1996 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

April 2022 1996 Wimbledon Championships s SUI Martina Hingis CZE Helena Suková USA Meredith McGrath LAT Larisa Neiland 5–7, 7–5, 6–1 64 (2 Q Qualifiers / 4 WC Wildcards) 16 1996 Wimbledon Championships Jana Novotná and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Martina Hingis and Helena Suková. Hingis and Suková defeated Meredith McGrath and Larisa Neiland in the final, 5–7, 7–5, 6–1 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1996 Wimbledon Championships.Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th At 15 Years 282 Days, Hingis became the youngest ever grand slam champion. It was the 1st Grand Slam (doubles) title and the 2nd title overall for Hingis, and the 9th and final Grand Slam doubles title and the 64th title overall for Suková, in their respective careers. Seeds 1 1 CZE Jana Novotná / ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (quarterfinals) 2 4 USA Gigi Fernández / BLR 1995 Natasha Zvereva (semifinals) 3 2 USA Lindsay Davenport / USA Mary Joe Fernández (quarterfinals, retired) 4 3 USA Meredith McGrath / LAT Larisa Neiland (final) 5 n/a 6 4 USA Nicole Arendt / NED Manon Bollegraf (third round) 7 3 USA Lori McNeil / FRA Nathalie Tauziat (second round) 8 1 SUI Martina Hingis / CZE Helena Suková (champions) 9 2 USA Lisa Raymond / AUS Rennae Stubbs (third round) 10 3 USA Katrina Adams / RSA Mariaan de Swardt (quarterfinals) 11 1 NED Kristie Boogert / ROM Irina Spîrlea (third round) 12 4 INA Yayuk Basuki / NED Caroline Vis (quarterfinals) 13 1 ESP Conchita Martínez / ARG Patricia Tarabini (third round) 14 3 FRA Alexia Dechaume-Balleret / FRA Sandrine Testud (third round, retired) 15 2 AUS Elizabeth Smylie / USA Linda Wild (semifinals) 16 4 AUS Nicole Bradtke / AUS Rachel McQuillan (third round) 17 2 ITA Laura Golarsa / AUS Kristine Radford (first round) Qualifying 1996 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles qualifying Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 1 CZE Jana NovotnáESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6 64 3 8 SUI Martina HingisCZE Helena Suková 3 77 6 3 USA Lindsay DavenportUSA Mary Joe Fernández 3r 15 AUS Elizabeth SmylieUSA Linda Wild 5 10 USA Katrina AdamsRSA Mariaan de Swardt 4 60 4 USA Meredith McGrathLAT Larisa Neiland 6 77 12 INA Yayuk BasukiNED Caroline Vis 1 4 2 USA Gigi FernándezBLR 1995 Natasha Zvereva 6 6 8 SUI Martina HingisCZE Helena Suková 6 4 6 15 AUS Elizabeth SmylieUSA Linda Wild 4 6 4 4 USA Meredith McGrathLAT Larisa Neiland 6 3 11 2 USA Gigi FernándezBLR 1995 Natasha Zvereva 4 6 9 8 SUI Martina HingisCZE Helena Suková 5 7 6 4 USA Meredith McGrathLAT Larisa Neiland 7 5 1 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 1 CZE J NovotnáESP A Sánchez Vicario 4 6 6 USA A FrazierUSA K Po 6 2 1 ROM R DragomirUSA A Grossman 6 77 GER S MeierSVK H Nagyová 2 63 Q FRA I DemongeotFRA C Dhenin 6 6 FRA L Ghirardi-RubbiFRA S Pitkowski 3 0 USA A LettiereUSA C Morariu 64 1 11 NED K BoogertROM I Spîrlea 77 6 13 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 7 6 JPN 1947 K NagatsukaJPN 1947 A Sugiyama 5 3 ITA S FarinaESP V Ruano Pascual 3 4 ITA R GrandeRUS E Likhovtseva 6 6 WC GBR S-A SiddallGBR A Wainwright 6 3 2 SLO T KrižanGRE C Papadáki 4 6 6 AUS C BarclayAUS K Godridge 1 5 8 SUI M HingisCZE H Suková 6 7 1 CZE J NovotnáESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 6 ROM R DragomirUSA A Grossman 0 1 Q FRA I DemongeotFRA C Dhenin 4 2 11 NED K BoogertROM I Spîrlea 6 6 13 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 77 6 ITA R GrandeRUS E Likhovtseva 62 4 SLO T KrižanGRE C Papadáki 4 3 8 SUI M HingisCZE H Suková 6 6 1 CZE J NovotnáESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 6 11 NED K BoogertROM I Spîrlea 3 3 13 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 65 0 8 SUI M HingisCZE H