1996 Sparkassen Cup – Doubles

1996 Sparkassen Cup s LAT Larisa Neiland USA Meredith McGrath NED Kristie Boogert FRA Nathalie Tauziat BEL Sabine Appelmans NED Miriam Oremans 6–4, 6–4 singles doubles Larisa Savchenko and Meredith McGrath were the defending champions but only Savchenko competed that year with Helena Suková. Savchenko and Suková lost in the semifinals to Sabine Appelmans and Miriam Oremans. Kristie Boogert and Nathalie Tauziat won in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Appelmans and Oremans. Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. All four seeded teams received byes into the quarterfinals. LAT Larisa Savchenko / CZE Helena Suková (semifinals) NED Kristie Boogert / FRA Nathalie Tauziat (champions) BEL Els Callens / RUS Elena Likhovtseva (quarterfinals) BEL Sabine Appelmans / NED Miriam Oremans (quarterfinals) Draw First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final   GER C SchneiderSVK K Studeníková 4 6 6   SWE Å CarlssonSVK K Habšudová 6 3 4 WC AUT K BücheGER L Steinbach 2 0     GER P BegerowGBR S Smith 6 6     GER K KschwendtAUT B Schett 4 1     ITA G PizzichiniFRA A-G Sidot 6 6     UKR O LuginaUKR N Medvedeva 4 7 0   ROM R DragomirITA S Farina 6 6 6 1 LAT L SavchenkoCZE H Suková 6 6     GER C SchneiderSVK K Studeníková 4 1   4 BEL S AppelmansNED M Oremans 7 6     GER P BegerowGBR S Smith 6 3     ITA G PizzichiniFRA A-G Sidot 6 1 6 3 BEL E CallensRUS E Likhovtseva 3 6 0   ROM R DragomirITA S Farina 0 4   2 NED K BoogertFRA N Tauziat 6 6   1 LAT L SavchenkoCZE H Suková 0 2   4 BEL S AppelmansNED M Oremans 6 6     ITA G PizzichiniFRA A-G Sidot 0 2   2 NED K BoogertFRA N Tauziat 6 6   4 BEL Sabine AppelmansNED Miriam Oremans 4 4   2 NED Kristie BoogertFRA Nathalie Tauziat 6 6   External links 1996 Sparkassen Cup Doubles Draw https://web.archive.org/web/20110605193034/http://www.itftennis.com/womens/tournaments/drawsheetbyround.asp?event=1020002692&tournament=1020000721 2011-06-05 Category:Sparkassen Cup (tennis) Category:1996 WTA Tour