1996 Italian Open – Women's singles


Three-time defending champion Conchita Martínez defeated Martina Hingis in the final, 6–2, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1996 Italian Open.

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.
  1. Steffi Graf '
  2. Conchita Martínez
  3. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario '
  4. Iva Majoli '
  5. Magdalena Maleeva '
  6. Martina Hingis '
  7. Irina Spîrlea '
  8. Nathalie Tauziat '
  9. Judith Wiesner '
  10. Petra Begerow '
  11. Yayuk Basuki '
  12. Sandrine Testud '
  13. Lindsay Lee '
  14. Joannette Kruger '
  15. Florencia Labat '
  16. Barbara Schett ''''