1996 WTA Tour Championships – Singles

1996 Chase Championships GER Steffi Graf SUI Martina Hingis 6–3, 4–6, 6–0, 4–6, 6–0 16 8 singles doubles WTA Tour Championships 1996 Chase Championships Defending champion Steffi Graf successfully defended her title, defeating Martina Hingis in the final, 6–3, 4–6, 6–0, 4–6, 6–0 to win the singles tennis title at the 1996 WTA Tour Championships. It was her fifth and last Tour Finals singles title. Seeds A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. GER Steffi Graf (champion) USA Monica Seles (first round) ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (quarterfinals) ESP Conchita Martínez (quarterfinals) CZE Jana Novotná (semifinals) GER Anke Huber (first round) SUI Martina Hingis (final) USA Lindsay Davenport (quarterfinals) Draw NB: The Final was the best of 5 sets while all other rounds were the best of 3 sets. First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 1 GER S Graf 6 6         SVK K Habšudová 1 4         AUT B Paulus 3 2       8 USA L Davenport 6 6       3 ESP A Sánchez 6 7         NED B Schultz-McCarthy 4 6         RSA A Coetzer 4 1       5 CZE J Novotná 6 6       6 GER A Huber 5 2         CRO I Majoli 7 6         AUT J Wiesner 1 6 4     4 ESP C Martínez 6 3 6     7 SUI M Hingis 6 6         ROM I Spîrlea 2 1         JPN K Date 5         2 USA M Seles 4 r       1 GER S Graf 6 7       8 USA L Davenport 4 6       3 ESP A Sánchez 0 3       5 CZE J Novotná 6 6         CRO I Majoli 7 7       4 ESP C Martínez 6 6       7 SUI M Hingis 6 6         JPN K Date 1 2       1 GER S Graf 4 6 6     5 CZE J Novotná 6 4 3       CRO I Majoli 2 6 1     7 SUI M Hingis 6 4 6     1 GER S Graf 6 4 6 4 6 7 SUI M Hingis 3 6 0 6 0 See also WTA Tour Championships appearances External links 1996 Chase Championships draw Singles 1996 Singles