1996 WTA Tour Championships – Singles

Steffi Graf was the defending champion and won in the final 6–3, 4–6, 6–0, 4–6, 6–0 against Martina Hingis.

Singles
1996 Chase Championships
1995 Champion Steffi Graf
Champion Steffi Graf
Runner-up Martina Hingis
Final score6–3, 4–6, 6–0, 4–6, 6–0
Main article: 1996 Chase Championships

Seeds

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

  1. Steffi Graf (Champion)
  2. Monica Seles (First Round)
  3. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (Quarterfinals)
  4. Conchita Martínez (Quarterfinals)
  5. Jana Novotná (Semifinals)
  6. Anke Huber (First Round)
  7. Martina Hingis (Final)
  8. Lindsay Davenport (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key
  • NB: The Final was the best of 5 sets while all other rounds were the best of 3 sets.
First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 S Graf 6 6  
  K Habšudová 1 4   1 S Graf 6 7  
  B Paulus 3 2   8 L Davenport 4 6  
8 L Davenport 6 6   1 S Graf 4 6 6
3 A Sánchez 6 7   5 J Novotná 6 4 3
  B Schultz-McCarthy 4 6   3 A Sánchez 0 3  
  A Coetzer 4 1   5 J Novotná 6 6  
5 J Novotná 6 6   1 S Graf 6 4 6 4 6
6 A Huber 5 2   7 M Hingis 3 6 0 6 0
  I Majoli 7 6     I Majoli 7 7  
  J Wiesner 1 6 4 4 C Martínez 6 6  
4 C Martínez 6 3 6   I Majoli 2 6 1
7 M Hingis 6 6   7 M Hingis 6 4 6
  I Spîrlea 2 1   7 M Hingis 6 6  
  K Date 5       K Date 1 2  
2 M Seles 4 r  

See also
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