Black Phoebe

Mary Pierce was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Kimberly Po.

Monica Seles won in the final 6–1, 6–4 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.

Draw

Key

Final

	Final
	1	Monica Seles	6	6
	2	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	1	4

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	M Seles	6	6
		M Endo	6	6					M Endo	4	4
		Y Kamio	1	4											1	M Seles	6	6
	WC	Y Yoshida	2	6	6										7	N Sawamatsu	1	4
	Q	L Varmužová	6	3	4			WC	Y Yoshida	2	1
		A Grossman	1	3				7	N Sawamatsu	6	6
	7	N Sawamatsu	6	6																		1	M Seles	6	1	7
																						3	K Date	4	6	6
								3	K Date	4	6	6
		N Miyagi	7	7					N Miyagi	6	4	3
	Q	H Inoue	6	6											3	K Date	6	6
		J Watanabe	1	2											5	A Coetzer	3	0
		N Kijimuta	6	6					N Kijimuta	6	2
	Q	K-A Guse	1	2				5	A Coetzer	7	6
	5	A Coetzer	6	6

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	6	A Sugiyama	6	6
		A Gerši	1	4				6	A Sugiyama	2	7	4
	WC	M Saeki	2	1					K Po	6	6	6
		K Po	6	6												K Po	7	6
		S-H Park	7	6											4	M Pierce	5	4
	Q	T Tanasugarn	6	2					S-H Park	5	2
								4	M Pierce	7	6
																							K Po	4	3
	8	S-T Wang	6	6																		2	A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
		R Hiraki	1	3				8	S-T Wang	6	7
		A Glass	6	6					A Glass	1	5
		A Ellwood	4	4											8	S-T Wang	6	1	1
		K Nagatsuka	4	6	2										2	A Sánchez Vicario	4	6	6
		R Grande	6	2	6				R Grande	2	1
								2	A Sánchez Vicario	6	6

External links

• 1996 Nichirei International Championships Draw Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine