1996 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

Women's Singles
1996 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Steffi Graf
Runner-up	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Final score	6–3, 7–5

Steffi Graf was the defending champion, and she successfully defended her title, defeating Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the final, in what was a rematch of last year's final. With the victory, Graf captured her seventh and final Wimbledon crown, while it marked Sánchez Vicario's last appearance in the ladies' championship match.

Seeds

1. Steffi Graf (Champion)
2. Monica Seles (Second Round)
3. Conchita Martínez (Fourth Round)
4. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (Final)
5. Anke Huber (Third Round)
6. Jana Novotná (Quarterfinals)
7. Chanda Rubin (Withdrew due to injury)^[1]
8. Lindsay Davenport (Second Round)
9. Mary Joe Fernández (Quarterfinals)
10. Magdalena Maleeva (Second Round)
11. Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (Third Round)
12. Kimiko Date (Semifinals)
13. Mary Pierce (Quarterfinals)
14. Amanda Coetzer (Second Round)
15. Irina Spîrlea (Second Round)
16. Martina Hingis (Fourth Round)
17. Karina Habšudová (First 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							Finals
	1	Steffi Graf	6	6
	6	Jana Novotná	3	2
								1	Steffi Graf	6	2	6
								12	Kimiko Date	2	6	3
	12	Kimiko Date	3	6	6
	13	Mary Pierce	6	3	1
															1	Steffi Graf	6	7
															4	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	3	5
		Judith Wiesner	4	0
	4	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6	6
								4	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6	6
									Meredith McGrath	2	1
	9	Mary Joe Fernández	3	1
		Meredith McGrath	6	6

Top Half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	1	S Graf	6	6
		L Richterová	4	1				1	S Graf	7	6
		N Baudone	0	6	6				N Baudone	5	3
		J Husárová	6	1	1										1	S Graf	6	6
		H Nagyová	3	2												N Arendt	2	1
		N Arendt	6	6					N Arendt	2	6	6
		C Porwik	2	7	6				C Porwik	6	2	3
		C Wood	6	5	4																	1	S Graf	6	6
		A Fusai	7	7																		16	M Hingis	1	4
		S Dopfer	5	6					A Fusai	4	2
		R Stubbs	1	4					L Wild	6	6
		L Wild	6	6												L Wild	3	6	1
	WC	R Viollet	6	2	6										16	M Hingis	6	2	6
	WC	M Miller	2	6	1			WC	R Viollet	1	1
		J Nejedly	2	2				16	M Hingis	6	6
	16	M Hingis	6	6

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	10	M Maleeva	6	6
		B Rittner	2	1				10	M Maleeva	6	6	7
		P Kamstra	2	6	1				N Tauziat	7	3	9
		N Tauziat	6	3	6											N Tauziat	3	6	4
		N Zvereva	6	6												P Hy-Boulais	6	3	6
		F Lubiani	3	1					N Zvereva	2	4
		M de Swardt	6	4					P Hy-Boulais	6	6
		P Hy-Boulais	7	6																			P Hy-Boulais	3	1
		Å Carlsson	6	3	3																	6	J Novotná	6	6
		K Kschwendt	4	6	6				K Kschwendt	2	0
		R Dragomir	6	7	8				R Dragomir	6	6
		Y Basuki	7	5	6											R Dragomir	3	1
		L Courtois	4	6	6										6	J Novotná	6	6
		A Glass	6	2	2				L Courtois	6	3
		V Martinek	4	0				6	J Novotná	7	6
	6	J Novotná	6	6

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	3	C Martínez	6	6
		S Farina	0	0				3	C Martínez	7	7
		L Raymond	6	3	6				L Raymond	5	5
		Á Montolio	2	6	2										3	C Martínez	7	7
		L McNeil	6	6	6											L McNeil	5	6
	Q	L Golarsa	7	4	4				L McNeil	4	6	6
		K Po	6	6					K Po	6	0	3
	Q	A Cocheteux	4	3																		3	C Martínez	7	6	3
		V Ruano Pascual	7	4	2																	12	K Date	5	7	6
		K Boogert	5	6	6				K Boogert	4	6	6
		N Bradtke	3	0				Q	K-A Guse	6	3	1
	Q	K-A Guse	6	6												K Boogert	6	4	2
		A-G Sidot	6	6											12	K Date	2	6	6
	Q	C Cristea	4	1					A-G Sidot	7	3	3
		K Nagatsuka	0	3				12	K Date	6	6	6
	12	K Date	6	6

