1996 State Farm Evert Cup – Singles

Singles
1996 State Farm Evert Cup
Champion Steffi Graf
Runner-up Conchita Martínez
Score7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5)
Draw56
Seeds16

Steffi Graf defeated Conchita Martínez in the final, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5) to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1996 Indian Wells Masters.

Mary Joe Fernández was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Nathalie Tauziat.[1]

Seeds

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

  1. Steffi Graf (champion)
  2. Conchita Martínez (final)
  3. n/a
  4. Kimiko Date (semifinals)
  5. Chanda Rubin (quarterfinals)
  6. Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (third round)
  7. Lindsay Davenport (semifinals)
  8. Mary Joe Fernández (third round)
  9. Amanda Coetzer (quarterfinals)
  10. Julie Halard-Decugis (third round)
  11. Amy Frazier (first round)
  12. Zina Garrison-Jackson (first round)
  13. Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals)
  14. Irina Spîrlea (third round)
  15. Judith Wiesner (third round)
  16. Lisa Raymond (second round)
  17. Naoko Sawamatsu (second round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
1 Steffi Graf 66 77 6
7 Lindsay Davenport 78 63 4
1 Steffi Graf 77 77  
2 Conchita Martínez 65 65  
4 Kimiko Date 0 4  
2 Conchita Martínez 6 6  

Top half

Section 1

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1 S Graf 6 6  
  L Richterová 4 3   WC K Triska 0 1  
WC K Triska 6 6   1 S Graf 6 7  
  A Gavaldón 6 6   10 J Halard-Decugis 3 5  
Q M Vento 4 3     A Gavaldón 1 6 4
Q V Williams 2 4   10 J Halard-Decugis 6 3 6
10 J Halard-Decugis 6 6   1 S Graf 6 6  
14 I Spîrlea 6 6   9 A Coetzer 4 1  
  A Serra Zanetti 4 2   14 I Spîrlea 7 7  
  S Hack 6 6     S Hack 5 5  
  C Singer 3 3   14 I Spîrlea 2 1  
Q C Cristea 1 6 1 9 A Coetzer 6 6  
WC M Tu 6 4 6 WC M Tu 1 1  
9 A Coetzer 6 6  

Section 2

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
5 C Rubin 6 6  
  N Bradtke 6 2 6   N Bradtke 2 0  
  B Schett 4 6 3 5 C Rubin 6 6  
  R Grande 4 1     J Capriati 3 3  
  J Capriati 6 6     J Capriati 6 6  
  S-T Wang 6 6     S-T Wang 0 0  
11 A Frazier 0 2   5 C Rubin 0 3  
15 J Wiesner 6 77   7 L Davenport 6 6  
Q F Li 3 61   15 J Wiesner 6 6  
  E Likhovtseva 77 2 6   E Likhovtseva 4 2  
  K Nowak 65 6 4 15 J Wiesner 66 1  
  M Werdel-Witmeyer 4 5   7 L Davenport 78 6  
  M de Swardt 6 7     M de Swardt 3 5  
7 L Davenport 6 7  

Bottom half

Section 3

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
8 M J Fernández 6 2 6
LL A Smashnova 5 7 6 LL A Smashnova 0 6 1
  I Gorrochategui 7 5 3 8 M J Fernández 63 4  
Q Á Montolio 2 0   13 N Tauziat 77 6  
  S Testud 6 6     S Testud 0 66  
Q A Dechaume-Balleret 6 1 4 13 N Tauziat 6 78  
13 N Tauziat 4 6 6 13 N Tauziat 77 3 3
17 N Sawamatsu 6 6   4 K Date 62 6 6
WC A Stevenson 3 0   17 N Sawamatsu 5 6 2
Q L Neiland 3 6 6 Q L Neiland 7 1 6
  G Fernández 6 3 2 Q L Neiland 4 0  
LL N Kijimuta 7 4 3 4 K Date 6 6  
  R Dragomir 5 6 6   R Dragomir 77 1 2
4 K Date 65 6 6

Section 4

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
6 B Schultz-McCarthy 6 6  
Q J Watanabe 5 5     J Watanabe 4 4  
  J Kruger 7 5 r 6 B Schultz-McCarthy 5 78 3
  N Feber 6 3 5   L Lee 7 66 6
  L Lee 4 6 7   L Lee 6 6  
LL J-Q Yi 0 6 6 LL J-Q Yi 4 4  
12 Z Garrison-Jackson 6 1 4   L Lee 5 2  
16 L Raymond 4 6 7 2 C Martínez 7 6  
  S Farina 6 2 5 16 L Raymond 5 6 4
  A Sugiyama 6 6     A Sugiyama 7 3 6
  T Whitlinger-Jones 2 3     A Sugiyama 0 3  
  F Labat 6 6   2 C Martínez 6 6  
  R McQuillan 3 1     F Labat 1 6 2
2 C Martínez 6 2 6

References

  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1997). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 168, 176. ISBN 9780002187145.
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