# 1996 Italian Open – Women's doubles

Mary Joe Fernández and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Irina Spîrlea won in the final 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 against Gigi Fernández and Martina Hingis.

## 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.
* Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Irina Spîrlea (champions)
* Gigi Fernández / Martina Hingis (final)
* Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (semifinals)
* Laura Golarsa / Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals)
* Jill Hetherington / Kristine Radford (second round)
* Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (quarterfinals)
* Alexia Dechaume-Balleret / Sandrine Testud (semifinals)
* Alexandra Fusai / Patricia Hy-Boulais (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

| Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Irina Spîrlea | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Gigi Fernández Martina Hingis | 4 | 6 | 3 |

### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | A Sánchez Vicario I Spîrlea | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Canepa G Casoni | 6 | 3 | 2 | | F Labat M Paz | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Labat M Paz | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | A Sánchez Vicario I Spîrlea | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | R Simpson S Stafford | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | WC | R Grande A Serra Zanetti | 6 | 0 | | | | | |
| WC | R Grande A Serra Zanetti | 6 | 6 | | WC | R Grande A Serra Zanetti | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Kruger H Nagyová | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 | J Hetherington K Radford | 7 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | J Hetherington K Radford | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | A Sánchez Vicario I Spîrlea | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud | 7 | 6 | 5 |
| | | | | | 4 | L Golarsa N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | F Lubiani M P Zavagli | 6 | 3 | | | V Martinek L Richterová | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Martinek L Richterová | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | L Golarsa N Tauziat | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| | S Cacic J Watanabe | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | 7 | A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | L Ghirardi S Jeyaseelan | 6 | 6 | | | L Ghirardi S Jeyaseelan | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Habšudová R Zrubáková | 3 | 6 | | 7 | A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 8 | A Fusai P Hy-Boulais | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Perfetti G Pizzichini | 1 | 5 | | 8 | A Fusai P Hy-Boulais | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Fulco-Villella V Ruano-Pascual | 0 | 2 | | | S Cecchini L Garrone | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Cecchini L Garrone | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | S Cecchini L Garrone | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| | M Grzybowska T Ječmenica | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | 3 | C Martínez P Tarabini | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | L Lee C Schneider | 6 | 6 | | | L Lee C Schneider | 7 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | C Martínez P Tarabini | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | C Martínez P Tarabini | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Y Basuki C Vis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | G Fernández M Hingis | 6 | 6 |
| | P Kamstra T Križan | 0 | 2 | | 6 | Y Basuki C Vis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Brusati C Salvi | 0 | 0 | | | L Montalvo P Suárez | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Montalvo P Suárez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | Y Basuki C Vis | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| Q | M Mazzotta M Sánchez Lorenzo | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | G Fernández M Hingis | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | G León García S Ramón-Cortés | 6 | 6 | 4 | Q | M Mazzotta M Sánchez Lorenzo | 1 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | G Fernández M Hingis | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |