1996 French Open – Mixed doubles

Tennis tournament 1996 French Open s ARG Patricia TarabiniARG Javier Frana USA Nicole ArendtUSA Luke Jensen 6–2, 6–2 48 16 Larisa Neiland and Todd Woodbridge were the defending champions, but competed this year with different partners. Neiland teamed up with Mark Woodforde and were eliminated in semifinals, while Woodbridge partnered with Nicole Bradtke and were eliminated in quarterfinals. Patricia Tarabini and Javier Frana won the title, defeating Nicole Arendt and Luke Jensen 6–2, 6–2 in the final. It was the 1st and only mixed doubles title for both players in their careers. Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Patricia Tarabini and Javier Frana are the champions; others show the round in which they were eliminated.All seeds received a bye into the second round. 30em LAT Larisa Neiland / AUS Mark Woodforde (semifinals) USA Gigi Fernández / CZE Cyril Suk (third round) NED Manon Bollegraf / USA Rick Leach (semifinals) USA Lisa Raymond / USA Patrick Galbraith (second round) CZE Helena Suková / RSA Ellis Ferreira (second round) AUS Nicole Bradtke / AUS Todd Woodbridge (quarterfinals) NED Kristie Boogert / RUS Andrei Olhovskiy (quarterfinals) USA Katrina Adams / BEL Libor Pimek (quarterfinals) NED Brenda Schultz-McCarthy / USA Mark Keil (second round) USA Linda Wild / RSA Byron Talbot (second round) SUI Martina Hingis / AUS Mark Philippoussis (quarterfinals) USA Meredith McGrath / USA Matt Lucena (third round) BEL Els Callens / NED Menno Oosting (third round) ROM Irina Spîrlea / USA Greg Van Emburgh (second round) JPN Nana Miyagi / USA Kent Kinnear (second round) CAN Jill Hetherington / RSA John-Laffnie de Jager (third round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1 LAT Larisa NeilandAUS Mark Woodforde 6 6 6 AUS Nicole BradtkeAUS Todd Woodbridge 3 3 USA Nicole ArendtUSA Luke Jensen 6 3 6 7 NED Kristie BoogertRUS Andrei Olhovskiy 3 6 3 11 SUI Martina HingisAUS Mark Philippoussis 4 6 4 3 NED Manon BollegrafUSA Rick Leach 6 4 6 8 USA Katrina AdamsBEL Libor Pimek 4 6 3 ARG Patricia TarabiniARG Javier Frana 6 2 6 1 LAT Larisa NeilandAUS Mark Woodforde 3 3 USA Nicole ArendtUSA Luke Jensen 6 6 3 NED Manon BollegrafUSA Rick Leach 2 62 ARG Patricia TarabiniARG Javier Frana 6 77 USA Nicole ArendtUSA Luke Jensen 2 2 ARG Patricia TarabiniARG Javier Frana 6 6 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals WC FRA S PitkowskiIRI M Bahrami 6 2 4 BEL N FeberUSA J Waite 3 6 6 CAN P Hy-BoulaisRSA B Haygarth 6 6 JPN R HirakiRSA L Bale 2 3 AUS C BarclayAUS A Florent 6 6 NED M OremansNED S Noteboom 3 2 USA K Rinaldi-StunkelUSA K Jones 68 77 6 WC FRA K Quentrec-EagleFRA T Guardiola 710 65 4 1 LAT L NeilandAUS M Woodforde 6 6 BEL N FeberUSA J Waite 1 2 CAN P Hy-BoulaisRSA B Haygarth 77 3 2 12 USA M McGrathUSA M Lucena 63 6 6 15 JPN N MiyagiUSA K Kinnear 3 7 5 AUS C