# 1996 Bausch & Lomb Championships – Doubles

Amanda Coetzer and Inés Gorrochategui were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Chanda Rubin and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario won in the final 6–1, 6–1 against Meredith McGrath and Larisa Neiland.

## 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.
* Gigi Fernández / Mary Joe Fernández (quarterfinals)
* Meredith McGrath / Larisa Neiland (final)
* Chanda Rubin / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (champions)
* Nicole Arendt / Manon Bollegraf (quarterfinals)
* Kristie Boogert / Jana Novotná (semifinals)
* Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (quarterfinals)
* Laura Golarsa / Irina Spîrlea (semifinals)
* Elena Makarova / Eugenia Maniokova (second round)

## 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

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 3 | Chanda RubinArantxa Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | |
| 2 | Meredith McGrathLarisa Savchenko | 1 | 1 | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | G FernándezM J Fernández | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | L GhirardiS Pitkowski | 3 | 0 | | | J HetheringtonK Rinaldi-Stunkel | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | J HetheringtonK Rinaldi-Stunkel | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | G FernándezM J Fernández | 5 | 5 | | | | |
| | Å CarlssonA Temesvári | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 7 | L GolarsaI Spîrlea | 7 | 7 | | | | |
| | S CecchiniB Rittner | 4 | 4 | | | Å CarlssonA Temesvári | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | P SchwarzT Whitlinger-Jones | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | L GolarsaI Spîrlea | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | L GolarsaI Spîrlea | 3 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | 7 | L GolarsaI Spîrlea | 5 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | C RubinA Sánchez Vicario | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | 3 | C RubinA Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | J HusárováT Ječmenica | 4 | 3 | | | R DragomirM Paz | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | R DragomirM Paz | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | C RubinA Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | C CristeaM Jackson-Nobrega | 0 | 2 | | | | | | 6 | C MartínezP Tarabini | 2 | 6 | | | | |
| | K MaleevaS Stafford | 6 | 6 | | | K MaleevaS Stafford | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | L LeeC Schneider | 2 | 4 | | 6 | C MartínezP Tarabini | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | C MartínezP Tarabini | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 5 | K BoogertJ Novotná | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G León GarcíaP Suárez | 2 | 6 | 5 | K BoogertJ Novotná | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A FusaiW Probst | 6 | 6 | | A FusaiW Probst | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S DopferJ Kandarr | 4 | 2 | | | | | | 5 | K BoogertJ Novotná | 6 | 7 | 7 | | | | |
| | S CacicL Pleming | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | N ArendtM Bollegraf | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | L HornT Morton-Rodgers | 2 | 2 | | S CacicL Pleming | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 4 | N ArendtM Bollegraf | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | K BoogertJ Novotná | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | E MakarovaE Maniokova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | M McGrathL Neiland | 6 | 6 |
| | R JensenS McCarthy | 4 | 3 | 8 | E MakarovaE Maniokova | 4 | 0 | r | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Helgeson-NielsenM Murić | 5 | 4 | | A LettiereC Papadáki | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A LettiereC Papadáki | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | A LettiereC Papadáki | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| | V MartinekS Ramón-Cortés | 2 | 1 | | | | | | 2 | M McGrathL Neiland | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | D KrajčovičováR Zrubáková | 6 | 6 | | D KrajčovičováR Zrubáková | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 2 | M McGrathL Neiland | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |