1996 State Farm Evert Cup – Singles

Mary Joe Fernandez was the defending champion but lost in the third round to Nathalie Tauziat.

Singles
1996 Newsweek Champions Cup
and the State Farm Evert Cup
1995 Champion Mary Joe Fernandez
Champion Steffi Graf
Runner-up Conchita Martínez
Final score7–6 (7–5), 7–6 (7–5)

Steffi Graf won in the final 7–6 (7–5), 7–6 (7–5) against Conchita Martínez.

Seeds

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

  1. Steffi Graf (Champion)
  2. Conchita Martínez (Final)
  3. n/a
  4. Kimiko Date (Semifinals)
  5. Chanda Rubin (Quarterfinals)
  6. Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (Third Round)
  7. Lindsay Davenport (Semifinals)
  8. Mary Joe Fernandez (Third Round)
  9. Amanda Coetzer (Quarterfinals)
  10. Julie Halard-Decugis (Third Round)
  11. Amy Frazier (First Round)
  12. Zina Garrison-Jackson (First Round)
  13. Nathalie Tauziat (Quarterfinals)
  14. Irina Spîrlea (Third Round)
  15. Judith Wiesner (Third Round)
  16. Lisa Raymond (Second Round)
  17. Naoko Sawamatsu (Second Round)

Draw

Key

Finals
Semifinals Final
          
1 Steffi Graf 66 77 6
7 Lindsay Davenport 78 63 4
1 Steffi Graf 77 77  
2 Conchita Martínez 65 65  
4 Kimiko Date 0 4  
2 Conchita Martínez 6 6  

Top Half

Section 1
First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
1 S Graf 6 6  
  L Richterová 4 3   WC K Triska 0 1  
WC K Triska 6 6   1 S Graf 6 7  
  A Gavaldón 6 6   10 J Halard-Decugis 3 5  
Q M Vento 4 3     A Gavaldón 1 6 4
Q V Williams 2 4   10 J Halard-Decugis 6 3 6
10 J Halard-Decugis 6 6   1 S Graf 6 6  
14 I Spîrlea 6 6   9 A Coetzer 4 1  
  A Serra Zanetti 4 2   14 I Spîrlea 7 7  
  S Hack 6 6     S Hack 5 5  
  C Singer 3 3   14 I Spîrlea 2 1  
Q C Cristea 1 6 1 9 A Coetzer 6 6  
WC M Tu 6 4 6 WC M Tu 1 1  
9 A Coetzer 6 6  

Section 2
First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
5 C Rubin 6 6  
  N Bradtke 6 2 6   N Bradtke 2 0  
  B Schett 4 6 3 5 C Rubin 6 6  
  R Grande 4 1     J Capriati 3 3  
  J Capriati 6 6     J Capriati 6 6  
  S-T Wang 6 6     S-T Wang 0 0  
11 A Frazier 0 2   5 C Rubin 0 3  
15 J Wiesner 6 77   7 L Davenport 6 6  
Q F Li 3 61   15 J Wiesner 6 6  
  E Likhovtseva 77 2 6   E Likhovtseva 4 2  
  K Nowak 65 6 4 15 J Wiesner 66 1  
  M Werdel-Witmeyer 4 5   7 L Davenport 78 6  
  M de Swardt 6 7     M de Swardt 3 5  
7 L Davenport 6 7  

Bottom Half

Section 3
First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
8 M J Fernandez 6 2 6
LL A Smashnova 5 7 6 LL A Smashnova 0 6 1
  I Gorrochategui 7 5 3 8 M J Fernandez 63 4  
Q Á Montolio 2 0   13 N Tauziat 77 6  
  S Testud 6 6     S Testud 0 66  
Q A Dechaume-Balleret 6 1 4 13 N Tauziat 6 78  
13 N Tauziat 4 6 6 13 N Tauziat 77 3 3
17 N Sawamatsu 6 6   4 K Date 62 6 6
WC A Stevenson 3 0   17 N Sawamatsu 5 6 2
Q L Neiland 3 6 6 Q L Neiland 7 1 6
  G Fernández 6 3 2 Q L Neiland 4 0  
LL N Kijimuta 7 4 3 4 K Date 6 6  
  R Dragomir 5 6 6   R Dragomir 77 1 2
4 K Date 65 6 6

Section 4
First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
6 B Schultz-McCarthy 6 6  
Q J Watanabe 5 5     J Watanabe 4 4  
  J Kruger 7 5 r 6 B Schultz-McCarthy 5 78 3
  N Feber 6 3 5   L Lee 7 66 6
  L Lee 4 6 7   L Lee 6 6  
LL J-Q Yi 0 6 6 LL J-Q Yi 4 4  
12 Z Garrison-Jackson 6 1 4   L Lee 5 2  
16 L Raymond 4 6 7 2 C Martínez 7 6  
  S Farina 6 2 5 16 L Raymond 5 6 4
  A Sugiyama 6 6     A Sugiyama 7 3 6
  T Whitlinger-Jones 2 3     A Sugiyama 0 3  
  F Labat 6 6   2 C Martínez 6 6  
  R McQuillan 3 1     F Labat 1 6 2
2 C Martínez 6 2 6
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