1996 Nichirei International Championships – Singles

Mary Pierce was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Kimberly Po.

Singles
1996 Nichirei International Championships
1995 Champion	Mary Pierce
Champion	Monica Seles
Runner-up	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Score	6–1, 6–4

Monica Seles won in the final 6–1, 6–4 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. Monica Seles (champion)
2. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (final)
3. Kimiko Date (semifinals)
4. Mary Pierce (quarterfinals)
5. Amanda Coetzer (quarterfinals)
6. Ai Sugiyama (second round)
7. Naoko Sawamatsu (quarterfinals)
8. Shi-Ting Wang (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Final

	Final
	1	Monica Seles	6	6
	2	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	1	4

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	M Seles	6	6
		M Endo	6	6					M Endo	4	4
		Y Kamio	1	4											1	M Seles	6	6
	WC	Y Yoshida	2	6	6										7	N Sawamatsu	1	4
	Q	L Varmužová	6	3	4			WC	Y Yoshida	2	1
		A Grossman	1	3				7	N Sawamatsu	6	6
	7	N Sawamatsu	6	6																		1	M Seles	6	1	7
																						3	K Date	4	6	6
								3	K Date	4	6	6
		N Miyagi	7	7					N Miyagi	6	4	3
	Q	H Inoue	6	6											3	K Date	6	6
		J Watanabe	1	2											5	A Coetzer	3	0
		N Kijimuta	6	6					N Kijimuta	6	2
	Q	K-A Guse	1	2				5	A Coetzer	7	6
	5	A Coetzer	6	6

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	6	A Sugiyama	6	6
		A Gerši	1	4				6	A Sugiyama	2	7	4
	WC	M Saeki	2	1					K Po	6	6	6
		K Po	6	6												K Po	7	6
		S-H Park	7	6											4	M Pierce	5	4
	Q	T Tanasugarn	6	2					S-H Park	5	2
								4	M Pierce	7	6
																							K Po	4	3
	8	S-T Wang	6	6																		2	A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
		R Hiraki	1	3				8	S-T Wang	6	7
		A Glass	6	6					A Glass	1	5
		A Ellwood	4	4											8	S-T Wang	6	1	1
		K Nagatsuka	4	6	2										2	A Sánchez Vicario	4	6	6
		R Grande	6	2	6				R Grande	2	1
								2	A Sánchez Vicario	6	6

External links

• 1996 Nichirei International Championships Draw Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine