1996 Nichirei International Championships – Doubles

Doubles
1996 Nichirei International Championships
1995 Champions	Lindsay Davenport Mary Joe Fernández
Champions	Amanda Coetzer Mary Pierce
Runners-up	Sung-Hee Park Shi-Ting Wang
Final score	6–3, 7–6

Lindsay Davenport and Mary Joe Fernández were the defending champions but did not compete that year.

Amanda Coetzer and Mary Pierce won in the final 6–3, 7–6 against Sung-Hee Park and Shi-Ting Wang.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top two seeded teams received byes into the quarterfinals.

1. Rika Hiraki / Nana Miyagi (Semifinals)
2. Rita Grande / Kimberly Po (Semifinals)
3. Sung-Hee Park / Shi-Ting Wang (Final)
4. Annabel Ellwood / Kerry-Anne Guse (First Round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

First Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
							1	R Hiraki   N Miyagi	7	7
	M Endo   N Sawamatsu	5	6	6				M Endo   N Sawamatsu	5	5
	A Glass   A Grossman	7	3	3										1	R Hiraki   N Miyagi	3	1
4	A Ellwood   K-A Guse	3	1												A Coetzer   M Pierce	6	6
	A Coetzer   M Pierce	6	6					A Coetzer   M Pierce	6	4	6
	A Sánchez Vicario   M Seles	6	6					A Sánchez Vicario   M Seles	4	6	4
	T Tanasugarn   J Watanabe	3	0																			Amanda Coetzer   Mary Pierce	6	7
	M Saeki   Y Yoshida	6	6																		3	Sung-Hee Park   Shi-Ting Wang	3	6
	A Gerši   L Varmužová	2	2					M Saeki   Y Yoshida	6	3	1
WC	S Obata   N Urabe	3	6				3	S-H Park   S-T Wang	2	6	6
3	S-H Park   S-T Wang	6	7											3	S-H Park   S-T Wang	7	6
	K Date   A Sugiyama	6	6											2	R Grande   K Po	6	3
	K Kuki   M Kuki	4	0					K Date   A Sugiyama	5	6	2
							2	R Grande   K Po	7	0	6

External links

• 1996 Nichirei International Championships Doubles Draw