The 1996 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Melbourne Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia.

It was the 84th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 15 through 28 January 1996.

Boris Becker defeated Michael Chang 6–2, 6–4, 2–6, 6–2[1] Monica Seles defeated Anke Huber 6–4, 6–1[2] Stefan Edberg / Petr Korda defeated Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien 7–5, 7–5, 4–6, 6–1[3] Chanda Rubin / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario defeated Lindsay Davenport / Mary Joe Fernández 7–5, 2–6, 6–4[4] Larisa Neiland / Mark Woodforde defeated Nicole Arendt / Luke Jensen 4–6, 7–5, 6–0 Björn Rehnquist defeated Mathias Hellstrom 2–6, 6–2, 7–5 Magdalena Grzybowska defeated Nathalie Dechy 6–1, 4–6, 6–1 Daniele Bracciali / Jocelyn Robichaud defeated Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 Michaela Paštiková / Jitka Schönfeldová defeated Olga Barabanschikova / Mirjana Lučić 6–1, 6–3