1996 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Defending champion Steffi Graf defeated Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in a rematch of the previous year's final, 6–3, 7–5 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1996 Wimbledon Championships. It was her seventh and last Wimbledon singles title, and 20th major singles title overall.^[1] It was the second consecutive major final between the two, with Graf winning the French Open crown over Sánchez Vicario a month earlier.

Women's singles
1996 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Steffi Graf
Runner-up	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Score	6–3, 7–5
Draw	128 (8 Q / 8 WC )
Seeds	16

Main article: 1996 Wimbledon Championships

Kimiko Date reached the semifinals, the last time a Japanese woman would do so at a major until Naomi Osaka in 2018.

Seeds

01.   Steffi Graf (champion)

02.   Monica Seles (second round)

03.   Conchita Martínez (fourth round)

04.   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (final)

05.   Anke Huber (third round)

06.   Jana Novotná (quarterfinals)

07.   Chanda Rubin (withdrew)

08.   Lindsay Davenport (second round)

09.   Mary Joe Fernández (quarterfinals)

10.   Magdalena Maleeva (second round)

11.   Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (third round)

12.   Kimiko Date (semifinals)

13.   Mary Pierce (quarterfinals)

14.   Amanda Coetzer (second round)

15.   Irina Spîrlea (second round)

16.   Martina Hingis (fourth round)

17.   Karina Habšudová (first round)

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

Chanda Rubin withdrew due to injury. She was replaced in the draw by the highest-ranked non-seeded player Karina Habšudová, who became the #17 seed.

Qualifying

Main article: 1996 Wimbledon Championships – 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							Final
	1	Steffi Graf	6	6
	6	Jana Novotná	3	2
								1	Steffi Graf	6	2	6
								12	Kimiko Date	2	6	3
	12	Kimiko Date	3	6	6
	13	Mary Pierce	6	3	1
															1	Steffi Graf	6	7
															4	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	3	5
		Judith Wiesner	4	0
	4	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6	6
								4	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6	6
									Meredith McGrath	2	1
	9	Mary Joe Fernández	3	1
		Meredith McGrath	6	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	1	S Graf	6	6
		L Richterová	4	1				1	S Graf	7	6
		N Baudone	0	6	6				N Baudone	5	3
		J Husárová	6	1	1										1	S Graf	6	6
		H Nagyová	3	2												N Arendt	2	1
		N Arendt	6	6					N Arendt	2	6	6
		C Porwik	2	7	6				C Porwik	6	2	3
	WC	C Wood	6	5	4																	1	S Graf	6	6
		A Fusai	7	7																		16	M Hingis	1	4
		S Dopfer	5	6					A Fusai	4	2
		R Stubbs	1	4					L Wild	6	6
		L Wild	6	6												L Wild	3	6	1
	WC	R Viollet	6	2	6										16	M Hingis	6	2	6
	WC	M Miller	2	6	1			WC	R Viollet	1	1
		J Nejedly	2	2				16	M Hingis	6	6
	16	M Hingis	6	6

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	10	M Maleeva	6	6
		B Rittner	2	1				10	M Maleeva	67	6	7
		P Kamstra	2	6	1				N Tauziat	79	3	9
		N Tauziat	6	3	6											N Tauziat	3	6	4
		N Zvereva	6	6												P Hy-Boulais	6	3	6
		F Lubiani	3	1					N Zvereva	2	4
		M de Swardt	62	4					P Hy-Boulais	6	6
		P Hy-Boulais	77	6																			P Hy-Boulais	3	1
		Å Carlsson	6	3	3																	6	J Novotná	6	6
		K Kschwendt	4	6	6				K Kschwendt	2	0
		R Dragomir	67	7	8				R Dragomir	6	6
		Y Basuki	79	5	6											R Dragomir	3	1
		L Courtois	4	6	6										6	J Novotná	6	6
		A Glass	6	2	2				L Courtois	6	3
		V Martinek	4	0				6	J Novotná	7	6
	6	J Novotná	6	6

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	3	C Martínez	6	6
		S Farina	0	0				3	C Martínez	7	7
		L Raymond	6	3	6				L Raymond	5	5
		Á Montolio	2	6	2										3	C Martínez	7	77
		L McNeil	67	6	6											L McNeil	5	64
	Q	L Golarsa	79	4	4				L McNeil	4	6	6
		K Po	6	6					K Po	6	0	3
	Q	A Cocheteux	4	3																		3	C Martínez	7	65	3
		V Ruano Pascual	7	4	2																	12	K Date	5	77	6
		K Boogert	5	6	6				K Boogert	4	6	6
		N Bradtke	3	0				Q	K-A Guse	6	3	1
	Q	K-A Guse	6	6												K Boogert	6	4	2
		A-G Sidot	6	6											12	K Date	2	6	6
	Q	C Cristea	4	1					A-G Sidot	77	3	3
		K Nagatsuka	0	3				12	K Date	65	6	6
	12	K Date	6	6

