1996 World Doubles Cup – Doubles

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Doubles
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
Score63, 26, 76
Events
Doubles
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Meredith McGrath and Larisa Savchenko were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf.

Contents

Arendt and Bollegraf won in the final 63, 26, 76 against Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva.

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

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