1996 Australian Open – Women's Singles

1996 Australian Open

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Australian Open

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Mary Pierce was the defending champion, but she was defeated by Elena Likhovtseva in the second round.

Monica Seles won the title, defeating Anke Huber in the final. This would be Seles' first and only Grand Slam victory since her stabbing.

Seeds

23x15px Monica Seles (Champion)
23x15px Conchita Martínez (Quarterfinals)
23x15px Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (Quarterfinals)
23x15px Mary Pierce (Second Round)
Template:Country data JPN Kimiko Date (Second Round)
23x15px Gabriela Sabatini (Fourth Round)
23x15px Iva Majoli (Quarterfinals)
23x15px Anke Huber (Final)
23x15px Mary Joe Fernández (Fourth Round)
23x15px Lindsay Davenport (Fourth Round)
23x15px Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (Fourth Round)
23x15px Natasha Zvereva (First Round)
23x15px Chanda Rubin (Semifinals)
23x15px Amy Frazier (First round)
Template:Country data JPN Naoko Sawamatsu (Fourth Round)
23x15px Amanda Coetzer (Semifinals)

Draw

Key

w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

1	23x15px Monica Seles	6	6
7	23x15px Iva Majoli	1	2
					1	23x15px Monica Seles	6²	6	7

					13	23x15px Chanda Rubin	7⁷	1	5
3	23x15px Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	4	6	14

13	23x15px Chanda Rubin	6	2	16
										1	23x15px Monica Seles	6	6
										8	23x15px Anke Huber	4	1
	23x16px Martina Hingis	5	6	1
16	23x15px Amanda Coetzer	7	4	6
					16	23x15px Amanda Coetzer	6	4	2

					8	23x15px Anke Huber	4	6	6
8	23x15px Anke Huber	4	6	6

2	23x15px Conchita Martínez	6	2	1

Top Half

Section 1

First Round					Second Round					Third Round				Fourth Round

1	23x15px M Seles	6	6
Q	23x15px J Lee	3	0		1	23x15px M Seles	6	6
	23x15px K Studeníková	7	6			23x15px K Studeníková	1	1
	23x15px D Van Roost	5	4							1	23x15px M Seles	7	6
Q	23x15px F Lubiani	6	4	6							23x15px J Halard-Decugis	5	0
	23x15px N Bradtke	2	6	4	Q	23x15px F Lubiani	2	6	2
	23x15px J Halard-Decugis	6	6			23x15px J Halard-Decugis	6	0	6
WC	23x15px J Taylor	1	1											1	23x15px M Seles	6	6
	23x15px R Zrubáková	6	5	1										15	Template:Country data JPN N Sawamatsu	1	3
	Template:Country data JPN A Sugiyama	0	7	6		Template:Country data JPN A Sugiyama	6	6
	23x15px S Pitkowski	4	6³		Q	23x15px A Dechaume-Balleret	2	2
Q	23x15px A Dechaume-Balleret	6	7⁷								Template:Country data JPN A Sugiyama	4	0
	23x15px J Husárová	2	1							15	Template:Country data JPN N Sawamatsu	6	6
	23x15px L Wild	6	6			23x15px L Wild	4	3
	23x15px C Cristea	6	2	1	15	Template:Country data JPN N Sawamatsu	6	6
15	Template:Country data JPN N Sawamatsu	4	6	6

Section 2

First Round					Second Round					Third Round				Fourth Round

12	23x15px N Zvereva	2	6	5
	Template:Country data ISR A Smashnova	6	4	7		Template:Country data ISR A Smashnova	7	4	2
	23x15px T Whitlinger-Jones	6	6			23x15px T Whitlinger-Jones	5	6	6
	Template:Country data JPN N Kijimuta	3	0								23x15px T Whitlinger-Jones	3	2
	23x15px I Spîrlea	6	6⁴	8							23x15px S Appelmans	6	6
	23x15px S Testud	4	7⁷	6		23x15px I Spîrlea	3	3
	23x15px N Baudone	5	4			23x15px S Appelmans	6	6
	23x15px S Appelmans	7	6												23x15px S Appelmans	2	2
Q	23x15px J Watanabe	6	6											7	23x15px I Majoli	6	6
	23x15px M de Swardt	4	3		Q	23x15px J Watanabe	6⁵	6⁵
	23x15px P Shriver	4	4			23x15px A Fusai	7⁷	7⁷
	23x15px A Fusai	6	6								23x15px A Fusai	2	1
WC	23x15px N Pratt	5	3							7	23x15px I Majoli	6	6
	23x15px L McNeil	7	6			23x15px L McNeil	3	2
	23x15px E Makarova	4	2		7	23x15px I Majoli	6	6
7	23x15px I Majoli	6	6

