Women's singles
1996 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Steffi Graf
Runner-up	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Final score	6-3, 7-5
Details
Draw	128 (8 Q / 8 WC )
Seeds	16
Events
Singles men women boys girls Doubles men women mixed boys girls WC Singles men women quad WC Doubles men women quad Legends men women seniors
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Steffi Graf successfully defended her title, defeating Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the final, 6-3, 7-5 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1996 Wimbledon Championships. It was her seventh Wimbledon singles title and 20th major title overall.^[1] It was the second consecutive major final between the two women, with Graf also winning the French Open crown a month earlier.

Kimiko Date reached the semifinals, the last time a Japanese woman would do so at a major until Naomi Osaka in 2018.

Seeds

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Chanda Rubin withdrew due to injury. She was replaced in the draw by the highest-ranked non-seeded player Karina Hab?udová, who became the #17 seed.

Qualifying

Draw

Key

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Steffi Graf	6	6
	6	Jana Novotná	3	2
								1	Steffi Graf	6	2	6
								12	Kimiko Date	2	6	3
	12	Kimiko Date	3	6	6
	13	Mary Pierce	6	3	1
															1	Steffi Graf	6	7
															4	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	3	5
		Judith Wiesner	4	0
	4	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6	6
								4	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6	6
									Meredith McGrath	2	1
	9	Mary Joe Fernández	3	1
		Meredith McGrath	6	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	1	S Graf	6	6
		L Richterová	4	1				1	S Graf	7	6
		N Baudone	0	6	6				N Baudone	5	3
		J Husárová	6	1	1										1	S Graf	6	6
		H Nagyová	3	2												N Arendt	2	1
		N Arendt	6	6					N Arendt	2	6	6
		C Porwik	2	7	6				C Porwik	6	2	3
	WC	C Wood	6	5	4																	1	S Graf	6	6
		A Fusai	7	7																		16	M Hingis	1	4
		S Dopfer	5	6					A Fusai	4	2
		R Stubbs	1	4					L Wild	6	6
		L Wild	6	6												L Wild	3	6	1
	WC	R Viollet	6	2	6										16	M Hingis	6	2	6
	WC	M Miller	2	6	1			WC	R Viollet	1	1
		J Nejedly	2	2				16	M Hingis	6	6
	16	M Hingis	6	6

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	10	M Maleeva	6	6
		B Rittner	2	1				10	M Maleeva	67	6	7
		P Kamstra	2	6	1				N Tauziat	79	3	9
		N Tauziat	6	3	6											N Tauziat	3	6	4
		N Zvereva	6	6												P Hy-Boulais	6	3	6
		F Lubiani	3	1					N Zvereva	2	4
		M de Swardt	62	4					P Hy-Boulais	6	6
		P Hy-Boulais	77	6																			P Hy-Boulais	3	1
		Å Carlsson	6	3	3																	6	J Novotná	6	6
		K Kschwendt	4	6	6				K Kschwendt	2	0
		R Dragomir	67	7	8				R Dragomir	6	6
		Y Basuki	79	5	6											R Dragomir	3	1
		L Courtois	4	6	6										6	J Novotná	6	6
		A Glass	6	2	2				L Courtois	6	3
		V Martinek	4	0				6	J Novotná	7	6
	6	J Novotná	6	6

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	3	C Martínez	6	6
		S Farina	0	0				3	C Martínez	7	7
		L Raymond	6	3	6				L Raymond	5	5
		Á Montolio	2	6	2										3	C Martínez	7	77
		L McNeil	67	6	6											L McNeil	5	64
	Q	L Golarsa	79	4	4				L McNeil	4	6	6
		K Po	6	6					K Po	6	0	3
	Q	A Cocheteux	4	3																		3	C Martínez	7	65	3
		V Ruano Pascual	7	4	2																	12	K Date	5	77	6
		K Boogert	5	6	6				K Boogert	4	6	6
		N Bradtke	3	0				Q	K-A Guse	6	3	1
	Q	K-A Guse	6	6												K Boogert	6	4	2
		A-G Sidot	6	6											12	K Date	2	6	6
	Q	C Cristea	4	1					A-G Sidot	77	3	3
		K Nagatsuka	0	3				12	K Date	65	6	6
	12	K Date	6	6

