1996 US Open – Women's singles

Women's singles
1996 US Open
Final
Champion	Steffi Graf
Runner-up	Monica Seles
Score	7–5, 6–4
Details
Draw	128
Seeds	16 (8 Q / 8 WC )
Events
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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. Graf did not lose a set during the tournament.

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

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

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.

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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