Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
Women's doubles
1996 Summer Olympics
Final
Champions	Gigi Fernández ; Mary Joe Fernández (USA)
Runners-up	Jana Novotná ; Helena Suková (CZE)
Score	7–6(8–6), 6–4
Events

The Women's Doubles competition was part of the tennis program at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

Gold	Gigi Fernández / Mary Joe Fernandez United States
Silver	Jana Novotná / Helena Suková Czech Republic
Bronze	Conchita Martínez / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Spain

The top seeded team received a bye into the second round.

2

Semifinals				Final (Gold Medal Match)

1	Gigi Fernández (USA) Mary Joe Fernandez (USA)	7	7

3	Manon Bollegraf (NED) Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (NED)	5	6³
				1	Gigi Fernández (USA) Mary Joe Fernandez (USA)	7	6

				2	Jana Novotná (CZE) Helena Suková (CZE)	6⁶	4
4	Conchita Martínez (ESP) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP)	2	6¹

2	Jana Novotná (CZE) Helena Suková (CZE)	6	7	Bronze Medal Match


				3	Manon Bollegraf (NED) Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (NED)	1	3

				4	Conchita Martínez (ESP) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP)	6	6

First Round					Second Round					Quarterfinals				Semifinals

					1	G Fernández (USA) MJ Fernandez (USA)	6	6
Alt	M Pierce (FRA) N Tauziat (FRA)	6	3	6	Alt	M Pierce (FRA) N Tauziat (FRA)	4	3
	M Grzybowska (POL) A Olsza (POL)	2	6	0						1	G Fernández (USA) MJ Fernandez (USA)	6	6
	V Lake (GBR) C Wood (GBR)	3	7	6							V Lake (GBR) C Wood (GBR)	2	1
WC	K Maleeva (BUL) M Maleeva (BUL)	6	6⁸	3		V Lake (GBR) C Wood (GBR)	7	7
WC	E-H Kim (KOR) S-H Park (KOR)	1	3		7	A Coetzer (RSA) M de Swardt (RSA)	5	5
7	A Coetzer (RSA) M de Swardt (RSA)	6	6											1	G Fernández (USA) MJ Fernandez (USA)	7	7
3	M Bollegraf (NED) B Schultz-McCarthy (NED)	w/o												3	M Bollegraf (NED) B Schultz-McCarthy (NED)	5	6³
	O Lugina (UKR) N Medvedeva (UKR)				3	M Bollegraf (NED) B Schultz-McCarthy (NED)	7	7
	V Csurgó (HUN) A Temesvári (HUN)	6	1	6		V Csurgó (HUN) A Temesvári (HUN)	6⁵	6⁵
WC	P Cabezas (CHI) B Castro (CHI)	4	6	3						3	M Bollegraf (NED) B Schultz-McCarthy (NED)	6	6
WC	M Hingis (SUI) P Schnyder (SUI)	3	6	6						WC	M Hingis (SUI) P Schnyder (SUI)	4	3
	K Habšudová (SVK) R Zrubáková (SVK)	6	4	2	WC	M Hingis (SUI) P Schnyder (SUI)	2	6	7
	S Appelmans (BEL) L Courtois (BEL)	5	6	6		S Appelmans (BEL) L Courtois (BEL)	6	1	5
6	G Sabatini (ARG) P Tarabini (ARG)	7	3	4

First Round					Second Round					Quarterfinals				Semifinals

5	N Bradtke (AUS) R Stubbs (AUS)
Alt	L-L Chen (CHN) J-Q Yi (CHN)	w/o			Alt	L-L Chen (CHN) J-Q Yi (CHN)	6	4	4
WC	B Sangaram (THA) T Tanasugarn (THA)	6	6³	6	WC	B Sangaram (THA) T Tanasugarn (THA)	2	6	6
	C Papadáki (GRE) C Zachariadou (GRE)	2	7	2						WC	B Sangaram (THA) T Tanasugarn (THA)	2	1
	I Majoli (CRO) M Murić (CRO)	7	4	9						4	C Martínez (ESP) A Sánchez Vicario (ESP)	6	6
	S Farina (ITA) L Golarsa (ITA)	6²	6	7		I Majoli (CRO) M Murić (CRO)	2	1
WC	D Randriantefy (MAD) N Randriantefy (MAD)	1	3		4	C Martínez (ESP) A Sánchez Vicario (ESP)	6	6
4	C Martínez (ESP) A Sánchez Vicario (ESP)	6	6											4	C Martínez (ESP) A Sánchez Vicario (ESP)	2	6¹
8	K Nagatsuka (JPN) A Sugiyama (JPN)	6²	1											2	J Novotná (CZE) H Suková (CZE)	6	7
	J Hetherington (CAN) P Hy-Boulais (CAN)	7	6			J Hetherington (CAN) P Hy-Boulais (CAN)	2	6	6
WC	O Barabanschikova (BLR) N Zvereva (BLR)	6	6		WC	O Barabanschikova (BLR) N Zvereva (BLR)	6	4	1
	M D'Agostini (BRA) V Menga (BRA)	2	3								J Hetherington (CAN) P Hy-Boulais (CAN)	2	4
WC	Y Basuki (INA) R Tedjakusuma (INA)	w/o								2	J Novotná (CZE) H Suková (CZE)	6	6
	C Cristea (ROM) R Dragomir (ROM)				WC	Y Basuki (INA) R Tedjakusuma (INA)	2	3
	A Kournikova (RUS) E Makarova (RUS)	2	2		2	J Novotná (CZE) H Suková (CZE)	6	6
2	J Novotná (CZE) H Suková (CZE)	6	6