1996 Nokia Open – Singles

Singles
1996 Salem Open Beijing
and the Nokia Open
1995 Champion Linda Wild
Champion Wang Shi-ting
Runner-up Chen Li-Ling
Score6–3, 6–4
Seeds8

Linda Wild was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Tamarine Tanasugarn.

Fifth-seeded Wang Shi-ting won in the final 6–3, 6–4 against Chen Li-Ling.

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

  1. Linda Wild (quarterfinals)
  2. Yayuk Basuki (quarterfinals)
  3. Sandrine Testud (semifinals)
  4. Naoko Kijimuta (quarterfinals)
  5. Wang Shi-ting (champion)
  6. Mana Endo (quarterfinals)
  7. Nana Miyagi (second round)
  8. Francesca Lubiani (second round)

Draw

Key

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 L Wild 6 6  
  H Rosen 3 0   1 L Wild 6 6  
Q Y Hosoki 6 6   Q Y Hosoki 3 1  
  R Hiraki 4 4   1 L Wild 4 4  
  T Tanasugarn 6 77     T Tanasugarn 6 6  
  Y-J Choi 2 64     T Tanasugarn 6 6  
WC J Chen 2 3   7 N Miyagi 1 1  
7 N Miyagi 6 6     T Tanasugarn 4 3  
4 N Kijimuta 6 6   5 S-T Wang 6 6  
  H Inoue 1 4   4 N Kijimuta 6 6  
WC L Li 7 6   WC L Li 1 1  
  C Morariu 5 3   4 N Kijimuta 3 4  
  Y Yoshida 4 5   5 S-T Wang 6 6  
  J-Q Yi 6 7     J-Q Yi 5 2  
Q H Mochizuki 4 4   5 S-T Wang 7 6  
5 S-T Wang 6 6   5 Wang Shi-ting 6 6  
6 M Endo 6 7     Chen Li-Ling 3 4  
  M Saeki 1 5   6 M Endo 7 6  
  S-H Park 6 4 6   S-H Park 5 0  
  N Dechy 3 6 3 6 M Endo 2 6 5
  M-R Jeon 3 7 77 3 S Testud 6 4 7
Q S Obata 6 5 63   M-R Jeon 6 5 3
  S Klösel 3 0   3 S Testud 2 7 6
3 S Testud 6 6   3 S Testud 7 4 4
8 F Lubiani 7 6     L-L Chen 5 6 6
  N van Lottum 5 1   8 F Lubiani 3 3  
  L-L Chen 6 77     L-L Chen 6 6  
  T Križan 4 61     L-L Chen 6 6  
  M Schnell 6 3 4 2 Y Basuki 2 2  
Q S Meier 3 6 6 Q S Meier 2 1  
  A Serra Zanetti 1 62   2 Y Basuki 6 6  
2 Y Basuki 6 77  

References