1996 Volvo Women's Open – Singles

Barbara Paulus was the defending champion but did not compete that year.

Ruxandra Dragomir won in the final 7–6, 6–4 against Tamarine Tanasugarn.

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


 * 1)  Ruxandra Dragomir (champion)
 * 2)  Shi-Ting Wang (second round)
 * 3) 🇦🇷 Florencia Labat (quarterfinals)
 * 4) 🇸🇰 Henrieta Nagyová (semifinals)
 * 5) 🇯🇵 Nana Miyagi (second round)
 * 6) 🇧🇪 Nancy Feber (first round)
 * 7) 🇸🇰 Janette Husárová (quarterfinals)
 * 8) 🇰🇷 Sung-Hee Park (second round)