1996 Australian Open – Women's doubles

1996 Australian Open April 2026 1996 Australian Open s USA Chanda RubinESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario USA Lindsay DavenportUSA Mary Joe Fernández 7–5, 2–6, 6–4 64 16 Australian Open – Women's doubles Australian Open – Women's doubles The 1996 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Melbourne Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 84th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 15 through 28 January 1996. Chanda Rubin partnered with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and together they successfully defended Sánchez Vicario’s title, defeating Lindsay Davenport and Mary Joe Fernández 7–5, 2–6, 6–4 in the final. It was the first and only Grand Slam doubles title for Rubin, and the sixth and final Grand Slam doubles title (third and final Australian Open doubles title) for Sánchez Vicario, in their respective careers. Sánchez Vicario and Jana Novotná were the defending champions, but Novotná did not compete this year. After making the semifinals or better in the last 19 consecutive grand slam tournaments, №1 seeds Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva were ousted in the quarterfinals by Rubin and Sánchez Vicario. Seeds 30em USA Gigi Fernández / BLR Natasha Zvereva (quarterfinals) USA Meredith McGrath / LAT Larisa Neiland (semifinals) USA Lindsay Davenport / USA Mary Joe Fernández (final) USA Nicole Arendt / NED Manon Bollegraf (semifinals) USA Lori McNeil / CZE Helena Suková (first round) NED Brenda Schultz-McCarthy / AUS Rennae Stubbs (second round) USA Lisa Raymond / ARG Gabriela Sabatini (quarterfinals) USA Chanda Rubin / ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (champions) ESP Conchita Martínez / ARG Patricia Tarabini (third round) CAN Jill Hetherington / AUS Kristine Radford (first round) BEL Els Callens / FRA Julie Halard-Decugis (third round) SUI Martina Hingis / CRO Iva Majoli (first round) RSA Amanda Coetzer / RSA Mariaan de Swardt (third round) NED Kristie Boogert / AUS Nicole Bradtke (third round) ROU Irina Spîrlea / USA Linda Wild (third round) ITA Silvia Farina / ITA Laura Golarsa (first round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 195 1 USA Gigi FernándezBLR Natasha Zvereva 1 77 4 8 USA Chanda RubinESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6 63 6 4 USA Nicole ArendtNED Manon Bollegraf 6 2 7 INA Yayuk BasukiNED Caroline Vis 1 6 5 7 USA Lisa RaymondARG Gabriela Sabatini 3 6 2 3 USA Lindsay DavenportUSA Mary Joe Fernández 6 4 6 RUS Elena MakarovaRUS Eugenia Maniokova 0 6 3 2 USA Meredith McGrathLAT Larisa Neiland 6 3 6 8 USA Chanda RubinESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6 2 6 4 USA Nicole ArendtNED Manon Bollegraf 4 6 2 3 USA Lindsay DavenportUSA Mary Joe Fernández 6 6 2 USA Meredith McGrathLAT Larisa Neiland 2 3 8 USA Chanda RubinESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 7 2 6 3 USA Lindsay DavenportUSA Mary Joe Fernández 5 6 4 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 160 1 USA G FernándezBLR N Zvereva 6 6 BUL K MaleevaUSA S Stafford 3 3 FRA L Ghirardi-RubbiFRA S Pitkowski 6 4 6 WC AUS A EllwoodAUS N Pratt 4 6 8 WC AUS L McSheaAUS T Musgrave 3 3 FRA A Dechaume-BalleretFRA S Testud 6 6 WC USA P ShriverAUS E Smylie 3 6 1 13 RSA A CoetzerRSA M de Swardt 6 2 6 16 ITA S FarinaITA L Golarsa 3 6 3 GER A HuberGER K Kschwendt 6 4 6 CZE L NěmečkováSVK D Szabová 2 7 6 POL M GrzybowskaPOL A Olsza 6 5 4 AUS K GodridgeAUS K Sharpe 5 64 USA E deLoneUSA A Keller 7 77 WC AUS S Drake-BrockmanAUS J Taylor 4 4 8 USA C RubinESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 6 1 USA G FernándezBLR N Zvereva 2 6 6 WC AUS A EllwoodAUS N Pratt 6 1 1 FRA A Dechaume-BalleretFRA S Testud 1 2 13 RSA A CoetzerRSA M de Swardt 6 6 GER A HuberGER K Kschwendt 6 6 CZE L NěmečkováSVK D Szabová 3 0 USA E deLoneUSA A Keller 2 3 8 USA C RubinESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 6 1 USA G FernándezBLR