1996 Lipton Championships – Women's doubles

Jana Novotná and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were the defending champions and won in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Meredith McGrath and Larisa Neiland.

Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. All sixteen seeded teams received byes into the second round.

• # 🇨🇿 Jana Novotná / 🇪🇸 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (champions)

• # n/a

• # 🇺🇸 Meredith McGrath / Larisa Neiland (final)

• # 🇺🇸 Lindsay Davenport / 🇺🇸 Mary Joe Fernández (semifinals)

• # 🇺🇸 Nicole Arendt / Manon Bollegraf (quarterfinals)

• # 🇺🇸 Lori McNeil / 🇨🇿 Helena Suková (quarterfinals)

• # 🇺🇸 Chanda Rubin / Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (quarterfinals)

• # 🇺🇸 Lisa Raymond / 🇦🇷 Gabriela Sabatini (second round)

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

• # 🇫🇷 Julie Halard-Decugis / 🇫🇷 Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals)

• # 🇺🇸 Katrina Adams / Mariaan de Swardt (third round)

• # 🇨🇦 Jill Hetherington / Irina Spîrlea (second round)

• # Yayuk Basuki /  Caroline Vis (third round)

• # Kristie Boogert /  Miriam Oremans (third round)

• # 🇺🇸 Zina Garrison-Jackson / 🇺🇸 Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel (third round)

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