1996 Australian Open – Mixed doubles

Mixed doubles
1996 Australian Open
Champions	Larisa Neiland Mark Woodforde
Runners-up	Nicole Arendt Luke Jensen
Score	4–6, 7–5, 6–0
Seeds	8

Main article: 1996 Australian Open

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.

1. Larisa Neiland / Mark Woodforde (champions)
2. Gigi Fernández / Cyril Suk (second round)
3. n/a
4. Lisa Raymond / Mark Knowles (semifinals)
5. Rennae Stubbs / Rick Leach (first round)
6. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Emilio Sánchez (first round)
7. Mary Joe Fernández / Alex O'Brien (second round)
8. Kristie Boogert / Andrei Olhovskiy (first round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant

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	6^7	5											M McGrath M Lucena	6	3	6
		M McGrath M Lucena	4	7^9	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	6^4					K Po T Ho	4	2
		K Po T Ho	7	7^7											4	L Raymond M Knowles	7^7	6
		A Dechaume-Balleret G Raoux	4	4											ALT	J Halard-Decugis M Tebbutt	6^5	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	6^2					I Spîrlea G Van Emburgh	6	6
		I Spîrlea G Van Emburgh	6	7^7												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	7^8	9
	WC	R McQuillan D Macpherson	6	4	6			WC	R McQuillan D Macpherson	6	6^6	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	6^3	6				E Callens P Norval	6	5	4
		K Radford M Oosting	3	7^7	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

References

• 1996 Australian Open – Doubles draws and results at the International Tennis Federation