1996 French Open – Women's doubles

1996 French Open s USA Lindsay DavenportUSA Mary Joe Fernández USA Gigi FernándezBLR 1995 Natasha Zvereva 6–2, 6–1 64 (4 WC Wild Cards) 16 French Open – Women's doubles French Open – Women's doubles 1996 French Open Lindsay Davenport and Mary Joe Fernández defeated the four-time defending champions Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva in the final, 6–2, 6–1 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1996 French Open. It was Davenport's first major title; she would go on to win a further two majors in doubles and three majors in singles, eventually becoming the world No. 1 in both disciplines. Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Lindsay Davenport and Mary Joe Fernández are the champions; others show the round in which they were eliminated. 30em CZE Jana Novotná / ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (semifinals) USA Gigi Fernández / BLR 1995 Natasha Zvereva (final) USA Meredith McGrath / LAT Larisa Neiland (semifinals) USA Lindsay Davenport / USA Mary Joe Fernández (champions) USA Nicole Arendt / NED Manon Bollegraf (quarterfinals) SUI Martina Hingis / CZE Helena Suková (quarterfinals) USA Lisa Raymond / AUS Rennae Stubbs (third round) FRA Julie Halard-Decugis / FRA Nathalie Tauziat (third round) USA Katrina Adams / RSA Mariaan de Swardt (quarterfinals) NED Kristie Boogert / AUS Nicole Bradtke (first round) RSA Amanda Coetzer / NED Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (second round) ESP Conchita Martínez / ARG Patricia Tarabini (third round) ITA Laura Golarsa / ROM Irina Spîrlea (first round) INA Yayuk Basuki / NED Caroline Vis (third round) FRA Alexia Dechaume-Balleret / FRA Sandrine Testud (second round) BEL Els Callens / BEL Laurence Courtois (first round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 185 1 CZE Jana NovotnáESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6 6 5 USA Nicole ArendtNED Manon Bollegraf 4 4 4 USA Lindsay DavenportUSA Mary Joe Fernández 6 6 9 USA Katrina AdamsRSA Mariaan de Swardt 4 2 6 SUI Martina HingisCZE Helena Suková 2 4 3 USA Meredith McGrathLAT Larisa Neiland 6 6 FRA Alexandra FusaiARG Mercedes Paz 4 6 2 2 USA Gigi FernándezBLR 1995 Natasha Zvereva 6 1 6 1 CZE Jana NovotnáESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 2 2 4 USA Lindsay DavenportUSA Mary Joe Fernández 6 6 3 USA Meredith McGrathLAT Larisa Neiland 5 3 2 USA Gigi FernándezBLR 1995 Natasha Zvereva 7 6 4 USA Lindsay DavenportUSA Mary Joe Fernández 6 6 2 USA Gigi FernándezBLR 1995 Natasha Zvereva 2 1 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 172 1 CZE J NovotnáESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 6 NED M KoutstaalGBR V Lake 1 2 GER S MeierSVK H Nagyová 6 7 CAN S JeyaseelanUSA L Poruri 4 5 AUS A EllwoodRSA R Nideffer 6 6 ROU C CristeaFR Yugoslavia T Ječmenica 3 2 KOR S-h ParkTPE S-t Wang 77 6 16 BEL E CallensBEL L Courtois 64 2 14 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 6 6 ROU R DragomirUSA A Grossman 4 1 WC FRA K Quentrec-EagleFRA A-G Sidot 6 6 USA A LettiereUSA C Morariu 3 2 CZE P LangrováSVK R Zrubáková 6 4 6 USA E deLoneAUS N Pratt 3 6 1 ITA S CecchiniITA L Garrone 2 63 5 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 6 77 1 CZE J NovotnáESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 6 GER S MeierSVK H Nagyová 0 3 AUS A EllwoodRSA R Nideffer 2 7 2 KOR S-h ParkTPE S-t Wang 6 5 6 14 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 6 6 WC FRA K Quentrec-EagleFRA A-G Sidot 4 4 CZE P LangrováSVK R Zrubáková 6 3 4 5 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 3 6 6 1 CZE J NovotnáESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 6 KOR S-h ParkTPE S-t Wang 1 3 14 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 4 5 5 