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	13	M Pierce	6	6
		P Schnyder	3	2				13	M Pierce	6	6
	WC	J Ward	3	2				WC	C Taylor	4	2
	WC	C Taylor	6	6											13	M Pierce	6	6
		R Hiraki	7	6												N Medvedeva	4	1
		C Singer	5	4					R Hiraki	3	2
		C Morariu	7	5	4				N Medvedeva	6	6
		N Medvedeva	5	7	6																	13	M Pierce	6	6
		E Likhovtseva	7	6																			E Likhovtseva	2	3
		E Callens	6	3					E Likhovtseva	6	6
		A Gavaldón	6	1					K Adams	4	3
		K Adams	7	6												E Likhovtseva	6	4	6
		L Neiland	6	6												L Neiland	3	6	0
	WC	K Rinaldi-Stunkel	3	3					L Neiland	6	6
		M Schnell	4	1				8	L Davenport	3	2
	8	L Davenport	6	6

Bottom Half

Section 5

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	17	K Habšudová	0	5
		J Wiesner	6	7					J Wiesner	6	6
		M Werdel-Witmeyer	4	4				Q	M Paz	2	3
	Q	M Paz	6	6												J Wiesner	6	7
		K Nowak	0	2												G Fernández	2	5
		G Pizzichini	6	6					G Pizzichini	2	1
		T Ječmenica	6	3	4				G Fernández	6	6
		G Fernández	2	6	6																		J Wiesner	6	6
		R Zrubáková	2	2																			A Frazier	4	4
		Park S-h	6	6					Park S-h	4	1
		A Frazier	6	6					A Frazier	6	6
		D Randriantefy	3	1												A Frazier	6	6
		I Gorrochategui	6	7												I Gorrochategui	0	3
		A Smashnova	4	6					I Gorrochategui	6	2	6
	WC	S Smith	6	1	2			15	I Spîrlea	3	6	4
	15	I Spîrlea	3	6	6

Section 6

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	11	B Schultz-McCarthy	6	6
		J Kruger	0	3				11	B Schultz-McCarthy	6	6
		R Bobková	3	3					J Watanabe	3	0
		J Watanabe	6	6											11	B Schultz-McCarthy	5	6	10
	LL	A Olsza	6	6												S Appelmans	7	3	12
		M Grzybowska	4	4				LL	A Olsza	3	1
		N Miyagi	3	4					S Appelmans	6	6
		S Appelmans	6	6																			S Appelmans	6	2	1
	LL	F Perfetti	4	6	11																	4	A Sánchez Vicario	3	6	6
		M Sánchez Lorenzo	6	2	9			LL	F Perfetti	4	0
		N Sawamatsu	7	6					N Sawamatsu	6	6
		N Kijimuta	6	2												N Sawamatsu	4	1
		M Oremans	7	6											4	A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
		R Grande	6	3					M Oremans	5	3
		A Serra Zanetti	3	4				4	A Sánchez Vicario	7	6
	4	A Sánchez Vicario	6	6

Section 7

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	5	A Huber	6	6
		G León García	1	1				5	A Huber	6	6
	WC	P Shriver	6	6				WC	P Shriver	2	1
	Q	A Ellwood	4	4											5	A Huber	6	1
		K Godridge	3	3												A Sugiyama	7	6
		H Suková	6	6					H Suková	4	1
	Q	A Kremer	5	4					A Sugiyama	6	6
		A Sugiyama	7	6																			A Sugiyama	4	6	3
		P Begerow	4	6	6																	9	MJ Fernández	6	1	6
		B Schett	6	2	3				B Schett	2	6	2
		F Labat	6	2	7				F Labat	6	2	6
		T Whitlinger-Jones	1	6	5											F Labat	2	0
		S Cacic	1	3											9	MJ Fernández	6	6
		S Testud	6	6					S Testud	4	4
		J Kandarr	0	0				9	MJ Fernández	6	6
	9	MJ Fernández	6	6

Section 8

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	14	A Coetzer	6	6
		E Pampoulova	1	1				14	A Coetzer	6	6	3
		M Endo	2	5					M McGrath	7	2	6
		M McGrath	6	7												M McGrath	7	6	6
		A Dechaume-Balleret	1	1												N Feber	5	7	2
		N Feber	6	6					N Feber	6	6
		A Miller	6	6					A Miller	1	2
		P Suárez	2	2																			M McGrath	6	6
		Y Kamio	6	6																			K Studeníková	4	0
		N Dechy	2	3					Y Kamio	0	0
		D Van Roost	6	6					D Van Roost	6	6
	Q	M Drake	3	3												D Van Roost	3	2
		E Makarova	2	4												K Studeníková	6	6
		K Studeníková	6	6					K Studeníková	7	5	6
		A Grossman	1	2				2	M Seles	5	7	4
	2	M Seles	6	6

References

1. Wimbledon: The Official History of the Championships. Barrett, John. Collins Willow 2011 ISBN 0-00-711707-8

External links

• 1996 Wimbledon Championships on ITFtennis.com, the source for this draw