1996 Lipton Championships – Women's singles

January 2025 1996 Lipton Championships GER Steffi Graf USA Chanda Rubin 6–1, 6–3 96 32 Miami Open (tennis) Miami Open Two-time defending champion Steffi Graf defeated Chanda Rubin in the final, 6–1, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1996 Miami Open.International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997 1997 CollinsWillow London 9780002187145 John Barrett 168, 176–177 Seeds A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. All thirty-two seeds received a bye to the second round. GER Steffi Graf (champion) ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (second round) GER Anke Huber (quarterfinals) ARG Gabriela Sabatini (quarterfinals) JPN Kimiko Date (quarterfinals) USA Chanda Rubin (final) CZE Jana Novotná (third round) USA Lindsay Davenport (semifinals) USA Mary Joe Fernández (fourth round) RSA Amanda Coetzer (third round) SUI Martina Hingis (second round) FRA Julie Halard-Decugis (fourth round) USA Zina Garrison-Jackson (second round) FRA Nathalie Tauziat (fourth round) CZE Helena Suková (third round) ROM Irina Spîrlea (quarterfinals) AUT Barbara Paulus (third round) AUT Judith Wiesner (fourth round) USA Lisa Raymond (third round) JPN Naoko Sawamatsu (second round) USA Marianne Werdel-Witmeyer (third round) SWE Åsa Carlsson (second round) JPN Ai Sugiyama (fourth round) NED Kristie Boogert (third round) GER Petra Begerow (second round) ARG Florencia Labat (third round) JPN Yone Kamio (second round) ITA Silvia Farina (fourth round) RUS Elena Likhovtseva (second round) NED Miriam Oremans (third round) FRA Sandrine Testud (third round) TPE Shi-Ting Wang (third round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 1 GER Steffi Graf 77 6   5 JPN Kimiko Date 64 3   3 GER Anke Huber 0 1   8 USA Lindsay Davenport 6 6   6 USA Chanda Rubin 6 5 6 4 ARG Gabriela Sabatini 3 7 3 16 ROM Irina Spîrlea 4 5     SVK Karina Habšudová 6 7   1 GER Steffi Graf 6 6   8 USA Lindsay Davenport 4 4   6 USA Chanda Rubin 4 6 6   SVK Karina Habšudová 6 4 2 1 GER Steffi Graf 6 6   6 USA Chanda Rubin 1 3   Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round   FR Yugoslavia T Ječmenica 4 2     USA S Cacic 6 6   Q HUN V Csurgo 2 3     USA G Fernández 6 6   Q ARG P Suárez 0 2     BEL D Van Roost 6 6   Q ITA S Cecchini 3 6 3   INA Y Basuki 6 4 6 1 GER S Graf 6 7     USA S Cacic 1 5     USA G Fernández 66 6 6 20 JPN N Sawamatsu 78 3 3 26 ARG F Labat 4 6 6   BEL D Van Roost 6 2 3   INA Y Basuki 2 1   9 USA M J Fernández 6 6   1 GER S Graf 6 6     USA G Fernández 3 2   26 ARG F Labat 2 6 4 9 USA M J Fernández 6 4 6 1 GER S Graf 6 6   9 USA M J Fernández 1 0   Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round Q FRA A Dechaume-Balleret 6 6     USA L McNeil 3 3     AUT B Reinstadler 4 4     JPN M Endo 6 6     ITA R Grande 6 4 3   GER S Hack 4 6 6   AUT B Schett 7 6     POL K Nowak 5 0   15 CZE H Suková 1 6 6 Q FRA A Dechaume-Balleret 6 4 2   JPN M Endo 0 4   28 ITA S Farina 6 6   21 USA M Werdel-Witmeyer 6 2 6   GER S Hack 4 6 1   AUT B Schett 3 5   5 JPN K Date 6 7   15 CZE H Suková 0 5   28 ITA S Farina 6 7   21 USA M Werdel-Witmeyer 0 0   5 JPN K Date 6 6   28 ITA S Farina 2 2   5 JPN K Date 6 6   Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round   JPN N Kijimuta 3 3   LL USA J Watanabe 6 6   Q USA E deLone 7 3 7   ESP V Ruano-Pascual 5 6 