Defending champion
Steffi Graf
Stefanie Maria Graf ( , ; born 14 June 1969) is a German former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for a r ...
defeated
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in a rematch of the previous year's final, 6–3, 7–5 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1996 Wimbledon Championships. It was her seventh and last
Wimbledon singles title, and her 20th
major singles title overall.
It was also the second consecutive major final between the two women, with Graf winning the
French Open
The French Open (), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a tennis tournament organized by the French Tennis Federation annually at Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. It is chronologically the second of the four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam ...
crown over Sánchez Vicario a month earlier.
Kimiko Date reached the semifinals, the last time a Japanese woman would do so at a major until
Naomi Osaka in
2018.
Seeds
Steffi Graf
Stefanie Maria Graf ( , ; born 14 June 1969) is a German former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for a r ...
(champion)
Monica Seles
Monica Seles (born December 2, 1973) is a Serbian–American former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for ...
''(second round)''
Conchita Martínez ''(fourth round)''
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ''(final)''
Anke Huber ''(third round)''
Jana Novotná ''(quarterfinals)''
Chanda Rubin ''(withdrew)''
Lindsay Davenport ''(second round)''
Mary Joe Fernández ''(quarterfinals)''
Magdalena Maleeva ''(second round)''
Brenda Schultz-McCarthy ''(third round)''
Kimiko Date ''(semifinals)''
Mary Pierce ''(quarterfinals)''
Amanda Coetzer ''(second round)''
Irina Spîrlea ''(second round)''
Martina Hingis ''(fourth round)''
Karina Habšudová ''(first round)''
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
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
References
External links
*
1996 Wimbledon Championships on WTAtennis.com1996 Wimbledon Championships – Women's draws and results
at the International Tennis Federation
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Women's Singles
Wimbledon Championship by year – Women's singles
Wimbledon Championships
Wimbledon Championships