1996 Acura Classic – Doubles

Doubles
1996 Acura Classic
1995 Champions	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva
Champions	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva
Runners-up	Amy Frazier Kimberly Po
Score	6–1, 6–4
Draw	28
Seeds	8

Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but only Zvereva competed that year with Lindsay Davenport.

Davenport and Zvereva won in the final 6–1, 6–4 against Amy Frazier and Kimberly Po.

Seeds

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.

1. Lindsay Davenport / Natasha Zvereva (champions)
2. Larisa Neiland / Nathalie Tauziat (second round)
3. Elizabeth Smylie / Linda Wild (second round)
4. Amanda Coetzer / Lori McNeil (second round)
5. Kristie Boogert / Irina Spîrlea (second round)
6. Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (second round)
7. Katrina Adams / Zina Garrison-Jackson (quarterfinals)
8. Alexia Dechaume-Balleret / Sandrine Testud (second round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Final

	Final
	1	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	6	6
		Amy Frazier Kimberly Po	1	4

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	L Davenport N Zvereva	6	6
		S Farina B Schett	6	6	2				J Hetherington K Rinaldi-Stunkel	4	2
		J Hetherington K Rinaldi-Stunkel	7	3	6										1	L Davenport N Zvereva	6	6
		D Graham K Radford	7	6												D Graham K Radford	1	1
		R Nideffer R Simpson	6	4					D Graham K Radford	6	6
		Å Carlsson L Richterová	4	1				5	K Boogert I Spîrlea	1	4
	5	K Boogert I Spîrlea	6	6																		1	L Davenport N Zvereva	6	6
																							R Grande E Likhovtseva	2	0
								4	A Coetzer L McNeil	6	5
	Q	K Habšudová K Studeníková	2	3					N Kijimuta F Labat	7	7
		N Kijimuta F Labat	6	6												N Kijimuta F Labat	6	3	1
		R Grande E Likhovtseva	6	6												R Grande E Likhovtseva	2	6	6
		L Montalvo P Suárez	4	4					R Grande E Likhovtseva	6	7	6
		A Huber B Rittner	6	4	2			8	A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	7	5	3
	8	A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	4	6	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	6	Y Basuki C Vis	6	6
	WC	J Lee J Watanabe	2	2				6	Y Basuki C Vis	0	2
		M Saeki A Sugiyama	2	6	4				A Frazier K Po	6	6
		A Frazier K Po	6	2	6											A Frazier K Po	6	6
	WC	T Hiete J Richardson	6	2												E Hakami V Lake	3	2
		E Hakami V Lake	7	6					E Hakami V Lake	2	7	6
								3	E Smylie L Wild	6	6	3
																							A Frazier K Po	6	6
	7	K Adams Z Garrison-Jackson	7	6																			R Hiraki N Miyagi	0	0
		A Grossman M Werdel-Witmeyer	5	1				7	K Adams Z Garrison-Jackson	6	6
		D Jones S Reece	7	6	6				D Jones S Reece	1	1
		C Dhenin L Pleming	5	7	3										7	K Adams Z Garrison-Jackson	7	2	4
		A Fusai E Makarova	5	6	5											R Hiraki N Miyagi	6	6	6
		R Hiraki N Miyagi	7	1	7				R Hiraki N Miyagi	4	6	6
								2	L Neiland N Tauziat	6	3	4

External links

• 1996 Acura Classic Doubles draw