1996 State Farm Evert Cup – Doubles

Lindsay Davenport and Lisa Raymond were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Davenport with Mary Joe Fernández and Raymond with Rennae Stubbs.

Doubles
1996 State Farm Evert Cup
Final
ChampionsUnited States Chanda Rubin
Netherlands Brenda Schultz-McCarthy
Runners-upFrance Julie Halard-Decugis
France Nathalie Tauziat
Score6–1, 6–4
Details
Draw28
Seeds8
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
← 1995 · State Farm Evert Cup · 1997 →

Davenport and Fernandez lost in the quarterfinals to Elizabeth Smylie and Linda Wild.

Raymond and Stubbs lost in the semifinals to Julie Halard-Decugis and Nathalie Tauziat.

Chanda Rubin and Brenda Schultz-McCarthy won in the final 6–1, 6–4 against Halard-Decugis and Tauziat.[1]

Seeds

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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.

Draw

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Final

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Final
     
3   Chanda Rubin
  Brenda Schultz-McCarthy
6 6  
6   Julie Halard-Decugis
  Nathalie Tauziat
1 4  

Top half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1   L Davenport
  M J Fernández
6 4 7
    A Huber
  C Singer
6 2 78     A Huber
  C Singer
2 6 5
    R Dragomir
  M Paz
3 6 66 1   L Davenport
  M J Fernández
77 1 69
    C Cristea
  L Pleming
0 2       E Smylie
  L Wild
65 6 711
    A Dechaume-Balleret
  S Testud
6 6       A Dechaume-Balleret
  S Testud
1 3  
    E Smylie
  L Wild
6 7       E Smylie
  L Wild
6 6  
7   K Adams
  M de Swardt
4 5       E Smylie
  L Wild
1 5  
3   C Rubin
  B Schultz-McCarthy
6 7  
3   C Rubin
  B Schultz-McCarthy
78 6  
    N Feber
  A Sugiyama
6 6       N Feber
  A Sugiyama
66 2  
    R McQuillan
  S Stafford
2 2   3   C Rubin
  B Schultz-McCarthy
6 6  
Q   A Ellwood
  R Nideffer
3 6 2     M Werdel-Witmeyer
  T Whitlinger-Jones
2 3  
    M Werdel-Witmeyer
  T Whitlinger-Jones
6 3 6     M Werdel-Witmeyer
  T Whitlinger-Jones
4 6 7
    J Husárová
  N Kijimuta
1 3   5   C Martínez
  P Tarabini
6 4 5
5   C Martínez
  P Tarabini
6 6  

Bottom half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
8   A Coetzer
  I Gorrochategui
6 6  
    M Murić
  S Reece
3 3   8   A Coetzer
  I Gorrochategui
6 7  
    E Likhovtseva
  D Scott
6 2 2     J Hetherington
  I Spîrlea
4 5  
    J Hetherington
  I Spîrlea
4 6 6 8   A Coetzer
  I Gorrochategui
2 77 3
WC   J Lee
  L Lee
3 6 6 4   L Raymond
  R Stubbs
6 64 6
    N Bradtke
  S Farina
6 4 3 WC   J Lee
  L Lee
6 1 3
4   L Raymond
  R Stubbs
4 6 6
4   L Raymond
  R Stubbs
3 4  
6   J Halard-Decugis
  N Tauziat
65 6 6 6   J Halard-Decugis
  N Tauziat
6 6  
    A Frazier
  K Po
77 1 1 6   J Halard-Decugis
  N Tauziat
6 77  
    Z Garrison-Jackson
  K Rinaldi-Stunkel
6 6       Z Garrison-Jackson
  K Rinaldi-Stunkel
1 63  
WC   T Singian
  A Stevenson
0 1   6   J Halard-Decugis
  N Tauziat
710 6  
    D Graham
  C Vis
3 6 6 2   L McNeil
  L Neiland
68 4  
    G Helgeson-Nielsen
  R Zrubáková
6 2 4     D Graham
  C Vis
2 77 5
2   L McNeil
  L Neiland
6 64 7

References

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  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1997). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 168, 176. ISBN 9780002187145.
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