1996 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles


was the defending champion, and successfully defended her title, defeating Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the final, 6–3, 7–5 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1996 Wimbledon Championships. This gave Graf the seventh Wimbledon title of her career and her 20th major title. It was the second consecutive major final between the two women, with Graf also winning the French Open crown a month earlier. With this victory, Graf captured her seventh and final Wimbledon crown, while it marked Sánchez Vicario's last appearance in the ladies' Wimbledon final.
Kimiko Date reached the semifinal in Grand Slam, it would be the last time where a Japanese female player reached the semifinals of a Grand Slam until Naomi Osaka reached the semifinals of the 2018 US Open.

Seeds

Steffi Graf
Monica Seles '
Conchita Martínez '
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario '
Anke Huber '
Jana Novotná '
Chanda Rubin '
Lindsay Davenport '
Mary Joe Fernández '
Magdalena Maleeva '
Brenda Schultz-McCarthy '
Kimiko Date '
Mary Pierce '
Amanda Coetzer '
Irina Spîrlea '
Martina Hingis '
Karina Habšudová '
Chanda Rubin withdrew due to injury. She was replaced in the draw by the highest-ranked non-seeded player Karina Habšudová, who became the #17 seed.

Qualifying

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8