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1996 Italian Open – Women's doubles
BLR Natasha Zvereva ROM Irina Spîrlea SUI Martina Hingis
Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Irina Spîrlea won in the final 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 against Gigi Fernández and Martina Hingis.
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.
- ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / ROM Irina Spîrlea (champions)
- USA Gigi Fernández / SUI Martina Hingis (final)
- ESP Conchita Martínez / ARG Patricia Tarabini (semifinals)
- ITA Laura Golarsa / FRA Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals)
- CAN Jill Hetherington / AUS Kristine Radford (second round)
- INA Yayuk Basuki / NED Caroline Vis (quarterfinals)
- FRA Alexia Dechaume-Balleret / FRA Sandrine Testud (semifinals)
- FRA Alexandra Fusai / CAN Patricia Hy-Boulais (second round)
Draw
Finals
| RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ROM Irina Spîrlea | RD1-score1-1=6 | RD1-score1-2=3 | RD1-score1-3=6 | RD1-seed2=2 | RD1-team2=USA Gigi Fernández SUI Martina Hingis | RD1-score2-1=4 | RD1-score2-2=6 | RD1-score2-3=3
Top half
| RD1-seed03= | RD1-team03=ITA A Canepa ITA G Casoni | RD1-score03-1=6 | RD1-score03-2=3 | RD1-score03-3=2 | RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04=ARG F Labat ARG M Paz | RD1-score04-1=3 | RD1-score04-2=6 | RD1-score04-3=6 | RD1-seed05= | RD1-team05=CAN R Simpson USA S Stafford | RD1-score05-1=3 | RD1-score05-2=2 | RD1-score05-3= | RD1-seed06=WC | RD1-team06=ITA R Grande ITA A Serra Zanetti | RD1-score06-1=6 | RD1-score06-2=6 | RD1-score06-3= | RD1-seed07= | RD1-team07=RSA J Kruger SVK H Nagyová | RD1-score07-1=5 | RD1-score07-2=6 | RD1-score07-3=2 | RD1-seed08=5 | RD1-team08=CAN J Hetherington AUS K Radford | RD1-score08-1=7 | RD1-score08-2=3 | RD1-score08-3=6 | RD1-seed11=WC | RD1-team11=ITA F Lubiani ITA M P Zavagli | RD1-score11-1=6 | RD1-score11-2=3 | RD1-score11-3= | RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=GER V Martinek CZE L Richterová | RD1-score12-1=7 | RD1-score12-2=6 | RD1-score12-3= | RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=USA S Cacic USA J Watanabe | RD1-score13-1=4 | RD1-score13-2=2 | RD1-score13-3= | RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=FRA L Ghirardi CAN S Jeyaseelan | RD1-score14-1=6 | RD1-score14-2=6 | RD1-score14-3= | RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=SVK K Habšudová SVK R Zrubáková | RD1-score15-1=3 | RD1-score15-2=6 | RD1-score15-3= | RD1-seed16=7 | RD1-team16=FRA A Dechaume-Balleret FRA S Testud | RD1-score16-1=6 | RD1-score16-2=7 | RD1-score16-3= | RD2-seed01=1 | RD2-team01=ESP A Sánchez Vicario ROM I Spîrlea | RD2-score01-1=2 | RD2-score01-2=6 | RD2-score01-3=6 | RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02=ARG F Labat ARG M Paz | RD2-score02-1=6 | RD2-score02-2=2 | RD2-score02-3=3 | RD2-seed03=WC | RD2-team03=ITA R Grande ITA A Serra Zanetti | RD2-score03-1=5 | RD2-score03-2=6 | RD2-score03-3=6 | RD2-seed04=5 | RD2-team04=CAN J Hetherington AUS K Radford | RD2-score04-1=7 | RD2-score04-2=3 | RD2-score04-3=4 | RD2-seed05=4 | RD2-team05=ITA L Golarsa FRA N Tauziat | RD2-score05-1=6 | RD2-score05-2=6 | RD2-score05-3= | RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06=GER V Martinek CZE L Richterová | RD2-score06-1=2 | RD2-score06-2=3 | RD2-score06-3= | RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07=FRA L Ghirardi CAN S Jeyaseelan | RD2-score07-1=2 | RD2-score07-2=6 | RD2-score07-3=3 | RD2-seed08=7 | RD2-team08=FRA A Dechaume-Balleret FRA S Testud | RD2-score08-1=6 | RD2-score08-2=4 | RD2-score08-3=6 | RD3-seed01=1 | RD3-team01=ESP A Sánchez Vicario ROM I Spîrlea | RD3-score01-1=7 | RD3-score01-2=6 | RD3-score01-3= | RD3-seed02=WC | RD3-team02=ITA R Grande ITA A Serra Zanetti | RD3-score02-1=6 | RD3-score02-2=0 | RD3-score02-3= | RD3-seed03=4 | RD3-team03=ITA L Golarsa FRA N Tauziat | RD3-score03-1=4 | RD3-score03-2=3 | RD3-score03-3= | RD3-seed04=7 | RD3-team04=FRA A Dechaume-Balleret FRA S Testud | RD3-score04-1=6 | RD3-score04-2=6 | RD3-score04-3= | RD4-seed01=1 | RD4-team01=ESP A Sánchez Vicario ROM I Spîrlea | RD4-score01-1=6 | RD4-score01-2=7 | RD4-score01-3=7 | RD4-seed02=7 | RD4-team02=FRA A Dechaume-Balleret FRA S Testud | RD4-score02-1=7 | RD4-score02-2=6 | RD4-score02-3=5