5   LAT L Neiland 6 6   WC BUL K Maleeva 4 4   LL JPN N Miyagi 5 6 6   ROM R Dragomir 7 3 2 3 GER A Huber 6 68 6 LL USA J Watanabe 3 710 1 Q USA E deLone 2 3   32 TPE S-T Wang 6 6   18 AUT J Wiesner 1 6 6   LAT L Neiland 6 2 4 LL JPN N Miyagi 5 6 6 11 SUI M Hingis 7 1 3 3 GER A Huber 6 5 6 32 TPE S-T Wang 0 7 4 18 AUT J Wiesner 6 6   LL JPN N Miyagi 2 2   3 GER A Huber 6 6   18 AUT J Wiesner 4 4   Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round   AUS R Stubbs 1 0     USA A Grossman 6 6     USA L Wild 6 6   LL ITA F Lubiani 2 1   Q GER C Porwik 6 6     USA G Helgeson-Nielsen 4 0     GER B Rittner 63 6 2 Q ITA L Golarsa 77 4 6 13 USA Z Garrison-Jackson 4 5     USA A Grossman 6 7     USA L Wild 2 6 3 30 NED M Oremans 6 2 6 24 NED K Boogert 6 1 6 Q GER C Porwik 4 6 2 Q ITA L Golarsa 1 2   8 USA L Davenport 6 6     USA A Grossman 6 0 6 30 NED M Oremans 4 6 2 24 NED K Boogert 4 5   8 USA L Davenport 6 7     USA A Grossman 0 2   8 USA L Davenport 6 6   Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round   FRA A Fusai 6 6   LL ARG M J Gaidano 3 1     USA M McGrath 6 7     USA T Whitlinger-Jones 1 5     BEL N Feber 4 2   WC USA K Adams 6 6     USA L Lee 6 6     CHN J-Q Yi 3 0   6 USA C Rubin 6 6     FRA A Fusai 2 0     USA M McGrath 6 67 6 22 SWE Å Carlsson 2 79 3 25 GER P Begerow 3 4   WC USA K Adams 6 6     USA L Lee 4 5   14 FRA N Tauziat 6 7   6 USA C Rubin 6 6     USA M McGrath 2 3   WC USA K Adams 0 2   14 FRA N Tauziat 6 6   6 USA C Rubin 6 6   14 FRA N Tauziat 3 4   Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round   GER V Martinek 7 2 3 WC USA D Graham 5 6 6   FRA L Ghirardi 5 1     USA J Capriati 7 6     GER J Kandarr 4 6 68   GER K Kschwendt 6 4 710   ISR A Smashnova 6 6     JPN K Nagatsuka 3 4   10 RSA A Coetzer 6 6   WC USA D Graham 4 3     USA J Capriati 77 6   29 RUS E Likhovtseva 65 4   27 JPN Y Kamio 1 6 2   GER K Kschwendt 6 3 6   ISR A Smashnova 3 0   4 ARG G Sabatini 6 6   10 RSA A Coetzer 4 6 1   USA J Capriati 6 0 6   GER K Kschwendt 3 2   4 ARG G Sabatini 6 6     USA J Capriati 1 4   4 ARG G Sabatini 6 6   Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round WC USA K Rinaldi-Stunkel 3 6 4   USA S Stafford 6 1 6   CZE L Richterová 3 4     MEX A Gavaldón 6 6     SVK K Studeníková 6 6   Q CAN M Drake 4 2     USA N Arendt 3 2     GER C Singer 6 6   7 CZE J Novotná 7 6     USA S Stafford 5 3     MEX A Gavaldón 1 1   23 JPN A Sugiyama 6 6   19 USA L Raymond 6 6     SVK K Studeníková 2 3     GER C Singer 3 2   16 ROM I Spîrlea 6 6   7 CZE J Novotná 3 3   23 JPN A Sugiyama 6 6   19 USA L Raymond 4 4   16 ROM I Spîrlea 6 6   23 JPN A Sugiyama 4 5   16 ROM I Spîrlea 6 7   Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round   USA C Morariu 6 1   WC USA P Shriver 0 0 r WC USA T Snyder 64 3     AUS R McQuillan 77 6     CAN P Hy-Boulais 63 3     ITA A Serra Zanetti 77 6     SVK K Habšudová 6 4 6   GER S Meier 4 6 1 12 FRA J Halard-Decugis 6 6     USA C Morariu 4 0     AUS R McQuillan 5 3   17 AUT B Paulus 7 6   31 FRA S Testud 6 6     ITA A Serra Zanetti 1 1     SVK K Habšudová 2 6 77 2 ESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 3 64 12 FRA J Halard-Decugis 3 79 6 17 AUT B Paulus 6 67 4 31 FRA S Testud 4 2     SVK K Habšudová 6 6   12 FRA J Halard-Decugis 6 4 4   SVK K Habšudová 1 6 6 References External links 1996 Lipton Championships draws Women's Singles Singles