1995 Acura Classic – Doubles

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Doubles
1995 Acura Classic
1994 Champions Flag of France.svg Julie Halard
Flag of France.svg Nathalie Tauziat
Final
Champions Flag of the United States.svg Gigi Fernández
Flag of Belarus.svg Natasha Zvereva
Runners-up Flag of Latvia.svg Larisa Neiland
Flag of Argentina.svg Gabriela Sabatini
Score75, 67, 75
Events
Singles Doubles
  1994  · Acura Classic ·  1996  

Julie Halard and Nathalie Tauziat were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Larisa Neiland and Gabriela Sabatini.

Contents

Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva won in the final 75, 67, 75 against Neiland and Sabatini.

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. Flag of the United States.svg Gigi Fernández / Flag of Belarus.svg Natasha Zvereva (champions)
  2. Flag of Latvia.svg Larisa Neiland / Flag of Argentina.svg Gabriela Sabatini (final)
  3. Flag of the United States.svg Patty Fendick / Flag of the United States.svg Mary Joe Fernández (quarterfinals)
  4. Flag of Spain.svg Conchita Martínez / Flag of Argentina.svg Patricia Tarabini (quarterfinals)
  5. Flag of the United States.svg Lori McNeil / Flag of the United States.svg Lisa Raymond (quarterfinals)
  6. Flag of France.svg Julie Halard / Flag of France.svg Nathalie Tauziat (semifinals)
  7. Flag of Russia.svg Elena Makarova / Flag of Russia.svg Eugenia Maniokova (first round)
  8. Flag of Indonesia.svg Yayuk Basuki / Flag of the Netherlands.svg Caroline Vis (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Final

Final
     
1 76 7
2 5 75

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 67 
 66  0 6  
WC 3 2  1 67 
 66 5 2 5  
 0 1   2 1  
 4 3  5 66 
5 66 1 67 
 1 6  
4 3 66
 66  63 3
 3 1  4 0 5  
 2 61  67 
 64 6    
 3 77 w/o  
7 66 5

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
6 63 6
 2 63 6 66 
WC 65 4  1 4  
 3 766 64 6
 3 5  3 3 64
 67  3 6  
3 67 
6 2 2  
8
67 2 66 
 1 6  8
64 6
 76  3 62
 6 2  8
4 4  
 67 2 66 
 3 6   2 3  
2 66 

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