1996 Italian Open – Women's doubles

1996 Italian Open s USA Gigi FernandezBLR 1991 Natasha Zvereva ESP Arantxa Sánchez VicarioROM Irina Spîrlea USA Gigi FernándezSUI Martina Hingis 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 28 8 Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but did not compete that year. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Irina Spîrlea won in the final 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 against Gigi Fernández and Martina Hingis.International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997 1997 168, 178 CollinsWillow London 9780002187145 John Barrett 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 ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / ROM Irina Spîrlea (champions) USA Gigi Fernández / SUI Martina Hingis (final) ESP Conchita Martínez / ARG Patricia Tarabini (semifinals) ITA Laura Golarsa / FRA Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals) CAN Jill Hetherington / AUS Kristine Radford (second round) INA Yayuk Basuki / NED Caroline Vis (quarterfinals) FRA Alexia Dechaume-Balleret / FRA Sandrine Testud (semifinals) FRA Alexandra Fusai / CAN Patricia Hy-Boulais (second round) Draw Finals 3 Final 1 ESP Arantxa Sánchez VicarioROM Irina Spîrlea 6 3 6 2 USA Gigi FernándezSUI Martina Hingis 4 6 3 Top half y 3 1 First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals   ITA A CanepaITA G Casoni 6 3 2   ARG F LabatARG M Paz 3 6 6   CAN R SimpsonUSA S Stafford 3 2   WC ITA R GrandeITA A Serra Zanetti 6 6     RSA J KrugerSVK H Nagyová 5 6 2 5 CAN J HetheringtonAUS K Radford 7 3 6 WC ITA F LubianiITA M P Zavagli 6 3     GER V MartinekCZE L Richterová 7 6     USA S CacicUSA J Watanabe 4 2     FRA L GhirardiCAN S Jeyaseelan 6 6     SVK K HabšudováSVK R Zrubáková 3 6   7 FRA A Dechaume-BalleretFRA S Testud 6 7   1 ESP A Sánchez VicarioROM I Spîrlea 2 6 6   ARG F LabatARG M Paz 6 2 3 WC ITA R GrandeITA A Serra Zanetti 5 6 6 5 CAN J HetheringtonAUS K Radford 7 3 4 4 ITA L GolarsaFRA N Tauziat 6 6     GER V MartinekCZE L Richterová 2 3     FRA L GhirardiCAN S Jeyaseelan 2 6 3 7 FRA A Dechaume-BalleretFRA S Testud 6 4 6 1 ESP A Sánchez VicarioROM I Spîrlea 7 6   WC ITA R GrandeITA A Serra Zanetti 6 0   4 ITA L GolarsaFRA N Tauziat 4 3   7 FRA A Dechaume-BalleretFRA S Testud 6 6   1 ESP A Sánchez VicarioROM I Spîrlea 6 7 7 7 FRA A Dechaume-BalleretFRA S Testud 7 6 5 Bottom half y 3 1 First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 8 FRA A FusaiCAN P Hy-Boulais 6 7     ITA F PerfettiITA G Pizzichini 1 5     ARG B Fulco-VillellaESP V Ruano-Pascual 0 2     ITA S CecchiniITA L Garrone 6 6     POL M GrzybowskaFR Yugoslavia T Ječmenica 0 2     USA L LeeGER C Schneider 6 6   6 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 6 6     NED P KamstraSLO T Križan 0 2     ITA E BrusatiITA C Salvi 0 0     ARG L MontalvoARG P Suárez 6 6   Q VEN 1930 M MazzottaESP M Sánchez Lorenzo 4 7 6   ESP G León GarcíaESP S Ramón-Cortés 6 6 4 8 FRA A FusaiCAN P Hy-Boulais 6 5     ITA S CecchiniITA L Garrone 7 7     USA L LeeGER C Schneider 7 1 1 3 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 5 6 6 6 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 6 6     ARG L MontalvoARG P Suárez 0 2   Q VEN 1930 M MazzottaESP M Sánchez Lorenzo 1 6 2 2 USA G FernándezSUI M Hingis 6 4 6   ITA S CecchiniITA L Garrone 4 2   3 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 6 6   6 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 2 2   2 USA G FernándezSUI M Hingis 6 6   3 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 1 1   2 USA G FernándezSUI M Hingis 6 6   References External links Official results archive (ITF) Official results archive (WTA) Women's Doubles Doubles Category:1996 in Italian women's sport