Women's singles
1996 Lipton Championships
Champion	Steffi Graf
Runner-up	Chanda Rubin
Score	6–1, 6–3
Draw	96
Seeds	32

Two-time defending champion Steffi Graf defeated Chanda Rubin in the final, 6–1, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1996 Miami Open.

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. All thirty-two seeds received a bye to the second round.

Draw

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Steffi Graf	77	6
	5	Kimiko Date	64	3
								1	Steffi Graf	6	6
								8	Lindsay Davenport	4	4
	3	Anke Huber	0	1
	8	Lindsay Davenport	6	6
															1	Steffi Graf	6	6
															6	Chanda Rubin	1	3
	6	Chanda Rubin	6	5	6
	4	Gabriela Sabatini	3	7	3
								6	Chanda Rubin	4	6	6
									Karina Habšudová	6	4	2
	16	Irina Spîrlea	4	5
		Karina Habšudová	6	7

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								1	S Graf	6	7
		T Ječmenica	4	2					S Cacic	1	5
		S Cacic	6	6											1	S Graf	6	6
	Q	V Csurgo	2	3												G Fernández	3	2
		G Fernández	6	6					G Fernández	66	6	6
								20	N Sawamatsu	78	3	3
																						1	S Graf	6	6
																						9	M J Fernández	1	0
								26	F Labat	4	6	6
	Q	P Suárez	0	2					D Van Roost	6	2	3
		D Van Roost	6	6											26	F Labat	2	6	4
	Q	S Cecchini	3	6	3										9	M J Fernández	6	4	6
		Y Basuki	6	4	6				Y Basuki	2	1
								9	M J Fernández	6	6

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								15	H Suková	1	6	6
	Q	A Dechaume-Balleret	6	6				Q	A Dechaume-Balleret	6	4	2
		L McNeil	3	3											15	H Suková	0	5
		B Reinstadler	4	4											28	S Farina	6	7
		M Endo	6	6					M Endo	0	4
								28	S Farina	6	6
																						28	S Farina	2	2
																						5	K Date	6	6
								21	M Werdel-Witmeyer	6	2	6
		R Grande	6	4	3				S Hack	4	6	1
		S Hack	4	6	6										21	M Werdel-Witmeyer	0	0
		B Schett	7	6											5	K Date	6	6
		K Nowak	5	0					B Schett	3	5
								5	K Date	6	7

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								3	A Huber	6	68	6
		N Kijimuta	3	3				LL	J Watanabe	3	710	1
	LL	J Watanabe	6	6											3	A Huber	6	5	6
	Q	E deLone	7	3	7										32	S-T Wang	0	7	4
		V Ruano-Pascual	5	6	5			Q	E deLone	2	3
								32	S-T Wang	6	6
																						3	A Huber	6	6
																						18	J Wiesner	4	4
								18	J Wiesner	1	6	6
		L Neiland	6	6					L Neiland	6	2	4
	WC	K Maleeva	4	4											18	J Wiesner	6	6
	LL	N Miyagi	5	6	6										LL	N Miyagi	2	2
		R Dragomir	7	3	2			LL	N Miyagi	5	6	6
								11	M Hingis	7	1	3

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								13	Z Garrison-Jackson	4	5
		R Stubbs	1	0					A Grossman	6	7
		A Grossman	6	6												A Grossman	6	0	6
		L Wild	6	6											30	M Oremans	4	6	2
	LL	F Lubiani	2	1					L Wild	2	6	3
								30	M Oremans	6	2	6
																							A Grossman	0	2
																						8	L Davenport	6	6
								24	K Boogert	6	1	6
	Q	C Porwik	6	6				Q	C Porwik	4	6	2
		G Helgeson-Nielsen	4	0											24	K Boogert	4	5
		B Rittner	63	6	2										8	L Davenport	6	7
	Q	L Golarsa	77	4	6			Q	L Golarsa	1	2
								8	L Davenport	6	6

Bottom half

Section 5

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								6	C Rubin	6	6
		A Fusai	6	6					A Fusai	2	0
	LL	M J Gaidano	3	1											6	C Rubin	6	6
		M McGrath	6	7												M McGrath	2	3
		T Whitlinger-Jones	1	5					M McGrath	6	67	6
								22	Å Carlsson	2	79	3
																						6	C Rubin	6	6
																						14	N Tauziat	3	4
								25	P Begerow	3	4
		N Feber	4	2				WC	K Adams	6	6
	WC	K Adams	6	6											WC	K Adams	0	2
		L Lee	6	6											14	N Tauziat	6	6
		J-Q Yi	3	0					L Lee	4	5
								14	N Tauziat	6	7

Section 6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								10	A Coetzer	6	6
		V Martinek	7	2	3			WC	D Graham	4	3
	WC	D Graham	5	6	6										10	A Coetzer	4	6	1
		L Ghirardi	5	1												J Capriati	6	0	6
		J Capriati	7	6					J Capriati	77	6
								29	E Likhovtseva	65	4
																							J Capriati	1	4
																						4	G Sabatini	6	6
								27	Y Kamio	1	6	2
		J Kandarr	4	6	68				K Kschwendt	6	3	6
		K Kschwendt	6	4	710											K Kschwendt	3	2
		A Smashnova	6	6											4	G Sabatini	6	6
		K Nagatsuka	3	4					A Smashnova	3	0
								4	G Sabatini	6	6

Section 7

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								7	J Novotná	7	6
	WC	K Rinaldi-Stunkel	3	6	4				S Stafford	5	3
		S Stafford	6	1	6										7	J Novotná	3	3
		L Richterová	3	4											23	A Sugiyama	6	6
		A Gavaldón	6	6					A Gavaldón	1	1
								23	A Sugiyama	6	6
																						23	A Sugiyama	4	5
																						16	I Spîrlea	6	7
								19	L Raymond	6	6
		K Studeníková	6	6					K Studeníková	2	3
	Q	M Drake	4	2											19	L Raymond	4	4
		N Arendt	3	2											16	I Spîrlea	6	6
		C Singer	6	6					C Singer	3	2
								16	I Spîrlea	6	6

Section 8

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								12	J Halard-Decugis	6	6
		C Morariu	6	1					C Morariu	4	0
	WC	P Shriver	0	0	r										12	J Halard-Decugis	3	79	6
	WC	T Snyder	64	3											17	B Paulus	6	67	4
		R McQuillan	77	6					R McQuillan	5	3
								17	B Paulus	7	6
																						12	J Halard-Decugis	6	4	4
																							K Habšudová	1	6	6
								31	S Testud	6	6
		P Hy-Boulais	63	3					A Serra Zanetti	1	1
		A Serra Zanetti	77	6											31	S Testud	4	2
		K Habšudová	6	4	6											K Habšudová	6	6
		S Meier	4	6	1				K Habšudová	2	6	77
								2	A Sánchez Vicario	6	3	64

References

• 1996 Lipton Championships Draw