1996 Australian Open – Women's singles

Women's singles
Women's singles
1996 Australian Open
Champion	Monica Seles
Runner-up	Anke Huber
Score	6–4, 6–1
Draw	128
Seeds	16

Monica Seles defeated Anke Huber in the final, 6–4, 6–1 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1996 Australian Open. It was Seles' fourth Australian Open title and ninth major title overall, and her only major title after her 1993 stabbing.

Mary Pierce was the defending champion, but lost to Elena Likhovtseva in the second round.

Seeds

Monica Seles (champion)
Conchita Martínez (quarterfinals)
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (quarterfinals)
Mary Pierce (second round)
Kimiko Date (second round)
Gabriela Sabatini (fourth round)
Iva Majoli (quarterfinals)
Anke Huber (final)
Mary Joe Fernández (fourth round)
Lindsay Davenport (fourth round)
Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (fourth round)
Natasha Zvereva (first round)
Chanda Rubin (semifinals)
Amy Frazier (first round)
Naoko Sawamatsu (fourth round)
Amanda Coetzer (semifinals)

Qualifying

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

1	Monica Seles	6	6

7	Iva Majoli	1	2
					1	Monica Seles	6²	6	7

					13	Chanda Rubin	7⁷	1	5
3	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	4	6	14

13	Chanda Rubin	6	2	16
										1	Monica Seles	6	6

										8	Anke Huber	4	1
	Martina Hingis	5	6	1

16	Amanda Coetzer	7	4	6
					16	Amanda Coetzer	6	4	2

					8	Anke Huber	4	6	6
8	Anke Huber	4	6	6

2	Conchita Martínez	6	2	1

Section 1

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

1	M Seles	6	6
Q	J Lee	3	0		1	M Seles	6	6
	K Studeníková	7	6			K Studeníková	1	1
	D Van Roost	5	4							1	M Seles	7	6
Q	F Lubiani	6	4	6							J Halard-Decugis	5	0
	N Bradtke	2	6	4	Q	F Lubiani	2	6	2
	J Halard-Decugis	6	6			J Halard-Decugis	6	0	6
WC	J Taylor	1	1											1	M Seles	6	6
	R Zrubáková	6	5	1										15	N Sawamatsu	1	3
	A Sugiyama	0	7	6		A Sugiyama	6	6
	S Pitkowski	4	6³		Q	A Dechaume-Balleret	2	2
Q	A Dechaume-Balleret	6	7⁷								A Sugiyama	4	0
	J Husárová	2	1							15	N Sawamatsu	6	6
	L Wild	6	6			L Wild	4	3
	C Cristea	6	2	1	15	N Sawamatsu	6	6
15	N Sawamatsu	4	6	6

Section 2

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

12	N Zvereva	2	6	5
	A Smashnova	6	4	7		A Smashnova	7	4	2
	T Whitlinger-Jones	6	6			T Whitlinger-Jones	5	6	6
	N Kijimuta	3	0								T Whitlinger-Jones	3	2
	I Spîrlea	6	6⁴	8							S Appelmans	6	6
	S Testud	4	7⁷	6		I Spîrlea	3	3
	N Baudone	5	4			S Appelmans	6	6
	S Appelmans	7	6												S Appelmans	2	2
Q	J Watanabe	6	6											7	I Majoli	6	6
	M de Swardt	4	3		Q	J Watanabe	6⁵	6⁵
	P Shriver	4	4			A Fusai	7⁷	7⁷
	A Fusai	6	6								A Fusai	2	1
WC	N Pratt	5	3							7	I Majoli	6	6
	L McNeil	7	6			L McNeil	3	2
	E Makarova	4	2		7	I Majoli	6	6
7	I Majoli	6	6

Section 3

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

3	A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
	B Reinstadler	2	2		3	A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
	A Grossman	3	2			B Rittner	3	2
	B Rittner	6	6							3	A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
	K Godridge	4	6	3							S Cacic	3	3
WC	S Drake-Brockman	6	4	6	WC	S Drake-Brockman	2	5
	S Cacic	6	6			S Cacic	6	7
	E Callens	3	4											3	A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
	N Arendt	6	6											9	MJ Fernández	3	3
WC	K Radford	3	1			N Arendt	3	6	8
	L Ghirardi-Rubbi	3	4			S Farina	6	3	6
	S Farina	6	6								N Arendt	1	1
	V Martinek	2	3							9	MJ Fernández	6	6
	M Sánchez Lorenzo	6	6			M Sánchez Lorenzo	2	0
	V Ruano Pascual	4	3		9	MJ Fernández	6	6
9	MJ Fernández	6	6

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

13	C Rubin	4	6	6
	R McQuillan	6	3	2	13	C Rubin	6³	6	6
	T Križan	6	2	6		T Križan	7⁷	2	3
	M McGrath	2	6	4						13	C Rubin	6	6
	L Courtois	7⁷	7⁷								L Courtois	0	2
	M Oremans	6⁴	6⁴			L Courtois	6	7⁷
	A Ellwood	6	5	1		J Kruger	3	6⁵
	J Kruger	4	7	6										13	C Rubin	6	6
	K Kschwendt	6	6											6	G Sabatini	2	4
	P Begerow	0	2			K Kschwendt	2	6	6
	N Miyagi	6	7			N Miyagi	6	2	1
	S Cecchini	3	5								K Kschwendt	1	2
	I Demongeot	3	3							6	G Sabatini	6	6
	K Habšudová	6	6			K Habšudová	4	3
	S Stafford	0	1		6	G Sabatini	6	6
6	G Sabatini	6	6

