1996 Direct Line International Championships – Singles

Singles
1996 Direct Line International Championships
1995 Champion Nathalie Tauziat
Champion Monica Seles
Runner-up Mary Joe Fernández
Score6–0, 6–2

Nathalie Tauziat was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Monica Seles.

Seles won in the final 6–0, 6–2 against Mary Joe Fernández.

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.

  1. Monica Seles (champion)
  2. Conchita Martínez (quarterfinals)
  3. Jana Novotná (semifinals)
  4. Chanda Rubin (second round)
  5. Lindsay Davenport (second round)
  6. Mary Joe Fernández (final)
  7. Kimiko Date (first round)
  8. Mary Pierce (first round)

Qualifying

Main article: 1996 Direct Line International Championships – Singles qualifying

Draw

Key

Final

Final
WC/1 Monica Seles 6 6  
6 Mary Joe Fernández 0 2  

Section 1

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
WC/1 M Seles 6 6  
  A Frazier 4 2     M McGrath 2 4  
  M McGrath 6 6   WC/1 M Seles 6 6  
  S Farina 3 3   Q I Gorrochategui 3 1  
Q I Gorrochategui 6 6   Q I Gorrochategui 6 6  
  L McNeil 6 2 6   L McNeil 2 3  
7 K Date 4 6 2 WC/1 M Seles 6 6  
  N Tauziat 4 4  
4 C Rubin 3 r  
  L Raymond 3 6 8   L Raymond 6    
  N Sawamatsu 6 2 6   L Raymond 2 0  
  L Wild 1 2     N Tauziat 6 6  
  N Tauziat 6 6     N Tauziat 6 6  
  I Spîrlea 6 5 6   I Spîrlea 2 3  
8 M Pierce 0 7 2

Section 2

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
5 L Davenport 6 6  
  G Fernández 3 1   5 L Davenport 2 3  
Q N Feber 1 3     Y Basuki 6 6  
  Y Basuki 6 6     Y Basuki 6 1  
LL K Kschwendt 3 3   3 J Novotná 7 6  
Q N Arendt 6 6   Q N Arendt 4 6 3
3 J Novotná 6 4 6
3 J Novotná 1 6 6
6 M J Fernández 6 6   6 M J Fernández 6 2 8
  M Werdel-Witmeyer 2 0   6 M J Fernández 6 6  
WC C Wood 4 3     A Sugiyama 3 3  
  A Sugiyama 6 6   6 M J Fernández 2 6 6
Q A Miller 1 6   2 C Martínez 6 4 4
  N Zvereva 6 7     N Zvereva 6 6 3
2 C Martínez 7 4 6
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