1996 Nokia Open – Singles

1996 Salem Open Beijing Nokia Open USA Linda Wild TPE Wang Shi-ting CHN Chen Li-Ling 8 6–3, 6–4 Linda Wild was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Tamarine Tanasugarn. Fifth-seeded Wang Shi-ting won in the final 6–3, 6–4 against Chen Li-Ling. Seeds A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. USA Linda Wild (quarterfinals) INA Yayuk Basuki (quarterfinals) FRA Sandrine Testud (semifinals) JPN Naoko Kijimuta (quarterfinals) TPE Wang Shi-ting (champion) JPN Mana Endo (quarterfinals) JPN Nana Miyagi (second round) ITA Francesca Lubiani (second round) Draw First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 1 USA L Wild 6 6     ISR H Rosen 3 0   Q JPN Y Hosoki 6 6     JPN R Hiraki 4 4     THA T Tanasugarn 6 77     KOR Y-J Choi 2 64   WC CHN J Chen 2 3   7 JPN N Miyagi 6 6   4 JPN N Kijimuta 6 6     JPN H Inoue 1 4   WC CHN L Li 7 6     USA C Morariu 5 3     JPN Y Yoshida 4 5     CHN J-Q Yi 6 7   Q JPN H Mochizuki 4 4   5 TPE S-T Wang 6 6   6 JPN M Endo 6 7     JPN M Saeki 1 5     KOR S-H Park 6 4 6   FRA N Dechy 3 6 3   KOR M-R Jeon 3 7 77 Q JPN S Obata 6 5 63   GER S Klösel 3 0   3 FRA S Testud 6 6   8 ITA F Lubiani 7 6     FRA N van Lottum 5 1     CHN L-L Chen 6 77     SLO T Križan 4 61     AUT M Schnell 6 3 4 Q GER S Meier 3 6 6   ITA A Serra Zanetti 1 62   2 INA Y Basuki 6 77   1 USA L Wild 6 6   Q JPN Y Hosoki 3 1     THA T Tanasugarn 6 6   7 JPN N Miyagi 1 1   4 JPN N Kijimuta 6 6   WC CHN L Li 1 1     CHN J-Q Yi 5 2   5 TPE S-T Wang 7 6   6 JPN M Endo 7 6     KOR S-H Park 5 0     KOR M-R Jeon 6 5 3 3 FRA S Testud 2 7 6 8 ITA F Lubiani 3 3     CHN L-L Chen 6 6   Q GER S Meier 2 1   2 INA Y Basuki 6 6   1 USA L Wild 4 4     THA T Tanasugarn 6 6   4 JPN N Kijimuta 3 4   5 TPE S-T Wang 6 6   6 JPN M Endo 2 6 5 3 FRA S Testud 6 4 7   CHN L-L Chen 6 6   2 INA Y Basuki 2 2     THA T Tanasugarn 4 3   5 TPE S-T Wang 6 6   3 FRA S Testud 7 4 4   CHN L-L Chen 5 6 6 5 TPE Wang Shi-ting 6 6     CHN Chen Li-Ling 3 4   References 1996 Nokia Open Draw Singles