1996 Italian Open – Women's doubles

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

Women's doubles
1996 Italian Open
1995 ChampionsUnited States Mary Joe Fernández
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
ChampionsSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Romania Irina Spîrlea
Runners-upUnited States Gigi Fernández
Switzerland Martina Hingis
Score64, 36, 63

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Irina Spîrlea won in the final 64, 36, 63 against Gigi Fernández and Martina Hingis.

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.

Draw

Key

Finals

Final
     
1 Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Romania Irina Spîrlea
6 3 6
2 United States Gigi Fernández
Switzerland Martina Hingis
4 6 3

Top half

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

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
8 France A Fusai
Canada P Hy-Boulais
6 7  
  Italy F Perfetti
Italy G Pizzichini
1 5   8 France A Fusai
Canada P Hy-Boulais
6 5  
  Argentina B Fulco-Villella
Spain V Ruano-Pascual
0 2     Italy S Cecchini
Italy L Garrone
7 7  
  Italy S Cecchini
Italy L Garrone
6 6     Italy S Cecchini
Italy L Garrone
4 2  
  Poland M Grzybowska
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia T Ječmenica
0 2   3 Spain C Martínez
Argentina P Tarabini
6 6  
  United States L Lee
Germany C Schneider
6 6     United States L Lee
Germany C Schneider
7 1 1
3 Spain C Martínez
Argentina P Tarabini
5 6 6
3 Spain C Martínez
Argentina P Tarabini
1 1  
6 Indonesia Y Basuki
Netherlands C Vis
6 6   2 United States G Fernández
Switzerland M Hingis
6 6  
  Netherlands P Kamstra
Slovenia T Križan
0 2   6 Indonesia Y Basuki
Netherlands C Vis
6 6  
  Italy E Brusati
Italy C Salvi
0 0     Argentina L Montalvo
Argentina P Suárez
0 2  
  Argentina L Montalvo
Argentina P Suárez
6 6   6 Indonesia Y Basuki
Netherlands C Vis
2 2  
Q Venezuela M Mazzotta
Spain M Sánchez Lorenzo
4 7 6 2 United States G Fernández
Switzerland M Hingis
6 6  
  Spain G León García
Spain S Ramón-Cortés
6 6 4 Q Venezuela M Mazzotta
Spain M Sánchez Lorenzo
1 6 2
2 United States G Fernández
Switzerland M Hingis
6 4 6
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