1996 US Open – Women's doubles

August 2023 1996 US Open s USA Gigi FernándezBLR 1995 Natasha Zvereva CZE Jana NovotnáESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 1–6, 6–1, 6–4 64 (4 Q Qualifiers / 4 WC Wild Cards) 16 US Open – Women's doubles US Open – Women's doubles 1996 US Open (tennis) Defending champions Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva defeated Jana Novotná and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the final, 1–6, 6–1, 6–4 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1996 US Open. It was Fernández' fifth US Open, 15th major and 66th overall title for Fernández, and Zvereva's fourth US Open, 15th major and 60th overall title. Seeds 30em CZE Jana Novotná / ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (final) USA Gigi Fernández / BLR 1995 Natasha Zvereva (champions) n/a SUI Martina Hingis / CZE Helena Suková (semifinals) USA Nicole Arendt / NED Manon Bollegraf (quarterfinals) USA Lori McNeil / ARG Gabriela Sabatini (semifinals) USA Lisa Raymond / AUS Rennae Stubbs (second round) NED Brenda Schultz-McCarthy / FRA Nathalie Tauziat (first round) USA Katrina Adams / RSA Mariaan de Swardt (second round) AUS Elizabeth Smylie / USA Linda Wild (first round) INA Yayuk Basuki / NED Caroline Vis (third round) NED Kristie Boogert / ROM Irina Spîrlea (third round) USA Zina Garrison-Jackson / USA Pam Shriver (first round) ESP Conchita Martínez / ARG Patricia Tarabini (third round) JPN Rika Hiraki / JPN Nana Miyagi (third round) USA Debbie Graham / AUS Kristine Radford (third round) FRA Alexia Dechaume-Balleret / FRA Sandrine Testud (third round) Qualifying 1996 US Open – Women's doubles qualifying Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 185 1 CZE Jana NovotnáESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 7 6 RUS Anna KournikovaRUS Elena Likhovtseva 5 2 4 SUI Martina HingisCZE Helena Suková 6 6 CAN Patricia Hy-BoulaisRSA Rosalyn Nideffer 4 4 6 USA Lori McNeilARG Gabriela Sabatini 4 6 7 5 USA Nicole ArendtNED Manon Bollegraf 6 3 5 CAN Sonya JeyaseelanCAN Rene Simpson 3 7 2 2 USA Gigi FernándezBLR 1995 Natasha Zvereva 6 6 6 1 CZE Jana NovotnáESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6 1 6 4 SUI Martina HingisCZE Helena Suková 1 6 1 6 USA Lori McNeilARG Gabriela Sabatini 2 6 2 USA Gigi FernándezBLR 1995 Natasha Zvereva 6 7 1 CZE Jana NovotnáESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6 1 4 2 USA Gigi FernándezBLR 1995 Natasha Zvereva 1 6 6 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 1 CZE J NovotnáESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 6 Q JPN M SaekiJPN Y Yoshida 1 1 AUS N BradtkeAUS R McQuillan 6 6 ITA L GolarsaGER C Singer 4 2 LL HUN V CsurgóPOL M Grzybowska 6 4 2 NED S NoorlanderFRA S Pitkowski 4 6 6 FIN N DahlmanGBR C Wood 6 3 2 15 JPN R HirakiJPN N Miyagi 3 6 6 10 AUS E SmylieUSA L Wild 4 4 USA A LettiereUSA C Morariu 6 6 CZE L CenkováPOL A Olsza 6 6 Q RSA L HornRSA J Kruger 1 2 CZE R BobkováCZE E Melicharová 3 6 6 RUS A KournikovaRUS E Likhovtseva 6 3 7 AUS A EllwoodAUS N Pratt 3 4 9 USA K AdamsRSA M de Swardt 6 6 1 CZE J NovotnáESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 6 6 AUS N BradtkeAUS R McQuillan 7 3 2 NED S NoorlanderFRA S Pitkowski 6 2 2 15 JPN R HirakiJPN N Miyagi 4 6 6 USA A LettiereUSA C Morariu 3 6 6 CZE L CenkováPOL A Olsza 6 1 1 RUS A KournikovaRUS E Likhovtseva 7 4 9 USA K AdamsRSA M de Swardt 6 1r 1 CZE J NovotnáESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 6 15 JPN R HirakiJPN N Miyagi 4 2 USA A LettiereUSA C Morariu 2 7 2 RUS A KournikovaRUS E Likhovtseva 6 6 6 1 CZE J NovotnáESP A Sánchez Vicario 7 6 RUS A KournikovaRUS E Likhovtseva 5 2 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 4 SUI M HingisCZE H Suková 