Singles
1996 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia
1995 Champion	Steffi Graf
Champion	Jana Novotná
Runner-up	Steffi Graf
Score	6–4, ret.

Jana Novotná won the singles tennis title at the 1996 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia after the defending champion Steffi Graf retired in the final, with the scoreline at 6–4.

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.

Draw

Final

	Final
	1	Steffi Graf	4	0r
	3	Jana Novotná	6	0

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	S Graf	6	6
		K Habšudová	6	4					A Frazier	2	1
		A Frazier	7	6											1	S Graf	6	6
		V Ruano-Pascual	6	1	5											C Rubin	0	3
		C Rubin	4	6	7				C Rubin	5	6	6
		J Wiesner	2	2				6	I Majoli	7	2	1
	6	I Majoli	6	6																		1	S Graf	6	7
																						Q	M Werdel-Witmeyer	2	5
								4	A Huber	6	6	1
	Q	R Zrubáková	0	4				Q	M Werdel-Witmeyer	2	7	6
	Q	M Werdel-Witmeyer	6	6											Q	M Werdel-Witmeyer	6	6
		N Tauziat	6	3	4										8	B Paulus	2	3
	Q	Z Garrison-Jackson	2	6	6			Q	Z Garrison-Jackson
		A Coetzer	1	2				8	B Paulus	w/o
	8	B Paulus	6	6

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	5	L Davenport	4	6
		A Miller	6	7					A Miller	4	6	7
	WC	M Shaughnessy	3	6	6			WC	M Shaughnessy	6	2	5
	Q	L Poruri	6	2	2											A Miller	3	0
		A Sugiyama	6	5											3	J Novotná	6	6
		L McNeil	7	7					L McNeil	4	5
								3	J Novotná	6	7
																						3	J Novotná	6	6
	7	M J Fernández	2r																				Y Basuki	3	1
		K Po	5						K Po	4	4
		Y Basuki	6	7					Y Basuki	6	6
	WC	A Kournikova	4	6												Y Basuki	5	6	6
		G Fernández	1	6	3											L Raymond	7	3	3
		L Raymond	6	3	6				L Raymond	6	6
								2	C Martínez	2	3

External links

• 1996 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia Draw