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 6 7 1 CZE J NovotnáESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 6 5 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 4 4 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 155 4 USA L DavenportUSA MJ Fernández 77 6 CAN J HetheringtonUSA K Rinaldy-Stunkel 62 4 NED N Krijger-JagermanNED S Rottier 6 5 2 JPN K NagatsukaJPN A Sugiyama 4 7 6 UKR O LuginaBUL E Pampoulova 6 6 BUL S KrivenchevaCZE E Martincová 4 3 CZE E MelicharováCZE H Vildová 0 2 11 RSA A CoetzerNED B Schultz-McCarthy 6 6 9 USA K AdamsRSA M de Swardt 6 6 WC FRA I DemongeotFRA C Dhenin 4 1 POL M GrzybowskaPOL A Olsza 7 3 5 SWE M LindströmSWE M Strandlund 5 6 7 USA A FrazierUSA K Po 3 6 6 USA M Werdel-WitmeyerUSA T Whitlinger-Jones 6 3 4 AUS C BarclayAUS K Godridge 4 4 7 USA L RaymondAUS R Stubbs 6 6 4 USA L DavenportUSA MJ Fernández 6 6 JPN K NagatsukaJPN A Sugiyama 3 1 UKR O LuginaBUL E Pampoulova 6 63 6 11 RSA A CoetzerNED B Schultz-McCarthy 4 77 3 9 USA K AdamsRSA M de Swardt 7 6 SWE M LindströmSWE M Strandlund 5 1 USA A FrazierUSA K Po 3 4 7 USA L RaymondAUS R Stubbs 6 6 4 USA L DavenportUSA MJ Fernández 6 6 UKR O LuginaBUL E Pampoulova 2 1 9 USA K AdamsRSA M de Swardt 6 7 7 USA L RaymondAUS R Stubbs 3 5 4 USA L DavenportUSA MJ Fernández 6 6 9 USA K AdamsRSA M de Swardt 4 2 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 6 SUI M HingisCZE H Suková 6 6 AUT P SchwarzSVK K Studeníková 1 1 JPN R HirakiJPN N Kijimuta 6 4 6 NED P KamstraSLO T Križan 1 6 0 ARG L MontalvoARG P Suárez 0r ITA R GrandeRUS E Likhovtseva 1 AUS E SmylieUSA L Wild 4 6 6 13 ITA L GolarsaROU I Spîrlea 6 3 4 12 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 4 6 6 GER W ProbstGER C Singer 6 1 1 SVK D KrajčovičováCZE L Němečková 4 3 SWE Å CarlssonHUN A Temesvári 6 6 JPN N MiyagiUSA S Reece 0 0 AUS K RadfordUSA S Stafford 6 6 BEL S AppelmansNED M Oremans 2 4 3 USA M McGrathLAT L Neiland 6 6 6 SUI M HingisCZE H Suková 6 6 JPN R HirakiJPN N Kijimuta 1 3 ITA R GrandeRUS E Likhovtseva 77 3 1 AUS E SmylieUSA L Wild 65 6 6 12 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 6 5 6 SWE Å CarlssonHUN A Temesvári 3 7 3 AUS K RadfordUSA S Stafford 0 3 3 USA M McGrathLAT L Neiland 6 6 6 SUI M HingisCZE H Suková 79 6 AUS E SmylieUSA L Wild 67 2 12 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 5 5 3 USA M McGrathLAT L Neiland 7 7 6 SUI M HingisCZE H Suková 2 4 3 USA M McGrathLAT L Neiland 6 6 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 162 8 FRA J Halard-DecugisFRA N Tauziat 2 6 6 BEL N FeberBEL D van Roost 6 2 2 USA L LeeGER C Schneider 1 62 FIN N DahlmanGBR C Wood 6 77 FRA A FusaiARG M Paz 6 6 CZE R BobkováUSA D Graham 4 3 WC FRA N DechyFRA A Mauresmo 3 1 15 FRA A Dechaume-BalleretFRA S Testud 6 6 10 NED K BoogertAUS N Bradtke 2 1 RUS E MakarovaRUS E Maniokova 6 6 GER K KschwendtCAN R Simpson 6 4 0 AUS R McQuillanAUS L Pleming 4 6 6 WC FRA L Ghirardi-RubbiFRA S Pitkowski 6 7 GRE C PapadákiUKR E Tatarkova 3 5 AUS K-A GuseCAN P Hy-Boulais 0 2 2 USA G FernándezBLR 1995 N Zvereva 6 6 8 FRA J Halard-DecugisFRA N Tauziat 5 6 7 FIN N DahlmanGBR C Wood 7 1 5 FRA A FusaiARG M Paz 4 7 6 15 FRA A Dechaume-BalleretFRA S Testud 6 5 2 RUS E MakarovaRUS E Maniokova 62 2 AUS R McQuillanAUS L Pleming 77 6 WC FRA L Ghirardi-RubbiFRA S Pitkowski 3 6 0 2 USA G FernándezBLR 1995 N Zvereva 6 3 6 8 FRA J Halard-DecugisFRA N Tauziat 3 6 6 FRA A FusaiARG M Paz 6 3 8 AUS R McQuillanAUS L Pleming 1 63 2 USA G FernándezBLR 1995 N Zvereva 6 77 FRA A FusaiARG M Paz 4 6 2 2 USA G FernándezBLR 1995 N Zvereva 6 1 6 External links Official Results Archive (WTA) 1996 French Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation Women's Doubles Category:French Open by year – Women's doubles French Open - Women's Doubles Category:1996 in French women's sport