1996 Nichirei International Championships – Doubles

1996 Nichirei International Championships s USA Lindsay Davenport USA Mary Joe Fernández RSA Amanda Coetzer FRA Mary Pierce KOR Sung-Hee Park TPE Shi-Ting Wang 6–3, 7–6 singles doubles Lindsay Davenport and Mary Joe Fernández were the defending champions but did not compete that year. Amanda Coetzer and Mary Pierce won in the final 6–3, 7–6 against Sung-Hee Park and Shi-Ting Wang. Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top two seeded teams received byes into the quarterfinals. JPN Rika Hiraki / JPN Nana Miyagi (semifinals) ITA Rita Grande / USA Kimberly Po (semifinals) KOR Sung-Hee Park / TPE Shi-Ting Wang (final) AUS Annabel Ellwood / AUS Kerry-Anne Guse (first round) Draw First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final   JPN M EndoJPN N Sawamatsu 5 6 6   GER A GlassUSA A Grossman 7 3 3 4 AUS A EllwoodAUS K-A Guse 3 1     RSA A CoetzerFRA M Pierce 6 6     ESP A Sánchez VicarioUSA M Seles 6 6     THA T TanasugarnUSA J Watanabe 3 0     JPN M SaekiJPN Y Yoshida 6 6     CZE A GeršiCZE L Varmužová 2 2   WC JPN S ObataJPN N Urabe 3 6   3 KOR S-H ParkTPE S-T Wang 6 7     JPN K DateJPN A Sugiyama 6 6     JPN K KukiJPN M Kuki 4 0   1 JPN R HirakiJPN N Miyagi 7 7     JPN M EndoJPN N Sawamatsu 5 5     RSA A CoetzerFRA M Pierce 6 4 6   ESP A Sánchez VicarioUSA M Seles 4 6 4   JPN M SaekiJPN Y Yoshida 6 3 1 3 KOR S-H ParkTPE S-T Wang 2 6 6   JPN K DateJPN A Sugiyama 5 6 2 2 ITA R GrandeUSA K Po 7 0 6 1 JPN R HirakiJPN N Miyagi 3 1     RSA A CoetzerFRA M Pierce 6 6   3 KOR S-H ParkTPE S-T Wang 7 6   2 ITA R GrandeUSA K Po 6 3     RSA Amanda CoetzerFRA Mary Pierce 6 7   3 KOR Sung-Hee ParkTPE Shi-Ting Wang 3 6   External links 1996 Nichirei International Championships Doubles Draw https://web.archive.org/web/20110605193012/http://www.itftennis.com/womens/tournaments/drawsheetbyround.asp?event=1020003316&tournament=1020001220 2011-06-05 Category:Nichirei International Championships Category:1996 WTA Tour