1996 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia – Singles

Jana Novotná won the singles tennis title at the 1996 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia after the defending champion Steffi Graf retired in the final, with the scoreline at 6–4.

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) 🇩🇪 Steffi Graf (final)
 * 2) 🇪🇸 Conchita Martínez (second round)
 * 3) 🇨🇿 Jana Novotná (champion)
 * 4) 🇩🇪 Anke Huber (second round)
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Lindsay Davenport (first round)
 * 6)  Iva Majoli (second round)
 * 7) 🇺🇸 Mary Joe Fernández (first round)
 * 8) 🇦🇹 Barbara Paulus (quarterfinals)