1996 Rover British Clay Court Championships – Singles

Singles
1996 Rover British Clay Court Championships
1995 Champion Ludmila Richterová
Champion Dominique Van Roost
Runner-up Laurence Courtois
Score6–4, 6–2
Draw32
Seeds8

Ludmila Richterová was the defending champion but did not compete that year.

Dominique Van Roost won in the final 6–4, 6–2 against Laurence Courtois.

Seeds

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

  1. Sabine Appelmans (first round)
  2. Mariaan de Swardt (quarterfinals)
  3. Miriam Oremans (quarterfinals)
  4. Laurence Courtois (final)
  5. Dominique Van Roost (champion)
  6. Naoko Kijimuta (quarterfinals)
  7. Patricia Hy-Boulais (semifinals)
  8. Alexandra Fusai (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 S Appelmans 4 5  
  H Nagyová 6 7     H Nagyová 6 6  
Q M Mazzotta 6 6   Q M Mazzotta 2 3  
  M-J Gaidano 1 3     H Nagyová 7 7  
WC C Taylor 1 2   6 N Kijimuta 6 5  
  M Tu 6 6     M Tu 1 2  
  P Schwarz 3 6 4 6 N Kijimuta 6 6  
6 N Kijimuta 6 3 6   H Nagyová 4 6 4
4 L Courtois 3 6 6 4 L Courtois 6 3 6
  K Adams 6 3 3 4 L Courtois 6 6  
  A Serra Zanetti 0 3   Q K Radford 2 4  
Q K Radford 6 6   4 L Courtois 6 6  
  V Martinek 1 4   8 A Fusai 1 3  
LL L Varmužová 6 6   LL L Varmužová 3 7 3
LL J Lutrova 7 0 2 8 A Fusai 6 6 6
8 A Fusai 6 6 6 4 Laurence Courtois 4 2  
5 D Van Roost 6 6   5 D Van Roost 6 6  
  N Egorova 1 3   5 D Van Roost 6 6  
  L Ghirardi 0 4     P Suárez 0 1  
  P Suárez 6 6   5 D Van Roost 6 6  
LL S Jeyaseelan 7 7   3 M Oremans 3 3  
Q M Paz 5 5   LL S Jeyaseelan 0 2  
  A Miller 3 1   3 M Oremans 6 6  
3 M Oremans 6 6   5 D Van Roost 6 7  
7 P Hy-Boulais 6 3 6 7 P Hy-Boulais 2 6  
  E deLone 3 6 2 7 P Hy-Boulais 6 6  
  B Reinstadler 6 3     E Callens 3 1  
  E Callens 7 6   7 P Hy-Boulais 6 6  
Q A Kremer 2 4   2 M de Swardt 3 3  
  S Pitkowski 6 6     S Pitkowski 3 2  
WC C Wood 2 2   2 M de Swardt 6 6  
2 M de Swardt 6 6