title: 1996 du Maurier Open – Women's doubles
text: # 1996 du Maurier Open – Women's doubles
  
  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.
  
  * Larisa Savchenko / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (champions)
  * Mary Joe Fernández / Helena Suková (final)
  * Gabriela Sabatini / Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (semifinals)
  * Nicole Arendt / Manon Bollegraf (second round)
  * Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs (quarterfinals)
  * Amanda Coetzer / Lori McNeil (quarterfinals)
  * Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (semifinals)
  * Kristie Boogert / Irina Spîrlea (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
  
  ### Final
  
  | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Larisa Savchenko Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 7 | 6 | |
  | 2 | Mary Joe Fernández Helena Suková | 6 | 1 | |
  
  ### Top half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | | | | 1 | L Savchenko A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Grossman V Ruano-Pascual | 6 | 6 | | | A Grossman V Ruano-Pascual | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | E Makarova J Watanabe | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | 1 | L Savchenko A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | WC | M Bernard C Popescu | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | S Jeyaseelan R Simpson | 0 | 3 | | | | |
  | | S-H Park S-T Wang | 6 | 6 | | | S-H Park S-T Wang | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
  | | S Jeyaseelan R Simpson | 3 | 6 | 6 | | S Jeyaseelan R Simpson | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | 8 | K Boogert I Spîrlea | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | L Savchenko A Sánchez Vicario | 7 | 6 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | G Sabatini B Schultz-McCarthy | 5 | 2 |
  | | | | | | 3 | G Sabatini B Schultz-McCarthy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Å Carlsson M Strandlund | 6 | 7 | 3 | | L Golarsa N Tauziat | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | L Golarsa N Tauziat | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | G Sabatini B Schultz-McCarthy | 6 | 7 | | | | |
  | WC | J Nejedly V Webb | 7 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | 6 | A Coetzer L McNeil | 2 | 6 | | | | |
  | | A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud | 6 | 7 | 6 | | A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Dahlman C Wood | 4 | 2 | | 6 | A Coetzer L McNeil | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 6 | A Coetzer L McNeil | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Bottom half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 7 | Y Basuki C Vis | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Frazier K Po | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | Y Basuki C Vis | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | B Rittner C Singer | 4 | 5 | | | N Kijimuta F Labat | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Kijimuta F Labat | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 7 | Y Basuki C Vis | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
  | Q | S Farina B Schett | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | Q | S Farina B Schett | 7 | 3 | 5 | | | | | |
  | | S Reece M Werdel-Witmeyer | 2 | 6 | | Q | S Farina B Schett | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 4 | N Arendt M Bollegraf | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Y Basuki C Vis | 4 | 6 | 5 |
  | 5 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 0 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | M J Fernández H Suková | 6 | 3 | 7 |
  | | A Huber I Majoli | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 6 | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Hetherington K Rinaldi-Stunkel | 6 | 6 | | | J Hetherington K Rinaldi-Stunkel | 3 | 7 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | R Grande E Likhovtseva | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | 5 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 2 | 4 | | | | | | |
  | | P Hy-Boulais R Nideffer | 3 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | 2 | M J Fernández H Suková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
  | | A Fusai M Paz | 6 | 6 | 6 | | A Fusai M Paz | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 2 | M J Fernández H Suková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  