title: 1996 Direct Line International Championships – Singles
text: # 1996 Direct Line International Championships – Singles
  
  Nathalie Tauziat was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Monica Seles.
  
  Seles won in the final 6–0, 6–2 against Mary Joe Fernández.
  
  ## 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.
  
  * Monica Seles (champion)
  * Conchita Martínez (quarterfinals)
  * Jana Novotná (semifinals)
  * Chanda Rubin (second round)
  * Lindsay Davenport (second round)
  * Mary Joe Fernández (final)
  * Kimiko Date (first round)
  * Mary Pierce (first round)
  
  ## Draw
  
  ### Key
  
  * 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
  
  ### Final
  
  | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | WC/1 | Monica Seles | 6 | 6 | |
  | 6 | Mary Joe Fernández | 0 | 2 | |
  
  ### Section 1
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | | | | WC/1 | M Seles | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Frazier | 4 | 2 | | | M McGrath | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
  | | M McGrath | 6 | 6 | | | | | | WC/1 | M Seles | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | S Farina | 3 | 3 | | | | | | Q | I Gorrochategui | 3 | 1 | | | | |
  | Q | I Gorrochategui | 6 | 6 | | Q | I Gorrochategui | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | L McNeil | 6 | 2 | 6 | | L McNeil | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
  | 7 | K Date | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | WC/1 | M Seles | 6 | 6 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | N Tauziat | 4 | 4 |
  | | | | | | 4 | C Rubin | 3 | r | | | | | | | | |
  | | L Raymond | 3 | 6 | 8 | | L Raymond | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Sawamatsu | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | L Raymond | 2 | 0 | | | | |
  | | L Wild | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | I Spîrlea | 6 | 5 | 6 | | I Spîrlea | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
  | 8 | M Pierce | 0 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Section 2
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 5 | L Davenport | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | G Fernández | 3 | 1 | 5 | L Davenport | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | N Feber | 1 | 3 | | Y Basuki | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Y Basuki | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Y Basuki | 6 | 1 | | | | | | |
  | LL | K Kschwendt | 3 | 3 | | | | | | 3 | J Novotná | 7 | 6 | | | | | | |
  | Q | N Arendt | 6 | 6 | Q | N Arendt | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | 3 | J Novotná | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | J Novotná | 1 | 6 | 6 |
  | 6 | M J Fernández | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | M J Fernández | 6 | 2 | 8 |
  | | M Werdel-Witmeyer | 2 | 0 | 6 | M J Fernández | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | C Wood | 4 | 3 | | A Sugiyama | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 6 | M J Fernández | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | Q | A Miller | 1 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | C Martínez | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
  | | N Zvereva | 6 | 7 | | N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | 2 | C Martínez | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  