1996 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
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Defending champion
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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
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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

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(champion)
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''(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

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1996 Wimbledon Championships on WTAtennis.com1996 Wimbledon Championships – Women's draws and results
at the International Tennis Federation {{DEFAULTSORT:1996 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Singles Women's Singles Wimbledon Championship by year – Women's singles Wimbledon Championships Wimbledon Championships