1996 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix – Doubles
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1996 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix | |
| Champions |  Nicole Arendt  Jana Novotná |
| Runners-up |  Martina Hingis Helena Suková |
| Score | 6–2, 6–3 |
Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but only Zvereva competed that year with Lisa Raymond.
Raymond and Zvereva lost in the semifinals to Nicole Arendt and Jana Novotná.
Arendt and Novotná won in the final 6–2, 6–3 against Martina Hingis and Helena Suková.
Seeds[edit]
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Lindsay Davenport / Mary Joe Fernández (first round)- Nicole Arendt /
Jana Novotná (champions) - Lisa Raymond /
Natasha Zvereva (semifinals) 
Martina Hingis / Helena Suková (semifinals)
Draw[edit]
Key[edit]
- 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | L Davenport M J Fernández
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 L Savchenko N Tauziat
| w/o | L Savchenko N Tauziat
| 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
L McNeil G Sabatini
| 3 | 6 | 6 | L McNeil G Sabatini
| 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 C Martínez P Tarabini
| 6 | 4 | 2 | L Savchenko N Tauziat
| 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | M Hingis H Suková
| 7 | 6 | 4 | M Hingis H Suková
| 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  P Begerow J Kandarr
| 5 | 1 | 4 | M Hingis H Suková
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Å Carlsson D Van Roost
| 5 | 6 | 2 | S Appelmans B Rittner
| 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| S Appelmans B Rittner
| 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | Martina Hingis Helena Suková
| 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
A Huber I Majoli
| 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | Nicole Arendt Jana Novotná
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q |  S Dopfer M Zivec-Skulj
| 6 | 5 | 2 | A Huber I Majoli
| 6 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
C Schneider S Smith
| 0 | 2 | 3 | L Raymond N Zvereva
| 2 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | L Raymond N Zvereva
| 6 | 6 | 3 | L Raymond N Zvereva
| 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 B Schultz-McCarthy C Vis
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | N Arendt J Novotná
| 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 K Habšudová N Medvedeva
| 4 | 7 | 4 | B Schultz-McCarthy C Vis
| 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
O Lugina E Pampoulova
| 1 | 5 | 2 | N Arendt J Novotná
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | N Arendt J Novotná
| 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
External links[edit]
- 1996 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Doubles Draw Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine