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1996 World Doubles Cup


FieldValue
defchampUSA Meredith McGrath
LAT Larisa Savchenko
champUSA Nicole Arendt
NED Manon Bollegraf
runnerUSA Gigi Fernández
BLR Natasha Zvereva
score6–3, 2–6, 7–6
draw8D
typedoubles

LAT Larisa Savchenko NED Manon Bollegraf BLR Natasha Zvereva

The 1996 World Doubles Cup was a women's doubles tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Craiglockhart Tennis Centre in Edinburgh in Scotland that was part of the 1996 WTA Tour. It was the 22nd edition of the tournament and was held from 22 to 25 May 1996

Meredith McGrath and Larisa Savchenko were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf. Arendt and Bollegraf won in the final 6–3, 2–6, 7–6 against Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva.. It was Arendt's 1st title of the year and the 5th of her career. It was Bollegraf's 2nd title of the year and the 23rd of her career

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

  1. USA Gigi Fernández / BLR Natasha Zvereva (final)
  2. USA Meredith McGrath / LAT Larisa Savchenko (semifinals)
  3. USA Nicole Arendt / NED Manon Bollegraf (champions)
  4. USA Katrina Adams / RSA Mariaan de Swardt (semifinals)

Draw

| RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=USA Gigi Fernández BLR Natasha Zvereva | RD1-score1-1=3 | RD1-score1-2=6 | RD1-score1-3=6 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=RUS Elena Makarova RUS Eugenia Maniokova | RD1-score2-1=6 | RD1-score2-2=1 | RD1-score2-3=1

| RD1-seed3=4 | RD1-team3=USA Katrina Adams RSA Mariaan de Swardt | RD1-score3-1=6 | RD1-score3-2=6 | RD1-score3-3= | RD1-seed4=WC | RD1-team4=USA Zina Garrison-Jackson USA Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel | RD1-score4-1=2 | RD1-score4-2=4 | RD1-score4-3=

| RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=ARG Patricia Tarabini NED Caroline Vis | RD1-score5-1=2 | RD1-score5-2=3 | RD1-score5-3= | RD1-seed6=3 | RD1-team6=USA Nicole Arendt NED Manon Bollegraf | RD1-score6-1=6 | RD1-score6-2=6 | RD1-score6-3=

| RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=CAN Jill Hetherington AUS Kristine Radford | RD1-score7-1=3 | RD1-score7-2=6 | RD1-score7-3=3 | RD1-seed8=2 | RD1-team8=USA Meredith McGrath LAT Larisa Savchenko | RD1-score8-1=6 | RD1-score8-2=3 | RD1-score8-3=6

| RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1=USA Gigi Fernández BLR Natasha Zvereva | RD2-score1-1=6 | RD2-score1-2=5 | RD2-score1-3=7 | RD2-seed2=4 | RD2-team2=USA Katrina Adams RSA Mariaan de Swardt | RD2-score2-1=1 | RD2-score2-2=7 | RD2-score2-3=6

| RD2-seed3=3 | RD2-team3=USA Nicole Arendt NED Manon Bollegraf | RD2-score3-1=3 | RD2-score3-2=6 | RD2-score3-3=6 | RD2-seed4=2 | RD2-team4=USA Meredith McGrath LAT Larisa Savchenko | RD2-score4-1=6 | RD2-score4-2=4 | RD2-score4-3=4

| RD3-seed1=1 | RD3-team1=USA Gigi Fernández BLR Natasha Zvereva | RD3-score1-1=3 | RD3-score1-2=6 | RD3-score1-3=6 | RD3-seed2=3 | RD3-team2=USA Nicole Arendt NED Manon Bollegraf | RD3-score2-1=6 | RD3-score2-2=2 | RD3-score2-3=7

References

References

  1. (1997). "International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997". CollinsWillow.
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