Section 5

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

5	K Date	6	6
	A Gavaldón	2	0		5	K Date	2	6	4
	M Endo	7⁸	6			M Endo	6	1	6
WC	K-A Guse	6⁶	4								M Endo	1	1
	J Nejedly	1	1								M Hingis	6	6
	M Hingis	6	6			M Hingis	6	6
	B Paulus	6	6			B Paulus	1	4
	L Neiland	0	0													M Hingis	6	6
	N Feber	6	6												11	B Schultz-McCarthy	1	4
Q	S Jeyaseelan	4	0			N Feber	2	6	3
	A Serra Zanetti	3	2			K Boogert	6	1	6
	K Boogert	6	6								K Boogert	6	1	4
	A Temesvári	6⁵	1							11	B Schultz-McCarthy	4	6	6
	S-t Wang	7⁷	6			S-t Wang	4	6	3
	P Hy-Boulais	6	6³	3	11	B Schultz-McCarthy	6	3	6
11	B Schultz-McCarthy	1	7⁷	6

Section 6

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

16	A Coetzer	6	6
	M Schnell	2	2		16	A Coetzer	6	6
	S Hack	2	6	6		S Hack	1	1
	Y Basuki	6	4	4						16	A Coetzer	6	6
Q	L Poruri	6	6⁵	6						Q	R Hiraki	3	1
	L Lee	3	7⁷	3	Q	L Poruri	3	6	2
	MJ Gaidano	6	3	2	Q	R Hiraki	6	4	6
Q	R Hiraki	3	6	6										16	A Coetzer	6	6
	L Raymond	4	3												E Likhovtseva	3	3
	R Grande	6	6			R Grande	6	7⁷
	M Tang	6	4	2		S Meier	4	6⁵
	S Meier	0	6	6							R Grande	3	1
	K Nagatsuka	2	4								E Likhovtseva	6	6
	E Likhovtseva	6	6			E Likhovtseva	6	6
	P Schwarz	3	1		4	M Pierce	4	4
4	M Pierce	6	6

Section 7

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

8	A Huber	6	6
	S Kleinová	1	4		8	A Huber	6	6
	Å Carlsson	6	6			Å Carlsson	1	2
WC	K Sharpe	2	0							8	A Huber	6	6
	M Strandlund	5	6⁴								L Richterová	2	1
	D Randriantefy	7	7⁷			D Randriantefy	6⁴	6	5
	L Richterová	6	6			L Richterová	7⁷	4	7
WC	G Biggs	3	3												8	A Huber	6	6
	H Suková	6	6													B Schett	3	2
	J Wiesner	4	0			H Suková	7⁷	4	8
	M Grzybowska	4	6	6		M Grzybowska	6⁵	6	6
WC	T Musgrave	6	3	2							H Suková	2	7	6
	M Vento	7⁷	4	4							B Schett	6	5	8
	S-h Park	6²	6	6		S-h Park	4	3
	B Schett	4	7	9		B Schett	6	6
14	A Frazier	6	5	7

Section 8

First round					Second round				Third round				Fourth round

10	L Davenport	6	6
	C Singer	1	2		10	L Davenport	7⁷	6
	G Fernández	3	4			R Stubbs	6⁵	3
	R Stubbs	6	6						10	L Davenport	6	7
	K Nowak	3	0							N Dahlman	4	5
	N Dahlman	6	6			N Dahlman	6	6
	E deLone	6	2	4		R Dragomir	4	3
	R Dragomir	4	6	6									10	L Davenport	3	1
	Y Kamio	2	7⁷	6									2	C Martínez	6	6
	F Li	6	6⁴	2		Y Kamio	6³	3
	T Ječmenica	4	3			J Kandarr	7⁷	6
	J Kandarr	6	6							J Kandarr	3	0
	J-Q Yi	2	2						2	C Martínez	6	6
	F Labat	6	6			F Labat	2	4
Q	C Wood	4	1		2	C Martínez	6	6
2	C Martínez	6	6

External links

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

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Australian Open (Open Era) singles drawsheets
Men's singles	1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 Jan Dec 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Women's singles	1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 Jan Dec 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

Australian Open women's singles drawsheets
Pre Open Era	1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941–1945 (WWII) 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968
Open Era	1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977^J 1977^D 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

1996 WTA Tour « 1995 1997 »
Grand Slam events	Australian Open (S, D, X) French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X)
Tier I tournaments	Tokyo Indoor (S, D) Key Biscayne (S, D) Hilton Head (S, D) Rome (S, D) Berlin (S, D) Toronto (S, D) Zürich (S, D)
Tier II tournaments	Sydney (S, D) Paris (S, D) Essen (S, D) Indian Wells (S, D) Amelia Island (S, D) Hamburg (S, D) Madrid (S, D) Eastbourne (S, D) Manhattan Beach (S, D) San Diego (S, D) Tokyo (S, D) Leipzig (S, D) Filderstadt (S, D) Chicago (S, D) Oakland (S, D) Philadelphia (S, D)
Tier III tournaments	Oklahoma City (S, D) Linz (S, D) Jakarta (S, D) Tokyo Outdoor (S, D) Strasbourg (S, D) Birmingham (S, D) Rosmalen (S, D) Warsaw (S, D) Quebec City (S, D) Luxembourg (S, D) Moscow (S, D)
Tier IV tournaments	Auckland (S, D) Hobart (S, D) Bol (S, D) Budapest (S, D) Cardiff (S, D) Palermo (S, D) Maria Lankowitz (S, D) Karlovy Vary (S, D) Surabaya (S, D) Beijing (S, D) Pattaya (S, D)
Team events	Fed Cup
Chase Championships, New York (S, D) Summer Olympics, Atlanta (S, D) World Doubles Cup, Edinburgh (D)