1996 du Maurier Open – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
1996 du Maurier Open
1995 ChampionsArgentina Gabriela Sabatini
Netherlands Brenda Schultz-McCarthy
Final
ChampionsLatvia Larisa Savchenko
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Runners-upUnited States Mary Joe Fernández
Czech Republic Helena Suková
Score7–6, 6–1
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
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Gabriela Sabatini and Brenda Schultz-McCarthy were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Larisa Savchenko and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.

Savchenko and Sánchez Vicario won in the final 7–6, 6–1 against Mary Joe Fernández and Helena Suková.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

Draw

Key

Final

Final
     
1 Latvia Larisa Savchenko
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
7 6  
2 United States Mary Joe Fernández
Czech Republic Helena Suková
6 1  

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Latvia L Savchenko
Spain A Sánchez Vicario
6 6  
  United States A Grossman
Spain V Ruano-Pascual
6 6     United States A Grossman
Spain V Ruano-Pascual
1 4  
  Russia E Makarova
United States J Watanabe
0 3   1 Latvia L Savchenko
Spain A Sánchez Vicario
6 6  
WC Canada M Bernard
Canada C Popescu
0 3     Canada S Jeyaseelan
Canada R Simpson
0 3  
  South Korea S-H Park
Chinese Taipei S-T Wang
6 6     South Korea S-H Park
Chinese Taipei S-T Wang
3 6 4
  Canada S Jeyaseelan
Canada R Simpson
3 6 6   Canada S Jeyaseelan
Canada R Simpson
6 2 6
8 Netherlands K Boogert
Romania I Spîrlea
6 3 1 1 Latvia L Savchenko
Spain A Sánchez Vicario
7 6  
3 Argentina G Sabatini
Netherlands B Schultz-McCarthy
5 2  
3 Argentina G Sabatini
Netherlands B Schultz-McCarthy
6 6  
  Sweden Å Carlsson
Sweden M Strandlund
6 7 3   Italy L Golarsa
France N Tauziat
2 1  
  Italy L Golarsa
France N Tauziat
7 6 6 3 Argentina G Sabatini
Netherlands B Schultz-McCarthy
6 7  
WC Canada J Nejedly
Canada V Webb
7 6 4 6 South Africa A Coetzer
United States L McNeil
2 6  
  France A Dechaume-Balleret
France S Testud
6 7 6   France A Dechaume-Balleret
France S Testud
3 3  
  Finland N Dahlman
United Kingdom C Wood
4 2   6 South Africa A Coetzer
United States L McNeil
6 6  
6 South Africa A Coetzer
United States L McNeil
6 6  

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
7 Indonesia Y Basuki
Netherlands C Vis
3 6 6
  United States A Frazier
United States K Po
6 4 4 7 Indonesia Y Basuki
Netherlands C Vis
7 6  
  Germany B Rittner
Germany C Singer
4 5     Japan N Kijimuta
Argentina F Labat
5 3  
  Japan N Kijimuta
Argentina F Labat
6 7   7 Indonesia Y Basuki
Netherlands C Vis
6 6 7
Q Italy S Farina
Austria B Schett
6 7   Q Italy S Farina
Austria B Schett
7 3 5
  United States S Reece
United States M Werdel-Witmeyer
2 6   Q Italy S Farina
Austria B Schett
w/o    
4 United States N Arendt
Netherlands M Bollegraf
     
7 Indonesia Y Basuki
Netherlands C Vis
4 6 5
5 United States L Raymond
Australia R Stubbs
0 6 6 2 United States M J Fernández
Czech Republic H Suková
6 3 7
  Germany A Huber
Croatia I Majoli
6 4 3 5 United States L Raymond
Australia R Stubbs
6 5 7
  Canada J Hetherington
United States K Rinaldi-Stunkel
6 6     Canada J Hetherington
United States K Rinaldi-Stunkel
3 7 5
  Italy R Grande
Russia E Likhovtseva
4 4   5 United States L Raymond
Australia R Stubbs
2 4  
  Canada P Hy-Boulais
South Africa R Nideffer
3 7 2 2 United States M J Fernández
Czech Republic H Suková
6 6  
  France A Fusai
Argentina M Paz
6 6 6   France A Fusai
Argentina M Paz
4 0  
2 United States M J Fernández
Czech Republic H Suková
6 6  

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