title: 1996 WTA German Open – Doubles
text: # 1996 WTA German Open – Doubles
  
  Amanda Coetzer and Inés Gorrochategui were the defending champions but only Coetzer competed that year with Lori McNeil.
  
  Coetzer and McNeil lost in the semifinals to Meredith McGrath and Larisa Neiland.
  
  McGrath and Neiland won in the final 6–1, 5–7, 7–6 against Martina Hingis 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.
  
  * Meredith McGrath / Larisa Neiland (champions)
  * Nicole Arendt / Manon Bollegraf (second round)
  * Julie Halard-Decugis / Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals)
  * Amanda Coetzer / Lori McNeil (semifinals)
  * Kristie Boogert / Nicole Bradtke (quarterfinals)
  * Martina Hingis / Helena Suková (final)
  * Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (quarterfinals)
  * Laura Garrone / Patricia Tarabini (second 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
  
  ### Finals
  
  | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Meredith McGrath Larisa Neiland | 6 | 5 | 7 |
  | 6 | Martina Hingis Helena Suková | 1 | 7 | 6 |
  
  ### 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 | M McGrath L Neiland | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | R Dragomir A Grossman | 6 | 6 | | | R Dragomir A Grossman | 4 | 0 | r | | | | | | | | |
  | | T Ječmenica S Krivencheva | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | 1 | M McGrath L Neiland | 6 | 7 | | | | |
  | | P Langrová R Zrubáková | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | 7 | Y Basuki C Vis | 4 | 6 | | | | |
  | Q | Á Montolio V Ruano-Pascual | 6 | 6 | | Q | Á Montolio V Ruano-Pascual | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | R Grande E Likhovtseva | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | Y Basuki C Vis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 7 | Y Basuki C Vis | 7 | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M McGrath L Neiland | 6 | 6 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | A Coetzer L McNeil | 0 | 4 |
  | | | | | | 4 | A Coetzer L McNeil | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Å Carlsson A Temesvári | 7 | 6 | | | Å Carlsson A Temesvári | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | O Lugina H Vildová | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | 4 | A Coetzer L McNeil | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | WC | P Begerow M Weingärtner | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | 5 | K Boogert N Bradtke | 3 | 2 | | | | |
  | | R Bobková D Graham | 6 | 6 | | | R Bobková D Graham | 7 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
  | | S Meier J Watanabe | 7 | 6 | 2 | 5 | K Boogert N Bradtke | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | 5 | K Boogert N Bradtke | 6 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Bottom half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 6 | M Hingis H Suková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Werdel-Witmeyer T Whitlinger-Jones | 4 | 1 | | 6 | M Hingis H Suková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | E Martincová J Pospíšilová | 6 | 6 | 6 | | E Martincová J Pospíšilová | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | I Demongeot C Dhenin | 7 | 1 | 4 | | | | | 6 | M Hingis H Suková | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | A Huber N Zvereva | 3 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | J Halard-Decugis N Tauziat | 6 | 2 | | | | | |
  | | C Cristea L Poruri | 6 | 7 | | | C Cristea L Poruri | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 3 | J Halard-Decugis N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | M Hingis H Suková | 6 | 6 |
  | 8 | L Garrone P Tarabini | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | N Dahlman R McQuillan | 2 | 3 |
  | | E Bes Ostariz K Habšudová | 3 | 6 | | 8 | L Garrone P Tarabini | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | L Lee S McCarthy | 7 | 1 | 4 | WC | C Singer B Rittner | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | C Singer B Rittner | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | WC | C Singer B Rittner | 7 | 4 | 3 | | | | |
  | | N Dahlman R McQuillan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | N Dahlman R McQuillan | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | M Grzybowska J Kruger | 3 | 1 | | | N Dahlman R McQuillan | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 2 | N Arendt M Bollegraf | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  