title: 1996 Páginas Amarillas Open – Singles
text: # 1996 Páginas Amarillas Open – Singles
  
  Jana Novotná won in the final 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 against Magdalena Maleeva.
  
  ## 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 (quarterfinals)
  * Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (semifinals)
  * Conchita Martínez (second round)
  * Magdalena Maleeva (final)
  * Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (quarterfinals)
  * Jana Novotná (champion)
  * Amanda Coetzer (quarterfinals)
  * Irina Spîrlea (quarterfinals)
  
  ## 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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 6 | Jana Novotná | 4 | 6 | 6 |
  | 4 | Magdalena Maleeva | 6 | 4 | 3 |
  
  ### Section 1
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | | | | 1 | M Seles | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | |
  | | B Schett | 6 | 6 | 6 | | B Schett | 6 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | |
  | | A Frazier | 7 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | 1 | M Seles | | | | | |
  | | J Kruger | 6 | 0 | r | | | | | | 8 | I Spîrlea | w/o | | | | |
  | | N Sawamatsu | 0 | 1 | | | N Sawamatsu | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | W Probst | 1 | 2 | | 8 | I Spîrlea | w/o | | | | | | | | | |
  | 8 | I Spîrlea | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | I Spîrlea | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | J Novotná | w/o |
  | | | | | | 3 | C Martínez | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
  | | L Richterová | 7 | 6 | | | L Richterová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Halard-Decugis | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | L Richterová | 4 | 2 | | | |
  | | L Raymond | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | J Novotná | 6 | 6 | | | |
  | | V Ruano-Pascual | 4 | 3 | | | L Raymond | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | P Schnyder | 6 | 4 | | 6 | J Novotná | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
  | 6 | J Novotná | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Section 2
  
  | 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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 5 | B Schultz-McCarthy | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Oremans | 4 | 5 | | 5 | B Schultz-McCarthy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | S Appelmans | 3 | 6 | | Q | R Bobková | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | R Bobková | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 5 | B Schultz-McCarthy | 2 | 3 | | | | |
  | | A Sugiyama | 2 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | M Maleeva | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | M Sánchez Lorenzo | 6 | 7 | | | M Sánchez Lorenzo | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 4 | M Maleeva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | M Maleeva | 6 | 7 |
  | 7 | A Coetzer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | WC/2 | A Sánchez Vicario | 4 | 5 |
  | Q | K Nowak | 0 | 1 | | 7 | A Coetzer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | E Likhovtseva | 6 | 6 | 6 | | E Likhovtseva | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
  | | R Grande | 2 | 7 | 0 | | | | | 7 | A Coetzer | 2 | 3 | | | | |
  | | F Labat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | WC/2 | A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | WC | N Serra | 1 | 1 | | | F Labat | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | WC/2 | A Sánchez Vicario | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  