N Zvereva 7 6 13 RSA A CoetzerRSA M de Swardt 5 2 GER A HuberGER K Kschwendt 0 5 8 USA C RubinESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 7 1 USA G FernándezBLR N Zvereva 1 77 4 8 USA C RubinESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 63 6 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 160 4 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 6 6 ARG M PazCAN R Simpson 2 3 SWE Å CarlssonROU C Cristea 6 2 1 JPN K NagatsukaJPN A Sugiyama 0 6 6 FRA I DemongeotAUS L Pleming 2 1 AUS R McQuillanGER C Porwik 6 6 BEL L CourtoisBEL N Feber 60 4 9 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 77 6 12 SUI M HingisCRO I Majoli 7 0 3 JPN M SaekiJPN Y Yoshida 5 6 6 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 6 6 ROU R DragomirRSA J Kruger 2 3 ITA R GrandeHUN A Temesvári 4 2 FIN N DahlmanGBR C Wood 6 6 USA E HakamiUSA D Scott 6 0 1 6 NED B Schultz-McCarthyAUS R Stubbs 3 6 6 4 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf w/o JPN K NagatsukaJPN A Sugiyama AUS R McQuillanGER C Porwik 3 63 9 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 6 77 JPN M SaekiJPN Y Yoshida 4 2 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 6 6 FIN N DahlmanGBR C Wood 77 6 6 NED B Schultz-McCarthyAUS R Stubbs 64 3 4 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 6 2 9 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 3 3r INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 63 6 6 FIN N DahlmanGBR C Wood 77 4 2 4 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 6 2 7 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 1 6 5 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 7 USA L RaymondARG G Sabatini 6 6 USA A GrossmanUSA T Whitlinger-Jones 2 0 USA S CacicGRE C Papadáki 2 6 1 BEL S AppelmansNED M Oremans 6 3 6 AUT P SchwarzSVK K Studeníková 6 6 RUS E LikhovtsevaJPN H Nagano 3 2 GBR V LakeUSA L Poruri 62 5 14 NED K BoogertAUS N Bradtke 77 7 15 ROU I SpîrleaUSA L Wild 6 6 CZE R BobkováCZE P Langrová 3 1 AUS K-A GuseCAN P Hy-Boulais 6 6 GER W ProbstGER C Singer 3 4 NED K de WeilleNED S Noorlander 4 3 SWE M LindströmSWE M Strandlund 6 6 CRO M MurićBEL D van Roost 1 0 3 USA L DavenportUSA MJ Fernández 6 6 7 USA L RaymondARG G Sabatini 6 6 BEL S AppelmansNED M Oremans 1 1 AUT P SchwarzSVK K Studeníková 0r 14 NED K BoogertAUS N Bradtke 4 15 ROU I SpîrleaUSA L Wild 7 77 AUS K-A GuseCAN P Hy-Boulais 5 65 SWE M LindströmSWE M Strandlund 65 3 3 USA L DavenportUSA MJ Fernández 77 6 7 USA L RaymondARG G Sabatini 6 7 14 NED K BoogertAUS N Bradtke 0 5 15 ROU I SpîrleaUSA L Wild 5 0 3 USA L DavenportUSA MJ Fernández 7 6 7 USA L RaymondARG G Sabatini 3 6 2 3 USA L DavenportUSA MJ Fernández 6 4 6 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 5 USA L McNeilCZE H Suková 6 66 3 JPN N MiyagiUSA S Reece 2 78 6 SLO T KrižanSVK R Zrubáková 1 61 AUS C BarclayAUS J Byrne 6 77 POL M MrózUSA J Watanabe 3 2 CZE E MelicharováCZE H Vildová 6 6 RUS E MakarovaRUS E Maniokova 6 6 10 CAN J HetheringtonAUS K Radford 3 0 11 BEL E CallensFRA J Halard-Decugis 6 6 JPN R HirakiKOR S-h Park 2 3 HUN V CsurgóJPN N Kijimuta 6 6 FRA A FusaiSVK K Habšudová 4 4 USA A FrazierUSA K Po 6 78 JPN Y KamioARG F Labat 4 66 ITA S CecchiniITA L Garrone 3 4 2 USA M McGrathLAT L Neiland 6 6 JPN N MiyagiUSA S Reece 1 0 AUS C BarclayAUS J Byrne 6 6 CZE E MelicharováCZE H Vildová 4 4 RUS E MakarovaRUS E Maniokova 6 6 11 BEL E CallensFRA J Halard-Decugis 7 6 HUN V CsurgóJPN N Kijimuta 5 2 USA A FrazierUSA K Po 4 3 2 USA M McGrathLAT L Neiland 6 6 AUS C BarclayAUS J Byrne 4 2 RUS E MakarovaRUS E Maniokova 6 6 11 BEL E CallensFRA J Halard-Decugis 2 4 2 USA M McGrathLAT L Neiland 6 6 RUS E MakarovaRUS E Maniokova 0 6 3 2 USA M McGrathLAT L Neiland 6 3 6 External links 1996 Australian Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation Official Results Archive (Australian Open) Women's Doubles Women's Doubles Category:Australian Open (tennis) by year – Women's doubles Category:1996 in Australian women's sport