1996 US Open – Women's singles

Defending champion Steffi Graf defeated Monica Seles in a rematch of the previous year's final, 7–5, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1996 US Open. It was her fifth US Open title and 21st major singles title overall. Graf did not lose a set during the tournament.

Women's singles
1996 US Open
Champion	Steffi Graf
Runner-up	Monica Seles
Score	7–5, 6–4
Draw	128
Seeds	16 (8 Q / 8 WC )

Main article: 1996 US Open (tennis)

This marked the final major appearance of 1990 champion Gabriela Sabatini. It was also the final major singles appearance of 15-time major quarterfinalist and former world No. 4 Zina Garrison.

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Steffi Graf is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.

01.   Steffi Graf (champion)

02.   Monica Seles (final)

03.   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (fourth round)

04.   Conchita Martínez (semifinals)

05.   Iva Majoli (first round)

06.   Anke Huber (first round)

07.   Jana Novotná (quarterfinals)

08.   Lindsay Davenport (fourth round)

09.   Mary Joe Fernández (withdrew due to wrist injury)

10.   Kimiko Date (first round)

11.   Chanda Rubin (withdrew due to wrist injury)

12.   Magdalena Maleeva (first round)

13.   Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (second round)

14.   Barbara Paulus (third round)

15.   Gabriela Sabatini (third round)

16.   Martina Hingis (semifinals)

17.   Karina Habšudová (fourth round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Chanda Rubin pulled out before the tournament began and her position in the draw was taken over by seventeenth-seeded Karina Habšudová, Rubin was replaced by lucky loser Annabel Ellwood; Mary Joe Fernández, who withdrew on the first day of the tournament, was replaced by lucky loser Tina Križan.

Qualifying

Main article: 1996 US Open – Women's singles qualifying

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	Steffi Graf	7	6
		Judith Wiesner	5	3
								1	Steffi Graf	7	6
								16	Martina Hingis	5	3
	16	Martina Hingis	7	6
	7	Jana Novotná	6	4
															1	Steffi Graf	7	6
															2	Monica Seles	5	4
		Linda Wild	6	0
	4	Conchita Martínez	7	6
								4	Conchita Martínez	4	3
								2	Monica Seles	6	6
		Amanda Coetzer	0	3
	2	Monica Seles	6	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	1	S Graf	6	7
		Y Basuki	3	6				1	S Graf	6	6
		K Kschwendt	6	6					K Kschwendt	2	1
		S Kleinová	3	4											1	S Graf	6	6
		J Kandarr	2	1												N Zvereva	4	2
		A Sugiyama	6	6					A Sugiyama	6	4	3
		V Ruano Pascual	2	6					N Zvereva	4	6	6
		N Zvereva	6	7																		1	S Graf	6	6
	Q	A Kournikova	7	6																		Q	A Kournikova	2	1
		L Richterová	6	3				Q	A Kournikova	6	6
		N Baudone	6	4	7				N Baudone	3	3
		J Watanabe	4	6	6										Q	A Kournikova	3	6	6
		G Fernández	1	4											14	B Paulus	6	2	4
		E Pampoulova	6	6					E Pampoulova	5	6
		J-Q Yi	2	1				14	B Paulus	7	7
	14	B Paulus	6	6

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	LL	T Križan	7	7
		R Hiraki	6	5				LL	T Križan	2	0
		R Grande	6	6					R Grande	6	6
		A Dechaume-Balleret	3	0												R Grande	7	6
	LL	A Ellwood	6	6												E Callens	5	1
		J Capriati	4	4				LL	A Ellwood	4	6	1
		N Bradtke	6	6					E Callens	6	1	6
		E Callens	7	7																			R Grande	0	3
		K Adams	4	2																			J Wiesner	6	6
		P Langrová	6	6					P Langrová	6	3	7
		N Sawamatsu	6	6					N Sawamatsu	4	6	5
		R Stubbs	4	3												P Langrová	2	0
	WC	D Graham	6	6												J Wiesner	6	6
	Q	S Devillé	4	2				WC	D Graham	2	5
		J Wiesner	2	6	6				J Wiesner	6	7
	5	I Majoli	6	3	1

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	3	A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
	Q	L Poruri	2	1				3	A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
		N Arendt	6	7					N Arendt	2	2
		S Cacic	2	6											3	A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
		E Likhovtseva	7	6												E Likhovtseva	1	0
		K Nagatsuka	6	1					E Likhovtseva	6	6
		M Endo	2	2				WC	L Osterloh	4	2
	WC	L Osterloh	6	6																		3	A Sánchez Vicario	1	6	4
		T Ječmenica	3	2																		16	M Hingis	6	3	6
		N Kijimuta	6	6					N Kijimuta	6	7
		A Fusai	6	2	7				A Fusai	4	5
	WC	J Craybas	1	6	5											N Kijimuta	2	2
		M Oremans	6	4	6										16	M Hingis	6	6
	Q	R Zrubáková	2	6	1				M Oremans	4	4
		Á Montolio	1	4				16	M Hingis	6	6
	16	M Hingis	6	6

