1996 US Open – Women's Singles

Steffi Graf was the defending champion, and successfully defended her title, defeating Monica Seles 7–5, 6–4 in the final to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1996 US Open. It was a rematch of the 1995 US Open final, where Graf defeated Seles in three sets. It also marked the final time Seles and Graf would play each other at the US Open. Graf did not drop a set throughout the entire tournament.

Women's Singles
1996 US Open
Champion Steffi Graf
Runner-up Monica Seles
Final score7–5, 6–4
Draw128
Seeds16 (8Q / 8WC)
Main article: 1996 US Open (tennis)

This was the final Grand Slam appearance for 1990 US Open champion Gabriela Sabatini, as she retired later that year. It was also the final Grand Slam singles appearance for 1990 Wimbledon runner-up, fifteen time Grand Slam quarterfinalist and former world No. 4 Zina Garrison.

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Steffi Graf is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.

01.   Steffi Graf (Champion)
02.   Monica Seles (Final)
03.   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (Fourth round)
04.   Conchita Martínez (Semifinals)
05.   Iva Majoli (First round)
06.   Anke Huber (First round)
07.   Jana Novotná (Quarterfinals)
08.   Lindsay Davenport (Fourth round)
09.   Mary Joe Fernández (Withdrew due to wrist injury)
10.   Kimiko Date (First round)
11.   Chanda Rubin (Withdrew due to wrist injury)
12.   Magdalena Maleeva (First round)
13.   Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (Second round)
14.   Barbara Paulus (Third round)
15.   Gabriela Sabatini (Third round)
16.   Martina Hingis (Semifinals)
17.   Karina Habšudová (Fourth round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Chanda Rubin pulled out before the tournament began and her position in the draw was taken over by seventeenth-seeded Karina Habšudová, Rubin was replaced by lucky loser Annabel Ellwood; Mary Joe Fernández, who withdrew on the first day of the tournament, was replaced by lucky loser Tina Križan.

Qualifying
Main article: 1996 US Open – Women's Singles Qualifying

Draw

Key

Finals
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
1 Steffi Graf 7 6
  Judith Wiesner 5 3
1 Steffi Graf 7 6
16 Martina Hingis 5 3
16 Martina Hingis 7 6
7 Jana Novotná 6 4
1 Steffi Graf 7 6
2 Monica Seles 5 4
  Linda Wild 6 0
4 Conchita Martínez 7 6
4 Conchita Martínez 4 3
2 Monica Seles 6 6
  Amanda Coetzer 0 3
2 Monica Seles 6 6

Top half

Section 1
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
1 S Graf 6 7
Y Basuki 3 6 1 S Graf 6 6
K Kschwendt 6 6 K Kschwendt 2 1
S Kleinová 3 4 1 S Graf 6 6
J Kandarr 2 1 N Zvereva 4 2
A Sugiyama 6 6 A Sugiyama 6 4 3
V Ruano Pascual 2 6 N Zvereva 4 6 6
N Zvereva 6 7 1 S Graf 6 6
Q A Kournikova 7 6 Q A Kournikova 2 1
L Richterová 6 3 Q A Kournikova 6 6
N Baudone 6 4 7 N Baudone 3 3
J Watanabe 4 6 6 Q A Kournikova 3 6 6
G Fernández 1 4 14 B Paulus 6 2 4
E Pampoulova 6 6 E Pampoulova 5 6
J-Q Yi 2 1 14 B Paulus 7 7
14 B Paulus 6 6

Section 2
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
LL T Križan 7 7
R Hiraki 6 5 LL T Križan 2 0
R Grande 6 6 R Grande 6 6
A Dechaume-Balleret 3 0 R Grande 7 6
LL A Ellwood 6 6 E Callens 5 1
J Capriati 4 4 LL A Ellwood 4 6 1
N Bradtke 6 6 E Callens 6 1 6
E Callens 7 7 R Grande 0 3
K Adams 4 2 J Wiesner 6 6
P Langrová 6 6 P Langrová 6 3 7
N Sawamatsu 6 6 N Sawamatsu 4 6 5
R Stubbs 4 3 P Langrová 2 0
WC D Graham 6 6 J Wiesner 6 6
Q S Devillé 4 2 WC D Graham 2 5
J Wiesner 2 6 6 J Wiesner 6 7
5 I Majoli 6 3 1

Section 3
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
3 A Sánchez Vicario 6 6
Q L Poruri 2 1 3 A Sánchez Vicario 6 6
N Arendt 6 7 N Arendt 2 2
S Cacic 2 6 3 A Sánchez Vicario 6 6
E Likhovtseva 7 6 E Likhovtseva 1 0
K Nagatsuka 6 1 E Likhovtseva 6 6
M Endo 2 2 WC L Osterloh 4 2
WC L Osterloh 6 6 3 A Sánchez Vicario 1 6 4
T Ječmenica 3 2 16 M Hingis 6 3 6
N Kijimuta 6 6 N Kijimuta 6 7
A Fusai 6 2 7 A Fusai 4 5
WC J Craybas 1 6 5 N Kijimuta 2 2
M Oremans 6 4 6 16 M Hingis 6 6
Q R Zrubáková 2 6 1 M Oremans 4 4
Á Montolio 1 4 16 M Hingis 6 6
16 M Hingis 6 6