Bottom half
| RD1-seed01=8 | RD1-team01=FRA A Fusai CAN P Hy-Boulais | RD1-score01-1=6 | RD1-score01-2=7 | RD1-score01-3= | RD1-seed02= | RD1-team02=ITA F Perfetti ITA G Pizzichini | RD1-score02-1=1 | RD1-score02-2=5 | RD1-score02-3= | RD1-seed03= | RD1-team03=ARG B Fulco-Villella ESP V Ruano-Pascual | RD1-score03-1=0 | RD1-score03-2=2 | RD1-score03-3= | RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04=ITA S Cecchini ITA L Garrone | RD1-score04-1=6 | RD1-score04-2=6 | RD1-score04-3= | RD1-seed05= | RD1-team05=POL M Grzybowska FR Yugoslavia T Ječmenica | RD1-score05-1=0 | RD1-score05-2=2 | RD1-score05-3= | RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06=USA L Lee GER C Schneider | RD1-score06-1=6 | RD1-score06-2=6 | RD1-score06-3= | RD1-seed09=6 | RD1-team09=INA Y Basuki NED C Vis | RD1-score09-1=6 | RD1-score09-2=6 | RD1-score09-3= | RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=NED P Kamstra SLO T Križan | RD1-score10-1=0 | RD1-score10-2=2 | RD1-score10-3= | RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=ITA E Brusati ITA C Salvi | RD1-score11-1=0 | RD1-score11-2=0 | RD1-score11-3= | RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=ARG L Montalvo ARG P Suárez | RD1-score12-1=6 | RD1-score12-2=6 | RD1-score12-3= | RD1-seed13=Q | RD1-team13=VEN M Mazzotta ESP M Sánchez Lorenzo | RD1-score13-1=4 | RD1-score13-2=7 | RD1-score13-3=6 | RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=ESP G León García ESP S Ramón-Cortés | RD1-score14-1=6 | RD1-score14-2=6 | RD1-score14-3=4 | RD2-seed01=8 | RD2-team01=FRA A Fusai CAN P Hy-Boulais | RD2-score01-1=6 | RD2-score01-2=5 | RD2-score01-3= | RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02=ITA S Cecchini ITA L Garrone | RD2-score02-1=7 | RD2-score02-2=7 | RD2-score02-3= | RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03=USA L Lee GER C Schneider | RD2-score03-1=7 | RD2-score03-2=1 | RD2-score03-3=1 | RD2-seed04=3 | RD2-team04=ESP C Martínez ARG P Tarabini | RD2-score04-1=5 | RD2-score04-2=6 | RD2-score04-3=6 | RD2-seed05=6 | RD2-team05=INA Y Basuki NED C Vis | RD2-score05-1=6 | RD2-score05-2=6 | RD2-score05-3= | RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06=ARG L Montalvo ARG P Suárez | RD2-score06-1=0 | RD2-score06-2=2 | RD2-score06-3= | RD2-seed07=Q | RD2-team07=VEN M Mazzotta ESP M Sánchez Lorenzo | RD2-score07-1=1 | RD2-score07-2=6 | RD2-score07-3=2 | RD2-seed08=2 | RD2-team08=USA G Fernández SUI M Hingis | RD2-score08-1=6 | RD2-score08-2=4 | RD2-score08-3=6 | RD3-seed01= | RD3-team01=ITA S Cecchini ITA L Garrone | RD3-score01-1=4 | RD3-score01-2=2 | RD3-score01-3= | RD3-seed02=3 | RD3-team02=ESP C Martínez ARG P Tarabini | RD3-score02-1=6 | RD3-score02-2=6 | RD3-score02-3= | RD3-seed03=6 | RD3-team03=INA Y Basuki NED C Vis | RD3-score03-1=2 | RD3-score03-2=2 | RD3-score03-3= | RD3-seed04=2 | RD3-team04=USA G Fernández SUI M Hingis | RD3-score04-1=6 | RD3-score04-2=6 | RD3-score04-3= | RD4-seed01=3 | RD4-team01=ESP C Martínez ARG P Tarabini | RD4-score01-1=1 | RD4-score01-2=1 | RD4-score01-3= | RD4-seed02=2 | RD4-team02=USA G Fernández SUI M Hingis | RD4-score02-1=6 | RD4-score02-2=6 | RD4-score02-3=
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