1996 Lipton Championships – Women's singles

Women's singles
1996 Lipton Championships
Champion Steffi Graf
Runner-up Chanda Rubin
Score6–1, 6–3
Draw96
Seeds32

Two-time defending champion Steffi Graf defeated Chanda Rubin in the final, 6–1, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1996 Miami Open.[1]

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. All thirty-two seeds received a bye to the second round.

  1. Steffi Graf (champion)
  2. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (second round)
  3. Anke Huber (quarterfinals)
  4. Gabriela Sabatini (quarterfinals)
  5. Kimiko Date (quarterfinals)
  6. Chanda Rubin (final)
  7. Jana Novotná (third round)
  8. Lindsay Davenport (semifinals)
  9. Mary Joe Fernández (fourth round)
  10. Amanda Coetzer (third round)
  11. Martina Hingis (second round)
  12. Julie Halard-Decugis (fourth round)
  13. Zina Garrison-Jackson (second round)
  14. Nathalie Tauziat (fourth round)
  15. Helena Suková (third round)
  16. Irina Spîrlea (quarterfinals)
  17. Barbara Paulus (third round)
  18. Judith Wiesner (fourth round)
  19. Lisa Raymond (third round)
  20. Naoko Sawamatsu (second round)
  21. Marianne Werdel-Witmeyer (third round)
  22. Åsa Carlsson (second round)
  23. Ai Sugiyama (fourth round)
  24. Kristie Boogert (third round)
  25. Petra Begerow (second round)
  26. Florencia Labat (third round)
  27. Yone Kamio (second round)
  28. Silvia Farina (fourth round)
  29. Elena Likhovtseva (second round)
  30. Miriam Oremans (third round)
  31. Sandrine Testud (third round)
  32. Shi-Ting Wang (third round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 Steffi Graf 77 6  
5 Kimiko Date 64 3  
1 Steffi Graf 6 6  
8 Lindsay Davenport 4 4  
3 Anke Huber 0 1  
8 Lindsay Davenport 6 6  
1 Steffi Graf 6 6  
6 Chanda Rubin 1 3  
6 Chanda Rubin 6 5 6
4 Gabriela Sabatini 3 7 3
6 Chanda Rubin 4 6 6
  Karina Habšudová 6 4 2
16 Irina Spîrlea 4 5  
  Karina Habšudová 6 7  

Top half

Section 1

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
1 S Graf 6 7  
  T Ječmenica 4 2     S Cacic 1 5  
  S Cacic 6 6   1 S Graf 6 6  
Q V Csurgo 2 3     G Fernández 3 2  
  G Fernández 6 6     G Fernández 66 6 6
20 N Sawamatsu 78 3 3
1 S Graf 6 6  
9 M J Fernández 1 0  
26 F Labat 4 6 6
Q P Suárez 0 2     D Van Roost 6 2 3
  D Van Roost 6 6   26 F Labat 2 6 4
Q S Cecchini 3 6 3 9 M J Fernández 6 4 6
  Y Basuki 6 4 6   Y Basuki 2 1  
9 M J Fernández 6 6  

Section 2

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
15 H Suková 1 6 6
Q A Dechaume-Balleret 6 6   Q A Dechaume-Balleret 6 4 2
  L McNeil 3 3   15 H Suková 0 5  
  B Reinstadler 4 4   28 S Farina 6 7  
  M Endo 6 6     M Endo 0 4  
28 S Farina 6 6  
28 S Farina 2 2  
5 K Date 6 6  
21 M Werdel-Witmeyer 6 2 6
  R Grande 6 4 3   S Hack 4 6 1
  S Hack 4 6 6 21 M Werdel-Witmeyer 0 0  
  B Schett 7 6   5 K Date 6 6  
  K Nowak 5 0     B Schett 3 5  
5 K Date 6 7  

Section 3

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
3 A Huber 6 68 6
  N Kijimuta 3 3   LL J Watanabe 3 710 1
LL J Watanabe 6 6   3 A Huber 6 5 6
Q E deLone 7 3 7 32 S-T Wang 0 7 4
  V Ruano-Pascual 5 6 5 Q E deLone 2 3  
32 S-T Wang 6 6  
3 A Huber 6 6  
18 J Wiesner 4 4  
18 J Wiesner 1 6 6
  L Neiland 6 6     L Neiland 6 2 4
WC K Maleeva 4 4   18 J Wiesner 6 6  
LL N Miyagi 5 6 6 LL N Miyagi 2 2  
  R Dragomir 7 3 2 LL N Miyagi 5 6 6
11 M Hingis 7 1 3

