# 1996 DFS Classic – Doubles

Manon Bollegraf and Rennae Stubbs were the defending champions but only Stubbs competed that year with Lisa Raymond.
Raymond and Stubbs lost in the semifinals to Lori McNeil and Nathalie Tauziat.
Elizabeth Smylie and Linda Wild won in the final 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 against McNeil and Tauziat.

## 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.
* Meredith McGrath / Larisa Savchenko (second round)
* Lori McNeil / Nathalie Tauziat (final)
* Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs (semifinals)
* Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (second round)
* Els Callens / Laurence Courtois (first round)
* Kerry-Anne Guse / Rika Hiraki (first round)
* Debbie Graham / Kristine Radford (quarterfinals)
* Rosalyn Nideffer / Pam Shriver (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

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | A Ellwood R McQuillan | 5 | 5 | | | | | | |
| | Elizabeth Smylie Linda Wild | 7 | 7 | | | | | | |
| | Elizabeth Smylie Linda Wild | 7 | 7 | | | Elizabeth Smylie Linda Wild | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| | | | | | 2 | Lori McNeil Nathalie Tauziat | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 3 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Lori McNeil Nathalie Tauziat | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2 | Lori McNeil Nathalie Tauziat | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | M McGrath L Savchenko | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | T Ječmenica A Olsza | 6 | 2 | 5 | | N Dahlman C Wood | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Dahlman C Wood | 2 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | N Dahlman C Wood | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | |
| | L Golarsa K Rinaldi-Stunkel | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | A Ellwood R McQuillan | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | |
| | A Ellwood R McQuillan | 7 | 6 | | | A Ellwood R McQuillan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Lindström M Strandlund | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | R Nideffer P Shriver | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | R Nideffer P Shriver | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | A Ellwood R McQuillan | 5 | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | E Smylie L Wild | 7 | 7 |
| | | | | | 4 | Y Basuki C Vis | 6 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| LL | D Jones M Schnell | 4 | 4 | | | N Feber D Van Roost | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | N Feber D Van Roost | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | N Feber D Van Roost | 3 | 7 | 1 | | | |
| LL | S Drake-Brockman T Musgrave | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | E Smylie L Wild | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | |
| | C Barclay K Godridge | 4 | 7 | 8 | | C Barclay K Godridge | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | E Smylie L Wild | 6 | 6 | | | E Smylie L Wild | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | E Callens L Courtois | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 7 | D Graham K Radford | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Križan C Papadáki | 6 | 2 | | 7 | D Graham K Radford | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E deLone N Pratt | 4 | 6 | 6 | | E deLone N Pratt | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Lake S Smith | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | 7 | D Graham K Radford | 5 | 3 | | | | | |
| | S Jeyaseelan S Noorlander | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | C Cristea L Poruri | 5 | 4 | | | S Jeyaseelan S Noorlander | 6 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | K-A Guse R Hiraki | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | L McNeil N Tauziat | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| | M Murić M Saeki | 0 | 6 | 6 | | M Murić M Saeki | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Kijimuta Y Yoshida | 5 | 3 | | | J Lutrova T Tanasugarn | 7 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Lutrova T Tanasugarn | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | M Murić M Saeki | 3 | 6 | | | | | |
| | I Demongeot C Dhenin | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | L McNeil N Tauziat | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| Q | C Taylor J Ward | 5 | 1 | | | I Demongeot C Dhenin | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | L McNeil N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |