1996 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

Women's Singles
1996 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Steffi Graf
Runner-up	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Final score	6–3, 7–5
Draw	128 (8Q / 8WC)
Seeds	16

Steffi Graf was the defending champion, and successfully defended her title, defeating Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the final, 6–3, 7–5 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1996 Wimbledon Championships, giving Graf the seventh Wimbledon title of her career.^[1] It was the second consecutive major final between the two women, with Graf also winning the French Open crown a month earlier. With this victory, Graf captured her seventh and final Wimbledon crown, while it marked Sánchez Vicario's last appearance in the ladies' Wimbledon final.

Seeds

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

Chanda Rubin withdrew due to injury. She was replaced in the draw by the highest-ranked non-seeded player Karina Habšudová, who became the #17 seed.

Qualifying

Draw

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Steffi Graf	6	6
	6	Jana Novotná	3	2
								1	Steffi Graf	6	2	6
								12	Kimiko Date	2	6	3
	12	Kimiko Date	3	6	6
	13	Mary Pierce	6	3	1
															1	Steffi Graf	6	7
															4	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	3	5
		Judith Wiesner	4	0
	4	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6	6
								4	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6	6
									Meredith McGrath	2	1
	9	Mary Joe Fernández	3	1
		Meredith McGrath	6	6

Top half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	1	S Graf	6	6
		L Richterová	4	1				1	S Graf	7	6
		N Baudone	0	6	6				N Baudone	5	3
		J Husárová	6	1	1										1	S Graf	6	6
		H Nagyová	3	2												N Arendt	2	1
		N Arendt	6	6					N Arendt	2	6	6
		C Porwik	2	7	6				C Porwik	6	2	3
	WC	C Wood	6	5	4																	1	S Graf	6	6
		A Fusai	7	7																		16	M Hingis	1	4
		S Dopfer	5	6					A Fusai	4	2
		R Stubbs	1	4					L Wild	6	6
		L Wild	6	6												L Wild	3	6	1
	WC	R Viollet	6	2	6										16	M Hingis	6	2	6
	WC	M Miller	2	6	1			WC	R Viollet	1	1
		J Nejedly	2	2				16	M Hingis	6	6
	16	M Hingis	6	6

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	10	M Maleeva	6	6
		B Rittner	2	1				10	M Maleeva	67	6	7
		P Kamstra	2	6	1				N Tauziat	79	3	9
		N Tauziat	6	3	6											N Tauziat	3	6	4
		N Zvereva	6	6												P Hy-Boulais	6	3	6
		F Lubiani	3	1					N Zvereva	2	4
		M de Swardt	62	4					P Hy-Boulais	6	6
		P Hy-Boulais	77	6																			P Hy-Boulais	3	1
		Å Carlsson	6	3	3																	6	J Novotná	6	6
		K Kschwendt	4	6	6				K Kschwendt	2	0
		R Dragomir	67	7	8				R Dragomir	6	6
		Y Basuki	79	5	6											R Dragomir	3	1
		L Courtois	4	6	6										6	J Novotná	6	6
		A Glass	6	2	2				L Courtois	6	3
		V Martinek	4	0				6	J Novotná	7	6
	6	J Novotná	6	6

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	3	C Martínez	6	6
		S Farina	0	0				3	C Martínez	7	7
		L Raymond	6	3	6				L Raymond	5	5
		Á Montolio	2	6	2										3	C Martínez	7	77
		L McNeil	67	6	6											L McNeil	5	64
	Q	L Golarsa	79	4	4				L McNeil	4	6	6
		K Po	6	6					K Po	6	0	3
	Q	A Cocheteux	4	3																		3	C Martínez	7	65	3
		V Ruano Pascual	7	4	2																	12	K Date	5	77	6
		K Boogert	5	6	6				K Boogert	4	6	6
		N Bradtke	3	0				Q	K-A Guse	6	3	1
	Q	K-A Guse	6	6												K Boogert	6	4	2
		A-G Sidot	6	6											12	K Date	2	6	6
	Q	C Cristea	4	1					A-G Sidot	77	3	3
		K Nagatsuka	0	3				12	K Date	65	6	6
	12	K Date	6	6

