1996 WTA German Open – Doubles

1996 WTA German Open s USA Meredith McGrath LAT Larisa Neiland SUI Martina Hingis CZE Helena Suková 6–1, 5–7, 7–6 28 8 singles doubles Amanda Coetzer and Inés Gorrochategui were the defending champions but only Coetzer competed that year with Lori McNeil. Coetzer and McNeil lost in the semifinals to Meredith McGrath and Larisa Neiland. McGrath and Neiland won in the final 6–1, 5–7, 7–6 against Martina Hingis and Helena Suková.International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997 1997 CollinsWillow London 9780002187145 John Barrett John Barrett (tennis) 168, 178–179 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 USA Meredith McGrath / LAT Larisa Neiland (champions) USA Nicole Arendt / NED Manon Bollegraf (second round) FRA Julie Halard-Decugis / FRA Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals) RSA Amanda Coetzer / USA Lori McNeil (semifinals) NED Kristie Boogert / AUS Nicole Bradtke (quarterfinals) SUI Martina Hingis / CZE Helena Suková (final) INA Yayuk Basuki / NED Caroline Vis (quarterfinals) ITA Laura Garrone / ARG Patricia Tarabini (second round) Draw Finals 3 Final 1 USA Meredith McGrathLAT Larisa Neiland 6 5 7 6 SUI Martina HingisCZE Helena Suková 1 7 6 Top half y 3 1 First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals   ROM R DragomirUSA A Grossman 6 6     FR Yugoslavia T JečmenicaBUL S Krivencheva 2 3     CZE P LangrováSVK R Zrubáková 2 3   Q ESP Á MontolioESP V Ruano-Pascual 6 6     ITA R GrandeRUS E Likhovtseva 6 7 5 7 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 7 5 7   SWE Å CarlssonHUN A Temesvári 7 6     UKR O LuginaCZE H Vildová 6 2   WC GER P BegerowGER M Weingärtner 2 2     CZE R BobkováUSA D Graham 6 6     GER S MeierUSA J Watanabe 7 6 2 5 NED K BoogertAUS N Bradtke 6 7 6 1 USA M McGrathLAT L Neiland 6 1     ROM R DragomirUSA A Grossman 4 0 r Q ESP Á MontolioESP V Ruano-Pascual 2 4   7 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 6 6   4 RSA A CoetzerUSA L McNeil 6 6     SWE Å CarlssonHUN A Temesvári 2 1     CZE R BobkováUSA D Graham 7 2 2 5 NED K BoogertAUS N Bradtke 5 6 6 1 USA M McGrathLAT L Neiland 6 7   7 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 4 6   4 RSA A CoetzerUSA L McNeil 6 6   5 NED K BoogertAUS N Bradtke 3 2   1 USA M McGrathLAT L Neiland 6 6   4 RSA A CoetzerUSA L McNeil 0 4   Bottom half y 3 1 First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 6 SUI M HingisCZE H Suková 6 6     USA M Werdel-WitmeyerUSA T Whitlinger-Jones 4 1     CZE E MartincováCZE J Pospíšilová 6 6 6   FRA I DemongeotFRA C Dhenin 7 1 4   GER A HuberBLR N Zvereva 3 6     ROM C CristeaUSA L Poruri 6 7   8 ITA L GarroneARG P Tarabini 6 7     ESP E Bes OstarizSVK K Habšudová 3 6     USA L LeeUSA S McCarthy 7 1 4 WC GER C SingerGER B Rittner 6 6 6   FIN N DahlmanAUS R McQuillan 6 6     POL M GrzybowskaRSA J Kruger 3 1   6 SUI M HingisCZE H Suková 6 6     CZE E MartincováCZE J Pospíšilová 2 1     ROM C CristeaUSA L Poruri 1 0   3 FRA J Halard-DecugisFRA N Tauziat 6 6   8 ITA L GarroneARG P Tarabini 4 6   WC GER C SingerGER B Rittner 6 7     FIN N DahlmanAUS R McQuillan 6 7   2 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 4 6   6 SUI M HingisCZE H Suková 7 6   3 FRA J Halard-DecugisFRA N Tauziat 6 2   WC GER C SingerGER B Rittner 7 4 3   FIN N DahlmanAUS R McQuillan 5 6 6 6 SUI M HingisCZE H Suková 6 6     FIN N DahlmanAUS R McQuillan 2 3   References External links 1996 WTA German Open Doubles draw Category:WTA German Open Category:1996 WTA Tour