Conchita Martínez was the three-time defending champion and successfully defended her title, defeating
Martina Hingis in the final, 6–2, 6–3.
Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight
seeds
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received a
bye to the second round.
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Steffi Graf
Stefanie Maria Graf ( , ; born 14 June 1969) is a German former professional tennis player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, she was ranked world No. 1 for a record 377 weeks and won 22 major singles titles, ...
''(quarterfinals)''
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Conchita Martínez (champion)
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Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ''(quarterfinals)''
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Iva Majoli ''(semifinals)''
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Magdalena Maleeva
Magdalena Georgieva Maleeva ( bg, Магдалена Георгиева Малеева, ; born 1 April 1975) is a Bulgarian former professional tennis player. She played on the WTA Tour competing in singles and doubles, from April 1989 to Octo ...
''(quarterfinals)''
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Martina Hingis ''(final)''
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Irina Spîrlea
Irina Spîrlea (born 26 March 1974) is a retired tennis player from Romania who turned professional in 1990. She won four singles and six doubles titles. Spîrlea reached her career-high ranking on the WTA Tour on 13 October 1997, when she becam ...
''(semifinals)''
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Nathalie Tauziat
Nathalie Tauziat (born 17 October 1967) is a French former professional tennis player. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships and runner-up in the women's doubles at the 2001 US Open partnering Kimberl ...
''(quarterfinals)''
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Judith Wiesner ''(third round)''
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Petra Begerow ''(first round)''
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Yayuk Basuki ''(second round)''
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Sandrine Testud
Sandrine Testud (born 3 April 1972) is a former professional tennis player from France.
Career
Testud broke into top 20 singles rankings in July 1997. On February 7, 2000, she became the sixth Frenchwoman after Françoise Dürr, Mary Pierce, N ...
''(third round)''
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Lindsay Lee
Lindsay Lee-Waters (born June 28, 1977) is an American former professional tennis player.
Lee-Waters has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 33, achieved on 1 April 1996. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 85, achieved on 25 ...
''(second round)''
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Joannette Kruger ''(second round)''
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Florencia Labat
María Florencia Labat (born 12 June 1971) is an Argentinian former professional female tennis player. She joined the WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second ...
''(first round)''
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Barbara Schett
Barbara Schett Eagle (; born 10 March 1976) is an Austrian former professional tennis player, who reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 7 in September 1999. Between 1993 and 2004 she played in 48 matches for the Austria Fed Cup team, ...
''(third round)''
Draw
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
References
1996 Italian Open Draw
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Women's Singles
Singles