1996 State Farm Evert Cup – Singles

January 2025 1996 State Farm Evert Cup GER Steffi Graf ESP Conchita Martínez 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5) 56 16 singles doubles Steffi Graf defeated Conchita Martínez in the final, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5) to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1996 Indian Wells Masters. Mary Joe Fernández was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Nathalie Tauziat.International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997 1997 CollinsWillow London 9780002187145 John Barrett 168, 176 Seeds A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top nine seeds received a bye to the second round. GER Steffi Graf (champion) ESP Conchita Martínez (final) n/a JPN Kimiko Date (semifinals) USA Chanda Rubin (quarterfinals) NED Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (third round) USA Lindsay Davenport (semifinals) USA Mary Joe Fernández (third round) RSA Amanda Coetzer (quarterfinals) FRA Julie Halard-Decugis (third round) USA Amy Frazier (first round) USA Zina Garrison-Jackson (first round) FRA Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals) ROM Irina Spîrlea (third round) AUT Judith Wiesner (third round) USA Lisa Raymond (second round) JPN Naoko Sawamatsu (second round) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 1 GER Steffi Graf 66 77 6 7 USA Lindsay Davenport 78 63 4 4 JPN Kimiko Date 0 4   2 ESP Conchita Martínez 6 6   1 GER Steffi Graf 77 77   2 ESP Conchita Martínez 65 65   Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   CZE L Richterová 4 3   WC SWE K Triska 6 6     MEX A Gavaldón 6 6   Q VEN 1930 M Vento 4 3   Q USA V Williams 2 4   10 FRA J Halard-Decugis 6 6   14 ROM I Spîrlea 6 6     ITA A Serra Zanetti 4 2     GER S Hack 6 6     GER C Singer 3 3   Q ROM C Cristea 1 6 1 WC USA M Tu 6 4 6 1 GER S Graf 6 6   WC SWE K Triska 0 1     MEX A Gavaldón 1 6 4 10 FRA J Halard-Decugis 6 3 6 14 ROM I Spîrlea 7 7     GER S Hack 5 5   WC USA M Tu 1 1   9 RSA A Coetzer 6 6   1 GER S Graf 6 7   10 FRA J Halard-Decugis 3 5   14 ROM I Spîrlea 2 1   9 RSA A Coetzer 6 6   1 GER S Graf 6 6   9 RSA A Coetzer 4 1   Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   AUS N Bradtke 6 2 6   AUT B Schett 4 6 3   ITA R Grande 4 1     USA J Capriati 6 6     TPE S-T Wang 6 6   11 USA A Frazier 0 2   15 AUT J Wiesner 6 77   Q CHN F Li 3 61     RUS E Likhovtseva 77 2 6   POL K Nowak 65 6 4   USA M Werdel-Witmeyer 4 5     RSA M de Swardt 6 7   5 USA C Rubin 6 6     AUS N Bradtke 2 0     USA J Capriati 6 6     TPE S-T Wang 0 0   15 AUT J Wiesner 6 6     RUS E Likhovtseva 4 2     RSA M de Swardt 3 5   7 USA L Davenport 6 7   5 USA C Rubin 6 6     USA J Capriati 3 3   15 AUT J Wiesner 66 1   7 USA L Davenport 78 6   5 USA C Rubin 0 3   7 USA L Davenport 6 6   Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals LL ISR A Smashnova 5 7 6   ARG I Gorrochategui 7 5 3 Q ESP Á Montolio 2 0     FRA S Testud 6 6   Q FRA A Dechaume-Balleret 6 1 4 13 FRA N Tauziat 4 6 6 17 JPN N Sawamatsu 6 6   WC USA A Stevenson 3 0   Q LAT L Neiland 3 6 6   USA G Fernández 6 3 2 LL JPN N Kijimuta 7 4 3   ROM R Dragomir 5 6 6 8 USA M J Fernández 6 2 6 LL ISR A Smashnova 0 6 1   FRA S Testud 0 66   13 FRA N Tauziat 6 78   17 JPN N Sawamatsu 5 6 2 Q LAT L Neiland 7 1 6   ROM R Dragomir 77 1 2 4 JPN K Date 65 6 6 8 USA M J Fernández 63 4   13 FRA N Tauziat 77 6   Q LAT L Neiland 4 0   4 JPN K Date 6 6   13 FRA N Tauziat 77 3 3 4 JPN K Date 62 6 6 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Q USA J Watanabe 5 5     RSA J Kruger 7 5 r   BEL N Feber 6 3 5   USA L Lee 4 6 7 LL CHN J-Q Yi 0 6 6 12 USA Z Garrison-Jackson 6 1 4 16 USA L Raymond 4 6 7   ITA S Farina 6 2 5   JPN A Sugiyama 6 6     USA T Whitlinger-Jones 2 3     ARG F Labat 6 6     AUS R McQuillan 3 1   6 NED B Schultz-McCarthy 6 6     USA J Watanabe 4 4     USA L Lee 6 6   LL CHN J-Q Yi 4 4   16 USA L Raymond 5 6 4   JPN A Sugiyama 7 3 6   ARG F Labat 1 6 2 2 ESP C Martínez 6 2 6 6 NED B Schultz-McCarthy 5 78 3   USA L Lee 7 66 6   JPN A Sugiyama 0 3   2 ESP C Martínez 6 6     USA L Lee 5 2   2 ESP C Martínez 7 6   References External links 1996 State Farm Evert Cup draws Singles Category:1996 Newsweek Champions Cup and the State Farm Evert Cup