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Doubles, Women

Date25 July – 3 August 1996
StatusOlympic
LocationStone Mountain Tennis Center, Stone Mountain, Georgia
Participants56 from 28 countries
FormatSingle-elimination tournament.

The defending champions were the American team of Mary Joe and Gigi Fernandez. Originally it did not look like they could play as Mary Joe did not make the American team, but as defending champion, the International Tennis Federation awarded her a wildcard entry. Their victory was quite easy, as they won four matches, all in straight sets.

PosPairNOC
1Gigi Fernandez / Mary Joe FernandezUSAGold
2Jana Novotná / Helena SukováCZESilver
3Conchita Martínez / Arantxa Sánchez VicarioESPBronze
4Manon Bollegraf / Brenda Schultz-McCarthyNED
=5Valda Lake / Clare WoodGBR
=5Martina Hingis / Patty SchnyderSUI
=5Benjamas Sangaram / Tamarine TanasugarnTHA
=5Jill Hetherington / Patricia Hy-BoulaisCAN
=9Mary Pierce / Nathalie TauziatFRA
=9Amanda Coetzer / Mariaan de SwardtRSA
=9Virág Csurgó / Andrea TemesváriHUN
=9Sabine Appelmans / Laurence CourtoisBEL
=9Chen Li / Yi JingqianCHN
=9Iva Majoli / Maja MurićCRO
=9Volha Barabanshchykava / Natasha ZveravaBLR
=9Yayuk Basuki / Romana TedjakusumaINA
=17Magdalena Grzybowska / Aleksandra OlszaPOL
=17Kim Eun-Ha / Park Seong-HuiKOR
=17Katerina Maleeva / Maggy MaleevaBUL
=17Paula Cabezas / Bárbara CastroCHI
=17Karina Habšudová / Radka ZrubákováSVK
=17Gabriela Sabatini / Patricia TarabiniARG
=17Christina Papadaki / Christina ZachariadouGRE
=17Silvia Farina / Laura GolarsaITA
=17Dally Randriantefy / Natacha RandriantefyMAD
=17Kyoko Nagatsuka / Ai SugiyamaJPN
=17Miriam D'Agostini / Vanessa MengaBRA
=17Anna Kournikova / Yelena MakarovaRUS
DNSOlha Luhyna / Nataliya MedvedievaUKR
DNSNicole Provis-Bradtke / Rennae StubbsAUS
DNSCătălina Cristea / Ruxandra DragomirROU

Round One

Date25 – 26 July 1996
FormatWinner of each match advanced to round two.
MatchDate/TimePair (Seed)NOCResultPair (Seed)NOC
Match #1Fernandez / FernandezUSAbye
Match #2Pierce / TauziatFRA6-2, 3-6, 6-0Grzybowska / OlszaPOL
Match #3Lake / WoodGBR3-6, 7-6 (10-8), 6-3Maleeva / MaleevaBUL
Match #4Coetzer / de SwardtRSA6-1, 6-3Kim / ParkKOR
Match #5Bollegraf / Schultz-McCarthyNEDLuhyna / MedvedievaUKRwalkover
Match #6Csurgó / TemesváriHUN6-4, 1-6, 6-3Cabezas / CastroCHI
Match #7Hingis / SchnyderSUI3-6, 6-4, 6-2Habšudová / ZrubákováSVK
Match #8Appelmans / CourtoisBEL5-7, 6-3, 6-4Sabatini / TarabiniARG
Match #9Chen / YiCHNProvis-Bradtke / Stubbs (5)AUSwalkover
Match #10Sangaram / TanasugarnTHA6-2, 6-7 (3-7), 6-2Papadaki / ZachariadouGRE
Match #11Majoli / MurićCRO7-6 (7-2), 4-6, 9-7Farina / GolarsaITA
Match #12Martínez / Sánchez VicarioESP6-1, 6-3Randriantefy / RandriantefyMAD
Match #13Hetherington / Hy-BoulaisCAN7-6 (7-2), 6-1Nagatsuka / SugiyamaJPN
Match #14Barabanshchykava / ZveravaBLR6-2, 6-3D'Agostini / MengaBRA
Match #15Basuki / TedjakusumaINACristea / DragomirROUwalkover
Match #16Novotná / SukováCZE6-2, 6-2Kournikova / MakarovaRUS

Round Two

Date27 – 28 July 1996
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimePair (Seed)NOCResultPair (Seed)NOC
Match #1Fernandez / FernandezUSA6-4, 6-3Pierce / TauziatFRA
Match #2Lake / WoodGBR7-5, 7-5Coetzer / de SwardtRSA
Match #3Bollegraf / Schultz-McCarthyNED7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-5)Csurgó / TemesváriHUN
Match #4Hingis / SchnyderSUI2-6, 6-1, 7-5Appelmans / CourtoisBEL
Match #5Sangaram / TanasugarnTHA2-6, 6-4, 6-4Chen / YiCHN
Match #6Martínez / Sánchez VicarioESP6-2, 6-1Majoli / MurićCRO
Match #7Hetherington / Hy-BoulaisCAN2-6, 6-4, 6-1Barabanshchykava / ZveravaBLR
Match #8Novotná / SukováCZE6-2, 6-3Basuki / TedjakusumaINA

Quarter-Finals

Date30 July 1996
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeLocationPair (Seed)NOCResultPair (Seed)NOC
Match #130 Jul 11:00Court #1Fernandez / FernandezUSA6-2, 6-1Lake / WoodGBR
Match #230 Jul 15:00Centre CourtBollegraf / Schultz-McCarthyNED6-4, 6-3Hingis / SchnyderSUI
Match #330 Jul 13:00Court #2Martínez / Sánchez VicarioESP6-2, 6-1Sangaram / TanasugarnTHA
Match #430 Jul 11:00Court #2Novotná / SukováCZE6-2, 6-4Hetherington / Hy-BoulaisCAN

Semi-Finals

Date31 July 1996
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final.
MatchDate/TimeLocationPair (Seed)NOCResultPair (Seed)NOC
Match #131 Jul 16:00Court #1Fernandez / FernandezUSA7-5, 7-6 (7-3)Bollegraf / Schultz-McCarthyNED
Match #231 Jul 15:00Centre CourtNovotná / SukováCZE6-2, 7-6 (7-1)Martínez / Sánchez VicarioESP

Final Round

Date1 – 3 August 1996
MatchDate/TimeLocationPair (Seed)NOCResultPair (Seed)NOC
Match 1/203 Aug 15:00Centre CourtFernandez / FernandezUSA7-6 (8-6), 6-4Novotná / SukováCZE
Match 3/401 Aug 15:00Centre CourtMartínez / Sánchez VicarioESP6-1, 6-3Bollegraf / Schultz-McCarthyNED