1996 Volvo Women's Open – Singles

Barbara Paulus was the defending champion but did not compete that year.

Singles
1996 Volvo Women's Open
1995 Champion	Barbara Paulus
Champion	Ruxandra Dragomir
Runner-up	Tamarine Tanasugarn
Final score	7–6, 6–4

Ruxandra Dragomir won in the final 7–6, 6–4 against Tamarine Tanasugarn.

Seeds

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

1. Ruxandra Dragomir (Champion)
2. Shi-Ting Wang (Second Round)
3. Florencia Labat (Quarterfinals)
4. Henrieta Nagyová (Semifinals)
5. Nana Miyagi (Second Round)
6. Nancy Feber (First Round)
7. Janette Husárová (Quarterfinals)
8. Sung-Hee Park (Second Round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior Exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	R Dragomir	0	6	6
		L Varmužová	6	4	4			1	R Dragomir	3	7	6
		C Singer	6	3	6				C Singer	6	5	4
		O Barabanschikova	3	6	4										1	R Dragomir	6	6
		M Saeki	6	7												M Saeki	1	2
		T Križan	3	5					M Saeki	4	6	7
	Q	T Panova	6	3	6			Q	T Panova	6	1	6
	6	N Feber	3	6	3																	1	R Dragomir	6	6
	3	F Labat	6	6																			D Chládková	4	3
		J-Q Yi	3	1				3	F Labat	6	3	6
		V Martinek	2	7	1				A Glass	3	6	4
		A Glass	6	5	6										3	F Labat	3	4
		D Chládková	7	6												D Chládková	6	6
		L Cenková	5	4					D Chládková	3	7	6
		L-L Chen	2	6	6			8	S-H Park	6	5	0
	8	S-H Park	6	3	7																								1	Ruxandra Dragomir	7	6
	7	J Husárová	6	6																										Tamarine Tanasugarn	6	4
	WC	B Sangaram	3	4				7	J Husárová	6	6
	WC	P Suksamran	2	2					A Gerši	4	2
		A Gerši	6	6											7	J Husárová	4	1	r
		C Cristea	6	2	6										4	H Nagyová	6	3
	Q	S Obata	4	6	0				C Cristea	4	1
		K Nagatsuka	5	3				4	H Nagyová	6	6
	4	H Nagyová	7	6																		4	H Nagyová	6	5	0/r
	5	N Miyagi	6	7																			T Tanasugarn	4	7	4
	Q	R Kuti-Kis	1	5				5	N Miyagi	2	5
		T Tanasugarn	6	6					T Tanasugarn	6	7
	Q	H Inoue	2	4												T Tanasugarn	6	6
		Y Yoshida	6	6												Y Yoshida	1	2
		L Golarsa	3	3					Y Yoshida	6	1	6
		A Smashnova	5	2				2	S-T Wang	3	6	4
	2	S-T Wang	7	6

External links

• 1996 Volvo Women's Open Draw