1996 Lipton Championships – Women's doubles

January 2025 1996 Lipton Championships s CZE Jana Novotná ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario CZE Jana Novotná ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario USA Meredith McGrath LAT Larisa Neiland 6–4, 6–4 48 16 Miami Open (tennis) Miami Open Jana Novotná and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were the defending champions and won in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Meredith McGrath and Larisa Neiland.International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997 1997 CollinsWillow London 9780002187145 John Barrett 168, 176–177 Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. All sixteen seeded teams received byes into the second round. 30em CZE Jana Novotná / ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (champions) n/a USA Meredith McGrath / LAT Larisa Neiland (final) USA Lindsay Davenport / USA Mary Joe Fernández (semifinals) USA Nicole Arendt / NED Manon Bollegraf (quarterfinals) USA Lori McNeil / CZE Helena Suková (quarterfinals) USA Chanda Rubin / NED Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (quarterfinals) USA Lisa Raymond / ARG Gabriela Sabatini (second round) ESP Conchita Martínez / ARG Patricia Tarabini (third round) FRA Julie Halard-Decugis / FRA Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals) USA Katrina Adams / RSA Mariaan de Swardt (third round) CAN Jill Hetherington / ROM Irina Spîrlea (second round) INA Yayuk Basuki / NED Caroline Vis (third round) NED Kristie Boogert / NED Miriam Oremans (third round) USA Zina Garrison-Jackson / USA Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel (third round) FRA Alexia Dechaume-Balleret / FRA Sandrine Testud (second round) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 1 CZE Jana NovotnáESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6 6   4 USA Lindsay DavenportUSA Mary Joe Fernández 4 2   3 USA Meredith McGrathLAT Larisa Neiland 6 6     RSA Rosalyn NidefferUSA Kimberly Po 1 1   1 CZE Jana NovotnáESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6 6   3 USA Meredith McGrathLAT Larisa Neiland 4 4   Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   GER K KschwendtCAN R Simpson 3 4     JPN K NagatsukaJPN A Sugiyama 6 6     AUS A EllwoodUSA G Helgeson-Nielsen 4 77 6   BEL N FeberARG M Paz 6 63 4   SVK D KrajčovičováCZE L Němečková 2 5     FR Yugoslavia T JečmenicaGER C Porwik 6 7     USA E deLoneUSA D Scott 1 1     GER W ProbstGER C Singer 6 6   1 CZE J NovotnáESP A Sánchez Vicario 2 6 7   JPN K NagatsukaJPN A Sugiyama 6 3 5   AUS A EllwoodUSA G Helgeson-Nielsen 4 65   15 USA Z Garrison-JacksonUSA K Rinaldi-Stunkel 6 77   11 USA K AdamsRSA M de Swardt 77 6     FR Yugoslavia T JečmenicaGER C Porwik 63 4     GER W ProbstGER C Singer 67 2   6 USA L McNeilCZE H Suková 79 6   1 CZE J NovotnáESP A Sánchez Vicario 7 6   15 USA Z Garrison-JacksonUSA K Rinaldi-Stunkel 5 4   11 USA K AdamsRSA M de Swardt 63 2   6 USA L McNeilCZE H Suková 77 6   1 CZE J NovotnáESP A Sánchez Vicario 7 7   6 USA L McNeilCZE H Suková 5 5   Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   ROM R DragomirUSA A Grossman 65 4     USA A LettiereUSA C Morariu 77 6   WC USA P ShriverAUS E Smylie 3 6 3   ITA S CecchiniITA L Garrone 6 1 6   USA M Werdel-WitmeyerUSA T Whitlinger-Jones 6 0 3   SVK J HusárováRUS E Likhovtseva 0 6 6   SWE Å CarlssonHUN A Temesvári 5 4     ARG L MontalvoARG P Suárez 7 6   4 USA L DavenportUSA M J Fernández 6 6     USA A LettiereUSA C Morariu 2 2     ITA S CecchiniITA L Garrone 3 1   9 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 6 6   13 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 6 6     SVK J HusárováRUS E Likhovtseva 4 2     ARG L MontalvoARG P Suárez 1 1   7 USA C RubinNED B Schultz-McCarthy 6 6   4 USA L DavenportUSA M J Fernández 6 6   9 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 2 0   13 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 2 4   7 USA C RubinNED B Schultz-McCarthy 6 6   4 USA L DavenportUSA M J Fernández 3 6 6 7 USA C RubinNED B Schultz-McCarthy 6 4 2 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   AUS R McQuillanUSA S Stafford 6 6   LL USA E HakamiAUS N Pratt 4 4     CZE P LangrováSVK R Zrubáková 1 5     JPN N MiyagiUSA S Reece 6 7     SLO T KrižanBEL D Van Roost 4 4     USA D GrahamUSA L Wild 6 6     SVK K StudeníkováGBR C Wood 4 5     ITA S FarinaITA L Golarsa 6 7   8 USA L RaymondARG G Sabatini 6 6     AUS R McQuillanUSA S Stafford 1 2   LL JPN N MiyagiUSA S Reece 4 3   10 FRA J Halard-DecugisFRA N Tauziat 6 6   16 FRA A Dechaume-BalleretFRA S Testud 4 6 4   USA D GrahamUSA L Wild 6 4 6   ITA S FarinaITA L Golarsa 2 4   3 USA M McGrathLAT L Neiland 6 6   8 USA L RaymondARG G Sabatini 4 4   10 FRA J Halard-DecugisFRA N Tauziat 6 6     USA D GrahamUSA L Wild 2 4   3 USA M McGrathLAT L Neiland 6 6   10 FRA J Halard-DecugisFRA N Tauziat 4 6 5 3 USA M McGrathLAT L Neiland 6 3 7 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   FRA A FusaiUKR N Medvedeva 6 6     GRE C PapadákiAUS L Pleming 1 3     JPN R HirakiCAN P Hy-Boulais 5 7 6   ROM C CristeaGER C Schneider 7 5 1   ITA R GrandeUSA J Steven 5 2     SUI M HingisGER A Huber 7 6   Q USA L LeeCRO M Murić 2 1     RSA R NidefferUSA K Po 6 6   5 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 6 2 6   FRA A FusaiUKR N Medvedeva 3 6 2   JPN R HirakiCAN P Hy-Boulais 2 3   14 NED K BoogertNED M Oremans 6 6   12 CAN J HetheringtonROM I Spîrlea 5 1     SUI M HingisGER A Huber 7 6     RSA R NidefferUSA K Po 6 6   LL CAN M BernardCAN C Delisle 4 1   5 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 6 6   14 NED K BoogertNED M Oremans 2 3     SUI M HingisGER A Huber 4 6 3   RSA R NidefferUSA K Po 6 0 6 5 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 6 2 2   RSA R NidefferUSA K Po 3 6 6 References External links 1996 Lipton Championships draws Women's Doubles Doubles