1996 Acura Classic – Singles

Conchita Martínez was the defending champion but did not compete that year.

Lindsay Davenport won in the final 6–2, 6–3 against Anke Huber.

Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.


 * 1) 🇩🇪 Steffi Graf (semifinals)
 * 2) 🇩🇪 Anke Huber (final)
 * 3) 🇯🇵 Kimiko Date (quarterfinals)
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Lindsay Davenport (champion)
 * 5)  Amanda Coetzer (quarterfinals)
 * 6)  Irina Spîrlea (quarterfinals)
 * 7) 🇸🇰 Karina Habšudová (semifinals)
 * 8) 🇺🇸 Amy Frazier (quarterfinals)
 * 9) 🇯🇵 Ai Sugiyama (third round)
 * 10) 🇫🇷 Nathalie Tauziat (second round)
 * 11) 🇧🇾 Natasha Zvereva (third round)
 * 12) 🇷🇺 Elena Likhovtseva (first round)
 * 13) 🇺🇸 Linda Wild (second round)
 * 14)  Yayuk Basuki (first round)
 * 15) 🇸🇰 Katarína Studeníková (first round)
 * 16) 🇦🇹 Barbara Schett (first round)