1996 Kremlin Cup – Women's singles

This was the first edition of the tournament.

Conchita Martínez won the title, defeating Barbara Paulus in the final 6–1, 4–6, 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 two seeds received a bye to the second round.


 * 1) 🇪🇸 Conchita Martínez (champion)
 * 2) 🇦🇹 Barbara Paulus (final)
 * 3)  Amanda Coetzer (first round)
 * 4) 🇧🇪 Sabine Appelmans (semifinals)
 * 5)  Ruxandra Dragomir (quarterfinals)
 * 6) 🇮🇹 Silvia Farina (first round)
 * 7) 🇦🇹 Barbara Schett (semifinals)
 * 8) 🇸🇰 Katarína Studeníková (quarterfinals)