| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1996 DFS Classic | |
| 1995 Champions |  Manon Bollegraf  Rennae Stubbs |
| Champions | Elizabeth Smylie  Linda Wild |
| Runners-up | Lori McNeil  Nathalie Tauziat |
| Score | 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 |
Manon Bollegraf and Rennae Stubbs were the defending champions but only Stubbs competed that year with Lisa Raymond.
Raymond and Stubbs lost in the semifinals to Lori McNeil and Nathalie Tauziat.
Elizabeth Smylie and Linda Wild won in the final 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 against McNeil and Tauziat.
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.
Meredith McGrath / 
Larisa Savchenko (second round) Lori McNeil / Nathalie Tauziat (final) Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs (semifinals)
Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (second round)
Els Callens / Laurence Courtois (first round) Kerry-Anne Guse / 
Rika Hiraki (first round) Debbie Graham / Kristine Radford (quarterfinals)
Rosalyn Nideffer / Pam Shriver (second round)| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| A Ellwood R McQuillan | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Elizabeth Smylie Linda Wild | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Elizabeth Smylie Linda Wild | 6 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Lori McNeil Nathalie Tauziat | 3 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||
| 3 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 6 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2 | Lori McNeil Nathalie Tauziat | 2 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | M McGrath L Savchenko | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 T Ječmenica  A Olsza | 6 | 2 | 5 |  N Dahlman  C Wood | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| N Dahlman C Wood | 2 | 6 | 7 | N Dahlman C Wood | 3 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 L Golarsa K Rinaldi-Stunkel | 5 | 4 | A Ellwood R McQuillan | 6 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A Ellwood R McQuillan | 7 | 6 | A Ellwood R McQuillan | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 M Lindström M Strandlund | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | R Nideffer P Shriver | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | R Nideffer P Shriver | 6 | 6 | 6 | A Ellwood R McQuillan | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| E Smylie L Wild | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Y Basuki C Vis | 6 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| LL | D Jones  M Schnell | 4 | 4 | N Feber D Van Roost | 7 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| N Feber D Van Roost | 6 | 6 | N Feber D Van Roost | 3 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| LL | S Drake-Brockman T Musgrave | 6 | 5 | 6 | E Smylie L Wild | 6 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| C Barclay K Godridge | 4 | 7 | 8 | C Barclay K Godridge | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| E Smylie L Wild | 6 | 6 | E Smylie L Wild | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | E Callens L Courtois | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | D Graham K Radford | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 T Križan  C Papadáki | 6 | 2 | 7 | D Graham K Radford | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| E deLone N Pratt | 4 | 6 | 6 | E deLone N Pratt | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| V Lake S Smith | 6 | 3 | 2 | 7 | D Graham K Radford | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 S Jeyaseelan S Noorlander | 7 | 6 | 3 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 C Cristea L Poruri | 5 | 4 | S Jeyaseelan S Noorlander | 6 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 4 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 6 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | K-A Guse R Hiraki | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | L McNeil N Tauziat | 2 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
 M Murić M Saeki | 0 | 6 | 6 | M Murić M Saeki | 5 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| N Kijimuta Y Yoshida | 5 | 3 |  J Lutrova  T Tanasugarn | 7 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| J Lutrova T Tanasugarn | 7 | 6 | M Murić M Saeki | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| I Demongeot C Dhenin | 7 | 6 | 2 | L McNeil N Tauziat | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | C Taylor J Ward | 5 | 1 | I Demongeot C Dhenin | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | L McNeil N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ai Sugiyama and Nathalie Tauziat were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Sugiyama with Daniela Hantuchová and Tauziat with Kimberly Po-Messerli.
Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs successfully defended their title by winning in the final 6–7 (5–7), 7–6 (8–6), 6–2 over Cara Black and Elena Likhovtseva.
Lindsay Davenport and Lisa Raymond were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Davenport with Mary Joe Fernández and Raymond with Rennae Stubbs.
Zina Garrison-Jackson was the defending champion, but did not participate this year.
Elizabeth Smylie and Linda Wild were the defending champions but only Wild competed that year with Nathalie Tauziat.
Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Katrina Adams and Debbie Graham.
Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf were the defending champions but only Bollegraf competed that year with Jana Novotná.
Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat were the defending champions and won in the final 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 against Anna Kournikova and Larisa Savchenko.
Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but lost in the final 7–5, 2–6, 6–3 against Jana Novotná and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.
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.
Mary Joe Fernández and Martina Hingis were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Lindsay Davenport and Jana Novotná were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Davenport with Natasha Zvereva and Novotná with Chanda Rubin.
Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Monica Seles and Natasha Zvereva.
Corina Morariu and Larisa Neiland were the reigning champions, but they did not return to defend their title.
Lori McNeil and Rennae Stubbs were the defending champions but only McNeil competed that year. She competed with Martina Navratilova and won in the final against Pam Shriver and Elizabeth Smylie, 6–3, 6–4.
Nicole Provis and Elizabeth Smylie were the defending champions but were defeated in the quarterfinals by Jo-Anne Faull and Julie Richardson.
Serena and Venus Williams were the defending champions but withdrew in the third round.
Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva were the two-time defending champions, and successfully defended their title, defeating Lindsay Davenport and Lisa Raymond in the final 6–2, 6–2.
Martina Hingis and Mary Pierce were the defending champions, but neither participated in this tournament.
Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, defeating Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs 6–4, 6–2 in the final.