1996 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

Steffi Graf was the defending champion, and successfully defended her title, defeating Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the final, 6–3, 7–5 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1996 Wimbledon Championships. This gave Graf the seventh Wimbledon title of her career and her 20th major title (the first woman in the Open Era to do so).[1] It was the second consecutive major final between the two women, with Graf also winning the French Open crown a month earlier. With this victory, Graf captured her seventh and final Wimbledon crown, while it marked Sánchez Vicario's last appearance in the ladies' Wimbledon final.

Women's Singles
1996 Wimbledon Championships
Champion Steffi Graf
Runner-up Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Final score6–3, 7–5
Draw128 (8 Q / 8 WC )
Seeds16
Main article: 1996 Wimbledon Championships

Kimiko Date reached the semifinal in Grand Slam, it would be the last time where a Japanese female player reached the semifinals of a Grand Slam until Naomi Osaka reached the semifinals of the 2018 US Open.

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

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

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

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

References
  1. Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
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