1996 DFS Classic – Doubles

Doubles
1996 DFS Classic
1995 ChampionsNetherlands Manon Bollegraf
Australia Rennae Stubbs
Final
ChampionsAustralia Elizabeth Smylie
United States Linda Wild
Runners-upUnited States Lori McNeil
France Nathalie Tauziat
Score6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Events
Singles Doubles
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Manon Bollegraf and Rennae Stubbs were the defending champions but only Stubbs competed that year with Lisa Raymond.

Raymond and Stubbs lost in the semifinals to Lori McNeil and Nathalie Tauziat.

Elizabeth Smylie and Linda Wild won in the final 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 against McNeil and Tauziat.

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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Key

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Finals

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Semifinals Final
          
  Australia A Ellwood
Australia R McQuillan
5 5  
  Australia Elizabeth Smylie
United States Linda Wild
7 7  
  Australia Elizabeth Smylie
United States Linda Wild
6 3 6
2 United States Lori McNeil
France Nathalie Tauziat
3 6 1
3 United States L Raymond
Australia R Stubbs
6 1 2
2 United States Lori McNeil
France Nathalie Tauziat
2 6 6

Top half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 United States M McGrath
Latvia L Savchenko
5 4  
  Federal Republic of Yugoslavia T Ječmenica
Poland A Olsza
6 2 5   Finland N Dahlman
United Kingdom C Wood
7 6  
  Finland N Dahlman
United Kingdom C Wood
2 6 7   Finland N Dahlman
United Kingdom C Wood
3 6 4
  Italy L Golarsa
United States K Rinaldi-Stunkel
5 4     Australia A Ellwood
Australia R McQuillan
6 2 6
  Australia A Ellwood
Australia R McQuillan
7 6     Australia A Ellwood
Australia R McQuillan
6 6  
  Sweden M Lindström
Sweden M Strandlund
1 7 4 8 South Africa R Nideffer
United States P Shriver
3 1  
8 South Africa R Nideffer
United States P Shriver
6 6 6   Australia A Ellwood
Australia R McQuillan
5 5  
  Australia E Smylie
United States L Wild
7 7  
4 Indonesia Y Basuki
Netherlands C Vis
6 6 3
LL Australia D Jones
Austria M Schnell
4 4     Belgium N Feber
Belgium D Van Roost
7 3 6
  Belgium N Feber
Belgium D Van Roost
6 6     Belgium N Feber
Belgium D Van Roost
3 7 1
LL Australia S Drake-Brockman
Australia T Musgrave
6 5 6   Australia E Smylie
United States L Wild
6 5 6
  Australia C Barclay
Australia K Godridge
4 7 8   Australia C Barclay
Australia K Godridge
1 4  
  Australia E Smylie
United States L Wild
6 6     Australia E Smylie
United States L Wild
6 6  
5 Belgium E Callens
Belgium L Courtois
3 2  

Bottom half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
7 United States D Graham
Australia K Radford
7 6  
  Slovenia T Križan
Greece C Papadáki
6 2   7 United States D Graham
Australia K Radford
6 6  
  United States E deLone
Australia N Pratt
4 6 6   United States E deLone
Australia N Pratt
3 3  
  United Kingdom V Lake
United Kingdom S Smith
6 3 2 7 United States D Graham
Australia K Radford
5 3  
  Canada S Jeyaseelan
Netherlands S Noorlander
7 6   3 United States L Raymond
Australia R Stubbs
7 6  
  Romania C Cristea
United States L Poruri
5 4     Canada S Jeyaseelan
Netherlands S Noorlander
6 0 2
3 United States L Raymond
Australia R Stubbs
4 6 6
3 United States L Raymond
Australia R Stubbs
6 1 2
6 Australia K-A Guse
Japan R Hiraki
6 4 3 2 United States L McNeil
France N Tauziat
2 6 6
  Croatia M Murić
Japan M Saeki
0 6 6   Croatia M Murić
Japan M Saeki
5 6 6
  Japan N Kijimuta
Japan Y Yoshida
5 3     Russia J Lutrova
Thailand T Tanasugarn
7 3 3
  Russia J Lutrova
Thailand T Tanasugarn
7 6     Croatia M Murić
Japan M Saeki
3 6  
  France I Demongeot
France C Dhenin
7 6   2 United States L McNeil
France N Tauziat
6 7  
Q United Kingdom C Taylor
United Kingdom J Ward
5 1     France I Demongeot
France C Dhenin
1 4  
2 United States L McNeil
France N Tauziat
6 6  
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