1996 Australian Open – Mixed doubles

Mixed doubles
1996 Australian Open
Champions Larisa Neiland
Mark Woodforde
Runners-up Nicole Arendt
Luke Jensen
Score4–6, 7–5, 6–0
Seeds8

Natasha Zvereva and Rick Leach were the defending champions but only Leach competed that year, with Rennae Stubbs.

Stubbs and Leach lost in the first round to Rene Simpson and Daniel Nestor.

Larisa Neiland and Mark Woodforde won in the final 4–6, 7–5, 6–0 against Nicole Arendt and Luke Jensen.

Seeds

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

Draw

Key

Final

Final
     
1 Larisa Neiland
Mark Woodforde
4 7 6
  Nicole Arendt
Luke Jensen
6 5 0

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 L Neiland
M Woodforde
6 3 6
  B Schultz-McCarthy
M Jensen
4 6 2 1 L Neiland
M Woodforde
4 6 8
  M Bollegraf
T Kronemann
7 4 6   M Bollegraf
T Kronemann
6 2 6
WC N Bradtke
J Frana
5 6 4 1 L Neiland
M Woodforde
2 6 8
WC E Smylie
S Draper
6 67 5   M McGrath
M Lucena
6 3 6
  M McGrath
M Lucena
4 79 7   M McGrath
M Lucena
6 4 6
  R Simpson
D Nestor
7 6     R Simpson
D Nestor
3 6 2
5 R Stubbs
R Leach
5 2   1 L Neiland
M Woodforde
3 6 6
4 L Raymond
M Knowles
6 4 8 4 L Raymond
M Knowles
6 3 2
  L Golarsa
L Pimek
1 6 6 4 L Raymond
M Knowles
6 6  
  C Vis
S Melville
5 64     K Po
T Ho
4 2  
  K Po
T Ho
7 77   4 L Raymond
M Knowles
77 6  
  A Dechaume-Balleret
G Raoux
4 4   ALT J Halard-Decugis
M Tebbutt
65 2  
  L McNeil
M Keil
6 6     L McNeil
M Keil
4 4  
ALT J Halard-Decugis
M Tebbutt
6 6   ALT J Halard-Decugis
M Tebbutt
6 6  
8 K Boogert
A Olhovskiy
4 4  

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
7 M J Fernandez
A O'Brien
6 3 6
  A Frazier
J Tarango
3 6 3 7 M J Fernandez
A O'Brien
3 2  
  M Paz
J Sánchez
3 62     I Spîrlea
G Van Emburgh
6 6  
  I Spîrlea
G Van Emburgh
6 77     I Spîrlea
G Van Emburgh
6 1 4
ALT N Miyagi
K Kinnear
4 3     N Arendt
L Jensen
3 6 6
  N Arendt
L Jensen
6 6     N Arendt
L Jensen
3 78 9
WC R McQuillan
D Macpherson
6 4 6 WC R McQuillan
D Macpherson
6 66 7
ALT M Strandlund
P Nyborg
3 6 4   N Arendt
L Jensen
6 6  
6 A Sánchez Vicario
E Sánchez
5 3     J Hetherington
J-L de Jager
2 4  
  H Suková
E Ferreira
7 6     H Suková
E Ferreira
4 7 6
  E Callens
P Norval
6 63 6   E Callens
P Norval
6 5 4
  K Radford
M Oosting
3 77 2   H Suková
E Ferreira
2 6 4
  J Hetherington
J-L de Jager
6 6     J Hetherington
J-L de Jager
6 1 6
  W Probst
D Adams
0 2     J Hetherington
J-L de Jager
6 6  
  L Wild
J Grabb
7 5 2 2 G Fernández
C Suk
4 2  
2 G Fernández
C Suk
5 7 6

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