1996 Páginas Amarillas Open – Singles

Jana Novotná won in the final 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 against Magdalena Maleeva.

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) 🇺🇸 Monica Seles (quarterfinals)
 * 2) 🇪🇸 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (semifinals)
 * 3) 🇪🇸 Conchita Martínez (second round)
 * 4) 🇧🇬 Magdalena Maleeva (final)
 * 5)  Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (quarterfinals)
 * 6) 🇨🇿 Jana Novotná (champion)
 * 7)  Amanda Coetzer (quarterfinals)
 * 8)  Irina Spîrlea (quarterfinals)