1996 WTA Tour
 Steffi Graf ended the year as number 1 for the seventh time | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration |
January 1, 1996 - November 25, 1996 |
| Edition | 26th |
| Tournaments | 51 |
| Categories |
Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships Summer Olympics WTA Tier I (8) WTA Tier II (15) WTA Tier III (11) WTA Tier IV (11) |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most tournament titles |
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| Most tournament finals |
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| Prize money leader |
(US$2,665,706) |
| Points leader |
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| Awards | |
| Player of the year |
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| Doubles Team of the year |
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| Most improved player of the year |
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| Newcomer of the year |
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| Comeback player of the year |
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← 1995 1997 → | |
The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). The 1996 WTA Tour included the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV events. ITF tournaments are not part of the WTA Tour, although they award points for the WTA World Ranking.
Schedule
The table below shows the 1996 WTA Tour schedule.
- Key
| Grand Slam events |
| Summer Olympic Games |
| Year-end championships |
| Tier I events |
| Tier II events |
| Tier III events |
| Tier IV events |
| Team events |
January
February
March
| Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Mar | State Farm Evert Cup Indian Wells, California, USA Tier I event $550,000 - Hard - 56S/28D Singles - Doubles | 7–6, 7–6 | |  |   |
 6–1, 6–4 | | ||||
| 21 Mar | Lipton Championships Miami, Florida, USA Tier I event $1,550,000 - Hard - 96S/48D Singles - Doubles | 6–1, 6–3 | |  |   |
6–4, 6–4 |  |
April
May
June
July
| Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Jul | Fed Cup Semifinals Nagoya, Japan, Carpet (i) Bayonne, France, Carpet (i) | | | ||
| 15 Jul | Torneo Internazionali Femminili di Palermo Palermo, Italy Tier IV event $107,500 - Clay - 32S/16D Singles - Doubles |  6–3, 6–3 | |  | .svg.png){kind=small} |
6–1, 6–2 | | ||||
| 23 Jul | Summer Olympics Atlanta, USA Summer Olympics Hard - 64S/32D Singles - Doubles |  |  |  | Fourth Place |
7–6(8), 6–2 | | 7–6(8), 6–4 | | ||
7–6(6), 6–4 | | 6–1, 6–3 | |
August
September
October
November
Statistical Information
These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 1996 WTA World Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the Year-end championships and the Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV tournaments. The players/nations are sorted by:
1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation);
2) highest amount of highest category tournaments (for example, having a single Grand Slam gives preference over any kind of combination without a Grand Slam title);
3) a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy;
4) alphabetical order (by family names for players).
Titles won by player
| Total titles | Player | Grand Slam tournaments |
Year-end championships |
Tier I tournaments |
Tier II tournaments |
Tier III tournaments |
Tier IV tournaments |
All titles | |||||||||
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| S | D | X | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | X | ||
| 11 | | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||
| 1 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 2 |  | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 5 | | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 7 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||
| 4 | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 4 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||
| 6 | | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2 |  | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1 | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 3 |  | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 3 | | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 10 | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||
| 4 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| 6 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||
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List of players and singles titles won, last name alphabetically:
The following players won their first title:
Rankings
Below are the 1996 WTA year-end rankings in both singles and doubles competition:
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See also
References
- ↑ Hill, James (2011-11-11). "Corel WTA Tour Rankings Rank Date: 23 November 1996" (PDF). WTA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-11. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
- ↑ Hill, James (2011-11-11). "Corel WTA Tour Rankings Rank Date: 23 November 1996" (PDF). WTA. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
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