Lori McNeil and Helena Suková were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1996 Bank of the West Classic | |
| 1995 Champions |  Lori McNeil  Helena Suková |
| Champions | Lindsay Davenport Mary Joe Fernández |
| Runners-up |  Irina Spîrlea  Nathalie Tauziat |
| Score | 6–1, 6–3 |
Lindsay Davenport and Mary Joe Fernández won in the final 6–1, 6–3 against Irina Spîrlea and Nathalie Tauziat.
Seeds
editChampion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Lindsay Davenport / Mary Joe Fernández (champions)- Chanda Rubin /
Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (first round) 
Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (semifinals)
Elizabeth Smylie / Linda Wild (first round)
Draw
editKey
edit- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | L Davenport M J Fernández
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 L Montalvo P Suárez
| 0 | 4 | 1 | L Davenport M J Fernández
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
A Lettiere N Miyagi
| 6 | 7 | A Lettiere N Miyagi
| 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 K Studeníková A Sugiyama
| 2 | 6 | 1 | L Davenport M J Fernández
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  E Smylie L Wild
| 6 | 1 | 6 |  J Hetherington K Rinaldi-Stunkel
| 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| K Adams Z Garrison-Jackson
| 4 | 6 | 7 | K Adams Z Garrison-Jackson
| 5 | 7 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| J Hetherington K Rinaldi-Stunkel
| 6 | 6 | J Hetherington K Rinaldi-Stunkel
| 7 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| M Werdel-Witmeyer T Whitlinger-Jones
| 1 | 4 | 1 | Lindsay Davenport Mary Joe Fernández
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
P Hy-Boulais R Nideffer
| 2 | 3 | Irina Spîrlea Nathalie Tauziat
| 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
R Hiraki E Likhovtseva
| 6 | 6 | R Hiraki E Likhovtseva
| 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| K Habšudová P Shriver
| 1 | 6 | 3 |  Y Basuki C Vis
| 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Y Basuki C Vis
| 6 | 7 | 3 | Y Basuki C Vis
| 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A Frazier K Po
| 6 | 6 | I Spîrlea N Tauziat
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| L Osterloh K Schlukebir
| 1 | 4 | A Frazier K Po
| 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| I Spîrlea N Tauziat
| 6 | 6 | I Spîrlea N Tauziat
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | C Rubin B Schultz-McCarthy
| 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||