1996 WTA German Open – Doubles

Doubles
1996 WTA German Open
1995 Champions	Amanda Coetzer Inés Gorrochategui
Champions	Meredith McGrath Larisa Neiland
Runners-up	Martina Hingis Helena Suková
Final score	6–1, 5–7, 7–6

Amanda Coetzer and Inés Gorrochategui were the defending champions but only Coetzer competed that year with Lori McNeil.

Coetzer and McNeil lost in the semifinals to Meredith McGrath and Larisa Neiland.

McGrath and Neiland won in the final 6–1, 5–7, 7–6 against Martina Hingis 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.

1. Meredith McGrath / Larisa Neiland (Champions)
2. Nicole Arendt / Manon Bollegraf (Second Round)
3. Julie Halard-Decugis / Nathalie Tauziat (Quarterfinals)
4. Amanda Coetzer / Lori McNeil (Semifinals)
5. Kristie Boogert / Nicole Bradtke (Quarterfinals)
6. Martina Hingis / Helena Suková (Final)
7. Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (Quarterfinals)
8. Laura Garrone / Patricia Tarabini (Second Round)

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier WC = Wild Card LL = Lucky Loser

Alt = Alternate SE = Special Exempt PR = Protected Ranking

w/o = Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted

Finals

Final
1	Meredith McGrath   Larisa Neiland	6	5	7
6	Martina Hingis   Helena Suková	1	7	6

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							1	M McGrath   L Neiland	6	1
	R Dragomir   A Grossman	6	6					R Dragomir   A Grossman	4	0	r
	T Ječmenica   S Krivencheva	2	3											1	M McGrath   L Neiland	6	7
	P Langrová   R Zrubáková	2	3											7	Y Basuki   C Vis	4	6
Q	Á Montolio   V Ruano-Pascual	6	6				Q	Á Montolio   V Ruano-Pascual	2	4
	R Grande   E Likhovtseva	6	7	5			7	Y Basuki   C Vis	6	6
7	Y Basuki   C Vis	7	5	7																	1	M McGrath   L Neiland	6	6
																					4	A Coetzer   L McNeil	0	4
							4	A Coetzer   L McNeil	6	6
	Å Carlsson   A Temesvári	7	6					Å Carlsson   A Temesvári	2	1
	O Lugina   H Vildová	6	2											4	A Coetzer   L McNeil	6	6
WC	P Begerow   M Weingärtner	2	2											5	K Boogert   N Bradtke	3	2
	R Bobková   D Graham	6	6					R Bobková   D Graham	7	2	2
	S Meier   J Watanabe	7	6	2			5	K Boogert   N Bradtke	5	6	6
5	K Boogert   N Bradtke	6	7	6

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
6	M Hingis   H Suková	6	6
	M Werdel-Witmeyer   T Whitlinger-Jones	4	1				6	M Hingis   H Suková	6	6
	E Martincová   J Pospíšilová	6	6	6				E Martincová   J Pospíšilová	2	1
	I Demongeot   C Dhenin	7	1	4										6	M Hingis   H Suková	7	6
	A Huber   N Zvereva	3	6											3	J Halard-Decugis   N Tauziat	6	2
	C Cristea   L Poruri	6	7					C Cristea   L Poruri	1	0
							3	J Halard-Decugis   N Tauziat	6	6
																					6	M Hingis   H Suková	6	6
8	L Garrone   P Tarabini	6	7																			N Dahlman   R McQuillan	2	3
	E Bes Ostariz   K Habšudová	3	6				8	L Garrone   P Tarabini	4	6
	L Lee   S McCarthy	7	1	4			WC	C Singer   B Rittner	6	7
WC	C Singer   B Rittner	6	6	6										WC	C Singer   B Rittner	7	4	3
	N Dahlman   R McQuillan	6	6												N Dahlman   R McQuillan	5	6	6
	M Grzybowska   J Kruger	3	1					N Dahlman   R McQuillan	6	7
							2	N Arendt   M Bollegraf	4	6

External links

• 1996 WTA German Open Doubles Draw