Jana Novotná and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were the defending champions and won in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Meredith McGrath and Larisa Neiland.
Amanda Coetzer and Inés Gorrochategui were the defending champions but only Coetzer competed that year with Lori McNeil.
Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf were the defending champions but only Arendt competed that year with Natasha Zvereva.
Zina Garrison-Jackson and Larisa Neiland were the defending champions but only Garrison-Jackson competed that year with Katrina Adams.
Larisa Neiland and Jana Novotná were the defending champions but competed with different partners that year, Neiland with Elizabeth Smylie and Novotná with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.
Todd Woodbridge and Helena Suková were the defending champions but lost in the second round to T. J. Middleton and Lori McNeil.
Meredith McGrath and Matt Lucena were the defending champions but only Lucena competed that year with Kimberly Po.
Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Helena Suková. With this loss, they missed out on the 1993 Calendar Grand Slam in Women's Doubles.
Lori McNeil and Martina Navratilova were the defending champions but only McNeil competed that year. She competed with Rennae Stubbs but lost in the second round to Catherine Barclay and Kerry-Anne Guse.
Jana Novotná and Helena Suková were the defending champions, but they participated in this tournament with different partners. Suková played alongside Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, but lost in the semifinals to Novotná and Gigi Fernández. Fernández and Novotná then won the title, defeating Larisa Neiland and Natasha Zvereva in the final 6–4, 6–0.
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Helena Suková were the defending champions but Suková did not participate this year. Sánchez Vicario paired up with Jana Novotná and successfully defended the title, defeating Robin White and Katerina Maleeva in the final, 6-3, 6-3. With their semifinal loss to Maleeva and White, Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva missed out on the Grand Slam in Women's Doubles for the 2nd straight year.
The 1996 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Melbourne Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 84th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 15 through 28 January 1996.
Lindsay Davenport and Mary Joe Fernández defeated the four-time defending champions Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva in the final, 6–2, 6–1 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1996 French Open. It was Davenport's first major title; she would go on to win a further two majors in doubles and three majors in singles, eventually becoming the world No. 1 in both disciplines.
Larisa Neiland and Todd Woodbridge were the defending champions, but competed this year with different partners. Neiland teamed up with Mark Woodforde and were eliminated in semifinals, while Woodbridge partnered with Nicole Bradtke and were eliminated in quarterfinals.
Jana Novotná and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Martina Hingis and Helena Suková.
Martina Hingis and Helena Suková were the defending champions but decided not to play together. Hingis teamed up with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and lost in quarterfinals to Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf, and Suková teamed with Larisa Neiland and lost in semifinals against the same pair.
Jana Novotná and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were the defending champions, but lost in quarterfinals to Brenda Schultz-McCarthy and Rennae Stubbs.
Gigi Fernández and Helena Suková were the defending champions, but competed this year with different partners.
Zina Garrison-Jackson and Martina Navratilova were the defending champions, but competed this year with different partners.
Lori McNeil and Rennae Stubbs were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Helena Suková.
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