1996 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia – Singles

Singles
1996 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia
1995 Champion Steffi Graf
Champion Jana Novotná
Runner-up Steffi Graf
Score6–4, ret.

Jana Novotná won the singles tennis title at the 1996 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia after the defending champion Steffi Graf retired in the final, with the scoreline at 6–4.

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. Steffi Graf (final)
  2. Conchita Martínez (second round)
  3. Jana Novotná (champion)
  4. Anke Huber (second round)
  5. Lindsay Davenport (first round)
  6. Iva Majoli (second round)
  7. Mary Joe Fernández (first round)
  8. Barbara Paulus (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Final

Final
1 Steffi Graf 4 0r  
3 Jana Novotná 6 0  

Section 1

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 S Graf 6 6  
  K Habšudová 6 4     A Frazier 2 1  
  A Frazier 7 6   1 S Graf 6 6  
  V Ruano-Pascual 6 1 5   C Rubin 0 3  
  C Rubin 4 6 7   C Rubin 5 6 6
  J Wiesner 2 2   6 I Majoli 7 2 1
6 I Majoli 6 6   1 S Graf 6 7  
Q M Werdel-Witmeyer 2 5  
4 A Huber 6 6 1
Q R Zrubáková 0 4   Q M Werdel-Witmeyer 2 7 6
Q M Werdel-Witmeyer 6 6   Q M Werdel-Witmeyer 6 6  
  N Tauziat 6 3 4 8 B Paulus 2 3  
Q Z Garrison-Jackson 2 6 6 Q Z Garrison-Jackson      
  A Coetzer 1 2   8 B Paulus w/o    
8 B Paulus 6 6  

Section 2

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
5 L Davenport 4 6  
  A Miller 6 7     A Miller 4 6 7
WC M Shaughnessy 3 6 6 WC M Shaughnessy 6 2 5
Q L Poruri 6 2 2   A Miller 3 0  
  A Sugiyama 6 5   3 J Novotná 6 6  
  L McNeil 7 7     L McNeil 4 5  
3 J Novotná 6 7  
3 J Novotná 6 6  
7 M J Fernández 2r     Y Basuki 3 1  
  K Po 5       K Po 4 4  
  Y Basuki 6 7     Y Basuki 6 6  
WC A Kournikova 4 6     Y Basuki 5 6 6
  G Fernández 1 6 3   L Raymond 7 3 3
  L Raymond 6 3 6   L Raymond 6 6  
2 C Martínez 2 3  
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