor	3	6	2
5	R Stubbs   R Leach	5	2																		1	L Neiland   M Woodforde	3	6	6
4	L Raymond   M Knowles	6	4	8																	4	L Raymond   M Knowles	6	3	2
	L Golarsa   L Pimek	1	6	6			4	L Raymond   M Knowles	6	6
	C Vis   S Melville	5	64					K Po   T Ho	4	2
	K Po   T Ho	7	77											4	L Raymond   M Knowles	77	6
	A Dechaume-Balleret   G Raoux	4	4											ALT	J Halard-Decugis   M Tebbutt	65	2
	L McNeil   M Keil	6	6					L McNeil   M Keil	4	4
ALT	J Halard-Decugis   M Tebbutt	6	6				ALT	J Halard-Decugis   M Tebbutt	6	6
8	K Boogert   A Olhovskiy	4	4

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
7	M J Fernandez   A O'Brien	6	3	6
	A Frazier   J Tarango	3	6	3			7	M J Fernandez   A O'Brien	3	2
	M Paz   J Sánchez	3	62					I Spîrlea   G Van Emburgh	6	6
	I Spîrlea   G Van Emburgh	6	77												I Spîrlea   G Van Emburgh	6	1	4
ALT	N Miyagi   K Kinnear	4	3												N Arendt   L Jensen	3	6	6
	N Arendt   L Jensen	6	6					N Arendt   L Jensen	3	78	9
WC	R McQuillan   D Macpherson	6	4	6			WC	R McQuillan   D Macpherson	6	66	7
ALT	M Strandlund   P Nyborg	3	6	4																		N Arendt   L Jensen	6	6
6	A Sánchez Vicario   E Sánchez	5	3																			J Hetherington   J-L de Jager	2	4
	H Suková   E Ferreira	7	6					H Suková   E Ferreira	4	7	6
	E Callens   P Norval	6	63	6				E Callens   P Norval	6	5	4
	K Radford   M Oosting	3	77	2											H Suková   E Ferreira	2	6	4
	J Hetherington   J-L de Jager	6	6												J Hetherington   J-L de Jager	6	1	6
	W Probst   D Adams	0	2					J Hetherington   J-L de Jager	6	6
	L Wild   J Grabb	7	5	2			2	G Fernández   C Suk	4	2
2	G Fernández   C Suk	5	7	6

References

• 1996 ITF Australian Open Mixed Doubles Draw