1996 Australian Open – Women's Singles

Women's Singles
1996 Australian Open
Champion	Monica Seles
Runner-up	Anke Huber
Final score	6–4, 6–1

Mary Pierce was the defending champion, but she was defeated by Elena Likhovtseva in the second round.

Monica Seles won the title, defeating Anke Huber in the final. This would be Seles' first and only Grand Slam victory since her stabbing.

Seeds

1. Monica Seles (Champion)
2. Conchita Martínez (Quarterfinals)
3. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (Quarterfinals)
4. Mary Pierce (Second Round)
5. Kimiko Date (Second Round)
6. Gabriela Sabatini (Fourth Round)
7. Iva Majoli (Quarterfinals)
8. Anke Huber (Final)
9. Mary Joe Fernández (Fourth Round)
10. Lindsay Davenport (Fourth Round)
11. Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (Fourth Round)
12. Natasha Zvereva (First Round)
13. Chanda Rubin (Semifinals)
14. Amy Frazier (First round)
15. Naoko Sawamatsu (Fourth Round)
16. Amanda Coetzer (Semifinals)

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier WC = Wild Card LL = Lucky Loser

Alt = Alternate SE = Special Exempt PR = Protected Ranking

w/o = Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Monica Seles	6	6
	7	Iva Majoli	1	2
								1	Monica Seles	6^2	6	7
								13	Chanda Rubin	7^7	1	5
	3	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	4	6	14
	13	Chanda Rubin	6	2	16
															1	Monica Seles	6	6
															8	Anke Huber	4	1
		Martina Hingis	5	6	1
	16	Amanda Coetzer	7	4	6
								16	Amanda Coetzer	6	4	2
								8	Anke Huber	4	6	6
	8	Anke Huber	4	6	6
	2	Conchita Martínez	6	2	1

Top Half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	1	M Seles	6	6
	Q	J Lee	3	0				1	M Seles	6	6
		K Studeníková	7	6					K Studeníková	1	1
		D Van Roost	5	4											1	M Seles	7	6
	Q	F Lubiani	6	4	6											J Halard-Decugis	5	0
		N Bradtke	2	6	4			Q	F Lubiani	2	6	2
		J Halard-Decugis	6	6					J Halard-Decugis	6	0	6
	WC	J Taylor	1	1																		1	M Seles	6	6
		R Zrubáková	6	5	1																	15	N Sawamatsu	1	3
		A Sugiyama	0	7	6				A Sugiyama	6	6
		S Pitkowski	4	6^3				Q	A Dechaume-Balleret	2	2
	Q	A Dechaume-Balleret	6	7^7												A Sugiyama	4	0
		J Husárová	2	1											15	N Sawamatsu	6	6
		L Wild	6	6					L Wild	4	3
		C Cristea	6	2	1			15	N Sawamatsu	6	6
	15	N Sawamatsu	4	6	6

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	12	N Zvereva	2	6	5
		A Smashnova	6	4	7				A Smashnova	7	4	2
		T Whitlinger-Jones	6	6					T Whitlinger-Jones	5	6	6
		N Kijimuta	3	0												T Whitlinger-Jones	3	2
		I Spîrlea	6	6^4	8											S Appelmans	6	6
		S Testud	4	7^7	6				I Spîrlea	3	3
		N Baudone	5	4					S Appelmans	6	6
		S Appelmans	7	6																			S Appelmans	2	2
	Q	J Watanabe	6	6																		7	I Majoli	6	6
		M de Swardt	4	3				Q	J Watanabe	6^5	6^5
		P Shriver	4	4					A Fusai	7^7	7^7
		A Fusai	6	6												A Fusai	2	1
	WC	N Pratt	5	3											7	I Majoli	6	6
		L McNeil	7	6					L McNeil	3	2
		E Makarova	4	2				7	I Majoli	6	6
	7	I Majoli	6	6

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	3	A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
		B Reinstadler	2	2				3	A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
		A Grossman	3	2					B Rittner	3	2
		B Rittner	6	6											3	A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
		K Godridge	4	6	3											S Cacic	3	3
	WC	S Drake-Brockman	6	4	6			WC	S Drake-Brockman	2	5
		S Cacic	6	6					S Cacic	6	7
		E Callens	3	4																		3	A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
		N Arendt	6	6																		9	MJ Fernández	3	3
	WC	K Radford	3	1					N Arendt	3	6	8
		L Ghirardi-Rubbi	3	4					S Farina	6	3	6
		S Farina	6	6												N Arendt	1	1
		V Martinek	2	3											9	MJ Fernández	6	6
		M Sánchez Lorenzo	6	6					M Sánchez Lorenzo	2	0
		V Ruano Pascual	4	3				9	MJ Fernández	6	6
	9	MJ Fernández	6	6

