1996 Lipton Championships – Women's Singles

Women's Singles
1996 Lipton Championships
1995 Champion	Steffi Graf
Champion	Steffi Graf
Runner-up	Chanda Rubin
Final score	6–1, 6–3

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

w/o = Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Steffi Graf	7^7	6
	5	Kimiko Date	6^4	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	6^6	6	6
							20	N Sawamatsu	7^8	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

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
							15	H Suková	1	6	6
Q	A Dechaume-Balleret	6	6				Q	A Dechaume-Balleret	6	4	2
	L McNeil	3	3											15	H Suková	0	5
	B Reinstadler	4	4											28	S Farina	6	7
	M Endo	6	6					M Endo	0	4
							28	S Farina	6	6
																					28	S Farina	2	2
																					5	K Date	6	6
							21	M Werdel-Witmeyer	6	2	6
	R Grande	6	4	3				S Hack	4	6	1
	S Hack	4	6	6										21	M Werdel-Witmeyer	0	0
	B Schett	7	6											5	K Date	6	6
	K Nowak	5	0					B Schett	3	5
							5	K Date	6	7

Section 3

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
							3	A Huber	6	6^8	6
	N Kijimuta	3	3				LL	J Watanabe	3	7^10	1
LL	J Watanabe	6	6											3	A Huber	6	5	6
Q	E de Lone	7	3	7										32	S-T Wang	0	7	4
	V Ruano-Pascual	5	6	5			Q	E de Lone	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

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
							13	Z Garrison-Jackson	4	5
	R Stubbs	1	0					A Grossman	6	7
	A Grossman	6	6												A Grossman	6	0	6
	L Wild	6	6											30	M Oremans	4	6	2
LL	F Lubiani	2	1					L Wild	2	6	3
							30	M Oremans	6	2	6
																						A Grossman	0	2
																					8	L Davenport	6	6
							24	K Boogert	6	1	6
Q	C Porwik	6	6				Q	C Porwik	4	6	2
	G Helgeson-Nielsen	4	0											24	K Boogert	4	5
	B Rittner	6^3	6	2										8	L Davenport	6	7
Q	L Golarsa	7^7	4	6			Q	L Golarsa	1	2
							8	L Davenport	6	6

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	6^7	6
							22	Å Carlsson	2	7^9	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	7^7	6
							29	E Likhovtseva	6^5	4
																						J Capriati	1	4
																					4	G Sabatini	6	6
							27	Y Kamio	1	6	2
	J Kandarr	4	6	6^8				K Kschwendt	6	3	6
	K Kschwendt	6	4	7^10											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

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
							7	J Novotná	7	6
WC	K Rinaldi-Stunkel	3	6	4				S Stafford	5	3
	S Stafford	6	1	6										7	J Novotná	3	3
	L Richterová	3	4											23	A Sugiyama	6	6
	A Gavaldón	6	6					A Gavaldón	1	1
							23	A Sugiyama	6	6
																					23	A Sugiyama	4	5
																					16	I Spîrlea	6	7
							19	L Raymond	6	6
	K Studeníková	6	6					K Studeníková	2	3
Q	M Drake	4	2											19	L Raymond	4	4
	N Arendt	3	2											16	I Spîrlea	6	6
	C Singer	6	6					C Singer	3	2
							16	I Spîrlea	6	6

Section 8

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
							12	J Halard-Decugis	6	6
	C Morariu	6	1					C Morariu	4	0
WC	P Shriver	0	0	r										12	J Halard-Decugis	3	7^9	6
WC	T Snyder	6^4	3											17	B Paulus	6	6^7	4
	R McQuillan	7^7	6					R McQuillan	5	3
							17	B Paulus	7	6
																					12	J Halard-Decugis	6	4	4
																						K Habšudová	1	6	6
							31	S Testud	6	6
	P Hy-Boulais	6^3	3					A Serra Zanetti	1	1
	A Serra Zanetti	7^7	6											31	S Testud	4	2
	K Habšudová	6	4	6											K Habšudová	6	6
	S Meier	4	6	1				K Habšudová	2	6	7^7
							2	A Sánchez Vicario	6	3	6^4

References

• 1996 Lipton Championships Draw