1996 Bank of the West Classic – Doubles

Lori McNeil and Helena Suková were the defending champions but did not compete that year.

Doubles
1996 Bank of the West Classic
1995 ChampionsUnited States Lori McNeil
Czech Republic Helena Suková
Final
ChampionsUnited States Lindsay Davenport
United States Mary Joe Fernández
Runners-upRomania Irina Spîrlea
France Nathalie Tauziat
Score6–1, 6–3
Events
Singles Doubles
← 1995 · Bank of the West Classic · 1997 →

Lindsay Davenport and Mary Joe Fernández won in the final 6–1, 6–3 against Irina Spîrlea and Nathalie Tauziat.

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.   Lindsay Davenport /   Mary Joe Fernández (champions)
  2.   Chanda Rubin /   Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (first round)
  3.   Yayuk Basuki /   Caroline Vis (semifinals)
  4.   Elizabeth Smylie /   Linda Wild (first round)

Draw

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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  
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