1996 World Doubles Cup

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1996 World Doubles Cup
Date22–25 May
Edition22nd
Draw8D
Prize money$188,125
Surface Clay / outdoor
Location Edinburgh, Scotland
←  1995  · World Doubles Cup ·  1997  →
1996 World Doubles Cup
1996 World Doubles Cup
1995 Champions Flag of the United States.svg Meredith McGrath
Flag of Latvia.svg Larisa Savchenko
Final
Champions Flag of the United States.svg Nicole Arendt
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Manon Bollegraf
Runners-up Flag of the United States.svg Gigi Fernández
Flag of Belarus.svg Natasha Zvereva
Score6–3, 2–6, 7–6
Details
Draw8D
Events
Doubles
←  1995  · World Doubles Cup ·  1997  →

The 1996 World Doubles Cup was a women's doubles tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Craiglockhart Tennis Centre in Edinburgh in Scotland that was part of the 1996 WTA Tour. It was the 22nd edition of the tournament and was held from 22 to 25 May 1996

Contents

Meredith McGrath and Larisa Savchenko were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf. Arendt and Bollegraf won in the final 6–3, 2–6, 7–6 against Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva.. [1] It was Arendt's 1st title of the year and the 5th of her career. It was Bollegraf's 2nd title of the year and the 23rd of her career

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 Gigi Fernández / Flag of Belarus.svg Natasha Zvereva (final)
  2. Flag of the United States.svg Meredith McGrath / Flag of Latvia.svg Larisa Savchenko (semifinals)
  3. Flag of the United States.svg Nicole Arendt / Flag of the Netherlands.svg Manon Bollegraf (champions)
  4. Flag of the United States.svg Katrina Adams / Flag of South Africa.svg Mariaan de Swardt (semifinals)

Draw

Key

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 Flag of the United States.svg Gigi Fernández
Flag of Belarus.svg Natasha Zvereva 		3 66
  Flag of Russia.svg Elena Makarova
Flag of Russia.svg Eugenia Maniokova 		61 1
1 Flag of the United States.svg Gigi Fernández
Flag of Belarus.svg Natasha Zvereva 		65 7
4 Flag of the United States.svg Katrina Adams
Flag of South Africa.svg Mariaan de Swardt 		1 76
4 Flag of the United States.svg Katrina Adams
Flag of South Africa.svg Mariaan de Swardt 		66 
WC Flag of the United States.svg Zina Garrison-Jackson
Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel 		2 4  
1 Flag of the United States.svg Gigi Fernández
Flag of Belarus.svg Natasha Zvereva 		3 66
3 Flag of the United States.svg Nicole Arendt
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Manon Bollegraf 		62 7
  Flag of Argentina.svg Patricia Tarabini
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Caroline Vis 		2 3  
3 Flag of the United States.svg Nicole Arendt
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Manon Bollegraf 		66 
3 Flag of the United States.svg Nicole Arendt
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Manon Bollegraf 		3 66
2 Flag of the United States.svg Meredith McGrath
Flag of Latvia.svg Larisa Savchenko 		64 4
  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jill Hetherington
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kristine Radford 		3 63
2 Flag of the United States.svg Meredith McGrath
Flag of Latvia.svg Larisa Savchenko 		63 6

References

  1. ↑ John Barrett, ed. (1997). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 168, 184. ISBN   9780002187145.
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