1996 French Open – Mixed doubles

Larisa Neiland and Todd Woodbridge were the defending champions, but competed this year with different partners. Neiland teamed up with Mark Woodforde and were eliminated in semifinals, while Woodbridge partnered with Nicole Bradtke and were eliminated in quarterfinals.

Patricia Tarabini and Javier Frana won the title, defeating Nicole Arendt and Luke Jensen 6–2, 6–2 in the final. It was the 1st and only mixed doubles title for both players in their careers.

Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Patricia Tarabini and Javier Frana are the champions; others show the round in which they were eliminated. All seeds received a bye into the second round. • # Larisa Neiland / 🇦🇺 Mark Woodforde (semifinals)

• # 🇺🇸 Gigi Fernández / 🇨🇿 Cyril Suk (third round)

• # Manon Bollegraf / 🇺🇸 Rick Leach (semifinals)

• # 🇺🇸 Lisa Raymond / 🇺🇸 Patrick Galbraith (second round)

• # 🇨🇿 Helena Suková / Ellis Ferreira (second round)

• # 🇦🇺 Nicole Bradtke / 🇦🇺 Todd Woodbridge (quarterfinals)

• # Kristie Boogert / 🇷🇺 Andrei Olhovskiy (quarterfinals)

• # 🇺🇸 Katrina Adams / 🇧🇪 Libor Pimek (quarterfinals)

• # Brenda Schultz-McCarthy / 🇺🇸 Mark Keil (second round)

• # 🇺🇸 Linda Wild / Byron Talbot (second round)

• # Martina Hingis / 🇦🇺 Mark Philippoussis (quarterfinals)

• # 🇺🇸 Meredith McGrath / 🇺🇸 Matt Lucena (third round)

• # 🇧🇪 Els Callens / Menno Oosting (third round)

• # Irina Spîrlea / 🇺🇸 Greg Van Emburgh (second round)

• # 🇯🇵 Nana Miyagi / 🇺🇸 Kent Kinnear (second round)

• # 🇨🇦 Jill Hetherington / John-Laffnie de Jager (third round)