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.

Draw

Key

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

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	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 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	63	6	2										8	L Davenport	6	7
Q	L Golarsa	77	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	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

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	79	6
WC	T Snyder	64	3											17	B Paulus	6	67	4
	R McQuillan	77	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	63	3					A Serra Zanetti	1	1
	A Serra Zanetti	77	6											31	S Testud	4	2
	K Habšudová	6	4	6											K Habšudová	6	6
	S Meier	4	6	1				K Habšudová	2	6	77
							2	A Sánchez Vicario	6	3	64

References

• 1996 Lipton Championships Draw