1996 Lipton Championships – Women's singles

Women's singles
Women's singles
1996 Lipton Championships
Final
Champion	Steffi Graf
Runner-up	Chanda Rubin
Score	6–1, 6–3
Details
Draw	96
Seeds	32
Events

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.

Steffi Graf (champion)
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (second round)
Anke Huber (quarterfinals)
Gabriela Sabatini (quarterfinals)
Kimiko Date (quarterfinals)
Chanda Rubin (final)
Jana Novotná (third round)
Lindsay Davenport (semifinals)
Mary Joe Fernández (fourth round)
Amanda Coetzer (third round)
Martina Hingis (second round)
Julie Halard-Decugis (fourth round)
Zina Garrison-Jackson (second round)
Nathalie Tauziat (fourth round)
Helena Suková (third round)
Irina Spîrlea (quarterfinals)
Barbara Paulus (third round)
Judith Wiesner (fourth round)
Lisa Raymond (third round)
Naoko Sawamatsu (second round)
Marianne Werdel-Witmeyer (third round)
Åsa Carlsson (second round)
Ai Sugiyama (fourth round)
Kristie Boogert (third round)
Petra Begerow (second round)
Florencia Labat (third round)
Yone Kamio (second round)
Silvia Farina (fourth round)
Elena Likhovtseva (second round)
Miriam Oremans (third round)
Sandrine Testud (third round)
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

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

External links

1996 Lipton Championships draws

[wot1997-1] John Barrett, ed. (1997). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 168, 176–177. ISBN 9780002187145.

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