1996_WTA_Tour_Championships_–_Singles

1996 WTA Tour Championships – Singles

1996 WTA Tour Championships – Singles

1996 tennis event results

Defending champion Steffi Graf successfully defended her title, defeating Martina Hingis in the final, 6–3, 4–6, 6–0, 4–6, 6–0 to win the singles tennis title at the 1996 WTA Tour Championships. It was her fifth and last Tour Finals singles title.

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Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

  1. Germany Steffi Graf (champion)
  2. United States Monica Seles (first round)
  3. Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (quarterfinals)
  4. Spain Conchita Martínez (quarterfinals)
  5. Czech Republic Jana Novotná (semifinals)
  6. Germany Anke Huber (first round)
  7. Switzerland Martina Hingis (final)
  8. United States Lindsay Davenport (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

  • NB: The Final was the best of 5 sets while all other rounds were the best of 3 sets.
First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Germany S Graf 6 6  
  Slovakia K Habšudová 1 4   1 Germany S Graf 6 7  
  Austria B Paulus 3 2   8 United States L Davenport 4 6  
8 United States L Davenport 6 6   1 Germany S Graf 4 6 6
3 Spain A Sánchez 6 7   5 Czech Republic J Novotná 6 4 3
  Netherlands B Schultz-McCarthy 4 6   3 Spain A Sánchez 0 3  
  South Africa A Coetzer 4 1   5 Czech Republic J Novotná 6 6  
5 Czech Republic J Novotná 6 6   1 Germany S Graf 6 4 6 4 6
6 Germany A Huber 5 2   7 Switzerland M Hingis 3 6 0 6 0
  Croatia I Majoli 7 6     Croatia I Majoli 7 7  
  Austria J Wiesner 1 6 4 4 Spain C Martínez 6 6  
4 Spain C Martínez 6 3 6   Croatia I Majoli 2 6 1
7 Switzerland M Hingis 6 6   7 Switzerland M Hingis 6 4 6
  Romania I Spîrlea 2 1   7 Switzerland M Hingis 6 6  
  Japan K Date 5       Japan K Date 1 2  
2 United States M Seles 4 r  

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