1996 Rover British Clay Court Championships – Singles

Ludmila Richterová was the defending champion but did not compete that year.

Dominique Van Roost won in the final 6–4, 6–2 against Laurence Courtois.

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


 * 1) 🇧🇪 Sabine Appelmans (first round)
 * 2)  Mariaan de Swardt (quarterfinals)
 * 3)  Miriam Oremans (quarterfinals)
 * 4) 🇧🇪 Laurence Courtois (final)
 * 5) 🇧🇪 Dominique Van Roost (champion)
 * 6) 🇯🇵 Naoko Kijimuta (quarterfinals)
 * 7) 🇨🇦 Patricia Hy-Boulais (semifinals)
 * 8) 🇫🇷 Alexandra Fusai (quarterfinals)