1996 Nichirei International Championships – Singles

Mary Pierce was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Kimberly Po.

Singles
1996 Nichirei International Championships
1995 Champion Mary Pierce
Champion Monica Seles
Runner-up Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Final score6–1, 6–4

Monica Seles won in the final 6–1, 6–4 against Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.

  1. Monica Seles (Champion)
  2. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (Final)
  3. Kimiko Date (Semifinals)
  4. Mary Pierce (Quarterfinals)
  5. Amanda Coetzer (Quarterfinals)
  6. Ai Sugiyama (Second Round)
  7. Naoko Sawamatsu (Quarterfinals)
  8. Shi-Ting Wang (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Final
Final
1 Monica Seles 6 6  
2 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 1 4  

Section 1
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 M Seles 6 6  
  M Endo 6 6     M Endo 4 4  
  Y Kamio 1 4   1 M Seles 6 6  
WC Y Yoshida 2 6 6 7 N Sawamatsu 1 4  
Q L Varmužová 6 3 4 WC Y Yoshida 2 1  
  A Grossman 1 3   7 N Sawamatsu 6 6  
7 N Sawamatsu 6 6   1 M Seles 6 1 7
3 K Date 4 6 6
3 K Date 4 6 6
  N Miyagi 7 7     N Miyagi 6 4 3
Q H Inoue 6 6   3 K Date 6 6  
  J Watanabe 1 2   5 A Coetzer 3 0  
  N Kijimuta 6 6     N Kijimuta 6 2  
Q K-A Guse 1 2   5 A Coetzer 7 6  
5 A Coetzer 6 6  

Section 2
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
6 A Sugiyama 6 6  
  A Gerši 1 4   6 A Sugiyama 2 7 4
WC M Saeki 2 1     K Po 6 6 6
  K Po 6 6     K Po 7 6  
  S-H Park 7 6   4 M Pierce 5 4  
Q T Tanasugarn 6 2     S-H Park 5 2  
4 M Pierce 7 6  
  K Po 4 3  
8 S-T Wang 6 6   2 A Sánchez Vicario 6 6  
  R Hiraki 1 3   8 S-T Wang 6 7  
  A Glass 6 6     A Glass 1 5  
  A Ellwood 4 4   8 S-T Wang 6 1 1
  K Nagatsuka 4 6 2 2 A Sánchez Vicario 4 6 6
  R Grande 6 2 6   R Grande 2 1  
2 A Sánchez Vicario 6 6  
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