Section 4
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
17 K Habšudová 6 6
R Bobková 4 1 17 K Habšudová 6 6
N Dechy 6 6 N Dechy 4 2
C Singer 4 0 17 K Habšudová 6 6
L Lee 3 4 S Dopfer 2 3
N Dahlman 6 6 N Dahlman 6 2 3
S Dopfer 2 6 7 S Dopfer 2 6 6
Z Garrison-Jackson 6 3 5 17 K Habšudová 2 0
S Cecchini 2 0 7 J Novotná 6 6
T Whitlinger-Jones 6 6 T Whitlinger-Jones 7 6
A Frazier 6 6 A Frazier 6 2
L Neiland 1 3 T Whitlinger-Jones 2 3
WC K Rinaldi-Stunkel 2 2 7 J Novotná 6 6
F Labat 6 6 F Labat 2 6 2
F Lubiani 1 5 7 J Novotná 6 4 6
7 J Novotná 6 7

Bottom half

Section 5
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
8 L Davenport 6 6
Q A Serra Zanetti 2 1 8 L Davenport 6 6
H Nagyová 6 4 6 H Nagyová 0 4
G León García 1 6 3 8 L Davenport 6 6
A-G Sidot 6 6 A-G Sidot 0 3
J Husárová 4 4 A-G Sidot 6 3 6
C Morariu 4 7 2 S-t Wang 4 6 3
S-t Wang 6 6 6 8 L Davenport 2 6 0
S-h Park 2 3 L Wild 6 3 6
L Wild 6 6 L Wild 5 6 6
K Boogert 6 6 K Boogert 7 3 3
J Kruger 1 0 L Wild 6 4 7
B Rittner 7 7 B Rittner 4 6 5
K Studeníková 5 5 B Rittner 6 6
N Miyagi 1 4 13 B Schultz-McCarthy 2 1
13 B Schultz-McCarthy 6 6

Section 6
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
15 G Sabatini 6 6
P Hy-Boulais 1 1 15 G Sabatini 6 6
A Grossman 6 6 A Grossman 2 3
S Farina 4 3 15 G Sabatini 5 6 2
G Pizzichini 6 1 5 Å Carlsson 7 3 6
Å Carlsson 3 6 7 Å Carlsson 6 3
B Schett 1 6 6 B Schett 2 1 r.
S Appelmans 6 4 4 Å Carlsson 2 1
M Werdel-Witmeyer 4 3 4 C Martínez 6 6
P Suárez 6 6 P Suárez 4 6
Y Kamio 2 3 H Suková 6 7
H Suková 6 6 H Suková 4 3
N Tauziat 7 6 4 C Martínez 6 6
Q A Gavaldón 6 2 N Tauziat 1 3
R Dragomir 2 0 4 C Martínez 6 6
4 C Martínez 6 6

Section 7
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
6 A Huber 1 6 2
A Coetzer 6 2 6 A Coetzer 6 7
D Van Roost 6 2 6 M de Swardt 2 5
M de Swardt 1 6 7 A Coetzer 7 7
I Spîrlea 6 6 I Spîrlea 6 5
P Begerow 3 2 I Spîrlea 6 6
Q MJ Gaidano 6 6 Q MJ Gaidano 1 2
M Schnell 4 0 A Coetzer 6 6
L McNeil 6 3 L Raymond 4 1
L Raymond 7 6 L Raymond 6 6
WC M Shaughnessy 3 3 S Pitkowski 2 0
S Pitkowski 6 6 L Raymond 6 6
WC K Brandi 6 6 K Po 3 2
A Glass 2 3 WC K Brandi 1 4
K Po 6 7 K Po 6 6
10 K Date 2 5

Section 8
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
12 M Maleeva 4 2
Q A Olsza 6 6 Q A Olsza 1 1
I Gorrochategui 4 6 6 I Gorrochategui 6 6
M Grzybowska 6 4 1 I Gorrochategui 6 2 1
C Torrens Valero 2 6 6 S Testud 4 6 6
S Hack 6 4 2 C Torrens Valero 2 1
S Testud 7 6 S Testud 6 6
WC P Shriver 5 2 S Testud 5 0
WC J Chi 6 1 6 2 M Seles 7 6
M Sánchez Lorenzo 4 6 3 WC J Chi 3 1
D Randriantefy 6 1 7 D Randriantefy 6 6
E Makarova 3 6 5 D Randriantefy 0 2
F Perfetti 4 6 2 2 M Seles 6 6
L Courtois 6 3 6 L Courtois
A Miller 0 1 2 M Seles w/o
2 M Seles 6 6
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