1996 State Farm Evert Cup – Doubles

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

Draw

Key

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	78				A Huber C Singer	2	6	5
		R Dragomir M Paz	3	6	66										1	L Davenport M J Fernández	77	1	69
		C Cristea L Pleming	0	2												E Smylie L Wild	65	6	711
		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	78	6
		N Feber A Sugiyama	6	6					N Feber A Sugiyama	66	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	77	3
	WC	J Lee L Lee	3	6	6										4	L Raymond R Stubbs	6	64	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	65	6	6																	6	J Halard-Decugis N Tauziat	6	6
		A Frazier K Po	77	1	1			6	J Halard-Decugis N Tauziat	6	77
		Z Garrison-Jackson K Rinaldi-Stunkel	6	6					Z Garrison-Jackson K Rinaldi-Stunkel	1	63
	WC	T Singian A Stevenson	0	1											6	J Halard-Decugis N Tauziat	710	6
		D Graham C Vis	3	6	6										2	L McNeil L Neiland	68	4
		G Helgeson-Nielsen R Zrubáková	6	2	4				D Graham C Vis	2	77	5
								2	L McNeil L Neiland	6	64	7

References

External links

• 1996 State Farm Evert Cup Doubles draw