Section 3

First Round					Second Round					Third Round				Fourth Round

3	23x15px A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
	23x15px B Reinstadler	2	2		3	23x15px A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
	23x15px A Grossman	3	2			23x15px B Rittner	3	2
	23x15px B Rittner	6	6							3	23x15px A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
	23x15px K Godridge	4	6	3							23x15px S Cacic	3	3
WC	23x15px S Drake-Brockman	6	4	6	WC	23x15px S Drake-Brockman	2	5
	23x15px S Cacic	6	6			23x15px S Cacic	6	7
	23x15px E Callens	3	4											3	23x15px A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
	23x15px N Arendt	6	6											9	23x15px MJ Fernández	3	3
WC	23x15px K Radford	3	1			23x15px N Arendt	3	6	8
	23x15px L Ghirardi-Rubbi	3	4			23x15px S Farina	6	3	6
	23x15px S Farina	6	6								23x15px N Arendt	1	1
	23x15px V Martinek	2	3							9	23x15px MJ Fernández	6	6
	23x15px M Sánchez Lorenzo	6	6			23x15px M Sánchez Lorenzo	2	0
	23x15px V Ruano Pascual	4	3		9	23x15px MJ Fernández	6	6
9	23x15px MJ Fernández	6	6

Section 4

First Round					Second Round					Third Round				Fourth Round

13	23x15px C Rubin	4	6	6
	23x15px R McQuillan	6	3	2	13	23x15px C Rubin	6³	6	6
	23x15px T Križan	6	2	6		23x15px T Križan	7⁷	2	3
	23x15px M McGrath	2	6	4						13	23x15px C Rubin	6	6
	23x15px L Courtois	7⁷	7⁷								23x15px L Courtois	0	2
	23x15px M Oremans	6⁴	6⁴			23x15px L Courtois	6	7⁷
	23x15px A Ellwood	6	5	1		23x15px J Kruger	3	6⁵
	23x15px J Kruger	4	7	6										13	23x15px C Rubin	6	6
	23x15px K Kschwendt	6	6											6	23x15px G Sabatini	2	4
	23x15px P Begerow	0	2			23x15px K Kschwendt	2	6	6
	Template:Country data JPN N Miyagi	6	7			Template:Country data JPN N Miyagi	6	2	1
	23x15px S Cecchini	3	5								23x15px K Kschwendt	1	2
	23x15px I Demongeot	3	3							6	23x15px G Sabatini	6	6
	23x15px K Habšudová	6	6			23x15px K Habšudová	4	3
	23x15px S Stafford	0	1		6	23x15px G Sabatini	6	6
6	23x15px G Sabatini	6	6

Bottom Half

Section 5

First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Fourth Round

5	Template:Country data JPN K Date	6	6
	23x15px A Gavaldón	2	0		5	Template:Country data JPN K Date	2	6	4
	Template:Country data JPN M Endo	7⁸	6			Template:Country data JPN M Endo	6	1	6
WC	23x15px K-A Guse	6⁶	4								Template:Country data JPN M Endo	1	1
	23x15px J Nejedly	1	1								23x16px M Hingis	6	6
	23x16px M Hingis	6	6			23x16px M Hingis	6	6
	23x15px B Paulus	6	6			23x15px B Paulus	1	4
	23x15px L Neiland	0	0													23x16px M Hingis	6	6
	23x15px N Feber	6	6												11	23x15px B Schultz-McCarthy	1	4
Q	23x15px S Jeyaseelan	4	0			23x15px N Feber	2	6	3
	23x15px A Serra Zanetti	3	2			23x15px K Boogert	6	1	6
	23x15px K Boogert	6	6								23x15px K Boogert	6	1	4
	23x15px A Temesvári	6⁵	1							11	23x15px B Schultz-McCarthy	4	6	6
	23x15px S-t Wang	7⁷	6			23x15px S-t Wang	4	6	3
	23x15px P Hy-Boulais	6	6³	3	11	23x15px B Schultz-McCarthy	6	3	6
11	23x15px B Schultz-McCarthy	1	7⁷	6

