1996 du Maurier Open – Women's Doubles

Women's Doubles
1996 du Maurier Open
1995 Champions	Gabriela Sabatini Brenda Schultz-McCarthy
Champions	Larisa Savchenko Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Runners-up	Mary Joe Fernández Helena Suková
Final score	7–6, 6–1

Gabriela Sabatini and Brenda Schultz-McCarthy were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Larisa Savchenko and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.

Savchenko and Sánchez Vicario won in the final 7–6, 6–1 against Mary Joe Fernández and Helena Suková.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

Draw

Key

Final

Final
1	Larisa Savchenko   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7	6
2	Mary Joe Fernández   Helena Suková	6	1

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							1	L Savchenko   A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
	A Grossman   V Ruano-Pascual	6	6					A Grossman   V Ruano-Pascual	1	4
	E Makarova   J Watanabe	0	3											1	L Savchenko   A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
WC	M Bernard   C Popescu	0	3												S Jeyaseelan   R Simpson	0	3
	S-H Park   S-T Wang	6	6					S-H Park   S-T Wang	3	6	4
	S Jeyaseelan   R Simpson	3	6	6				S Jeyaseelan   R Simpson	6	2	6
8	K Boogert   I Spîrlea	6	3	1																	1	L Savchenko   A Sánchez Vicario	7	6
																					3	G Sabatini   B Schultz-McCarthy	5	2
							3	G Sabatini   B Schultz-McCarthy	6	6
	Å Carlsson   M Strandlund	6	7	3				L Golarsa   N Tauziat	2	1
	L Golarsa   N Tauziat	7	6	6										3	G Sabatini   B Schultz-McCarthy	6	7
WC	J Nejedly   V Webb	7	6	4										6	A Coetzer   L McNeil	2	6
	A Dechaume-Balleret   S Testud	6	7	6				A Dechaume-Balleret   S Testud	3	3
	N Dahlman   C Wood	4	2				6	A Coetzer   L McNeil	6	6
6	A Coetzer   L McNeil	6	6

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
7	Y Basuki   C Vis	3	6	6
	A Frazier   K Po	6	4	4			7	Y Basuki   C Vis	7	6
	B Rittner   C Singer	4	5					N Kijimuta   F Labat	5	3
	N Kijimuta   F Labat	6	7											7	Y Basuki   C Vis	6	6	7
Q	S Farina   B Schett	6	7											Q	S Farina   B Schett	7	3	5
	S Reece   M Werdel-Witmeyer	2	6				Q	S Farina   B Schett	w/o
							4	N Arendt   M Bollegraf
																					7	Y Basuki   C Vis	4	6	5
5	L Raymond   R Stubbs	0	6	6																	2	M J Fernández   H Suková	6	3	7
	A Huber   I Majoli	6	4	3			5	L Raymond   R Stubbs	6	5	7
	J Hetherington   K Rinaldi-Stunkel	6	6					J Hetherington   K Rinaldi-Stunkel	3	7	5
	R Grande   E Likhovtseva	4	4											5	L Raymond   R Stubbs	2	4
	P Hy-Boulais   R Nideffer	3	7	2										2	M J Fernández   H Suková	6	6
	A Fusai   M Paz	6	6	6				A Fusai   M Paz	4	0
							2	M J Fernández   H Suková	6	6

External links

• 1996 du Maurier Open Women's Doubles Draw