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	13	M Pierce	6	6
		P Schnyder	3	2				13	M Pierce	6	6
	WC	J Ward	3	2				WC	C Taylor	4	2
	WC	C Taylor	6	6											13	M Pierce	6	6
		R Hiraki	7	6												N Medvedeva	4	1
		C Singer	5	4					R Hiraki	3	2
		C Morariu	7	5	4				N Medvedeva	6	6
		N Medvedeva	5	7	6																	13	M Pierce	6	6
		E Likhovtseva	77	6																			E Likhovtseva	2	3
		E Callens	64	3					E Likhovtseva	6	6
		A Gavaldón	64	1					K Adams	4	3
		K Adams	77	6												E Likhovtseva	6	4	6
		L Neiland	6	6												L Neiland	3	6	0
	WC	K Rinaldi-Stunkel	3	3					L Neiland	6	6
		M Schnell	4	1				8	L Davenport	3	2
	8	L Davenport	6	6

Bottom half

Section 5

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	17	K Habšudová	0	5
		J Wiesner	6	7					J Wiesner	6	6
		M Werdel-Witmeyer	4	4				Q	M Paz	2	3
	Q	M Paz	6	6												J Wiesner	6	7
		K Nowak	0	2												G Fernández	2	5
		G Pizzichini	6	6					G Pizzichini	2	1
		T Ječmenica	6	3	4				G Fernández	6	6
		G Fernández	2	6	6																		J Wiesner	6	6
		R Zrubáková	2	2																			A Frazier	4	4
		S-h Park	6	6					S-h Park	4	1
		A Frazier	6	6					A Frazier	6	6
		D Randriantefy	3	1												A Frazier	6	6
		I Gorrochategui	6	77												I Gorrochategui	0	3
		A Smashnova	4	65					I Gorrochategui	6	2	6
	WC	S Smith	6	1	2			15	I Spîrlea	3	6	4
	15	I Spîrlea	3	6	6

Section 6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	11	B Schultz-McCarthy	6	6
		J Kruger	0	3				11	B Schultz-McCarthy	6	6
		R Bobková	3	3					J Watanabe	3	0
		J Watanabe	6	6											11	B Schultz-McCarthy	5	6	10
	LL	A Olsza	6	6												S Appelmans	7	3	12
		M Grzybowska	4	4				LL	A Olsza	3	1
		N Miyagi	3	4					S Appelmans	6	6
		S Appelmans	6	6																			S Appelmans	6	2	1
	LL	F Perfetti	4	6	11																	4	A Sánchez Vicario	3	6	6
		M Sánchez Lorenzo	6	2	9			LL	F Perfetti	4	0
		N Sawamatsu	77	6					N Sawamatsu	6	6
		N Kijimuta	63	2												N Sawamatsu	4	1
		M Oremans	77	6											4	A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
		R Grande	64	3					M Oremans	5	3
		A Serra Zanetti	3	4				4	A Sánchez Vicario	7	6
	4	A Sánchez Vicario	6	6

Section 7

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	5	A Huber	6	6
		G León García	1	1				5	A Huber	6	6
	WC	P Shriver	6	6				WC	P Shriver	2	1
	Q	A Ellwood	4	4											5	A Huber	63	1
		K Godridge	3	3												A Sugiyama	77	6
		H Suková	6	6					H Suková	4	1
	Q	A Kremer	5	4					A Sugiyama	6	6
		A Sugiyama	7	6																			A Sugiyama	4	6	3
		P Begerow	4	6	6																	9	MJ Fernández	6	1	6
		B Schett	6	2	3				B Schett	2	6	2
		F Labat	6	2	7				F Labat	6	2	6
		T Whitlinger-Jones	1	6	5											F Labat	2	0
		S Cacic	1	3											9	MJ Fernández	6	6
		S Testud	6	6					S Testud	4	4
		J Kandarr	0	0				9	MJ Fernández	6	6
	9	MJ Fernández	6	6

Section 8

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	14	A Coetzer	6	6
		E Pampoulova	1	1				14	A Coetzer	64	6	3
		M Endo	2	5					M McGrath	77	2	6
		M McGrath	6	7												M McGrath	7	64	6
		A Dechaume-Balleret	1	1												N Feber	5	77	2
		N Feber	6	6					N Feber	6	6
		A Miller	6	6					A Miller	1	2
		P Suárez	2	2																			M McGrath	6	6
		Y Kamio	6	6																			K Studeníková	4	0
		N Dechy	2	3					Y Kamio	0	0
		D Van Roost	6	6					D Van Roost	6	6
	Q	M Drake	3	3												D Van Roost	3	2
		E Makarova	2	4												K Studeníková	6	6
		K Studeníková	6	6					K Studeníková	7	5	6
		A Grossman	1	2				2	M Seles	5	7	4
	2	M Seles	6	6