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	17	K Habšudová	6	6
		R Bobková	4	1				17	K Habšudová	6	6
		N Dechy	6	6					N Dechy	4	2
		C Singer	4	0											17	K Habšudová	6	6
		L Lee	3	4												S Dopfer	2	3
		N Dahlman	6	6					N Dahlman	6	2	3
		S Dopfer	2	6	7				S Dopfer	2	6	6
		Z Garrison-Jackson	6	3	5																	17	K Habšudová	2	0
		S Cecchini	2	0																		7	J Novotná	6	6
		T Whitlinger-Jones	6	6					T Whitlinger-Jones	7	6
		A Frazier	6	6					A Frazier	6	2
		L Neiland	1	3												T Whitlinger-Jones	2	3
	WC	K Rinaldi-Stunkel	2	2											7	J Novotná	6	6
		F Labat	6	6					F Labat	2	6	2
		F Lubiani	1	5				7	J Novotná	6	4	6
	7	J Novotná	6	7

Bottom half

Section 5

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	8	L Davenport	6	6
	Q	A Serra Zanetti	2	1				8	L Davenport	6	6
		H Nagyová	6	4	6				H Nagyová	0	4
		G León García	1	6	3										8	L Davenport	6	6
		A-G Sidot	6	6												A-G Sidot	0	3
		J Husárová	4	4					A-G Sidot	6	3	6
		C Morariu	4	7	2				S-t Wang	4	6	3
		S-t Wang	6	6	6																	8	L Davenport	2	6	0
		S-h Park	2	3																			L Wild	6	3	6
		L Wild	6	6					L Wild	5	6	6
		K Boogert	6	6					K Boogert	7	3	3
		J Kruger	1	0												L Wild	6	4	7
		B Rittner	7	7												B Rittner	4	6	5
		K Studeníková	5	5					B Rittner	6	6
		N Miyagi	1	4				13	B Schultz-McCarthy	2	1
	13	B Schultz-McCarthy	6	6

Section 6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	15	G Sabatini	6	6
		P Hy-Boulais	1	1				15	G Sabatini	6	6
		A Grossman	6	6					A Grossman	2	3
		S Farina	4	3											15	G Sabatini	5	6	2
		G Pizzichini	6	1	5											Å Carlsson	7	3	6
		Å Carlsson	3	6	7				Å Carlsson	6	3
		B Schett	1	6	6				B Schett	2	1	r
		S Appelmans	6	4	4																		Å Carlsson	2	1
		M Werdel-Witmeyer	4	3																		4	C Martínez	6	6
		P Suárez	6	6					P Suárez	4	6
		Y Kamio	2	3					H Suková	6	7
		H Suková	6	6												H Suková	4	3
		N Tauziat	7	6											4	C Martínez	6	6
	Q	A Gavaldón	6	2					N Tauziat	1	3
		R Dragomir	2	0				4	C Martínez	6	6
	4	C Martínez	6	6

Section 7

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	6	A Huber	1	6	2
		A Coetzer	6	2	6				A Coetzer	6	7
		D Van Roost	6	2	6				M de Swardt	2	5
		M de Swardt	1	6	7											A Coetzer	7	7
		I Spîrlea	6	6												I Spîrlea	6	5
		P Begerow	3	2					I Spîrlea	6	6
	Q	MJ Gaidano	6	6				Q	MJ Gaidano	1	2
		M Schnell	4	0																			A Coetzer	6	6
		L McNeil	6	3																			L Raymond	4	1
		L Raymond	7	6					L Raymond	6	6
	WC	M Shaughnessy	3	3					S Pitkowski	2	0
		S Pitkowski	6	6												L Raymond	6	6
	WC	K Brandi	6	6												K Po	3	2
		A Glass	2	3				WC	K Brandi	1	4
		K Po	6	7					K Po	6	6
	10	K Date	2	5

Section 8

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	12	M Maleeva	4	2
	Q	A Olsza	6	6				Q	A Olsza	1	1
		I Gorrochategui	4	6	6				I Gorrochategui	6	6
		M Grzybowska	6	4	1											I Gorrochategui	6	2	1
		C Torrens Valero	2	6	6											S Testud	4	6	6
		S Hack	6	4	2				C Torrens Valero	2	1
		S Testud	7	6					S Testud	6	6
	WC	P Shriver	5	2																			S Testud	5	0
	WC	J Chi	6	1	6																	2	M Seles	7	6
		M Sánchez Lorenzo	4	6	3			WC	J Chi	3	1
		D Randriantefy	6	1	7				D Randriantefy	6	6
		E Makarova	3	6	5											D Randriantefy	0	2
		F Perfetti	4	6	2										2	M Seles	6	6
		L Courtois	6	3	6				L Courtois
		A Miller	0	1				2	M Seles	w/o
	2	M Seles	6	6

External links

• 1996 US Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation

See also

• 1996 US Open – Men's singles

Preceded by 1996 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Grand Slam women's singles

Succeeded by 1997 Australian Open – Women's singles