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	13	C Rubin	4	6	6
		R McQuillan	6	3	2			13	C Rubin	6^3	6	6
		T Križan	6	2	6				T Križan	7^7	2	3
		M McGrath	2	6	4										13	C Rubin	6	6
		L Courtois	7^7	7^7												L Courtois	0	2
		M Oremans	6^4	6^4					L Courtois	6	7^7
		A Ellwood	6	5	1				J Kruger	3	6^5
		J Kruger	4	7	6																	13	C Rubin	6	6
		K Kschwendt	6	6																		6	G Sabatini	2	4
		P Begerow	0	2					K Kschwendt	2	6	6
		N Miyagi	6	7					N Miyagi	6	2	1
		S Cecchini	3	5												K Kschwendt	1	2
		I Demongeot	3	3											6	G Sabatini	6	6
		K Habšudová	6	6					K Habšudová	4	3
		S Stafford	0	1				6	G Sabatini	6	6
	6	G Sabatini	6	6

Bottom Half

Section 5

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	5	K Date	6	6
		A Gavaldón	2	0				5	K Date	2	6	4
		M Endo	7^8	6					M Endo	6	1	6
	WC	K-A Guse	6^6	4												M Endo	1	1
		J Nejedly	1	1												M Hingis	6	6
		M Hingis	6	6					M Hingis	6	6
		B Paulus	6	6					B Paulus	1	4
		L Neiland	0	0																			M Hingis	6	6
		N Feber	6	6																		11	B Schultz-McCarthy	1	4
	Q	S Jeyaseelan	4	0					N Feber	2	6	3
		A Serra Zanetti	3	2					K Boogert	6	1	6
		K Boogert	6	6												K Boogert	6	1	4
		A Temesvári	6^5	1											11	B Schultz-McCarthy	4	6	6
		S-t Wang	7^7	6					S-t Wang	4	6	3
		P Hy-Boulais	6	6^3	3			11	B Schultz-McCarthy	6	3	6
	11	B Schultz-McCarthy	1	7^7	6

Section 6

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	16	A Coetzer	6	6
		M Schnell	2	2				16	A Coetzer	6	6
		S Hack	2	6	6				S Hack	1	1
		Y Basuki	6	4	4										16	A Coetzer	6	6
	Q	L Poruri	6	6^5	6										Q	R Hiraki	3	1
		L Lee	3	7^7	3			Q	L Poruri	3	6	2
		MJ Gaidano	6	3	2			Q	R Hiraki	6	4	6
	Q	R Hiraki	3	6	6																	16	A Coetzer	6	6
		L Raymond	4	3																			E Likhovtseva	3	3
		R Grande	6	6					R Grande	6	7^7
		M Tang	6	4	2				S Meier	4	6^5
		S Meier	0	6	6											R Grande	3	1
		K Nagatsuka	2	4												E Likhovtseva	6	6
		E Likhovtseva	6	6					E Likhovtseva	6	6
		P Schwarz	3	1				4	M Pierce	4	4
	4	M Pierce	6	6

Section 7

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	8	A Huber	6	6
		S Kleinová	1	4				8	A Huber	6	6
		Å Carlsson	6	6					Å Carlsson	1	2
	WC	K Sharpe	2	0											8	A Huber	6	6
		M Strandlund	5	6^4												L Richterová	2	1
		D Randriantefy	7	7^7					D Randriantefy	6^4	6	5
		L Richterová	6	6					L Richterová	7^7	4	7
	WC	G Biggs	3	3																		8	A Huber	6	6
		H Suková	6	6																			B Schett	3	2
		J Wiesner	4	0					H Suková	7^7	4	8
		M Grzybowska	4	6	6				M Grzybowska	6^5	6	6
	WC	T Musgrave	6	3	2											H Suková	2	7	6
		M Vento	7^7	4	4											B Schett	6	5	8
		S-h Park	6^2	6	6				S-h Park	4	3
		B Schett	4	7	9				B Schett	6	6
	14	A Frazier	6	5	7

Section 8

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	10	L Davenport	6	6
		C Singer	1	2				10	L Davenport	7^7	6
		G Fernández	3	4					R Stubbs	6^5	3
		R Stubbs	6	6											10	L Davenport	6	7
		K Nowak	3	0												N Dahlman	4	5
		N Dahlman	6	6					N Dahlman	6	6
		E de Lone	6	2	4				R Dragomir	4	3
		R Dragomir	4	6	6																	10	L Davenport	3	1
		Y Kamio	2	7^7	6																	2	C Martínez	6	6
		F Li	6	6^4	2				Y Kamio	6^3	3
		T Ječmenica	4	3					J Kandarr	7^7	6
		J Kandarr	6	6												J Kandarr	3	0
		J-Q Yi	2	2											2	C Martínez	6	6
		F Labat	6	6					F Labat	2	4
	Q	C Wood	4	1				2	C Martínez	6	6
	2	C Martínez	6	6

External links

• 1996 Australian Open on ITFtennis.com, the source for this draw