title: 1996 WTA Tour Championships – Doubles
text: # 1996 WTA Tour Championships – Doubles
  
  Lindsay Davenport and Mary Joe Fernández defeated the defending champions Jana Novotná and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the final, 6–3, 6–2 to win the doubles tennis title at the 1996 WTA Tour Championships.
  
  ## 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 (final)
  * Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva (semifinals)
  * Lindsay Davenport / Mary Joe Fernández (champions)
  * Meredith McGrath / Larisa Neiland (semifinals)
  
  ## 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
  
  | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
  | | Martina Hingis Helena Suková | 4 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
  | | Martina Hingis Helena Suková | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | | | | | 4 | Meredith McGrath Larisa Neiland | 2 | 2 | | | | |
  | 4 | Meredith McGrath Larisa Neiland | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | Meredith McGrath Larisa Neiland | 2 | 2 | | | | |
  | | Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis | 4 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
  | | Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis | 4 | 7 | 4 | | | | | 1 | Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 3 | 2 |
  | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Lindsay Davenport Mary Joe Fernández | 6 | 6 |
  | | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Lindsay Davenport Mary Joe Fernández | 6 | 6 |
  | 3 | Lindsay Davenport Mary Joe Fernández | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 3 | Lindsay Davenport Mary Joe Fernández | 6 | 6 | | 3 | Lindsay Davenport Mary Joe Fernández | 7 | 6 | | | | |
  | | | | | | 2 | Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva | 6 | 3 | | | | |
  | | Elizabeth Smylie Linda Wild | 1 | 2 | | 2 | Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva | 6 | 3 | | | | |
  | 2 | Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  