1996 Rover British Clay Court Championships – Doubles

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Doubles
1996 Rover British Clay Court Championships
1995 Champions
Final
Champions
Runners-up
Score60, 64
Events
Singles Doubles
  1995  · Rover British Clay Court Championships ·  1997  

Mariaan de Swardt and Ruxandra Dragomir were the defending champions but only de Swardt competed that year with Katrina Adams.

Contents

Adams and de Swardt won in the final 60, 64 against Els Callens and Laurence Courtois.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

  1. Flag of the United States.svg Katrina Adams / Flag of South Africa.svg Mariaan de Swardt (champions)
  2. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jill Hetherington / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kristine Radford (first round)
  3. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Els Callens / Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Laurence Courtois (final)
  4. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kerry-Anne Guse / Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Patricia Hy-Boulais (semifinals)

Draw

Key

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 66 
WC 3 2  1 76 
 5 2   6 3  
 76 1 5 66
4 61 64 73 0
LL 3 64 4 66 
 67  4 1  
Q 4 6  1 66 
 1 5  3 0 4  
 67  64 2
 3 5  3 4 66
3 67 3 3 77
 72 2  65 6
 6 66 2 3  
 76  66 
2 5 2  

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