BarclayAUS A Florent 6 5 7 USA K Rinaldi-StunkelUSA K Jones 7 4 3 6 AUS N BradtkeAUS T Woodbridge 5 6 6 1 LAT L NeilandAUS M Woodforde 77 4 6 12 USA M McGrathUSA M Lucena 65 6 2 AUS C BarclayAUS A Florent 3 2 6 AUS N BradtkeAUS T Woodbridge 6 6 1 LAT L NeilandAUS M Woodforde 6 6 6 AUS N BradtkeAUS T Woodbridge 3 3 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals RUS E ManiokovaRSA D Adams 5 4 USA N ArendtUSA L Jensen 7 6 Alt AUS L PlemingARG L Lobo 77 1 6 FRA A Dechaume-BalleretFRA J-P Fleurian 64 6 4 CAN R SimpsonGBR N Broad 3 6 5 INA Y BasukiUSA K Flach 6 4 7 NED S RottierRSA M Barnard 6 3 6 AUS R StubbsAUS P Tramacchi 2 6 3 4 USA L RaymondUSA P Galbraith 66 3 USA N ArendtUSA L Jensen 78 6 Alt AUS L PlemingARG L Lobo 6 3 6 9 NED B Schultz-McCarthyUSA M Keil 4 6 3 13 BEL E CallensNED M Oosting 7 67 7 INA Y BasukiUSA K Flach 5 79 5 NED S RottierRSA M Barnard 3 3 7 NED K BoogertRUS A Olhovskiy 6 6 USA N ArendtUSA L Jensen w/o Alt AUS L PlemingARG L Lobo 13 BEL E CallensNED M Oosting 7 5 3 7 NED K BoogertRUS A Olhovskiy 5 7 6 USA N ArendtUSA L Jensen 6 3 6 7 NED K BoogertRUS A Olhovskiy 3 6 3 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals USA D GrahamUSA S Davis 3 1 USA A FrazierUSA T Kronemann 6 6 USA K PoUSA B Behrens 77 4 5 NED C VisNED T Nijssen 64 6 7 AUS K-A GuseAUS W Arthurs 6 3 4 ITA L GolarsaRSA C van Rensburg 3 6 6 AUS R McQuillanAUS D Macpherson 4 7 6 AUS K RadfordAUS J Eagle 6 5 4 5 CZE H SukováRSA E Ferreira 4 4 USA A FrazierUSA T Kronemann 6 6 NED C VisNED T Nijssen 3 64 11 SUI M HingisAUS M Philippoussis 6 77 16 CAN J HetheringtonRSA J-L de Jager 6 3 6 ITA L GolarsaRSA C van Rensburg 3 6 3 AUS R McQuillanAUS D Macpherson 64 7 4 3 NED M BollegrafUSA R Leach 77 5 6 USA A FrazierUSA T Kronemann 1 2 11 SUI M HingisAUS M Philippoussis 6 6 16 CAN J HetheringtonRSA J-L de Jager 3 3 3 NED M BollegrafUSA R Leach 6 6 11 SUI M HingisAUS M Philippoussis 4 6 4 3 NED M BollegrafUSA R Leach 6 4 6 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals FRA I DemongeotFRA G Raoux 6 2 3 FRA A FusaiFRA R Gilbert 3 6 6 JPN A SugiyamaAUS P Kilderry 6 6 WC FRA N HerremanFRA F Vitoux 1 2 CRO I MajoliUSA M Jensen 4 5 ARG P TarabiniARG J Frana 6 7 WC FRA A CocheteuxFRA O Mutis 6 1 1 WC FRA S TestudFRA L Barthez 4 6 6 8 USA K AdamsBEL L Pimek 6 6 FRA A FusaiFRA R Gilbert 0 3 JPN A SugiyamaAUS P Kilderry 6 6 10 USA L WildRSA B Talbot 2 3 14 ROU I SpîrleaUSA G van Emburgh 6 4 6 ARG P TarabiniARG J Frana 4 6 8 WC FRA S TestudFRA L Barthez 2 USA G FernándezCZE C Suk w/o 8 USA K AdamsBEL L Pimek 6 66 7 JPN A SugiyamaAUS P Kilderry 4 78 5 ARG P TarabiniARG J Frana 5 6 10 2 USA G FernándezCZE C Suk 7 3 8 8 USA K AdamsBEL L Pimek 4 6 3 ARG P TarabiniARG J Frana 6 2 6 External links Official results archive (WTA) 1996 French Open – Doubles draws and results at the International Tennis Federation Mixed Doubles 1996