title: 1996 Direct Line International Championships – Doubles
text: # 1996 Direct Line International Championships – Doubles
  
  Jana Novotná and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were the defending champions and won in the final 4–6, 7–5, 6–4 against Rosalyn Nideffer and Pam Shriver.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
  
  * Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (champions)
  * n/a
  * Katrina Adams / Meredith McGrath (semifinals)
  * Nicole Arendt / Manon Bollegraf (first round)
  
  ## Draw
  
  ### Key
  
  * Q = Qualifier
  * WC = Wild card
  * LL = Lucky loser
  * Alt = Alternate
  * SE = Special exempt
  * PR = Protected ranking
  * ITF = ITF entry
  * JE = Junior exempt
  * w/o = Walkover
  * r = Retired
  * d = Defaulted
  * SR = Special ranking
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
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  | 1 | J Novotná A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | L McNeil N Tauziat | 3 | 3 | | 1 | J Novotná A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | S Smith C Wood | 7 | 7 | | WC | S Smith C Wood | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | K Kschwendt A Sugiyama | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | J Novotná A Sánchez Vicario | 7 | 7 | | | | | | |
  | 3 | K Adams M McGrath | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | K Adams M McGrath | 5 | 6 | | | | | | |
  | | Y Basuki J Hetherington | 4 | 3 | | 3 | K Adams M McGrath | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Feber R Hiraki | 4 | 6 | 1 | | L Raymond R Stubbs | 6 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | L Raymond R Stubbs | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 4 | 7 | 6 |
  | | A Lettiere C Morariu | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Rosalyn Nideffer Pam Shriver | 6 | 5 | 2 |
  | | E Smylie L Wild | 7 | 6 | | | E Smylie L Wild | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Frazier K Po | 6 | 6 | | | A Frazier K Po | 6 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 4 | N Arendt M Bollegraf | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | E Smylie L Wild | 6 | 5 | 2 | | | | | |
  | | C Porwik I Spîrlea | 6 | 3 | 9 | | | | | | | R Nideffer P Shriver | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
  | Q | T Ječmenica M Murić | 3 | 6 | 11 | Q | T Ječmenica M Murić | 7 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | R Nideffer P Shriver | 6 | 7 | | | R Nideffer P Shriver | 6 | 6 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | LL | M Werdel-Witmeyer T Whitlinger-Jones | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  