1996 WTA Tour Championships – Singles

1996 Chase Championships
1995 Champion   Germany Steffi Graf
Champion   Germany Steffi Graf
Runner-up   Switzerland Martina Hingis
Final score   6–3, 4–6, 6–0, 4–6, 6–0
Events
Singles   Doubles

Steffi Graf was the defending champion and won in the final 6–3, 4–6, 6–0, 4–6, 6–0 against Martina Hingis.

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)

  1. Czech Republic Jana Novotná (Semifinals)
  2. Germany Anke Huber (First Round)
  3. Switzerland Martina Hingis (Final)
  4. United States Lindsay Davenport (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

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    

See also

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