1996 Bausch & Lomb Championships – Doubles

1996 Bausch & Lomb Championships
1995 Champions		Amanda Coetzer Inés Gorrochategui
Champions		Chanda Rubin Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Runners-up		Meredith McGrath Larisa Neiland
Final score		6–1, 6–1
Events
Singles		Doubles

Amanda Coetzer and Inés Gorrochategui were the defending champions but did not compete that year.

Chanda Rubin and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario won in the final 6–1, 6–1 against Meredith McGrath and Larisa Neiland.

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.

Draw

Key

Final

Final
3	Chanda Rubin   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6	6
2	Meredith McGrath   Larisa Savchenko	1	1

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							1	G Fernández   M J Fernández	6	6
	L Ghirardi   S Pitkowski	3	0					J Hetherington   K Rinaldi-Stunkel	3	3
	J Hetherington   K Rinaldi-Stunkel	6	6											1	G Fernández   M J Fernández	5	5
	Å Carlsson   A Temesvári	6	6											7	L Golarsa   I Spîrlea	7	7
	S Cecchini   B Rittner	4	4					Å Carlsson   A Temesvári	4	4
	P Schwarz   T Whitlinger-Jones	6	6	5			7	L Golarsa   I Spîrlea	6	6
7	L Golarsa   I Spîrlea	3	7	7																	7	L Golarsa   I Spîrlea	5	3
																					3	C Rubin   A Sánchez Vicario	7	6
							3	C Rubin   A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
	J Husárová   T Ječmenica	4	3					R Dragomir   M Paz	3	1
	R Dragomir   M Paz	6	6											3	C Rubin   A Sánchez Vicario	6	7
	C Cristea   M Jackson-Nobrega	0	2											6	C Martínez   P Tarabini	2	6
	K Maleeva   S Stafford	6	6					K Maleeva   S Stafford	4	2
	L Lee   C Schneider	2	4				6	C Martínez   P Tarabini	6	6
6	C Martínez   P Tarabini	6	6

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
5	K Boogert   J Novotná	6	7
	G León García   P Suárez	2	6				5	K Boogert   J Novotná	6	6
	A Fusai   W Probst	6	6					A Fusai   W Probst	3	1
	S Dopfer   J Kandarr	4	2											5	K Boogert   J Novotná	6	7	7
	S Cacic   L Pleming	6	6											4	N Arendt   M Bollegraf	7	6	6
	L Horn   T Morton-Rodgers	2	2					S Cacic   L Pleming	2	4
							4	N Arendt   M Bollegraf	6	6
																					5	K Boogert   J Novotná	3	3
8	E Makarova   E Maniokova	6	6																		2	M McGrath   L Neiland	6	6
	R Jensen   S McCarthy	4	3				8	E Makarova   E Maniokova	4	0	r
	G Helgeson-Nielsen   M Murić	5	4					A Lettiere   C Papadáki	6	1
	A Lettiere   C Papadáki	7	6												A Lettiere   C Papadáki	1	2
	V Martinek   S Ramon Cortes	2	1											2	M McGrath   L Neiland	6	6
	D Krajčovičová   R Zrubáková	6	6					D Krajčovičová   R Zrubáková	6	2
							2	M McGrath   L Neiland	7	6

External links

• 1996 Bausch & Lomb Championships Doubles Draw