1996 Australian Open – Mixed doubles

1996 Australian Open s LAT Larisa Neiland AUS Mark Woodforde USA Nicole Arendt USA Luke Jensen 4–6, 7–5, 6–0 32 8 1996 Australian Open Natasha Zvereva and Rick Leach were the defending champions but only Leach competed that year, with Rennae Stubbs. Stubbs and Leach lost in the first round to Rene Simpson and Daniel Nestor. Larisa Neiland and Mark Woodforde won in the final 4–6, 7–5, 6–0 against Nicole Arendt and Luke Jensen. Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. 30em LAT Larisa Neiland / AUS Mark Woodforde (champions) USA Gigi Fernández / CZE Cyril Suk (second round) n/a USA Lisa Raymond / BAH Mark Knowles (semifinals) AUS Rennae Stubbs / USA Rick Leach (first round) ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / ESP Emilio Sánchez (first round) USA Mary Joe Fernández / USA Alex O'Brien (second round) NED Kristie Boogert / RUS Andrei Olhovskiy (first round) Draw Final 3 Final 1 LAT Larisa NeilandAUS Mark Woodforde 4 7 6   USA Nicole ArendtUSA Luke Jensen 6 5 0 Top half y 3 First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 1 LAT L NeilandAUS M Woodforde 6 3 6   NED B Schultz-McCarthyUSA M Jensen 4 6 2   NED M BollegrafUSA T Kronemann 7 4 6 WC AUS N BradtkeARG J Frana 5 6 4 WC AUS E SmylieAUS S Draper 6 67 5   USA M McGrathUSA M Lucena 4 79 7   CAN R SimpsonCAN D Nestor 7 6   5 AUS R StubbsUSA R Leach 5 2   4 USA L RaymondBAH M Knowles 6 4 8   ITA L GolarsaBEL L Pimek 1 6 6   NED C VisUSA S Melville 5 64     USA K PoUSA T Ho 7 77     FRA A Dechaume-BalleretFRA G Raoux 4 4     USA L McNeilUSA M Keil 6 6   ALT FRA J Halard-DecugisAUS M Tebbutt 6 6   8 NED K BoogertRUS A Olhovskiy 4 4   1 LAT L NeilandAUS M Woodforde 4 6 8   NED M BollegrafUSA T Kronemann 6 2 6   USA M McGrathUSA M Lucena 6 4 6   CAN R SimpsonCAN D Nestor 3 6 2 4 USA L RaymondBAH M Knowles 6 6     USA K PoUSA T Ho 4 2     USA L McNeilUSA M Keil 4 4   ALT FRA J Halard-DecugisAUS M Tebbutt 6 6   1 LAT L NeilandAUS M Woodforde 2 6 8   USA M McGrathUSA M Lucena 6 3 6 4 USA L RaymondBAH M Knowles 77 6   ALT FRA J Halard-DecugisAUS M Tebbutt 65 2   1 LAT L NeilandAUS M Woodforde 3 6 6 4 USA L RaymondBAH M Knowles 6 3 2 Bottom half y 3 First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 7 USA M J FernandezUSA A O'Brien 6 3 6   USA A FrazierUSA J Tarango 3 6 3   ARG M PazESP J Sánchez 3 62     ROM I SpîrleaUSA G Van Emburgh 6 77   ALT JPN N MiyagiUSA K Kinnear 4 3     USA N ArendtUSA L Jensen 6 6   WC AUS R McQuillanAUS D Macpherson 6 4 6 ALT SWE M StrandlundSWE P Nyborg 3 6 4 6 ESP A Sánchez VicarioESP E Sánchez 5 3     CZE H SukováRSA E Ferreira 7 6     BEL E CallensRSA P Norval 6 63 6   AUS K RadfordNED M Oosting 3 77 2   CAN J HetheringtonRSA J-L de Jager 6 6     GER W ProbstRSA D Adams 0 2     USA L WildUSA J Grabb 7 5 2 2 USA G FernándezCZE C Suk 5 7 6 7 USA M J FernandezUSA A O'Brien 3 2     ROM I SpîrleaUSA G Van Emburgh 6 6     USA N ArendtUSA L Jensen 3 78 9 WC AUS R McQuillanAUS D Macpherson 6 66 7   CZE H SukováRSA E Ferreira 4 7 6   BEL E CallensRSA P Norval 6 5 4   CAN J HetheringtonRSA J-L de Jager 6 6   2 USA G FernándezCZE C Suk 4 2     ROM I SpîrleaUSA G Van Emburgh 6 1 4   USA N ArendtUSA L Jensen 3 6 6   CZE H SukováRSA E Ferreira 2 6 4   CAN J HetheringtonRSA J-L de Jager 6 1 6   USA N ArendtUSA L Jensen 6 6     CAN J HetheringtonRSA J-L de Jager 2 4   External links 1996 Australian Open – Doubles draws and results at the International Tennis Federation Australian Open - Mixed Doubles Mixed Doubles Category:Australian Open (tennis) by year – Mixed doubles