1996 DFS Classic – Doubles

November 2019 1996 DFS Classic s NED Manon BollegrafAUS Rennae Stubbs AUS Elizabeth SmylieUSA Linda Wild USA Lori McNeilFRA Nathalie Tauziat 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 singles doubles Birmingham Classic (tennis) Birmingham Classic 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. 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. 30em USA Meredith McGrath / LAT Larisa Savchenko (second round) USA Lori McNeil / FRA Nathalie Tauziat (final) USA Lisa Raymond / AUS Rennae Stubbs (semifinals) INA Yayuk Basuki / NED Caroline Vis (second round) BEL Els Callens / BEL Laurence Courtois (first round) AUS Kerry-Anne Guse / JPN Rika Hiraki (first round) USA Debbie Graham / AUS Kristine Radford (quarterfinals) RSA Rosalyn Nideffer / USA Pam Shriver (second round) Draw Finals   AUS A EllwoodAUS R McQuillan 5 5     AUS Elizabeth SmylieUSA Linda Wild 7 7   3 USA L RaymondAUS R Stubbs 6 1 2 2 USA Lori McNeilFRA Nathalie Tauziat 2 6 6   AUS Elizabeth SmylieUSA Linda Wild 6 3 6 2 USA Lori McNeilFRA Nathalie Tauziat 3 6 1 Top half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals   FR Yugoslavia T JečmenicaPOL A Olsza 6 2 5   FIN N DahlmanGBR C Wood 2 6 7   ITA L GolarsaUSA K Rinaldi-Stunkel 5 4     AUS A EllwoodAUS R McQuillan 7 6     SWE M LindströmSWE M Strandlund 1 7 4 8 RSA R NidefferUSA P Shriver 6 6 6 LL AUS D JonesAUT M Schnell 4 4     BEL N FeberBEL D Van Roost 6 6   LL AUS S Drake-BrockmanAUS T Musgrave 6 5 6   AUS C BarclayAUS K Godridge 4 7 8   AUS E SmylieUSA L Wild 6 6   5 BEL E CallensBEL L Courtois 3 2   1 USA M McGrathLAT L Savchenko 5 4     FIN N DahlmanGBR C Wood 7 6     AUS A EllwoodAUS R McQuillan 6 6   8 RSA R NidefferUSA P Shriver 3 1   4 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 6 6 3   BEL N FeberBEL D Van Roost 7 3 6   AUS C BarclayAUS K Godridge 1 4     AUS E SmylieUSA L Wild 6 6     FIN N DahlmanGBR C Wood 3 6 4   AUS A EllwoodAUS R McQuillan 6 2 6   BEL N FeberBEL D Van Roost 3 7 1   AUS E SmylieUSA L Wild 6 5 6   AUS A EllwoodAUS R McQuillan 5 5     AUS E SmylieUSA L Wild 7 7   Bottom half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 7 USA D GrahamAUS K Radford 7 6     SLO T KrižanGRE C Papadáki 6 2     USA E deLoneAUS N Pratt 4 6 6   GBR V LakeGBR S Smith 6 3 2   CAN S JeyaseelanNED S Noorlander 7 6     ROM C CristeaUSA L Poruri 5 4   6 AUS K-A GuseJPN R Hiraki 6 4 3   CRO M MurićJPN M Saeki 0 6 6   JPN N KijimutaJPN Y Yoshida 5 3     RUS J LutrovaTHA T Tanasugarn 7 6     FRA I DemongeotFRA C Dhenin 7 6   Q GBR C TaylorGBR J Ward 5 1   7 USA D GrahamAUS K Radford 6 6     USA E deLoneAUS N Pratt 3 3     CAN S JeyaseelanNED S Noorlander 6 0 2 3 USA L RaymondAUS R Stubbs 4 6 6   CRO M MurićJPN M Saeki 5 6 6   RUS J LutrovaTHA T Tanasugarn 7 3 3   FRA I DemongeotFRA C Dhenin 1 4   2 USA L McNeilFRA N Tauziat 6 6   7 USA D GrahamAUS K Radford 5 3   3 USA L RaymondAUS R Stubbs 7 6     CRO M MurićJPN M Saeki 3 6   2 USA L McNeilFRA N Tauziat 6 7   3 USA L RaymondAUS R Stubbs 6 1 2 2 USA L McNeilFRA N Tauziat 2 6 6 External links 1996 DFS Classic Draws ITF Tournament Page https://web.archive.org/web/20160921082046/http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women%27s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1020000320 21 September 2016 ITF doubles results page Category:Birmingham Classic (tennis) Category:1996 WTA Tour