1996 State Farm Evert Cup – Doubles

Doubles
1996 Newsweek Champions Cup and the State Farm Evert Cup
1995 Champions	Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond
Champions	Chanda Rubin Brenda Schultz-McCarthy
Runners-up	Julie Halard-Decugis Nathalie Tauziat
Final score	6–1, 6–4

Lindsay Davenport and Lisa Raymond were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Davenport with Mary Joe Fernandez and Raymond with Rennae Stubbs.

Davenport and Fernandez lost in the quarterfinals to Elizabeth Smylie and Linda Wild.

Raymond and Stubbs lost in the semifinals to Julie Halard-Decugis and Nathalie Tauziat.

Chanda Rubin and Brenda Schultz-McCarthy won in the final 6–1, 6–4 against Halard-Decugis and Tauziat.

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.

1. Lindsay Davenport / Mary Joe Fernandez (Quarterfinals)
2. Lori McNeil / Larisa Neiland (Quarterfinals)
3. Chanda Rubin / Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (Champions)
4. Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs (Semifinals)
5. Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (Second Round)
6. Julie Halard-Decugis / Nathalie Tauziat (Final)
7. Katrina Adams / Mariaan de Swardt (First Round)
8. Amanda Coetzer / Inés Gorrochategui (Quarterfinals)

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

Final

Final
3	Chanda Rubin   Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	6	6
6	Julie Halard-Decugis   Nathalie Tauziat	1	4

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							1	L Davenport   M J Fernandez	6	4	7
	A Huber   C Singer	6	2	7^8				A Huber   C Singer	2	6	5
	R Dragomir   M Paz	3	6	6^6										1	L Davenport   M J Fernández	7^7	1	6^9
	C Cristea   L Pleming	0	2												E Smylie   L Wild	6^5	6	7^11
	A Dechaume-Balleret   S Testud	6	6					A Dechaume-Balleret   S Testud	1	3
	E Smylie   L Wild	6	7					E Smylie   L Wild	6	6
7	K Adams   M de Swardt	4	5																			E Smylie   L Wild	1	5
																					3	C Rubin   B Schultz-McCarthy	6	7
							3	C Rubin   B Schultz-McCarthy	7^8	6
	N Feber   A Sugiyama	6	6					N Feber   A Sugiyama	6^6	2
	R McQuillan   S Stafford	2	2											3	C Rubin   B Schultz-McCarthy	6	6
Q	A Ellwood   R Nideffer	3	6	2											M Werdel-Witmeyer   T Whitlinger-Jones	2	3
	M Werdel-Witmeyer   T Whitlinger-Jones	6	3	6				M Werdel-Witmeyer   T Whitlinger-Jones	4	6	7
	J Husárová   N Kijimuta	1	3				5	C Martínez   P Tarabini	6	4	5
5	C Martínez   P Tarabini	6	6

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
8	A Coetzer   I Gorrochategui	6	6
	M Murić   S Reece	3	3				8	A Coetzer   I Gorrochategui	6	7
	E Likhovtseva   D Scott	6	2	2				J Hetherington   I Spîrlea	4	5
	J Hetherington   I Spîrlea	4	6	6										8	A Coetzer   I Gorrochategui	2	7^7	3
WC	J Lee   L Lee	3	6	6										4	L Raymond   R Stubbs	6	6^4	6
	N Bradtke   S Farina	6	4	3			WC	J Lee   L Lee	6	1	3
							4	L Raymond   R Stubbs	4	6	6
																					4	L Raymond   R Stubbs	3	4
6	J Halard-Decugis   N Tauziat	6^5	6	6																	6	J Halard-Decugis   N Tauziat	6	6
	A Frazier   K Po	7^7	1	1			6	J Halard-Decugis   N Tauziat	6	7^7
	Z Garrison-Jackson   K Rinaldi-Stunkel	6	6					Z Garrison-Jackson   K Rinaldi-Stunkel	1	6^3
WC	T Singian   A Stevenson	0	1											6	J Halard-Decugis   N Tauziat	7^10	6
	D Graham   C Vis	3	6	6										2	L McNeil   L Neiland	6^8	4
	G Helgeson-Nielsen   R Zrubáková	6	2	4				D Graham   C Vis	2	7^7	5
							2	L McNeil   L Neiland	6	6^4	7

References

• 1996 State Farm Evert Cup Doubles Draw