Meredith McGrath and Larisa Savchenko were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Laurence Courtois and Nancy Feber.
Doubles | |
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1996 Open Gaz de France | |
1995 Champions | Meredith McGrath Larisa Savchenko |
Champions | Kristie Boogert Jana Novotná |
Runners-up | Julie Halard-Decugis Nathalie Tauziat |
Score | 6–4, 6–3 |
Kristie Boogert and Jana Novotná won in the final 6–4, 6–3 against Julie Halard-Decugis and Nathalie Tauziat.
Seeds
editChampion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
- Meredith McGrath / Larisa Savchenko (quarterfinals)
- Lori McNeil / Helena Suková (semifinals)
- Kristie Boogert / Jana Novotná (champions)
- Julie Halard-Decugis / Nathalie Tauziat (final)
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 | M McGrath L Savchenko | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
O Lugina N Medvedeva | 0 | 3 | 1 | M McGrath L Savchenko | 6 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
S Appelmans M Oremans | 4 | 5 | L Courtois N Feber | 1 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
L Courtois N Feber | 6 | 7 | L Courtois N Feber | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | J Halard-Decugis N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | 4 | J Halard-Decugis N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J Kandarr A-G Sidot | 2 | 0 | 4 | J Halard-Decugis N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
M de Swardt C Vis | 3 | r | P Langrová R Zrubáková | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
P Langrová R Zrubáková | 5 | 4 | Julie Halard-Decugis Nathalie Tauziat | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud | 6 | 6 | 3 | Kristie Boogert Jana Novotná | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
D Krajčovičová F Perfetti | 3 | 1 | A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
S Farina A Fusai | 3 | 6 | 3 | K Boogert J Novotná | w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | K Boogert J Novotná | 6 | 7 | 3 | K Boogert J Novotná | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
N Dahlman D Van Roost | 1 | 4 | 2 | L McNeil H Suková | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
E Makarova E Maniokova | 6 | 6 | E Makarova E Maniokova | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
M Hingis I Majoli | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | L McNeil H Suková | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
2 | L McNeil H Suková | 6 | 6 | 6 |
External links
edit- 1996 Open Gaz de France Doubles Draw Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine