| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1996 Volvo Women's Open | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Score | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Draw | 16 (2Q) |
| Seeds | 4 |
Jill Hetherington and Kristine Radford were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Miho Saeki and Yuka Yoshida won in the final 6–2, 6–3 against Tina Križan and Nana Miyagi.
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Sung-Hee Park / 
Shi-Ting Wang (quarterfinals)
Laura Golarsa / 
Christina Singer (semifinals)
Tina Križan / 
Nana Miyagi (final)
Nancy Feber / Kyōko Nagatsuka (first round)| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| w/o | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Barbara Schett and Patty Schnyder were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Nicole Arendt and Ai Sugiyama were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Arendt with Liezel Huber and Sugiyama with Elena Tatarkova.
María José Martínez and Anabel Medina Garrigues won in the final 6–1, 6–7(5–7), 7–5 against Alexandra Fusai and Rita Grande.
Tina Križan and Katarina Srebotnik were the defending champions but lost in the final 3–6, 7–5, 6–1 against Květa Hrdličková and Barbara Rittner.
Shi-Ting Wang was the defending champion and won in the final 6–4, 6–0 against Nana Miyagi.
Petra Kamstra and Tina Križan were the defending champions but only Križan competed that year with Noëlle van Lottum.
Yayuk Basuki and Kyoko Nagatsuka were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Chanda Rubin and Brenda Schultz-McCarthy were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Rika Hiraki and Naoko Kijimuta were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Hiraki with Alexia Dechaume-Balleret and Kijimuta with Nana Miyagi.
Janette Husárová and Dominique Van Roost were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Husárová with Julie Halard-Decugis and Van Roost with Laura Golarsa.
Rika Hiraki and Nana Miyagi were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Hiraki with Amy Frazier and Miyagi with Rachel McQuillan.
Ei Iida and Maya Kidowaki were the defending champions but only Iida competed that year with Kyoko Nagatsuka.
Alexia Dechaume-Balleret and Rika Hiraki were the defending champions but only Hiraki competed that year with Amy Frazier.
Eva Melicharová and Helena Vildová were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Meike Babel and Laurence Courtois won in the final 6–0, 6–2 against Åsa Carlsson and Florencia Labat in the doubles of the 1998 ENKA Open.
Corina Morariu and Larisa Neiland were the reigning champions, but they did not return to defend their title.
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Nathalie Tauziat were the defending champions, but Tauziat did not compete in this edition. Sánchez Vicario teamed up with Daniela Hantuchová and lost in first round to Elena Dementieva and Janette Husárová.
Shinobu Asagoe and Nana Miyagi were the defending champions, but lost in quarterfinals to Yan Zi and Zheng Jie.
Conchita Martínez and Patricia Tarabini were the defending champions, but none competed this year.
Yayuk Basuki and Romana Tedjakusuma were the defending champions, but none competed this year.
