1996 Lipton Championships – Women's singles

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.^[1]

Women's singles
1996 Lipton Championships
Champion	Steffi Graf
Runner-up	Chanda Rubin
Score	6–1, 6–3
Draw	96
Seeds	32

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.

1. Steffi Graf (champion)
2. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (second round)
3. Anke Huber (quarterfinals)
4. Gabriela Sabatini (quarterfinals)
5. Kimiko Date (quarterfinals)
6. Chanda Rubin (final)
7. Jana Novotná (third round)
8. Lindsay Davenport (semifinals)
9. Mary Joe Fernández (fourth round)
10. Amanda Coetzer (third round)
11. Martina Hingis (second round)
12. Julie Halard-Decugis (fourth round)
13. Zina Garrison-Jackson (second round)
14. Nathalie Tauziat (fourth round)
15. Helena Suková (third round)
16. Irina Spîrlea (quarterfinals)
17. Barbara Paulus (third round)
18. Judith Wiesner (fourth round)
19. Lisa Raymond (third round)
20. Naoko Sawamatsu (second round)
21. Marianne Werdel-Witmeyer (third round)
22. Åsa Carlsson (second round)
23. Ai Sugiyama (fourth round)
24. Kristie Boogert (third round)
25. Petra Begerow (second round)
26. Florencia Labat (third round)
27. Yone Kamio (second round)
28. Silvia Farina (fourth round)
29. Elena Likhovtseva (second round)
30. Miriam Oremans (third round)
31. Sandrine Testud (third round)
32. Shi-Ting Wang (third round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Steffi Graf	77	6
	5	Kimiko Date	64	3
								1	Steffi Graf	6	6
								8	Lindsay Davenport	4	4
	3	Anke Huber	0	1
	8	Lindsay Davenport	6	6
															1	Steffi Graf	6	6
															6	Chanda Rubin	1	3
	6	Chanda Rubin	6	5	6
	4	Gabriela Sabatini	3	7	3
								6	Chanda Rubin	4	6	6
									Karina Habšudová	6	4	2
	16	Irina Spîrlea	4	5
		Karina Habšudová	6	7

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								1	S Graf	6	7
		T Ječmenica	4	2					S Cacic	1	5
		S Cacic	6	6											1	S Graf	6	6
	Q	V Csurgo	2	3												G Fernández	3	2
		G Fernández	6	6					G Fernández	66	6	6
								20	N Sawamatsu	78	3	3
																						1	S Graf	6	6
																						9	M J Fernández	1	0
								26	F Labat	4	6	6
	Q	P Suárez	0	2					D Van Roost	6	2	3
		D Van Roost	6	6											26	F Labat	2	6	4
	Q	S Cecchini	3	6	3										9	M J Fernández	6	4	6
		Y Basuki	6	4	6				Y Basuki	2	1
								9	M J Fernández	6	6

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								15	H Suková	1	6	6
	Q	A Dechaume-Balleret	6	6				Q	A Dechaume-Balleret	6	4	2
		L McNeil	3	3											15	H Suková	0	5
		B Reinstadler	4	4											28	S Farina	6	7
		M Endo	6	6					M Endo	0	4
								28	S Farina	6	6
																						28	S Farina	2	2
																						5	K Date	6	6
								21	M Werdel-Witmeyer	6	2	6
		R Grande	6	4	3				S Hack	4	6	1
		S Hack	4	6	6										21	M Werdel-Witmeyer	0	0
		B Schett	7	6											5	K Date	6	6
		K Nowak	5	0					B Schett	3	5
								5	K Date	6	7

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								3	A Huber	6	68	6
		N Kijimuta	3	3				LL	J Watanabe	3	710	1
	LL	J Watanabe	6	6											3	A Huber	6	5	6
	Q	E deLone	7	3	7										32	S-T Wang	0	7	4
		V Ruano-Pascual	5	6	5			Q	E deLone	2	3
								32	S-T Wang	6	6
																						3	A Huber	6	6
																						18	J Wiesner	4	4
								18	J Wiesner	1	6	6
		L Neiland	6	6					L Neiland	6	2	4
	WC	K Maleeva	4	4											18	J Wiesner	6	6
	LL	N Miyagi	5	6	6										LL	N Miyagi	2	2
		R Dragomir	7	3	2			LL	N Miyagi	5	6	6
								11	M Hingis	7	1	3

