1996 Open Gaz de France – Doubles

Doubles
1996 Open Gaz de France
1995 Champions	Meredith McGrath Larisa Savchenko
Champions	Kristie Boogert Jana Novotná
Runners-up	Julie Halard-Decugis Nathalie Tauziat
Score	6–4, 6–3

Meredith McGrath and Larisa Savchenko were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Laurence Courtois and Nancy Feber.

Kristie Boogert and Jana Novotná won in the final 6–4, 6–3 against Julie Halard-Decugis and Nathalie Tauziat.

Seeds

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

1. Meredith McGrath / Larisa Savchenko (quarterfinals)
2. Lori McNeil / Helena Suková (semifinals)
3. Kristie Boogert / Jana Novotná (champions)
4. Julie Halard-Decugis / Nathalie Tauziat (final)

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

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	M McGrath L Savchenko	6	6
		O Lugina N Medvedeva	0	3				1	M McGrath L Savchenko	6	4	3
		S Appelmans M Oremans	4	5					L Courtois N Feber	1	6	6
		L Courtois N Feber	6	7												L Courtois N Feber	3	2
	4	J Halard-Decugis N Tauziat	6	6											4	J Halard-Decugis N Tauziat	6	6
		J Kandarr A-G Sidot	2	0				4	J Halard-Decugis N Tauziat	6	6
		M de Swardt C Vis	3	r					P Langrová R Zrubáková	3	2
		P Langrová R Zrubáková	5																			4	Julie Halard-Decugis Nathalie Tauziat	4	3
		A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	6	6																		3	Kristie Boogert Jana Novotná	6	6
		D Krajčovičová F Perfetti	3	1					A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud
		S Farina A Fusai	3	6				3	K Boogert J Novotná	w/o
	3	K Boogert J Novotná	6	7											3	K Boogert J Novotná	6	6
		N Dahlman D Van Roost	1	4											2	L McNeil H Suková	1	1
		E Makarova E Maniokova	6	6					E Makarova E Maniokova	4	4
		M Hingis I Majoli	7	4	4			2	L McNeil H Suková	6	6
	2	L McNeil H Suková	6	6	6

External links

• 1996 Open Gaz de France Doubles Draw Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine