1996 Italian Open – Women's doubles

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.

Key

Finals

	Final
	1	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Irina Spîrlea	6	3	6
	2	Gigi Fernández Martina Hingis	4	6	3

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	A Sánchez Vicario I Spîrlea	2	6	6
		A Canepa G Casoni	6	3	2				F Labat M Paz	6	2	3
		F Labat M Paz	3	6	6										1	A Sánchez Vicario I Spîrlea	7	6
		R Simpson S Stafford	3	2											WC	R Grande A Serra Zanetti	6	0
	WC	R Grande A Serra Zanetti	6	6				WC	R Grande A Serra Zanetti	5	6	6
		J Kruger H Nagyová	5	6	2			5	J Hetherington K Radford	7	3	4
	5	J Hetherington K Radford	7	3	6																	1	A Sánchez Vicario I Spîrlea	6	7	7
																						7	A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	7	6	5
								4	L Golarsa N Tauziat	6	6
	WC	F Lubiani M P Zavagli	6	3					V Martinek L Richterová	2	3
		V Martinek L Richterová	7	6											4	L Golarsa N Tauziat	4	3
		S Cacic J Watanabe	4	2											7	A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	6	6
		L Ghirardi S Jeyaseelan	6	6					L Ghirardi S Jeyaseelan	2	6	3
		K Habšudová R Zrubáková	3	6				7	A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	6	4	6
	7	A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	6	7

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	8	A Fusai P Hy-Boulais	6	7
		F Perfetti G Pizzichini	1	5				8	A Fusai P Hy-Boulais	6	5
		B Fulco-Villella V Ruano-Pascual	0	2					S Cecchini L Garrone	7	7
		S Cecchini L Garrone	6	6												S Cecchini L Garrone	4	2
		M Grzybowska T Ječmenica	0	2											3	C Martínez P Tarabini	6	6
		L Lee C Schneider	6	6					L Lee C Schneider	7	1	1
								3	C Martínez P Tarabini	5	6	6
																						3	C Martínez P Tarabini	1	1
	6	Y Basuki C Vis	6	6																		2	G Fernández M Hingis	6	6
		P Kamstra T Križan	0	2				6	Y Basuki C Vis	6	6
		E Brusati C Salvi	0	0					L Montalvo P Suárez	0	2
		L Montalvo P Suárez	6	6											6	Y Basuki C Vis	2	2
	Q	M Mazzotta M Sánchez Lorenzo	4	7	6										2	G Fernández M Hingis	6	6
		G León García S Ramón-Cortés	6	6	4			Q	M Mazzotta M Sánchez Lorenzo	1	6	2
								2	G Fernández M Hingis	6	4	6