1996 Italian Open – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
1996 Italian Open
1995 Champions	Mary Joe Fernández Natasha Zvereva
Champions	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Irina Spîrlea
Runners-up	Gigi Fernández Martina Hingis
Score	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Draw	28
Seeds	8

Mary Joe Fernández and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but did not compete that year.

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Irina Spîrlea won in the final 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 against Gigi Fernández and Martina Hingis.^[1]

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.

	Final
	1	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Irina Spîrlea	6	3	6
	2	Gigi Fernández Martina Hingis	4	6	3

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	A Sánchez Vicario I Spîrlea	2	6	6
		A Canepa G Casoni	6	3	2				F Labat M Paz	6	2	3
		F Labat M Paz	3	6	6										1	A Sánchez Vicario I Spîrlea	7	6
		R Simpson S Stafford	3	2											WC	R Grande A Serra Zanetti	6	0
	WC	R Grande A Serra Zanetti	6	6				WC	R Grande A Serra Zanetti	5	6	6
		J Kruger H Nagyová	5	6	2			5	J Hetherington K Radford	7	3	4
	5	J Hetherington K Radford	7	3	6																	1	A Sánchez Vicario I Spîrlea	6	7	7
																						7	A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	7	6	5
								4	L Golarsa N Tauziat	6	6
	WC	F Lubiani M P Zavagli	6	3					V Martinek L Richterová	2	3
		V Martinek L Richterová	7	6											4	L Golarsa N Tauziat	4	3
		S Cacic J Watanabe	4	2											7	A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	6	6
		L Ghirardi S Jeyaseelan	6	6					L Ghirardi S Jeyaseelan	2	6	3
		K Habšudová R Zrubáková	3	6				7	A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	6	4	6
	7	A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	6	7

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	8	A Fusai P Hy-Boulais	6	7
		F Perfetti G Pizzichini	1	5				8	A Fusai P Hy-Boulais	6	5
		B Fulco-Villella V Ruano-Pascual	0	2					S Cecchini L Garrone	7	7
		S Cecchini L Garrone	6	6												S Cecchini L Garrone	4	2
		M Grzybowska T Ječmenica	0	2											3	C Martínez P Tarabini	6	6
		L Lee C Schneider	6	6					L Lee C Schneider	7	1	1
								3	C Martínez P Tarabini	5	6	6
																						3	C Martínez P Tarabini	1	1
	6	Y Basuki C Vis	6	6																		2	G Fernández M Hingis	6	6
		P Kamstra T Križan	0	2				6	Y Basuki C Vis	6	6
		E Brusati C Salvi	0	0					L Montalvo P Suárez	0	2
		L Montalvo P Suárez	6	6											6	Y Basuki C Vis	2	2
	Q	M Mazzotta M Sánchez Lorenzo	4	7	6										2	G Fernández M Hingis	6	6
		G León García S Ramón-Cortés	6	6	4			Q	M Mazzotta M Sánchez Lorenzo	1	6	2
								2	G Fernández M Hingis	6	4	6

• Official results archive (ITF)
• Official results archive (WTA)