1996 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix – Doubles

Doubles
1996 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Final
ChampionsUnited States Nicole Arendt
Czech Republic Jana Novotná
Runners-upSwitzerland Martina Hingis
Czech Republic Helena Suková
Score6–2, 6–3
Events
Singles Doubles
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Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but only Zvereva competed that year with Lisa Raymond.

Raymond and Zvereva lost in the semifinals to Nicole Arendt and Jana Novotná.

Arendt and Novotná won in the final 6–2, 6–3 against Martina Hingis and Helena Suková.

Seeds

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Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

  1. United States Lindsay Davenport / United States Mary Joe Fernández (first round)
  2. United States Nicole Arendt / Czech Republic Jana Novotná (champions)
  3. United States Lisa Raymond / Belarus Natasha Zvereva (semifinals)
  4. Switzerland Martina Hingis / Czech Republic Helena Suková (semifinals)

Draw

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Key

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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 United States L Davenport
United States M J Fernández
     
  Latvia L Savchenko
France N Tauziat
w/o       Latvia L Savchenko
France N Tauziat
7 6  
  United States L McNeil
Argentina G Sabatini
3 6 6   United States L McNeil
Argentina G Sabatini
6 1  
  Spain C Martínez
Argentina P Tarabini
6 4 2   Latvia L Savchenko
France N Tauziat
1 5  
4 Switzerland M Hingis
Czech Republic H Suková
7 6   4 Switzerland M Hingis
Czech Republic H Suková
6 7  
WC Germany P Begerow
Germany J Kandarr
5 1   4 Switzerland M Hingis
Czech Republic H Suková
6 6  
  Sweden Å Carlsson
Belgium D Van Roost
5 6 2   Belgium S Appelmans
Germany B Rittner
1 1  
  Belgium S Appelmans
Germany B Rittner
7 4 6 4 Switzerland Martina Hingis
Czech Republic Helena Suková
2 3  
  Germany A Huber
Croatia I Majoli
1 7 6 2 United States Nicole Arendt
Czech Republic Jana Novotná
6 6  
Q Austria S Dopfer
Germany M Zivec-Skulj
6 5 2   Germany A Huber
Croatia I Majoli
6 1 6
  Germany C Schneider
United Kingdom S Smith
0 2   3 United States L Raymond
Belarus N Zvereva
2 6 7
3 United States L Raymond
Belarus N Zvereva
6 6   3 United States L Raymond
Belarus N Zvereva
3 5  
  Netherlands B Schultz-McCarthy
Netherlands C Vis
6 6 6 2 United States N Arendt
Czech Republic J Novotná
6 7  
  Slovakia K Habšudová
Ukraine N Medvedeva
4 7 4   Netherlands B Schultz-McCarthy
Netherlands C Vis
3 3  
  Ukraine O Lugina
Bulgaria E Pampoulova
1 5   2 United States N Arendt
Czech Republic J Novotná
6 6  
2 United States N Arendt
Czech Republic J Novotná
6 7  
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