1996 European Indoors – Doubles
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1996 European Indoors | |
| Champions | Martina Hingis Helena Suková |
| Runners-up | Nicole Arendt Natasha Zvereva |
| Score | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Draw | 16 |
| Seeds | 4 |
Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf were the defending champions but only Arendt competed that year with Natasha Zvereva.
Arendt and Zvereva lost in the final 7–5, 6–4 against Martina Hingis and Helena Suková.
Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
- Nicole Arendt / Natasha Zvereva (final)
- Martina Hingis / Helena Suková (champions)
- Lori McNeil / Gabriela Sabatini (semifinals)
- Larisa Savchenko / Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals)
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
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | N Arendt N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| K Boogert I Spîrlea | 2 | 3 | 1 | N Arendt N Zvereva | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| S Farina M Werdel-Witmeyer | 6 | 2 | S Appelmans M Oremans | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S Appelmans M Oremans | 7 | 6 | 1 | N Arendt N Zvereva | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | L McNeil G Sabatini | 7 | 7 | 3 | L McNeil G Sabatini | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| K Habšudová A Kournikova | 5 | 5 | 3 | L McNeil G Sabatini | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| S Kleinová M Kochta | 3 | 4 | B Schett P Schnyder | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| B Schett P Schnyder | 6 | 6 | 1 | Nicole Arendt Natasha Zvereva | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A Huber I Majoli | 4 | 3 | 2 | Martina Hingis Helena Suková | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| B Schultz-McCarthy C Vis | 6 | 6 | B Schultz-McCarthy C Vis | 6 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| F Perfetti G Pizzichini | 1 | 2 | 4 | L Savchenko N Tauziat | 7 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | L Savchenko N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | B Schultz-McCarthy C Vis | 6 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| C Martínez P Tarabini | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | M Hingis H Suková | 3 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| P Begerow K Quentrec-Eagle | 6 | 3 | 3 | C Martínez P Tarabini | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| H Nagyová A Olsza | 2 | 2 | 2 | M Hingis H Suková | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | M Hingis H Suková | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||