1996 US Open – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
Women's doubles
1996 US Open
Final
Champions	Gigi Fernández; Natasha Zvereva
Runners-up	Jana Novotná; Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Score	1–6, 6–1, 6–4
Details
Draw	64 (4 Q / 4 WC )
Seeds	16
Events

Defending champions Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva defeated Jana Novotná and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the final, 1–6, 6–1, 6–4 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1996 US Open. It was Fernández' fifth US Open, 15th major and 66th overall title for Fernández, and Zvereva's fourth US Open, 15th major and 60th overall title.

Seeds

Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (final)
Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva (champions)
n/a
Martina Hingis / Helena Suková (semifinals)
Nicole Arendt / Manon Bollegraf (quarterfinals)
Lori McNeil / Gabriela Sabatini (semifinals)
Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs (second round)
Brenda Schultz-McCarthy / Nathalie Tauziat (first round)
Katrina Adams / Mariaan de Swardt (second round)
Elizabeth Smylie / Linda Wild (first round)
Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (third round)
Kristie Boogert / Irina Spîrlea (third round)
Zina Garrison-Jackson / Pam Shriver (first round)
Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (third round)
Rika Hiraki / Nana Miyagi (third round)
Debbie Graham / Kristine Radford (third round)
Alexia Dechaume-Balleret / Sandrine Testud (third round)

Qualifying

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

1	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7	6

	Anna Kournikova Elena Likhovtseva	5	2
					1	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6	1	6

					4	Martina Hingis Helena Suková	1	6	1
4	Martina Hingis Helena Suková	6	6

	Patricia Hy-Boulais Rosalyn Nideffer	4	4
										1	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6	1	4

										2	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	1	6	6
6	Lori McNeil Gabriela Sabatini	4	6	7

5	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	6	3	5
					6	Lori McNeil Gabriela Sabatini	2	6

					2	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6	7
	Sonya Jeyaseelan Rene Simpson	3	7	2

2	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6	6	6

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

1	J Novotná A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
Q	M Saeki Y Yoshida	1	1		1	J Novotná A Sánchez Vicario	6	6	6
	N Bradtke R McQuillan	6	6			N Bradtke R McQuillan	7	3	2
	L Golarsa C Singer	4	2							1	J Novotná A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
LL	V Csurgó M Grzybowska	6	4	2						15	R Hiraki N Miyagi	4	2
	S Noorlander S Pitkowski	4	6	6		S Noorlander S Pitkowski	6	2	2
	N Dahlman C Wood	6	3	2	15	R Hiraki N Miyagi	4	6	6
15	R Hiraki N Miyagi	3	6	6											1	J Novotná A Sánchez Vicario	7	6
10	E Smylie L Wild	4	4													A Kournikova E Likhovtseva	5	2
	A Lettiere C Morariu	6	6			A Lettiere C Morariu	3	6	6
	L Cenková A Olsza	6	6			L Cenková A Olsza	6	1	1
Q	L Horn J Kruger	1	2								A Lettiere C Morariu	2	7	2
	R Bobková E Melicharová	3	6	6							A Kournikova E Likhovtseva	6	6	6
	A Kournikova E Likhovtseva	6	3	7		A Kournikova E Likhovtseva	7	4
	A Ellwood N Pratt	3	4		9	K Adams M de Swardt	6	1^r
9	K Adams M de Swardt	6	6

Section 2

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

4	M Hingis H Suková	6	6
	H Nagyová K Studeníková	0	3		4	M Hingis H Suková	6	6
Q	M-F Landa M Weingärtner	2	2			Å Carlsson M Strandlund	2	4
	Å Carlsson M Strandlund	6	6							4	M Hingis H Suková	6	3	7
	A Coetzer I Gorrochategui	6	6							11	Y Basuki C Vis	3	6	5
	K Nagatsuka A Sugiyama	3	3			A Coetzer I Gorrochategui	3	0^r
	M Werdel-Witmeyer T Whitlinger-Jones	3	6	5	11	Y Basuki C Vis	6	1
11	Y Basuki C Vis	6	3	7											4	M Hingis H Suková	6	6
13	Z Garrison-Jackson P Shriver	5	4													P Hy-Boulais R Nideffer	4	4
	L Montalvo B Rittner	7	6			L Montalvo B Rittner	2	6
	T Križan C Papadáki	3	6			R Grande E Makarova	6	7
	R Grande E Makarova	6	7								R Grande E Makarova	1	1
	P Langrová R Zrubáková	4	2								P Hy-Boulais R Nideffer	6	6
	N Kijimuta F Labat	6	6			N Kijimuta F Labat	6	4	6
	P Hy-Boulais R Nideffer	7	6			P Hy-Boulais R Nideffer	1	6	7
8	B Schultz-McCarthy N Tauziat	5	1

Bottom half

Section 3

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

6	L McNeil G Sabatini	6	7
	D Krajčovičová L Němečková	2	5		6	L McNeil G Sabatini	6	6
	S Cecchini L Garrone	2	1			J Hetherington K Rinaldi-Stunkel	1	1
	J Hetherington K Rinaldi-Stunkel	6	6							6	L McNeil G Sabatini	6	6
WC	L Osterloh S Reeves	7	3	1						12	K Boogert I Spîrlea	4	2
	S Appelmans M Oremans	6	6	6		S Appelmans M Oremans	1	0
	K Kschwendt B Schett	7	1	3	12	K Boogert I Spîrlea	6	6
12	K Boogert I Spîrlea	5	6	6										6	L McNeil G Sabatini	4	6	7
14	C Martínez P Tarabini	6	1	6										5	N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	3	5
	O Lugina E Pampoulova	2	6	2	14	C Martínez P Tarabini	6	7
	A Frazier K Po	6	3	2		S-h Park S-t Wang	2	5
	S-h Park S-t Wang	4	6	6						14	C Martínez P Tarabini	5	5
WC	J Lee L Lee	6	7							5	N Arendt M Bollegraf	7	7
WC	A deLone L Poruri	4	6		WC	J Lee L Lee	4	7	1
	M Lindström L Pleming	4	0		5	N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	5	6
5	N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	6

Section 4

First round					Second round				Third round				Quarterfinals

7	L Raymond R Stubbs	6	6
WC	D Buth S Nickitas	1	2		7	L Raymond R Stubbs	4	3
	A Huber I Majoli	4	4			S Jeyaseelan R Simpson	6	6
	S Jeyaseelan R Simpson	6	6							S Jeyaseelan R Simpson	7	6
	A Grossman S Reece	3	4						17	A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	5	3
	C Barclay K-A Guse	6	6			C Barclay K-A Guse	5	1
	V Ruano Pascual A Temesvári	6	7	3	17	A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	7	6
17	A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	7	6	6										S Jeyaseelan R Simpson	3	7	2
16	D Graham K Radford	4	7	7									2	G Fernández N Zvereva	6	6	6
	A Fusai M Paz	6	5	6	16	D Graham K Radford	6	6
LL	J Byrne T Morton-Rodgers	6	6		LL	J Byrne T Morton-Rodgers	2	4
Q	J Chi K Pace	2	4						16	D Graham K Radford	3	6
	M Murić P Suárez	3	4						2	G Fernández N Zvereva	6	7
	R Dragomir T Ječmenica	6	6			R Dragomir T Ječmenica	1	0
	J Husárová D van Roost	6	3	0	2	G Fernández N Zvereva	6	6
2	G Fernández N Zvereva	4	6	6