Lindsay Davenport and Mary Joe Fernández defeated the defending champions Jana Novotná and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the final, 6–3, 6–2 to win the doubles tennis title at the 1996 WTA Tour Championships.

Seeds

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

  1. Czech Republic Jana Novotná / Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (final)
  2. United States Gigi Fernández / Belarus Natasha Zvereva (semifinals)
  3. United States Lindsay Davenport / United States Mary Joe Fernández (champions)
  4. United States Meredith McGrath / Latvia Larisa Neiland (semifinals)

Draw

Key

  • Q = Qualifier
  • WC = Wild card
  • LL = Lucky loser
  • Alt = Alternate
  • ITF = ITF entry
  • PR = Protected ranking
  • SR = Special ranking
  • SE = Special exempt
  • JE = Junior exempt
  • JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
  • CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
  • NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
  • w/o = Walkover
  • r = Retired
  • d = Defaulted
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
1Czech Republic Jana Novotná Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario637
Switzerland Martina Hingis Czech Republic Helena Suková465
1Czech Republic Jana Novotná Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario66
4United States Meredith McGrath Latvia Larisa Neiland22
4United States Meredith McGrath Latvia Larisa Neiland666
Indonesia Yayuk Basuki Netherlands Caroline Vis474
1Czech Republic Jana Novotná Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario32
3United States Lindsay Davenport United States Mary Joe Fernández66
United States Lisa Raymond Australia Rennae Stubbs22
3United States Lindsay Davenport United States Mary Joe Fernández66
3United States Lindsay Davenport United States Mary Joe Fernández76
2United States Gigi Fernández Belarus Natasha Zvereva63
Australia Elizabeth Smylie United States Linda Wild12
2United States Gigi Fernández Belarus Natasha Zvereva66

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