1996 State Farm Evert Cup – Doubles

Doubles
1996 State Farm Evert Cup
Champions	Chanda Rubin Brenda Schultz-McCarthy
Runners-up	Julie Halard-Decugis Nathalie Tauziat
Score	6–1, 6–4
Draw	28
Seeds	8

Lindsay Davenport and Lisa Raymond were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Davenport with Mary Joe Fernández and Raymond with Rennae Stubbs.

Davenport and Fernandez lost in the quarterfinals to Elizabeth Smylie and Linda Wild.

Raymond and Stubbs lost in the semifinals to Julie Halard-Decugis and Nathalie Tauziat.

Chanda Rubin and Brenda Schultz-McCarthy won in the final 6–1, 6–4 against Halard-Decugis and Tauziat.^[1]

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

1. Lindsay Davenport / Mary Joe Fernández (quarterfinals)
2. Lori McNeil / Larisa Neiland (quarterfinals)
3. Chanda Rubin / Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (champions)
4. Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs (semifinals)
5. Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (second round)
6. Julie Halard-Decugis / Nathalie Tauziat (final)
7. Katrina Adams / Mariaan de Swardt (first round)
8. Amanda Coetzer / Inés Gorrochategui (quarterfinals)

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

Final

	Final
	3	Chanda Rubin Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	6	6
	6	Julie Halard-Decugis Nathalie Tauziat	1	4

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	L Davenport M J Fernández	6	4	7
		A Huber C Singer	6	2	7^8				A Huber C Singer	2	6	5
		R Dragomir M Paz	3	6	6^6										1	L Davenport M J Fernández	7^7	1	6^9
		C Cristea L Pleming	0	2												E Smylie L Wild	6^5	6	7^11
		A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	6	6					A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	1	3
		E Smylie L Wild	6	7					E Smylie L Wild	6	6
	7	K Adams M de Swardt	4	5																			E Smylie L Wild	1	5
																						3	C Rubin B Schultz-McCarthy	6	7
								3	C Rubin B Schultz-McCarthy	7^8	6
		N Feber A Sugiyama	6	6					N Feber A Sugiyama	6^6	2
		R McQuillan S Stafford	2	2											3	C Rubin B Schultz-McCarthy	6	6
	Q	A Ellwood R Nideffer	3	6	2											M Werdel-Witmeyer T Whitlinger-Jones	2	3
		M Werdel-Witmeyer T Whitlinger-Jones	6	3	6				M Werdel-Witmeyer T Whitlinger-Jones	4	6	7
		J Husárová N Kijimuta	1	3				5	C Martínez P Tarabini	6	4	5
	5	C Martínez P Tarabini	6	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	8	A Coetzer I Gorrochategui	6	6
		M Murić S Reece	3	3				8	A Coetzer I Gorrochategui	6	7
		E Likhovtseva D Scott	6	2	2				J Hetherington I Spîrlea	4	5
		J Hetherington I Spîrlea	4	6	6										8	A Coetzer I Gorrochategui	2	7^7	3
	WC	J Lee L Lee	3	6	6										4	L Raymond R Stubbs	6	6^4	6
		N Bradtke S Farina	6	4	3			WC	J Lee L Lee	6	1	3
								4	L Raymond R Stubbs	4	6	6
																						4	L Raymond R Stubbs	3	4
	6	J Halard-Decugis N Tauziat	6^5	6	6																	6	J Halard-Decugis N Tauziat	6	6
		A Frazier K Po	7^7	1	1			6	J Halard-Decugis N Tauziat	6	7^7
		Z Garrison-Jackson K Rinaldi-Stunkel	6	6					Z Garrison-Jackson K Rinaldi-Stunkel	1	6^3
	WC	T Singian A Stevenson	0	1											6	J Halard-Decugis N Tauziat	7^10	6
		D Graham C Vis	3	6	6										2	L McNeil L Neiland	6^8	4
		G Helgeson-Nielsen R Zrubáková	6	2	4				D Graham C Vis	2	7^7	5
								2	L McNeil L Neiland	6	6^4	7

References

1. John Barrett, ed. (1997). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 168, 176. ISBN 9780002187145.

External links

• 1996 State Farm Evert Cup Doubles draw