1996 Direct Line International Championships – Singles


Nathalie Tauziat was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Monica Seles.
Seles won in the final 6-0, 6-2 against Mary Joe Fernández.

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.
  1. Monica Seles
  2. Conchita Martínez '
  3. Jana Novotná '
  4. Chanda Rubin '
  5. Lindsay Davenport '
  6. Mary Joe Fernández '
  7. Kimiko Date '
  8. Mary Pierce ''''