1996 Italian Open – Women's doubles

Mary Joe Fernández and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but did not compete that year.

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Irina Spîrlea won in the final 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 against Gigi Fernández and Martina Hingis.

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.

• # 🇪🇸 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Irina Spîrlea (champions)

• # 🇺🇸 Gigi Fernández / Martina Hingis (final)

• # 🇪🇸 Conchita Martínez / 🇦🇷 Patricia Tarabini (semifinals)

• # 🇮🇹 Laura Golarsa / 🇫🇷 Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals)

• # 🇨🇦 Jill Hetherington / 🇦🇺 Kristine Radford (second round)

• # Yayuk Basuki /  Caroline Vis (quarterfinals)

• # 🇫🇷 Alexia Dechaume-Balleret / 🇫🇷 Sandrine Testud (semifinals)

• # 🇫🇷 Alexandra Fusai / 🇨🇦 Patricia Hy-Boulais (second round)