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								13	Z Garrison-Jackson	4	5
		R Stubbs	1	0					A Grossman	6	7
		A Grossman	6	6												A Grossman	6	0	6
		L Wild	6	6											30	M Oremans	4	6	2
	LL	F Lubiani	2	1					L Wild	2	6	3
								30	M Oremans	6	2	6
																							A Grossman	0	2
																						8	L Davenport	6	6
								24	K Boogert	6	1	6
	Q	C Porwik	6	6				Q	C Porwik	4	6	2
		G Helgeson-Nielsen	4	0											24	K Boogert	4	5
		B Rittner	63	6	2										8	L Davenport	6	7
	Q	L Golarsa	77	4	6			Q	L Golarsa	1	2
								8	L Davenport	6	6

Bottom half

Section 5

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								6	C Rubin	6	6
		A Fusai	6	6					A Fusai	2	0
	LL	M J Gaidano	3	1											6	C Rubin	6	6
		M McGrath	6	7												M McGrath	2	3
		T Whitlinger-Jones	1	5					M McGrath	6	67	6
								22	Å Carlsson	2	79	3
																						6	C Rubin	6	6
																						14	N Tauziat	3	4
								25	P Begerow	3	4
		N Feber	4	2				WC	K Adams	6	6
	WC	K Adams	6	6											WC	K Adams	0	2
		L Lee	6	6											14	N Tauziat	6	6
		J-Q Yi	3	0					L Lee	4	5
								14	N Tauziat	6	7

Section 6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								10	A Coetzer	6	6
		V Martinek	7	2	3			WC	D Graham	4	3
	WC	D Graham	5	6	6										10	A Coetzer	4	6	1
		L Ghirardi	5	1												J Capriati	6	0	6
		J Capriati	7	6					J Capriati	77	6
								29	E Likhovtseva	65	4
																							J Capriati	1	4
																						4	G Sabatini	6	6
								27	Y Kamio	1	6	2
		J Kandarr	4	6	68				K Kschwendt	6	3	6
		K Kschwendt	6	4	710											K Kschwendt	3	2
		A Smashnova	6	6											4	G Sabatini	6	6
		K Nagatsuka	3	4					A Smashnova	3	0
								4	G Sabatini	6	6

Section 7

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								7	J Novotná	7	6
	WC	K Rinaldi-Stunkel	3	6	4				S Stafford	5	3
		S Stafford	6	1	6										7	J Novotná	3	3
		L Richterová	3	4											23	A Sugiyama	6	6
		A Gavaldón	6	6					A Gavaldón	1	1
								23	A Sugiyama	6	6
																						23	A Sugiyama	4	5
																						16	I Spîrlea	6	7
								19	L Raymond	6	6
		K Studeníková	6	6					K Studeníková	2	3
	Q	M Drake	4	2											19	L Raymond	4	4
		N Arendt	3	2											16	I Spîrlea	6	6
		C Singer	6	6					C Singer	3	2
								16	I Spîrlea	6	6

Section 8

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								12	J Halard-Decugis	6	6
		C Morariu	6	1					C Morariu	4	0
	WC	P Shriver	0	0	r										12	J Halard-Decugis	3	79	6
	WC	T Snyder	64	3											17	B Paulus	6	67	4
		R McQuillan	77	6					R McQuillan	5	3
								17	B Paulus	7	6
																						12	J Halard-Decugis	6	4	4
																							K Habšudová	1	6	6
								31	S Testud	6	6
		P Hy-Boulais	63	3					A Serra Zanetti	1	1
		A Serra Zanetti	77	6											31	S Testud	4	2
		K Habšudová	6	4	6											K Habšudová	6	6
		S Meier	4	6	1				K Habšudová	2	6	77
								2	A Sánchez Vicario	6	3	64