Section 6

First Round					Second Round					Third Round				Fourth Round

16	23x15px A Coetzer	6	6
	23x15px M Schnell	2	2		16	23x15px A Coetzer	6	6
	23x15px S Hack	2	6	6		23x15px S Hack	1	1
	#REDIRECT Template:Country data Indonesia Y Basuki	6	4	4						16	23x15px A Coetzer	6	6
Q	23x15px L Poruri	6	6⁵	6						Q	Template:Country data JPN R Hiraki	3	1
	23x15px L Lee	3	7⁷	3	Q	23x15px L Poruri	3	6	2
	23x15px MJ Gaidano	6	3	2	Q	Template:Country data JPN R Hiraki	6	4	6
Q	Template:Country data JPN R Hiraki	3	6	6										16	23x15px A Coetzer	6	6
	23x15px L Raymond	4	3												23x15px E Likhovtseva	3	3
	23x15px R Grande	6	6			23x15px R Grande	6	7⁷
	Template:Country data HKG M Tang	6	4	2		23x15px S Meier	4	6⁵
	23x15px S Meier	0	6	6							23x15px R Grande	3	1
	Template:Country data JPN K Nagatsuka	2	4								23x15px E Likhovtseva	6	6
	23x15px E Likhovtseva	6	6			23x15px E Likhovtseva	6	6
	23x15px P Schwarz	3	1		4	23x15px M Pierce	4	4
4	23x15px M Pierce	6	6

Section 7

First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Fourth Round

8	23x15px A Huber	6	6
	23x15px S Kleinová	1	4		8	23x15px A Huber	6	6
	23x15px Å Carlsson	6	6			23x15px Å Carlsson	1	2
WC	23x15px K Sharpe	2	0							8	23x15px A Huber	6	6
	23x15px M Strandlund	5	6⁴								23x15px L Richterová	2	1
	23x15px D Randriantefy	7	7⁷			23x15px D Randriantefy	6⁴	6	5
	23x15px L Richterová	6	6			23x15px L Richterová	7⁷	4	7
WC	23x15px G Biggs	3	3												8	23x15px A Huber	6	6
	23x15px H Suková	6	6													23x15px B Schett	3	2
	23x15px J Wiesner	4	0			23x15px H Suková	7⁷	4	8
	23x15px M Grzybowska	4	6	6		23x15px M Grzybowska	6⁵	6	6
WC	23x15px T Musgrave	6	3	2							23x15px H Suková	2	7	6
	23x15px M Vento	7⁷	4	4							23x15px B Schett	6	5	8
	Template:Country data KOR S-h Park	6²	6	6		Template:Country data KOR S-h Park	4	3
	23x15px B Schett	4	7	9		23x15px B Schett	6	6
14	23x15px A Frazier	6	5	7

Section 8

First Round					Second Round				Third Round				Fourth Round

10	23x15px L Davenport	6	6
	23x15px C Singer	1	2		10	23x15px L Davenport	7⁷	6
	23x15px G Fernández	3	4			23x15px R Stubbs	6⁵	3
	23x15px R Stubbs	6	6						10	23x15px L Davenport	6	7
	23x15px K Nowak	3	0							23x15px N Dahlman	4	5
	23x15px N Dahlman	6	6			23x15px N Dahlman	6	6
	23x15px E de Lone	6	2	4		23x15px R Dragomir	4	3
	23x15px R Dragomir	4	6	6									10	23x15px L Davenport	3	1
	Template:Country data JPN Y Kamio	2	7⁷	6									2	23x15px C Martínez	6	6
	23x15px F Li	6	6⁴	2		Template:Country data JPN Y Kamio	6³	3
	23x15px T Ječmenica	4	3			23x15px J Kandarr	7⁷	6
	23x15px J Kandarr	6	6							23x15px J Kandarr	3	0
	23x15px J-Q Yi	2	2						2	23x15px C Martínez	6	6
	23x15px F Labat	6	6			23x15px F Labat	2	4
Q	23x15px C Wood	4	1		2	23x15px C Martínez	6	6
2	23x15px C Martínez	6	6

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Contents

Seeds

Draw

Key

Finals

Top Half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom Half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

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