1996 Australian Open – Mixed doubles
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| Mixed doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1996 Australian Open | |
| Champions |  Larisa Neiland  Mark Woodforde |
| Runners-up |  Nicole Arendt Luke Jensen |
| Score | 4–6, 7–5, 6–0 |
| Seeds | 8 |
Natasha Zvereva and Rick Leach were the defending champions but only Leach competed that year, with Rennae Stubbs.
Stubbs and Leach lost in the first round to Rene Simpson and Daniel Nestor.
Larisa Neiland and Mark Woodforde won in the final 4–6, 7–5, 6–0 against Nicole Arendt and Luke Jensen.
Seeds[edit]
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Larisa Neiland / 
Mark Woodforde (champions)
Gigi Fernández / 
Cyril Suk (second round)- n/a
- Lisa Raymond /
Mark Knowles (semifinals) - Rennae Stubbs / Rick Leach (first round)
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Emilio Sánchez (first round)- Mary Joe Fernández / Alex O'Brien (second round)
Kristie Boogert / 
Andrei Olhovskiy (first round)
Draw[edit]
Key[edit]
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Final[edit]
| Final | ||||||
| 1 | Larisa Neiland Mark Woodforde | 4 | 7 | 6 | ||
| Nicole Arendt Luke Jensen | 6 | 5 | 0 | |||
Top half[edit]
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | L Neiland M Woodforde | 6 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 B Schultz-McCarthy M Jensen | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | L Neiland M Woodforde | 4 | 6 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||
| M Bollegraf T Kronemann | 7 | 4 | 6 | M Bollegraf T Kronemann | 6 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | N Bradtke J Frana | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | L Neiland M Woodforde | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| WC | E Smylie S Draper | 6 | 67 | 5 | M McGrath M Lucena | 6 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| M McGrath M Lucena | 4 | 79 | 7 | M McGrath M Lucena | 6 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 R Simpson D Nestor | 7 | 6 | R Simpson D Nestor | 3 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | R Stubbs R Leach | 5 | 2 | 1 | L Neiland M Woodforde | 3 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | L Raymond M Knowles | 6 | 4 | 8 | 4 | L Raymond M Knowles | 6 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
 L Golarsa L Pimek | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | L Raymond M Knowles | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| C Vis S Melville | 5 | 64 | K Po T Ho | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| K Po T Ho | 7 | 77 | 4 | L Raymond M Knowles | 77 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 A Dechaume-Balleret G Raoux | 4 | 4 | ALT | J Halard-Decugis M Tebbutt | 65 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| L McNeil M Keil | 6 | 6 | L McNeil M Keil | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| ALT | J Halard-Decugis M Tebbutt | 6 | 6 | ALT | J Halard-Decugis M Tebbutt | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | K Boogert A Olhovskiy | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bottom half[edit]
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | M J Fernandez A O'Brien | 6 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| A Frazier J Tarango | 3 | 6 | 3 | 7 | M J Fernandez A O'Brien | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
M Paz J Sánchez | 3 | 62 |  I Spîrlea G Van Emburgh | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| I Spîrlea G Van Emburgh | 6 | 77 | I Spîrlea G Van Emburgh | 6 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ALT |  N Miyagi K Kinnear | 4 | 3 | N Arendt L Jensen | 3 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| N Arendt L Jensen | 6 | 6 | N Arendt L Jensen | 3 | 78 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | R McQuillan D Macpherson | 6 | 4 | 6 | WC | R McQuillan D Macpherson | 6 | 66 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| ALT |  M Strandlund P Nyborg | 3 | 6 | 4 | N Arendt L Jensen | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | A Sánchez Vicario E Sánchez | 5 | 3 | J Hetherington J-L de Jager | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 H Suková E Ferreira | 7 | 6 | H Suková E Ferreira | 4 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| E Callens P Norval | 6 | 63 | 6 | E Callens P Norval | 6 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| K Radford M Oosting | 3 | 77 | 2 | H Suková E Ferreira | 2 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| J Hetherington J-L de Jager | 6 | 6 | J Hetherington J-L de Jager | 6 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 W Probst D Adams | 0 | 2 | J Hetherington J-L de Jager | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| L Wild J Grabb | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | G Fernández C Suk | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | G Fernández C Suk | 5 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||