1996 Páginas Amarillas Open – Singles

Singles
1996 Páginas Amarillas Open
Champion	Jana Novotná
Runner-up	Magdalena Maleeva
Score	4–6, 6–4, 6–3

Jana Novotná won in the final 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 against Magdalena Maleeva.

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 (quarterfinals)
2. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (semifinals)
3. Conchita Martínez (second round)
4. Magdalena Maleeva (final)
5. Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (quarterfinals)
6. Jana Novotná (champion)
7. Amanda Coetzer (quarterfinals)
8. Irina Spîrlea (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
	6	Jana Novotná	4	6	6
	4	Magdalena Maleeva	6	4	3

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	M Seles	3	7	6
		B Schett	6	6	6				B Schett	6	6	2
		A Frazier	7	3	4										1	M Seles
		J Kruger	6	0	r										8	I Spîrlea	w/o
		N Sawamatsu	0	1					N Sawamatsu
	Q	W Probst	1	2				8	I Spîrlea	w/o
	8	I Spîrlea	6	6																		8	I Spîrlea
																						6	J Novotná	w/o
								3	C Martínez	2	3
		L Richterová	7	6					L Richterová	6	6
		J Halard-Decugis	6	3												L Richterová	4	2
		L Raymond	6	6											6	J Novotná	6	6
		V Ruano-Pascual	4	3					L Raymond	2	5
	Q	P Schnyder	6	4				6	J Novotná	6	7
	6	J Novotná	7	6

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	5	B Schultz-McCarthy	6	7
		M Oremans	4	5				5	B Schultz-McCarthy	6	6
		S Appelmans	3	6				Q	R Bobková	4	3
	Q	R Bobková	6	7											5	B Schultz-McCarthy	2	3
		A Sugiyama	2	6											4	M Maleeva	6	6
		M Sánchez Lorenzo	6	7					M Sánchez Lorenzo	4	1
								4	M Maleeva	6	6
																						4	M Maleeva	6	7
	7	A Coetzer	6	6																		WC/2	A Sánchez Vicario	4	5
	Q	K Nowak	0	1				7	A Coetzer	6	6
		E Likhovtseva	6	6	6				E Likhovtseva	4	4
		R Grande	2	7	0										7	A Coetzer	2	3
		F Labat	6	6											WC/2	A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
	WC	N Serra	1	1					F Labat	5	1
								WC/2	A Sánchez Vicario	7	6

External links

• 1996 Páginas Amarillas Open Draw Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine