1996 Toshiba Classic – Singles

Conchita Martínez was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Kimiko Date.

Date won in the final 3–6, 6–3, 6–0 against Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.

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) 🇪🇸 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (final)
 * 2) 🇪🇸 Conchita Martínez (semifinals)
 * 3) 🇨🇿 Jana Novotná (semifinals)
 * 4) 🇯🇵 Kimiko Date (champion)
 * 5) 🇦🇷 Gabriela Sabatini (quarterfinals)
 * 6) 🇸🇰 Karina Habšudová (second round)
 * 7) 🇯🇵 Ai Sugiyama (second round)
 * 8) 🇫🇷 Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals)