1996 Toshiba Classic – Singles


was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Kimiko Date.
Date won in the final 3-6, 6-3, 6-0 against Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.

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.
  1. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario '
  2. Conchita Martínez '
  3. Jana Novotná '
  4. Kimiko Date
  5. Gabriela Sabatini '
  6. Karina Habšudová '
  7. Ai Sugiyama '
  8. Nathalie Tauziat

    Draw

Final

Section 1

Section 2