Christmas Fern – Polystichum acrostichoides

Iva Majoli defeated Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the final, 6–4, 6–1 to win the singles tennis title at the 1996 Pan Pacific Open.

Kimiko Date was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Naoko Sawamatsu.

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
	7	Iva Majoli	6	6
	3	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	4	1

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	M Seles	6	6
		L McNeil	3	0					I Spîrlea	4	2
		I Spîrlea	6	6											1	M Seles	6	6	4
		M Strandlund	6	4											7	I Majoli	1	7	6
		B Schultz-McCarthy	7	6					B Schultz-McCarthy	6	5
		Z Garrison-Jackson	2	4				7	I Majoli	7	7
	7	I Majoli	6	6																		7	I Majoli	3	6	6
																							M Hingis	6	3	0
								4	K Date	5	6	4
		J Kruger	3	3					N Sawamatsu	7	3	6
		N Sawamatsu	6	6												N Sawamatsu	1	2
		A Sugiyama	6	6												M Hingis	6	6
		M Endo	2	4					A Sugiyama	0	3
		M Hingis	6	6					M Hingis	6	6
	6	G Sabatini	3	4

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	5	M Maleeva	6	6
		M de Swardt	3	2				5	M Maleeva	4	6	6
	Q	R Hiraki	4	6	3				G Fernández	6	2	4
		G Fernández	6	4	6										5	M Maleeva	5	3
		N Bradtke	6	6											3	A Sánchez Vicario	7	6
		N Zvereva	2	3					N Bradtke
								3	A Sánchez Vicario	w/o
																						3	A Sánchez Vicario	6	5	6
	8	L Davenport	6	6	6																	2	C Martínez	4	7	4
	Q	N Kijimuta	7	4	2			8	L Davenport	6	6
	Q	R Stubbs	3	6					L Raymond	1	3
		L Raymond	6	7											8	L Davenport	2	3
		Y Kamio	6	3	3										2	C Martínez	6	6
		K Nagatsuka	1	6	6				K Nagatsuka	2	3
								2	C Martínez	6	6

External links

• ITF tournament edition details
• Tournament draws