Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf were the defending champions but only Arendt competed that year with Natasha Zvereva.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1996 European Indoors | |
| Champions |  Martina Hingis  Helena Suková |
| Runners-up |  Nicole Arendt  Natasha Zvereva |
| Score | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Draw | 16 |
| Seeds | 4 |
Arendt and Zvereva lost in the final 7–5, 6–4 against Martina Hingis and Helena Suková.
Seeds edit
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Nicole Arendt / 
Natasha Zvereva (final)
Martina Hingis / 
Helena Suková (champions)- Lori McNeil /
Gabriela Sabatini (semifinals) 
Larisa Savchenko / 
Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals)
Draw edit
Key edit
- 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 | N Arendt N Zvereva
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 K Boogert I Spîrlea
| 2 | 3 | 1 | N Arendt N Zvereva
| 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 S Farina M Werdel-Witmeyer
| 6 | 2 |  S Appelmans M Oremans
| 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S Appelmans M Oremans
| 7 | 6 | 1 | N Arendt N Zvereva
| 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | L McNeil G Sabatini
| 7 | 7 | 3 | L McNeil G Sabatini
| 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 K Habšudová A Kournikova
| 5 | 5 | 3 | L McNeil G Sabatini
| 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
S Kleinová M Kochta
| 3 | 4 |  B Schett P Schnyder
| 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| B Schett P Schnyder
| 6 | 6 | 1 | Nicole Arendt Natasha Zvereva
| 5 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
A Huber I Majoli
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Martina Hingis Helena Suková
| 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| B Schultz-McCarthy C Vis
| 6 | 6 | B Schultz-McCarthy C Vis
| 6 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| F Perfetti G Pizzichini
| 1 | 2 | 4 |  L Savchenko N Tauziat
| 7 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | L Savchenko N Tauziat
| 6 | 6 | B Schultz-McCarthy C Vis
| 6 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 C Martínez P Tarabini
| 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | M Hingis H Suková
| 3 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| P Begerow K Quentrec-Eagle
| 6 | 3 | 3 | C Martínez P Tarabini
| 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
H Nagyová A Olsza
| 2 | 2 | 2 | M Hingis H Suková
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | M Hingis H Suková
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||