| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1996 Salem Open Beijing and the Nokia Open | |
| 1995 Champions |  Claudia Porwik  Linda Wild |
| Champions |  Naoko Kijimuta Miho Saeki |
| Runners-up | Yuko Hosoki Kazue Takuma |
| Final score | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Seeds | 4 |
Claudia Porwik and Linda Wild were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Naoko Kijimuta and Miho Saeki lost in the final 7–5, 6–4 against Yuko Hosoki and Kazue Takuma.
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Rika Hiraki / Nana Miyagi (first round)
Sung-Hee Park / 
Shi-Ting Wang (semifinals) Naoko Kijimuta / Miho Saeki (champions) Silke Meier / 
Louise Pleming (quarterfinals)| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | R Hiraki N Miyagi | 5 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 T Križan  N van Lottum | 7 | 3 | 7 | T Križan N van Lottum | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Y Hosoki K Takuma | 6 | 6 | Y Hosoki K Takuma | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 L-L Chen J-Q Yi | 3 | 1 | Y Hosoki K Takuma | 77 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | S Meier L Pleming | 77 | 7 | H Nagano K Shibata | 63 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| J Chen L Li | 63 | 5 | 4 | S Meier L Pleming | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 H Rosen T-T Weng | 2 | 3 | H Nagano K Shibata | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| H Nagano K Shibata | 6 | 6 | Yuko Hosoki Kazue Takuma | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Q |  F Lubiani  M Schnell | 4 | 3 | 3 | Naoko Kijimuta Miho Saeki | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 B Sangaram T Tanasugarn | 6 | 6 | B Sangaram T Tanasugarn | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| H Mochizuki S Obata | 3 | 78 | 4 | 3 | N Kijimuta M Saeki | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | N Kijimuta M Saeki | 6 | 66 | 6 | 3 | N Kijimuta M Saeki | 6 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| N Dechy S Klösel | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | S-H Park S-T Wang | 3 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Y-J Choi M-R Jeon | 7 | 4 | 2 | N Dechy S Klösel | 6 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | Y Chen L Liu | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | S-H Park S-T Wang | 4 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | S-H Park S-T Wang | 6 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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