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	13	M Pierce	6	6
		P Schnyder	3	2				13	M Pierce	6	6
	WC	J Ward	3	2				WC	C Taylor	4	2
	WC	C Taylor	6	6											13	M Pierce	6	6
		R Hiraki	7	6												N Medvedeva	4	1
		C Singer	5	4					R Hiraki	3	2
		C Morariu	7	5	4				N Medvedeva	6	6
		N Medvedeva	5	7	6																	13	M Pierce	6	6
		E Likhovtseva	77	6																			E Likhovtseva	2	3
		E Callens	64	3					E Likhovtseva	6	6
		A Gavaldón	64	1					K Adams	4	3
		K Adams	77	6												E Likhovtseva	6	4	6
		L Neiland	6	6												L Neiland	3	6	0
	WC	K Rinaldi-Stunkel	3	3					L Neiland	6	6
		M Schnell	4	1				8	L Davenport	3	2
	8	L Davenport	6	6

Bottom half

Section 5

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	17	K Habšudová	0	5
		J Wiesner	6	7					J Wiesner	6	6
		M Werdel-Witmeyer	4	4				Q	M Paz	2	3
	Q	M Paz	6	6												J Wiesner	6	7
		K Nowak	0	2												G Fernández	2	5
		G Pizzichini	6	6					G Pizzichini	2	1
		T Ječmenica	6	3	4				G Fernández	6	6
		G Fernández	2	6	6																		J Wiesner	6	6
		R Zrubáková	2	2																			A Frazier	4	4
		S-h Park	6	6					S-h Park	4	1
		A Frazier	6	6					A Frazier	6	6
		D Randriantefy	3	1												A Frazier	6	6
		I Gorrochategui	6	77												I Gorrochategui	0	3
		A Smashnova	4	65					I Gorrochategui	6	2	6
	WC	S Smith	6	1	2			15	I Spîrlea	3	6	4
	15	I Spîrlea	3	6	6

Section 6

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	11	B Schultz-McCarthy	6	6
		J Kruger	0	3				11	B Schultz-McCarthy	6	6
		R Bobková	3	3					J Watanabe	3	0
		J Watanabe	6	6											11	B Schultz-McCarthy	5	6	10
	LL	A Olsza	6	6												S Appelmans	7	3	12
		M Grzybowska	4	4				LL	A Olsza	3	1
		N Miyagi	3	4					S Appelmans	6	6
		S Appelmans	6	6																			S Appelmans	6	2	1
	LL	F Perfetti	4	6	11																	4	A Sánchez Vicario	3	6	6
		M Sánchez Lorenzo	6	2	9			LL	F Perfetti	4	0
		N Sawamatsu	77	6					N Sawamatsu	6	6
		N Kijimuta	63	2												N Sawamatsu	4	1
		M Oremans	77	6											4	A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
		R Grande	64	3					M Oremans	5	3
		A Serra Zanetti	3	4				4	A Sánchez Vicario	7	6
	4	A Sánchez Vicario	6	6

Section 7

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	5	A Huber	6	6
		G León García	1	1				5	A Huber	6	6
	WC	P Shriver	6	6				WC	P Shriver	2	1
	Q	A Ellwood	4	4											5	A Huber	63	1
		K Godridge	3	3												A Sugiyama	77	6
		H Suková	6	6					H Suková	4	1
	Q	A Kremer	5	4					A Sugiyama	6	6
		A Sugiyama	7	6																			A Sugiyama	4	6	3
		P Begerow	4	6	6																	9	MJ Fernández	6	1	6
		B Schett	6	2	3				B Schett	2	6	2
		F Labat	6	2	7				F Labat	6	2	6
		T Whitlinger-Jones	1	6	5											F Labat	2	0
		S Cacic	1	3											9	MJ Fernández	6	6
		S Testud	6	6					S Testud	4	4
		J Kandarr	0	0				9	MJ Fernández	6	6
	9	MJ Fernández	6	6

Section 8

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	14	A Coetzer	6	6
		E Pampoulova	1	1				14	A Coetzer	64	6	3
		M Endo	2	5					M McGrath	77	2	6
		M McGrath	6	7												M McGrath	7	64	6
		A Dechaume-Balleret	1	1												N Feber	5	77	2
		N Feber	6	6					N Feber	6	6
		A Miller	6	6					A Miller	1	2
		P Suárez	2	2																			M McGrath	6	6
		Y Kamio	6	6																			K Studeníková	4	0
		N Dechy	2	3					Y Kamio	0	0
		D Van Roost	6	6					D Van Roost	6	6
	Q	M Drake	3	3												D Van Roost	3	2
		E Makarova	2	4												K Studeníková	6	6
		K Studeníková	6	6					K Studeníková	7	5	6
		A Grossman	1	2				2	M Seles	5	7	4
	2	M Seles	6	6

References

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com
• 1996 Wimbledon Championships on WTAtennis.com
• "Wimbledon 1996". itftennis.com. International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 18 April 2018.