# 1996 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Jana Novotná and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Martina Hingis and Helena Suková.
Hingis and Suková defeated Meredith McGrath and Larisa Neiland in the final, 5–7, 7–5, 6–1 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1996 Wimbledon Championships. At 15 Years 282 Days, Hingis became the youngest ever grand slam champion. It was the 1st Grand Slam (doubles) title and the 2nd title overall for Hingis, and the 9th and final Grand Slam doubles title and the 64th title overall for Suková, in their respective careers.

## Seeds

    01. Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (quarterfinals)
    02. Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva (semifinals)
    03. Lindsay Davenport / Mary Joe Fernández (quarterfinals, retired)
    04. Meredith McGrath / Larisa Neiland (final)
    05. n/a
    06. Nicole Arendt / Manon Bollegraf (third round)
    07. Lori McNeil / Nathalie Tauziat (second round)
    08. Martina Hingis / Helena Suková (champions)
    09. Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs (third round)
    10. Katrina Adams / Mariaan de Swardt (quarterfinals)
    11. Kristie Boogert / Irina Spîrlea (third round)
    12. Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (quarterfinals)
    13. Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (third round)
    14. Alexia Dechaume-Balleret / Sandrine Testud (third round, retired)
    15. Elizabeth Smylie / Linda Wild (semifinals)
    16. Nicole Bradtke / Rachel McQuillan (third round)
    17. Laura Golarsa / Kristine Radford (first round)
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6$^4$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Martina Hingis Helena Suková | 3 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Martina Hingis Helena Suková | 3 | 7$^7$ | 6 | 8 | Martina Hingis Helena Suková | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 15 | Elizabeth Smylie Linda Wild | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | |
| 3 | Lindsay Davenport Mary Joe Fernández | 3$^r$ | | | 15 | Elizabeth Smylie Linda Wild | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | |
| 15 | Elizabeth Smylie Linda Wild | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Elizabeth Smylie Linda Wild | 5 | | | | | | | | 8 | Martina Hingis Helena Suková | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Meredith McGrath Larisa Neiland | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| 10 | Katrina Adams Mariaan de Swardt | 4 | 6$^0$ | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Meredith McGrath Larisa Neiland | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | Meredith McGrath Larisa Neiland | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Meredith McGrath Larisa Neiland | 6 | 7$^7$ | | 4 | Meredith McGrath Larisa Neiland | 6 | 3 | 11 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva | 4 | 6 | 9 | | | | | |
| 12 | Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis | 1 | 4 | | 2 | Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva | 4 | 6 | 9 | | | | | |
| 2 | Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 1 | J Novotná A Sánchez Vicario | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Frazier K Po | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | J Novotná A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Dragomir A Grossman | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | R Dragomir A Grossman | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Meier H Nagyová | 2 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | 1 | J Novotná A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | I Demongeot C Dhenin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 11 | K Boogert I Spîrlea | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| | L Ghirardi-Rubbi S Pitkowski | 3 | 0 | | Q | I Demongeot C Dhenin | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Lettiere C Morariu | 6$^4$ | 1 | | 11 | K Boogert I Spîrlea | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | K Boogert I Spîrlea | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | J Novotná A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6$^4$ | 3 |
| 13 | C Martínez P Tarabini | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 8 | M Hingis H Suková | 3 | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| | K Nagatsuka A Sugiyama | 5 | 3 | | 13 | C Martínez P Tarabini | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Farina V Ruano Pascual | 3 | 4 | | | R Grande E Likhovtseva | 6$^2$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Grande E Likhovtseva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 13 | C Martínez P Tarabini | 6$^5$ | 0 | | | | | |
| WC | S-A Siddall A Wainwright | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | 8 | M Hingis H Suková | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | T Križan C Papadáki | 4 | 6 | 6 | | T Križan C Papadáki | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Barclay K Godridge | 1 | 5 | | 8 | M Hingis H Suková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | M Hingis H Suková | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | L Davenport MJ Fernández | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Kijimuta Y Yoshida | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | L Davenport MJ Fernández | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | S Jeyaseelan R Simpson | 7 | 2 | 1 | | A Coetzer I Gorrochategui | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | A Coetzer I Gorrochategui | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | 3 | L Davenport MJ Fernández | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | R Bobková E Melicharová | 7 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | W Probst C Singer | 2 | 2 | | | |
