Women's singles Champion Steffi Graf Runner-up Chanda Rubin Final score 6–1, 6–3 Draw 96 Seeds 32
1996 tennis event results
Steffi Graf was the defending champion and won in the final 6–1, 6–3 against Chanda Rubin .
Seeds [ ]
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. All thirty-two seeds received a bye to the second round.
Steffi Graf (champion)
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (second round)
Anke Huber (quarterfinals)
Gabriela Sabatini (quarterfinals)
Kimiko Date (quarterfinals)
Chanda Rubin (final)
Jana Novotná (third round)
Lindsay Davenport (semifinals)
Mary Joe Fernandez (fourth round)
Amanda Coetzer (third round)
Martina Hingis (second round)
Julie Halard-Decugis (fourth round)
Zina Garrison-Jackson (second round)
Nathalie Tauziat (fourth round)
Helena Suková (third round)
Irina Spîrlea (quarterfinals)
Barbara Paulus (third round)
Judith Wiesner (fourth round)
Lisa Raymond (third round)
Naoko Sawamatsu (second round)
Marianne Werdel-Witmeyer (third round)
Åsa Carlsson (second round)
Ai Sugiyama (fourth round)
Kristie Boogert (third round)
Petra Begerow (second round)
Florencia Labat (third round)
Yone Kamio (second round)
Silvia Farina (fourth round)
Elena Likhovtseva (second round)
Miriam Oremans (third round)
Sandrine Testud (third round)
Shi-Ting Wang (third 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
SR = Special ranking
Finals [ ]
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
1
Steffi Graf
77
6
5
Kimiko Date
64
3
1
Steffi Graf
6
6
8
Lindsay Davenport
4
4
3
Anke Huber
0
1
8
Lindsay Davenport
6
6
1
Steffi Graf
6
6
6
Chanda Rubin
1
3
6
Chanda Rubin
6
5
6
4
Gabriela Sabatini
3
7
3
6
Chanda Rubin
4
6
6
Karina Habšudová
6
4
2
16
Irina Spîrlea
4
5
Karina Habšudová
6
7
Top half [ ]
Section 1 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
1
S Graf
6
7
T Ječmenica
4
2
S Cacic
1
5
S Cacic
6
6
1
S Graf
6
6
Q
V Csurgo
2
3
G Fernández
3
2
G Fernández
6
6
G Fernández
66
6
6
20
N Sawamatsu
78
3
3
1
S Graf
6
6
9
M J Fernandez
1
0
26
F Labat
4
6
6
Q
P Suárez
0
2
D Van Roost
6
2
3
D Van Roost
6
6
26
F Labat
2
6
4
Q
S Cecchini
3
6
3
9
M J Fernandez
6
4
6
Y Basuki
6
4
6
Y Basuki
2
1
9
M J Fernandez
6
6
Section 2 [ ]
Section 3 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
3
A Huber
6
68
6
N Kijimuta
3
3
LL
J Watanabe
3
710
1
LL
J Watanabe
6
6
3
A Huber
6
5
6
Q
E deLone
7
3
7
32
S-T Wang
0
7
4
V Ruano-Pascual
5
6
5
Q
E deLone
2
3
32
S-T Wang
6
6
3
A Huber
6
6
18
J Wiesner
4
4
18
J Wiesner
1
6
6
L Neiland
6
6
L Neiland
6
2
4
WC
K Maleeva
4
4
18
J Wiesner
6
6
LL
N Miyagi
5
6
6
LL
N Miyagi
2
2
R Dragomir
7
3
2
LL
N Miyagi
5
6
6
11
M Hingis
7
1
3
Section 4 [ ]
Bottom half [ ]
Section 5 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
6
C Rubin
6
6
A Fusai
6
6
A Fusai
2
0
LL
M J Gaidano
3
1
6
C Rubin
6
6
M McGrath
6
7
M McGrath
2
3
T Whitlinger-Jones
1
5
M McGrath
6
67
6
22
Å Carlsson
2
79
3
6
C Rubin
6
6
14
N Tauziat
3
4
25
P Begerow
3
4
N Feber
4
2
WC
K Adams
6
6
WC
K Adams
6
6
WC
K Adams
0
2
L Lee
6
6
14
N Tauziat
6
6
J-Q Yi
3
0
L Lee
4
5
14
N Tauziat
6
7
Section 6 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
10
A Coetzer
6
6
V Martinek
7
2
3
WC
D Graham
4
3
WC
D Graham
5
6
6
10
A Coetzer
4
6
1
L Ghirardi
5
1
J Capriati
6
0
6
J Capriati
7
6
J Capriati
77
6
29
E Likhovtseva
65
4
J Capriati
1
4
4
G Sabatini
6
6
27
Y Kamio
1
6
2
J Kandarr
4
6
68
K Kschwendt
6
3
6
K Kschwendt
6
4
710
K Kschwendt
3
2
A Smashnova
6
6
4
G Sabatini
6
6
K Nagatsuka
3
4
A Smashnova
3
0
4
G Sabatini
6
6
Section 7 [ ]
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