1996 Australian Open – Mixed doubles

Mixed doubles
1996 Australian Open
Final
Champions	Larisa Neiland Mark Woodforde
Runners-up	Nicole Arendt Luke Jensen
Score	4–6, 7–5, 6–0
Details
Seeds	8
Events
Singles men women boys girls Doubles men women mixed boys girls WC Singles men women quad WC Doubles men women quad Legends men women mixed
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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.

Draw

Key

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	67	5											M McGrath M Lucena	6	3	6
		M McGrath M Lucena	4	79	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	64					K Po T Ho	4	2
		K Po T Ho	7	77											4	L Raymond M Knowles	77	6
		A Dechaume-Balleret G Raoux	4	4											ALT	J Halard-Decugis M Tebbutt	65	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	62					I Spîrlea G Van Emburgh	6	6
		I Spîrlea G Van Emburgh	6	77												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	78	9
	WC	R McQuillan D Macpherson	6	4	6			WC	R McQuillan D Macpherson	6	66	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	63	6				E Callens P Norval	6	5	4
		K Radford M Oosting	3	77	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