1996 Volvo Women's Open – Doubles

Jill Hetherington and Kristine Radford were the defending champions but did not compete that year.

Doubles
1996 Volvo Women's Open
Champions	Miho Saeki Yuka Yoshida
Runners-up	Tina Križan Nana Miyagi
Score	6–2, 6–3
Draw	16 (2Q)
Seeds	4

Miho Saeki and Yuka Yoshida won in the final 6–2, 6–3 against Tina Križan and Nana Miyagi.

Seeds

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

1. Sung-Hee Park / Shi-Ting Wang (quarterfinals)
2. Laura Golarsa / Christina Singer (semifinals)
3. Tina Križan / Nana Miyagi (final)
4. Nancy Feber / Kyōko Nagatsuka (first 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

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	S-H Park S-T Wang	6	6
		L Cenková D Chládková	1	4				1	S-H Park S-T Wang	6	2	4
		J Husárová F Labat	6	7					J Husárová F Labat	1	6	6
		Y Hosoki K Takuma	0	6												J Husárová F Labat	7	2	5
	4	N Feber K Nagatsuka	3	6	2											M Saeki Y Yoshida	6	6	7
		M Saeki Y Yoshida	6	3	6				M Saeki Y Yoshida	6	6
		A Glass V Martinek	6	6					A Glass V Martinek	2	2
		J Lee B Sangaram	4	3																			Miho Saeki Yuka Yoshida	6	6
		C Cristea L Varmužová																				3	Tina Križan Nana Miyagi	2	3
		V Csurgo H Nagyová	w/o						V Csurgo H Nagyová	2	3
	Q	O Barabanschikova L Pleming	6	2				3	T Križan N Miyagi	6	6
	3	T Križan N Miyagi	7	6											3	T Križan N Miyagi	6	7
		D Jones T Tanasugarn	6	4	7										2	L Golarsa C Singer	3	5
		A Gerši J Pospíšilová	2	6	5				D Jones T Tanasugarn	5	6	6
	Q	H Mochizuki S Obata	2	2				2	L Golarsa C Singer	7	3	7
	2	L Golarsa C Singer	6	6

External links

• 1996 Volvo Women's Open Doubles Draw Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine