1996 Bausch & Lomb Championships – Singles

Singles
Singles
1996 Bausch & Lomb Championships
Champion	Irina Spîrlea
Runner-up	Mary Pierce
Final score	6–7, 6–4, 6–3
Details
Draw	56 (8 Q / 3 WC )
Seeds	16
Events
Singles	Doubles

Conchita Martínez was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Mary Pierce.

Irina Spîrlea won in the final 6–7, 6–4, 6–3 against Pierce.

Seeds[]

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.

Conchita Martínez (quarterfinals)
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (semifinals)
Magdalena Maleeva (second round)
Chanda Rubin (third round)
n/a
Mary Joe Fernández (semifinals)
Mary Pierce (final)
Irina Spîrlea (champion)
n/a
Åsa Carlsson (first round)
Lindsay Lee (first round)
Sabine Hack (quarterfinals)
Meredith McGrath (quarterfinals)
Silvia Farina (first round)
Elena Makarova (second round)
Ruxandra Dragomir (second round)

Draw[]

Key[]

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

Finals[]

Semifinals				Final

7	Mary Pierce	6	6

6	Mary Joe Fernández	2	4
				7	Mary Pierce	7	4	3

				8	Irina Spîrlea	6	6	6
8	Irina Spîrlea	6	7

2	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	1	5

Top half[]

Section 1[]

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

					1	C Martínez	6	6
	S Cecchini	2	3			A Temesvári	1	3
	A Temesvári	6	6							1	C Martínez	6	6
	K Nowak	3	1								J Husárová	0	0
	J Husárová	6	6			J Husárová	6	7
Q	N Medvedeva	2	4		Q	N Medvedeva	4	6
14	S Farina	6	2	r										1	C Martínez	7	3	2
10	Å Carlsson	2	5											7	M Pierce	5	6	6
	L Richterová	6	7			L Richterová	6	0	5
Q	F Zuluaga	1	4			A Miller	4	6	7
	A Miller	6	6								A Miller	3	1
	S Pitkowski	6	6							7	M Pierce	6	6
LL	D Krajčovičová	1	1			S Pitkowski	3	6	3
					7	M Pierce	6	4	6

Section 2[]

First round				Second round				Third round				Quarterfinals

				4	C Rubin	6	6
Q	C Cristea	6	6	Q	C Cristea	1	4
	B Rittner	3	3					4	C Rubin	1	0
	M-J Gaidano	1	3					12	S Hack	6	6
	A Dechaume-Balleret	6	6		A Dechaume-Balleret	1	0
	A Serra Zanetti	4	0	12	S Hack	6	6
12	S Hack	6	6									12	S Hack	4	3
16	R Dragomir	6	6									6	M J Fernández	6	6
	T Whitlinger-Jones	2	0	16	R Dragomir	5	2
Q	F Li	6	2	Q	P Suárez	7	6
Q	P Suárez	7	6					Q	P Suárez	6	3
	R Zrubáková	7	6					6	M J Fernández	7	6
	N Arendt	5	3		R Zrubáková	3	3
				6	M J Fernández	6	6

Bottom half[]

Section 3[]

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

					8	I Spîrlea	6	6
	S Cacic	4	1			P Hy-Boulais	3	2
	P Hy-Boulais	6	6							8	I Spîrlea	7	6
	L Ghirardi	7	6								V Ruano-Pascual	5	0
	G Helgeson-Nielsen	6	1			L Ghirardi	2	2
	V Ruano-Pascual	6	6			V Ruano-Pascual	6	6
LL	G León García	4	1											8	I Spîrlea	7	6
15	E Makarova	4	6	7											B Schett	6	2
	S Stafford	6	1	5	15	E Makarova	5	7	1
	V Martinek	5				V Martinek	7	5	6
WC	V Williams	3	r								V Martinek	2	3
	S Meier	6	4	3							B Schett	6	6
	B Schett	4	6	6		B Schett	6	6
					3	M Maleeva	1	3

Section 4[]

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

					LL	W Probst	7	6
	A Fusai	5	1			L Neiland	5	2
	L Neiland	7	6							LL	W Probst	2	1
WC	K Rinaldi-Stunkel	6	6	7						13	M McGrath	6	6
	P Schwarz	7	2	6	WC	K Rinaldi-Stunkel	6	3	2
	J Kandarr	4	3		13	M McGrath	1	6	6
13	M McGrath	6	6											13	M McGrath	3	4
11	L Lee	0	7	2										2	A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
WC	K Maleeva	6	6	6	WC	K Maleeva	4	6	4
Q	M Paz	6	2			T Ječmenica	6	3	6
	T Ječmenica	7	6								T Ječmenica	3	4
Q	L Golarsa	2	4							2	A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
Q	C Papadáki	6	6		Q	C Papadáki	0	6
					2	A Sánchez Vicario	6	7

External links[]

ITF tournament edition details