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	13	M Pierce	6	6
		P Schnyder	3	2				13	M Pierce	6	6
	WC	J Ward	3	2				WC	C Taylor	4	2
	WC	C Taylor	6	6											13	M Pierce	6	6
		R Hiraki	7	6												N Medvedeva	4	1
		C Singer	5	4					R Hiraki	3	2
		C Morariu	7	5	4				N Medvedeva	6	6
		N Medvedeva	5	7	6																	13	M Pierce	6	6
		E Likhovtseva	77	6																			E Likhovtseva	2	3
		E Callens	64	3					E Likhovtseva	6	6
		A Gavaldón	64	1					K Adams	4	3
		K Adams	77	6												E Likhovtseva	6	4	6
		L Neiland	6	6												L Neiland	3	6	0
	WC	K Rinaldi-Stunkel	3	3					L Neiland	6	6
		M Schnell	4	1				8	L Davenport	3	2
	8	L Davenport	6	6

Bottom half

Section 5

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	17	K Hab?udová	0	5
		J Wiesner	6	7					J Wiesner	6	6
		M Werdel-Witmeyer	4	4				Q	M Paz	2	3
	Q	M Paz	6	6												J Wiesner	6	7
		K Nowak	0	2												G Fernández	2	5
		G Pizzichini	6	6					G Pizzichini	2	1
		T Je?menica	6	3	4				G Fernández	6	6
		G Fernández	2	6	6																		J Wiesner	6	6
		R Zrubáková	2	2																			A Frazier	4	4
		S-h Park	6	6					S-h Park	4	1
		A Frazier	6	6					A Frazier	6	6
		D Randriantefy	3	1												A Frazier	6	6
		I Gorrochategui	6	77												I Gorrochategui	0	3
		A Smashnova	4	65					I Gorrochategui	6	2	6
	WC	S Smith	6	1	2			15	I Spîrlea	3	6	4
	15	I Spîrlea	3	6	6

Section 6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	11	B Schultz-McCarthy	6	6
		J Kruger	0	3				11	B Schultz-McCarthy	6	6
		R Bobková	3	3					J Watanabe	3	0
		J Watanabe	6	6											11	B Schultz-McCarthy	5	6	10
	LL	A Olsza	6	6												S Appelmans	7	3	12
		M Grzybowska	4	4				LL	A Olsza	3	1
		N Miyagi	3	4					S Appelmans	6	6
		S Appelmans	6	6																			S Appelmans	6	2	1
	LL	F Perfetti	4	6	11																	4	A Sánchez Vicario	3	6	6
		M Sánchez Lorenzo	6	2	9			LL	F Perfetti	4	0
		N Sawamatsu	77	6					N Sawamatsu	6	6
		N Kijimuta	63	2												N Sawamatsu	4	1
		M Oremans	77	6											4	A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
		R Grande	64	3					M Oremans	5	3
		A Serra Zanetti	3	4				4	A Sánchez Vicario	7	6
	4	A Sánchez Vicario	6	6

Section 7

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	5	A Huber	6	6
		G León García	1	1				5	A Huber	6	6
	WC	P Shriver	6	6				WC	P Shriver	2	1
	Q	A Ellwood	4	4											5	A Huber	63	1
		K Godridge	3	3												A Sugiyama	77	6
		H Suková	6	6					H Suková	4	1
	Q	A Kremer	5	4					A Sugiyama	6	6
		A Sugiyama	7	6																			A Sugiyama	4	6	3
		P Begerow	4	6	6																	9	MJ Fernández	6	1	6
		B Schett	6	2	3				B Schett	2	6	2
		F Labat	6	2	7				F Labat	6	2	6
		T Whitlinger-Jones	1	6	5											F Labat	2	0
		S Cacic	1	3											9	MJ Fernández	6	6
		S Testud	6	6					S Testud	4	4
		J Kandarr	0	0				9	MJ Fernández	6	6
	9	MJ Fernández	6	6

Section 8

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	14	A Coetzer	6	6
		E Pampoulova	1	1				14	A Coetzer	64	6	3
		M Endo	2	5					M McGrath	77	2	6
		M McGrath	6	7												M McGrath	7	64	6
		A Dechaume-Balleret	1	1												N Feber	5	77	2
		N Feber	6	6					N Feber	6	6
		A Miller	6	6					A Miller	1	2
		P Suárez	2	2																			M McGrath	6	6
		Y Kamio	6	6																			K Studeníková	4	0
		N Dechy	2	3					Y Kamio	0	0
		D Van Roost	6	6					D Van Roost	6	6
	Q	M Drake	3	3												D Van Roost	3	2
		E Makarova	2	4												K Studeníková	6	6
		K Studeníková	6	6					K Studeníková	7	5	6
		A Grossman	1	2				2	M Seles	5	7	4
	2	M Seles	6	6

References

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com
• 1996 Wimbledon Championships on WTAtennis.com
• 1996 Wimbledon Championships - Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation