1996 Bank of the West Classic – Doubles

Doubles
1996 Bank of the West Classic
1995 Champions	Lori McNeil Helena Suková
Champions	Lindsay Davenport Mary Joe Fernández
Runners-up	Irina Spîrlea Nathalie Tauziat
Final score	6–1, 6–3

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

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

Seeds

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

Key

	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

External links

• 1996 Bank of the West Classic Doubles Draw