Section 4

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
13 Z Garrison-Jackson 4 5  
  R Stubbs 1 0     A Grossman 6 7  
  A Grossman 6 6     A Grossman 6 0 6
  L Wild 6 6   30 M Oremans 4 6 2
LL F Lubiani 2 1     L Wild 2 6 3
30 M Oremans 6 2 6
  A Grossman 0 2  
8 L Davenport 6 6  
24 K Boogert 6 1 6
Q C Porwik 6 6   Q C Porwik 4 6 2
  G Helgeson-Nielsen 4 0   24 K Boogert 4 5  
  B Rittner 63 6 2 8 L Davenport 6 7  
Q L Golarsa 77 4 6 Q L Golarsa 1 2  
8 L Davenport 6 6  

Bottom half

Section 5

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
6 C Rubin 6 6  
  A Fusai 6 6     A Fusai 2 0  
LL M J Gaidano 3 1   6 C Rubin 6 6  
  M McGrath 6 7     M McGrath 2 3  
  T Whitlinger-Jones 1 5     M McGrath 6 67 6
22 Å Carlsson 2 79 3
6 C Rubin 6 6  
14 N Tauziat 3 4  
25 P Begerow 3 4  
  N Feber 4 2   WC K Adams 6 6  
WC K Adams 6 6   WC K Adams 0 2  
  L Lee 6 6   14 N Tauziat 6 6  
  J-Q Yi 3 0     L Lee 4 5  
14 N Tauziat 6 7  

Section 6

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
10 A Coetzer 6 6  
  V Martinek 7 2 3 WC D Graham 4 3  
WC D Graham 5 6 6 10 A Coetzer 4 6 1
  L Ghirardi 5 1     J Capriati 6 0 6
  J Capriati 7 6     J Capriati 77 6  
29 E Likhovtseva 65 4  
  J Capriati 1 4  
4 G Sabatini 6 6  
27 Y Kamio 1 6 2
  J Kandarr 4 6 68   K Kschwendt 6 3 6
  K Kschwendt 6 4 710   K Kschwendt 3 2  
  A Smashnova 6 6   4 G Sabatini 6 6  
  K Nagatsuka 3 4     A Smashnova 3 0  
4 G Sabatini 6 6  

Section 7

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
7 J Novotná 7 6  
WC K Rinaldi-Stunkel 3 6 4   S Stafford 5 3  
  S Stafford 6 1 6 7 J Novotná 3 3  
  L Richterová 3 4   23 A Sugiyama 6 6  
  A Gavaldón 6 6     A Gavaldón 1 1  
23 A Sugiyama 6 6  
23 A Sugiyama 4 5  
16 I Spîrlea 6 7  
19 L Raymond 6 6  
  K Studeníková 6 6     K Studeníková 2 3  
Q M Drake 4 2   19 L Raymond 4 4  
  N Arendt 3 2   16 I Spîrlea 6 6  
  C Singer 6 6     C Singer 3 2  
16 I Spîrlea 6 6  

Section 8

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
12 J Halard-Decugis 6 6  
  C Morariu 6 1     C Morariu 4 0  
WC P Shriver 0 0 r 12 J Halard-Decugis 3 79 6
WC T Snyder 64 3   17 B Paulus 6 67 4
  R McQuillan 77 6     R McQuillan 5 3  
17 B Paulus 7 6  
12 J Halard-Decugis 6 4 4
  K Habšudová 1 6 6
31 S Testud 6 6  
  P Hy-Boulais 63 3     A Serra Zanetti 1 1  
  A Serra Zanetti 77 6   31 S Testud 4 2  
  K Habšudová 6 4 6   K Habšudová 6 6  
  S Meier 4 6 1   K Habšudová 2 6 77
2 A Sánchez Vicario 6 3 64

References

  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1997). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 168, 176–177. ISBN 9780002187145.
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