6 6 SVK H NagyováSVK K Studeníková 0 3 Q ARG M-F LandaGER M Weingärtner 2 2 SWE Å CarlssonSWE M Strandlund 6 6 RSA A CoetzerARG I Gorrochategui 6 6 JPN K NagatsukaJPN A Sugiyama 3 3 USA M Werdel-WitmeyerUSA T Whitlinger-Jones 3 6 5 11 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 6 3 7 13 USA Z Garrison-JacksonUSA P Shriver 5 4 ARG L MontalvoGER B Rittner 7 6 SLO T KrižanGRE C Papadáki 3 6 ITA R GrandeRUS E Makarova 6 7 CZE P LangrováSVK R Zrubáková 4 2 JPN N KijimutaARG F Labat 6 6 CAN P Hy-BoulaisRSA R Nideffer 7 6 8 NED B Schultz-McCarthyFRA N Tauziat 5 1 4 SUI M HingisCZE H Suková 6 6 SWE Å CarlssonSWE M Strandlund 2 4 RSA A CoetzerARG I Gorrochategui 3 0r 11 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 6 1 ARG L MontalvoGER B Rittner 2 6 ITA R GrandeRUS E Makarova 6 7 JPN N KijimutaARG F Labat 6 4 6 CAN P Hy-BoulaisRSA R Nideffer 1 6 7 4 SUI M HingisCZE H Suková 6 3 7 11 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 3 6 5 ITA R GrandeRUS E Makarova 1 1 CAN P Hy-BoulaisRSA R Nideffer 6 6 4 SUI M HingisCZE H Suková 6 6 CAN P Hy-BoulaisRSA R Nideffer 4 4 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 6 USA L McNeilARG G Sabatini 6 7 SVK D KrajčovičováCZE L Němečková 2 5 ITA S CecchiniITA L Garrone 2 1 CAN J HetheringtonUSA K Rinaldi-Stunkel 6 6 WC USA L OsterlohUSA S Reeves 7 3 1 BEL S AppelmansNED M Oremans 6 6 6 GER K KschwendtAUT B Schett 7 1 3 12 NED K BoogertROM I Spîrlea 5 6 6 14 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 6 1 6 UKR O LuginaBUL E Pampoulova 2 6 2 USA A FrazierUSA K Po 6 3 2 KOR S-h ParkTPE S-t Wang 4 6 6 WC USA J LeeUSA L Lee 6 7 WC USA A deLoneUSA L Poruri 4 6 SWE M LindströmAUS L Pleming 4 0 5 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 6 6 6 USA L McNeilARG G Sabatini 6 6 CAN J HetheringtonUSA K Rinaldi-Stunkel 1 1 BEL S AppelmansNED M Oremans 1 0 12 NED K BoogertROM I Spîrlea 6 6 14 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 6 7 KOR S-h ParkTPE S-t Wang 2 5 WC USA J LeeUSA L Lee 4 7 1 5 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 6 5 6 6 USA L McNeilARG G Sabatini 6 6 12 NED K BoogertROM I Spîrlea 4 2 14 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 5 5 5 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 7 7 6 USA L McNeilARG G Sabatini 4 6 7 5 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 6 3 5 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 162 7 USA L RaymondAUS R Stubbs 6 6 WC USA D ButhUSA S Nickitas 1 2 GER A HuberCRO I Majoli 4 4 CAN S JeyaseelanCAN R Simpson 6 6 USA A GrossmanUSA S Reece 3 4 AUS C BarclayAUS K-A Guse 6 6 ESP V Ruano PascualHUN A Temesvári 6 7 3 17 FRA A Dechaume-BalleretFRA S Testud 7 6 6 16 USA D GrahamAUS K Radford 4 7 7 FRA A FusaiARG M Paz 6 5 6 LL AUS J ByrneAUS T Morton-Rodgers 6 6 Q USA J ChiUSA K Pace 2 4 CRO M MurićARG P Suárez 3 4 ROU R DragomirFR Yugoslavia T Ječmenica 6 6 SVK J HusárováBEL D van Roost 6 3 0 2 USA G FernándezBLR 1995 N Zvereva 4 6 6 7 USA L RaymondAUS R Stubbs 4 3 CAN S JeyaseelanCAN R Simpson 6 6 AUS C BarclayAUS K-A Guse 5 1 17 FRA A Dechaume-BalleretFRA S Testud 7 6 16 USA D GrahamAUS K Radford 6 6 LL AUS J ByrneAUS T Morton-Rodgers 2 4 ROU R DragomirFR Yugoslavia T Ječmenica 1 0 2 USA G FernándezBLR 1995 N Zvereva 6 6 CAN S JeyaseelanCAN R Simpson 7 6 17 FRA A Dechaume-BalleretFRA S Testud 5 3 16 USA D GrahamAUS K Radford 3 6 2 USA G FernándezBLR 1995 N Zvereva 6 7 CAN S JeyaseelanCAN R Simpson 3 7 2 2 USA G FernándezBLR 1995 N Zvereva 6 6 6 External links Official results archive (WTA) 1996 US Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation Women's Doubles Women's Doubles Category:US Open (tennis) by year – Women's doubles Category:1996 in women's tennis Category:1996 in American women's sports