Irina Spîrlea was the defending champion but lost in the second round to
Stephanie Devillé.
Barbara Schett won in the final 6–3, 6–3 against
Sabine Hack
Sabine Hack (; born 12 July 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. She began her career on the WTA Tour in 1983. She won four singles and one doubles titles in her career. Her best Grand Slam performance was reaching the qu ...
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Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
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Irina Spîrlea ''(second round)''
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Sabine Hack
Sabine Hack (; born 12 July 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. She began her career on the WTA Tour in 1983. She won four singles and one doubles titles in her career. Her best Grand Slam performance was reaching the qu ...
''(final)''
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Silvia Farina
Silvia Farina Elia (; born 27 April 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. She won three WTA singles titles, reached the quarterfinals of the 2003 Wimbledon Championships and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. ...
''(semifinals)''
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Barbara Schett (champion)
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Florencia Labat ''(second round)''
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Barbara Rittner ''(first round)''
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Gala León García ''(first round)''
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Henrieta Nagyová
Henrieta Nagyová (born 15 December 1978) is a former tennis player from Slovakia.
She turned professional in 1994 and has been ranked as high as No. 21 in the world (17 September 2001). She won nine singles tournaments and four doubles tournam ...
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Draw
External links
1996 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo Draw
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Internazionali Femminili di Palermo
1996 WTA Tour