1996 Sparkassen Cup – Doubles

Doubles
1996 Sparkassen Cup
1995 Champions	Larisa Neiland Meredith McGrath
Champions	Kristie Boogert Nathalie Tauziat
Runners-up	Sabine Appelmans Miriam Oremans
Score	6–4, 6–4

Larisa Savchenko and Meredith McGrath were the defending champions but only Savchenko competed that year with Helena Suková.

Savchenko and Suková lost in the semifinals to Sabine Appelmans and Miriam Oremans.

Kristie Boogert and Nathalie Tauziat won in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Appelmans and Oremans.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. All four seeded teams received byes into the quarterfinals.

1. Larisa Savchenko / Helena Suková (semifinals)
2. Kristie Boogert / Nathalie Tauziat (champions)
3. Els Callens / Elena Likhovtseva (quarterfinals)
4. Sabine Appelmans / Miriam Oremans (quarterfinals)

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

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
								1	L Savchenko H Suková	6	6
		C Schneider K Studeníková	4	6	6				C Schneider K Studeníková	4	1
		Å Carlsson K Habšudová	6	3	4										1	L Savchenko H Suková	0	2
															4	S Appelmans M Oremans	6	6
								4	S Appelmans M Oremans	7	6
	WC	K Büche L Steinbach	2	0					P Begerow S Smith	6	3
		P Begerow S Smith	6	6																		4	Sabine Appelmans Miriam Oremans	4	4
		K Kschwendt B Schett	4	1																		2	Kristie Boogert Nathalie Tauziat	6	6
		G Pizzichini A-G Sidot	6	6					G Pizzichini A-G Sidot	6	1	6
								3	E Callens E Likhovtseva	3	6	0
																G Pizzichini A-G Sidot	0	2
		O Lugina N Medvedeva	4	7	0										2	K Boogert N Tauziat	6	6
		R Dragomir S Farina	6	6	6				R Dragomir S Farina	0	4
								2	K Boogert N Tauziat	6	6

External links

• 1996 Sparkassen Cup Doubles Draw Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine