1996 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix – Doubles

Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but only Zvereva competed that year with Lisa Raymond.

Doubles
1996 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Final
ChampionsVereinigte Staaten Nicole Arendt
Tschechische Republik Jana Novotná
Runners-upSchweiz Martina Hingis
Tschechische Republik Helena Suková
Score6–2, 6–3
Events
Singles Doubles
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Raymond and Zvereva lost in the semifinals to Nicole Arendt and Jana Novotná.

Arendt and Novotná won in the final 6–2, 6–3 against Martina Hingis and Helena Suková.

Seeds

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Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

  1.   Lindsay Davenport /   Mary Joe Fernández (first round)
  2.   Nicole Arendt /   Jana Novotná (champions)
  3.   Lisa Raymond /   Natasha Zvereva (semifinals)
  4.   Martina Hingis /   Helena Suková (semifinals)

Draw

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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1   L Davenport
  M J Fernández
     
    L Savchenko
  N Tauziat
w/o         L Savchenko
  N Tauziat
7 6  
    L McNeil
  G Sabatini
3 6 6     L McNeil
  G Sabatini
6 1  
    C Martínez
  P Tarabini
6 4 2     L Savchenko
  N Tauziat
1 5  
4   M Hingis
  H Suková
7 6   4   M Hingis
  H Suková
6 7  
WC   P Begerow
  J Kandarr
5 1   4   M Hingis
  H Suková
6 6  
    Å Carlsson
  D Van Roost
5 6 2     S Appelmans
  B Rittner
1 1  
    S Appelmans
  B Rittner
7 4 6 4   Martina Hingis
  Helena Suková
2 3  
    A Huber
  I Majoli
1 7 6 2   Nicole Arendt
  Jana Novotná
6 6  
Q   S Dopfer
  M Zivec-Skulj
6 5 2     A Huber
  I Majoli
6 1 6
    C Schneider
  S Smith
0 2   3   L Raymond
  N Zvereva
2 6 7
3   L Raymond
  N Zvereva
6 6   3   L Raymond
  N Zvereva
3 5  
    B Schultz-McCarthy
  C Vis
6 6 6 2   N Arendt
  J Novotná
6 7  
    K Habšudová
  N Medvedeva
4 7 4     B Schultz-McCarthy
  C Vis
3 3  
    O Lugina
  E Pampoulova
1 5   2   N Arendt
  J Novotná
6 6  
2   N Arendt
  J Novotná
6 7  
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