1996 Nokia Open – Singles

Linda Wild was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Tamarine Tanasugarn.

Fifth-seeded Wang Shi-ting won in the final 6–3, 6–4 against Chen Li-Ling.

Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


 * 1) 🇺🇸 Linda Wild (quarterfinals)
 * 2)  Yayuk Basuki (quarterfinals)
 * 3) 🇫🇷 Sandrine Testud (semifinals)
 * 4) 🇯🇵 Naoko Kijimuta (quarterfinals)
 * 5)  Wang Shi-ting (champion)
 * 6) 🇯🇵 Mana Endo (quarterfinals)
 * 7) 🇯🇵 Nana Miyagi (second round)
 * 8) 🇮🇹 Francesca Lubiani (second round)