1996 WTA German Open – Doubles
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Amanda Coetzer and Inés Gorrochategui were the defending champions but only Coetzer competed that year with Lori McNeil.
Coetzer and McNeil lost in the semifinals to Meredith McGrath and Larisa Neiland.
McGrath and Neiland won in the final 6–1, 5–7, 7–6 against Martina Hingis and Helena Suková.
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.
- United States Meredith McGrath / Latvia Larisa Neiland (champions)
- United States Nicole Arendt / Netherlands Manon Bollegraf (second round)
- France Julie Halard-Decugis / France Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals)
- South Africa Amanda Coetzer / United States Lori McNeil (semifinals)
- Netherlands Kristie Boogert / Australia Nicole Bradtke (quarterfinals)
- Switzerland Martina Hingis / Czech Republic Helena Suková (final)
- Indonesia Yayuk Basuki / Netherlands Caroline Vis (quarterfinals)
- Italy Laura Garrone / Argentina Patricia Tarabini (second round)
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
Finals
| Final | ||||||
| 1 | United States Meredith McGrath Latvia Larisa Neiland | 6 | 5 | 7 | ||
| 6 | Switzerland Martina Hingis Czech Republic Helena Suková | 1 | 7 | 6 |