1996 Italian Open – Women's singles
Appearance
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Women's singles | |||||||
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1996 Italian Open | |||||||
Final | |||||||
Champion | Spain Conchita Martínez | ||||||
Runner-up | Switzerland Martina Hingis | ||||||
Score | 6–2, 6–3 | ||||||
Details | |||||||
Draw | 56 | ||||||
Seeds | 16 | ||||||
Events | |||||||
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1996 tennis event results
Three-time defending champion Conchita Martínez defeated Martina Hingis in the final, 6–2, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1996 Italian Open.[1]
Seeds
[edit ]A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.
- Germany Steffi Graf (quarterfinals)
- Spain Conchita Martínez (champion)
- Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (quarterfinals)
- Croatia Iva Majoli (semifinals)
- Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva (quarterfinals)
- Switzerland Martina Hingis (final)
- Romania Irina Spîrlea (semifinals)
- France Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals)
- Austria Judith Wiesner (third round)
- Germany Petra Begerow (first round)
- Indonesia Yayuk Basuki (second round)
- France Sandrine Testud (third round)
- United States Lindsay Lee (second round)
- South Africa Joannette Kruger (second round)
- Argentina Florencia Labat (first round)
- Austria Barbara Schett (third round)
Draw
[edit ]Key
[edit ]- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Finals
[edit ] Semifinals
Final
6
Switzerland Martina Hingis
6
7
7
Romania Irina Spîrlea
2
5
6
Switzerland Martina Hingis
2
3
2
Spain Conchita Martínez
6
6
4
Croatia Iva Majoli
4
7
2
2
Spain Conchita Martínez
6
6
6
Top half
[edit ]Section 1
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Quarterfinals
6
Switzerland M Hingis
6
6
Section 2
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Quarterfinals
3
Spain A Sánchez Vicario
6
6
Bottom half
[edit ]Section 3
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Quarterfinals
Section 4
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Quarterfinals
2
Spain C Martínez
6
6
References
[edit ]- ^ John Barrett, ed. (1997). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 168, 178. ISBN 9780002187145.