Suková 77 6 1 CZE J NovotnáESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 64 3 8 SUI M HingisCZE H Suková 3 77 6 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 3 USA L DavenportUSA MJ Fernández 6 1 6 JPN 1947 N KijimutaJPN 1947 Y Yoshida 3 6 1 CAN S JeyaseelanCAN R Simpson 7 2 1 RSA A CoetzerARG I Gorrochategui 5 6 6 CZE R BobkováCZE E Melicharová 7 4 2 USA D GrahamARG M Paz 5 6 6 GER W ProbstGER C Singer 4 6 6 17 ITA L GolarsaAUS K Radford 6 4 2 15 AUS E SmylieUSA L Wild 6 6 GER K KschwendtARG F Labat 2 1 LL AUS D JonesRSA T Price 6 6 FIN N DahlmanGBR C Wood 4 4 ARG L MontalvoARG P Suárez 4 3 JPN 1947 N MiyagiUSA S Reece 6 6 UKR O LuginaBUL E Pampoulova 4 0 9 USA L RaymondAUS R Stubbs 6 6 3 USA L DavenportUSA MJ Fernández 6 6 RSA A CoetzerARG I Gorrochategui 3 2 USA D GrahamARG M Paz 3 2 GER W ProbstGER C Singer 6 6 15 AUS E SmylieUSA L Wild 6 6 LL AUS D JonesRSA T Price 4 4 JPN 1947 N MiyagiUSA S Reece 5 2 9 USA L RaymondAUS R Stubbs 7 6 3 USA L DavenportUSA MJ Fernández 6 6 GER W ProbstGER C Singer 2 2 15 AUS E SmylieUSA L Wild 6 7 9 USA L RaymondAUS R Stubbs 4 5 3 USA L DavenportUSA MJ Fernández 3r 15 AUS E SmylieUSA L Wild 5 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 7 USA L McNeilFRA N Tauziat 77 1 6 BEL N FeberBEL D Van Roost 63 6 4 WC USA E NagelsenUSA M Seles 6 4 7 RSA R NidefferUSA P Shriver 4 6 9 USA M Werdel-WitmeyerUSA T Whitlinger-Jones 6 6 POL M GrzybowskaPOL A Olsza 4 1 BEL E CallensBEL L Courtois 1 4 10 USA K AdamsRSA M de Swardt 6 6 14 FRA A Dechaume-BalleretFRA S Testud 6 6 USA E deLoneAUS N Pratt 3 2 NED M KoutstaalKOR S-h Park 4 2 BEL S AppelmansNED M Oremans 6 6 JPN 1947 R HirakiCAN P Hy-Boulais 6 6 SVK D KrajčovičováSVK R Zrubáková 3 4 WC GBR H CrookGBR V Davies 2 4 4 USA M McGrathLAT L Neiland 6 6 7 USA L McNeilFRA N Tauziat 77 4 1 RSA R NidefferUSA P Shriver 65 6 6 USA M Werdel-WitmeyerUSA T Whitlinger-Jones 77 2 2 10 USA K AdamsRSA M de Swardt 64 6 6 14 FRA A Dechaume-BalleretFRA S Testud 78 6 BEL S AppelmansNED M Oremans 66 4 JPN 1947 R HirakiCAN P Hy-Boulais 2 4 4 USA M McGrathLAT L Neiland 6 6 RSA R NidefferUSA P Shriver 1 4 10 USA K AdamsRSA M de Swardt 6 6 14 FRA A Dechaume-BalleretFRA S Testud 3 0r 4 USA M McGrathLAT L Neiland 6 0 10 USA K AdamsRSA M de Swardt 4 60 4 USA M McGrathLAT L Neiland 6 77 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 6 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 6 7 ITA A-M CecchiniITA L Garrone 3 5 SWE Å CarlssonHUN A Temesvári 6 6 ROM C CristeaGER C Schneider 0 4 LL RUS J LutrovaTHA T Tanasugarn 77 6 SWE M LindströmSWE M Strandlund 64 4 Q GBR J PullinGBR L Woodroffe 3 0 12 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 6 6 16 AUS N BradtkeAUS R McQuillan 6 6 WC GBR V LakeGBR S Smith 2 3 CRO M MurićSVK K Studeníková 4 2 CAN J HetheringtonUSA K Rinaldi-Stunkel 6 6 FRY T JečmenicaGER C Porwik 3 79 4 FRA A FusaiAUS K-A Guse 6 67 6 CZE P LangrováCZE H Vildová 2 1 2 USA G FernándezBLR 1995 N Zvereva 6 6 6 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 6 6 SWE Å CarlssonHUN A Temesvári 1 2 LL RUS J LutrovaTHA T Tanasugarn 63 77 4 12 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 77 64 6 16 AUS N BradtkeAUS R McQuillan 6 6 CAN J HetheringtonUSA K Rinaldi-Stunkel 3 1 FRA A FusaiAUS K-A Guse 3 2 2 USA G FernándezBLR 1995 N Zvereva 6 6 6 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 2 63 12 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 6 77 16 AUS N BradtkeAUS R McQuillan 2 1 2 USA G FernándezBLR 1995 N Zvereva 6 6 12 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 1 4 2 USA G FernándezBLR 1995 N Zvereva 6 6 References External links 1996 LD 1996 Wimbledon Championships on WTAtennis.com 1996 Wimbledon Championships – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation Women's Doubles Women's Doubles Category:Wimbledon Championship by year – Women's doubles