1996 Nokia Open – Doubles

Doubles
1996 Salem Open Beijing and the Nokia Open
1995 Champions	Claudia Porwik Linda Wild
Champions	Naoko Kijimuta Miho Saeki
Runners-up	Yuko Hosoki Kazue Takuma
Score	7–5, 6–4
Seeds	4

Claudia Porwik and Linda Wild were the defending champions but did not compete that year.

Naoko Kijimuta and Miho Saeki lost in the final 7–5, 6–4 against Yuko Hosoki and Kazue Takuma.

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

1. Rika Hiraki / Nana Miyagi (first round)
2. Sung-Hee Park / Shi-Ting Wang (semifinals)
3. Naoko Kijimuta / Miho Saeki (champions)
4. Silke Meier / Louise Pleming (quarterfinals)

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	R Hiraki N Miyagi	5	6	5
		T Križan N van Lottum	7	3	7				T Križan N van Lottum	5	2
		Y Hosoki K Takuma	6	6					Y Hosoki K Takuma	7	6
		L-L Chen J-Q Yi	3	1												Y Hosoki K Takuma	77	6
	4	S Meier L Pleming	77	7												H Nagano K Shibata	63	1
		J Chen L Li	63	5				4	S Meier L Pleming	3	3
		H Rosen T-T Weng	2	3					H Nagano K Shibata	6	6
		H Nagano K Shibata	6	6																			Yuko Hosoki Kazue Takuma	5	4
	Q	F Lubiani M Schnell	4	3																		3	Naoko Kijimuta Miho Saeki	7	6
		B Sangaram T Tanasugarn	6	6					B Sangaram T Tanasugarn	4	1
		H Mochizuki S Obata	3	78	4			3	N Kijimuta M Saeki	6	6
	3	N Kijimuta M Saeki	6	66	6										3	N Kijimuta M Saeki	6	4	6
		N Dechy S Klösel	5	6	6										2	S-H Park S-T Wang	3	6	3
		Y-J Choi M-R Jeon	7	4	2				N Dechy S Klösel	6	2	1
	WC	Y Chen L Liu	1	6	2			2	S-H Park S-T Wang	4	6	6
	2	S-H Park S-T Wang	6	4	6

• 1996 Nokia Open Doubles Draw