1996 Nokia Open – Doubles

Doubles
1996 Salem Open Beijing
and the Nokia Open
1995 Champions Claudia Porwik
Linda Wild
Champions Naoko Kijimuta
Miho Saeki
Runners-up Yuko Hosoki
Kazue Takuma
Score7–5, 6–4
Seeds4

Claudia Porwik and Linda Wild were the defending champions but did not compete that year.

Naoko Kijimuta and Miho Saeki lost in the final 7–5, 6–4 against Yuko Hosoki and Kazue Takuma.

Seeds

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

  1. Rika Hiraki / Nana Miyagi (first round)
  2. Sung-Hee Park / Shi-Ting Wang (semifinals)
  3. Naoko Kijimuta / Miho Saeki (champions)
  4. Silke Meier / Louise Pleming (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 R Hiraki
N Miyagi
5 6 5
  T Križan
N van Lottum
7 3 7   T Križan
N van Lottum
5 2  
  Y Hosoki
K Takuma
6 6     Y Hosoki
K Takuma
7 6  
  L-L Chen
J-Q Yi
3 1     Y Hosoki
K Takuma
77 6  
4 S Meier
L Pleming
77 7     H Nagano
K Shibata
63 1  
  J Chen
L Li
63 5   4 S Meier
L Pleming
3 3  
  H Rosen
T-T Weng
2 3     H Nagano
K Shibata
6 6  
  H Nagano
K Shibata
6 6     Yuko Hosoki
Kazue Takuma
5 4  
Q F Lubiani
M Schnell
4 3   3 Naoko Kijimuta
Miho Saeki
7 6  
  B Sangaram
T Tanasugarn
6 6     B Sangaram
T Tanasugarn
4 1  
  H Mochizuki
S Obata
3 78 4 3 N Kijimuta
M Saeki
6 6  
3 N Kijimuta
M Saeki
6 66 6 3 N Kijimuta
M Saeki
6 4 6
  N Dechy
S Klösel
5 6 6 2 S-H Park
S-T Wang
3 6 3
  Y-J Choi
M-R Jeon
7 4 2   N Dechy
S Klösel
6 2 1
WC Y Chen
L Liu
1 6 2 2 S-H Park
S-T Wang
4 6 6
2 S-H Park
S-T Wang
6 4 6

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