1996 Bausch & Lomb Championships – Singles

Conchita Martínez was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Mary Pierce.

Irina Spîrlea won in the final 6–7, 6–4, 6–3 against Pierce.

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) 🇪🇸 Conchita Martínez (quarterfinals)
 * 2) 🇪🇸 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (semifinals)
 * 3) 🇧🇬 Magdalena Maleeva (second round)
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Chanda Rubin (third round)
 * 5) n/a
 * 6) 🇺🇸 Mary Joe Fernández (semifinals)
 * 7) 🇫🇷 Mary Pierce (final)
 * 8)  Irina Spîrlea (champion)
 * 9) n/a
 * 10) 🇸🇪 Åsa Carlsson (first round)
 * 11) 🇺🇸 Lindsay Lee (first round)
 * 12) 🇩🇪 Sabine Hack (quarterfinals)
 * 13) 🇺🇸 Meredith McGrath (quarterfinals)
 * 14) 🇮🇹 Silvia Farina (first round)
 * 15) 🇷🇺 Elena Makarova (second round)
 * 16)  Ruxandra Dragomir (second round)