1996 DFS Classic – Doubles

1996 DFS Classic
1995 champions		Manon Bollegraf Rennae Stubbs
Champions		Elizabeth Smylie Linda Wild
Runners-up		Lori McNeil Nathalie Tauziat
Final score		6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Events
Singles		Doubles

Manon Bollegraf and Rennae Stubbs were the defending champions but only Stubbs competed that year with Lisa Raymond.

Raymond and Stubbs lost in the semifinals to Lori McNeil and Nathalie Tauziat.

Elizabeth Smylie and Linda Wild won in the final 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 against McNeil and Tauziat.

Contents 1 Seeds 2 Draw 2.1 Key 2.2 Final 2.3 Top Half 2.4 Bottom Half 3 External links

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

Meredith McGrath / Larisa Savchenko (Second Round) Lori McNeil / Nathalie Tauziat (Final) Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs (Semifinals) Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (Second Round)

Els Callens / Laurence Courtois (First Round) Kerry-Anne Guse / Rika Hiraki (First Round) Debbie Graham / Kristine Radford (Quarterfinals) Rosalyn Nideffer / Pam Shriver (Second 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
	Elizabeth Smylie   Linda Wild	6	3	6
2	Lori McNeil   Nathalie Tauziat	3	6	1

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							1	M McGrath   L Savchenko	5	4
	T Ječmenica   A Olsza	6	2	5				N Dahlman   C Wood	7	6
	N Dahlman   C Wood	2	6	7											N Dahlman   C Wood	3	6	4
	L Golarsa   K Rinaldi-Stunkel	5	4												A Ellwood   R McQuillan	6	2	6
	A Ellwood   R McQuillan	7	6					A Ellwood   R McQuillan	6	6
	M Lindström   M Strandlund	1	7	4			8	R Nideffer   P Shriver	3	1
8	R Nideffer   P Shriver	6	6	6																		A Ellwood   R McQuillan	5	5
																						E Smylie   L Wild	7	7
							4	Y Basuki   C Vis	6	6	3
LL	D Jones   M Schnell	4	4					N Feber   D Van Roost	7	3	6
	N Feber   D Van Roost	6	6												N Feber   D Van Roost	3	7	1
LL	S Drake-Brockman   T Musgrave	6	5	6											E Smylie   L Wild	6	5	6
	C Barclay   K Godridge	4	7	8				C Barclay   K Godridge	1	4
	E Smylie   L Wild	6	6					E Smylie   L Wild	6	6
5	E Callens   L Courtois	3	2

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
7	D Graham   K Radford	7	6
	T Križan   C Papadáki	6	2				7	D Graham   K Radford	6	6
	E de Lone   N Pratt	4	6	6				E de Lone   N Pratt	3	3
	V Lake   S Smith	6	3	2										7	D Graham   K Radford	5	3
	S Jeyaseelan   S Noorlander	7	6											3	L Raymond   R Stubbs	7	6
	C Cristea   L Poruri	5	4					S Jeyaseelan   S Noorlander	6	0	2
							3	L Raymond   R Stubbs	4	6	6
																					3	L Raymond   R Stubbs	6	1	2
6	K-A Guse   R Hiraki	6	4	3																	2	L McNeil   N Tauziat	2	6	6
	M Murić   M Saeki	0	6	6				M Murić   M Saeki	5	6	6
	N Kijimuta   Y Yoshida	5	3					J Lutrova   T Tanasugarn	7	3	3
	J Lutrova   T Tanasugarn	7	6												M Murić   M Saeki	3	6
	I Demongeot   C Dhenin	7	6											2	L McNeil   N Tauziat	6	7
Q	C Taylor   J Ward	5	1					I Demongeot   C Dhenin	1	4
							2	L McNeil   N Tauziat	6	6

External links

• 1996 DFS Classic Doubles Draw