| | D Graham M Paz | 5 | 6 | 6 | | D Graham M Paz | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | W Probst C Singer | 4 | 6 | 6 | | W Probst C Singer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 17 | L Golarsa K Radford | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | 3 | L Davenport MJ Fernández | 3$^r$ |
| 15 | E Smylie L Wild | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 15 | E Smylie L Wild | 5 |
| | K Kschwendt F Labat | 2 | 1 | | 15 | E Smylie L Wild | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| LL | D Jones T Price | 6 | 6 | | LL | D Jones T Price | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | N Dahlman C Wood | 4 | 4 | | | | | | 15 | E Smylie L Wild | 6 | 7 | | | |
| | L Montalvo P Suárez | 4 | 3 | | | | | | 9 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 4 | 5 | | | |
| | N Miyagi S Reece | 6 | 6 | | | N Miyagi S Reece | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | O Lugina E Pampoulova | 4 | 0 | | 9 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 9 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 7 | L McNeil N Tauziat | 7$^7$ | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Feber D Van Roost | 6$^3$ | 6 | 4 | 7 | L McNeil N Tauziat | 7$^7$ | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | E Nagelsen M Seles | 6 | 4 | 7 | | R Nideffer P Shriver | 6$^5$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | R Nideffer P Shriver | 4 | 6 | 9 | | | | | | | R Nideffer P Shriver | 1 | 4 | | | | |
| | M Werdel-Witmeyer T Whitlinger-Jones | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 10 | K Adams M de Swardt | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Grzybowska A Olsza | 4 | 1 | | | M Werdel-Witmeyer T Whitlinger-Jones | 7$^7$ | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | E Callens L Courtois | 1 | 4 | | 10 | K Adams M de Swardt | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | K Adams M de Swardt | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | K Adams M de Swardt | 4 | 6$^0$ |
| 14 | A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | M McGrath L Neiland | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| | E deLone N Pratt | 3 | 2 | | 14 | A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Koutstaal S-h Park | 4 | 2 | | | S Appelmans M Oremans | 6$^6$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Appelmans M Oremans | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 14 | A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud | 3 | 0$^r$ | | | | |
| | R Hiraki P Hy-Boulais | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | M McGrath L Neiland | 6 | 0 | | | | |
| | D Krajčovičová R Zrubáková | 3 | 4 | | | R Hiraki P Hy-Boulais | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | H Crook V Davies | 2 | 4 | | 4 | M McGrath L Neiland | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | M McGrath L Neiland | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 6 | N Arendt M Bollegraf | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A-M Cecchini L Garrone | 3 | 5 | | 6 | N Arendt M Bollegraf | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Å Carlsson A Temesvári | 6 | 6 | | | Å Carlsson A Temesvári | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Cristea C Schneider | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | 6 | N Arendt M Bollegraf | 2 | 6$^3$ | | | | |
| LL | J Lutrova T Tanasugarn | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | 12 | Y Basuki C Vis | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| | M Lindström M Strandlund | 6$^4$ | 4 | | LL | J Lutrova T Tanasugarn | 6$^3$ | 7$^7$ | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Pullin L Woodroffe | 3 | 0 | | 12 | Y Basuki C Vis | 7$^7$ | 6$^4$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Y Basuki C Vis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | Y Basuki C Vis | 1 | 4 |
| 16 | N Bradtke R McQuillan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | G Fernández N Zvereva | 6 | 6 |
| WC | V Lake S Smith | 2 | 3 | | 16 | N Bradtke R McQuillan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Murić K Studeníková | 4 | 2 | | | J Hetherington K Rinaldi-Stunkel | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Hetherington K Rinaldi-Stunkel | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 16 | N Bradtke R McQuillan | 2 | 1 | | | | |
| | T Ječmenica C Porwik | 3 | 7$^9$ | 4 | | | | | | 2 | G Fernández N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Fusai K-A Guse | 6 | 6$^7$ | 6 | | A Fusai K-A Guse | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Langrová H Vildová | 2 | 1 | | 2 | G Fernández N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | G Fernández N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |