1996 French Open – Women's Singles


First-seeded Steffi Graf was the defending champion and successfully defended her title, defeating Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–3, 6–7, 10–8 to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1996 French Open. By winning her 19th Grand Slam title, Graf surpassed Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova's all time record overall Grand Slam singles titles at the Open Era.

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Steffi Graf is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
  1. Steffi Graf
  2. Monica Seles '
  3. Conchita Martínez '
  4. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario '
  5. Iva Majoli '
  6. Anke Huber '
  7. Kimiko Date '
  8. Brenda Schultz-McCarthy '
  9. Lindsay Davenport '
  10. Jana Novotná '
  11. Mary Joe Fernández '
  12. Mary Pierce '
  13. Magdalena Maleeva '
  14. Amanda Coetzer '
  15. Martina Hingis '
  16. Barbara Paulus

    Qualifying

Draw

Finals

Earlier rounds

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8