# 1996 European Indoors – Singles

Jana Novotná defeated Martina Hingis in the final, 6–2, 6–2 to win the singles tennis title at the 1996 European Indoor Championships.
Iva Majoli was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Novotná.

## 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.
* Conchita Martínez (second round)
* Iva Majoli (semifinals)
* Anke Huber (semifinals)
* Jana Novotná (champion)
* Martina Hingis (final)
* Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (quarterfinals)
* Magdalena Maleeva (second round)
* Amanda Coetzer (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 |
| 5 | Martina Hingis | 2 | 2 | |
| 4 | Jana Novotná | 6 | 6 | |

### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | C Martínez | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Appelmans | 1 | 7 | 6 | | S Appelmans | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Werdel-Witmeyer | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | S Appelmans | 3 | 1 | | | | | |
| Q | S Kleinová | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | M Hingis | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | I Spîrlea | 6 | 7 | | | I Spîrlea | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Sawamatsu | 0 | 1 | | 5 | M Hingis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | M Hingis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | M Hingis | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | A Huber | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| | | | | | 3 | A Huber | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Raymond | 6 | 7 | | | L Raymond | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Zvereva | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | 3 | A Huber | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | P Schnyder | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | Q | S Farina | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| Q | S Farina | 5 | 6 | 7 | Q | S Farina | 0 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Kournikova | 2 | 7 | 6 | WC | A Kournikova | 6 | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | A Coetzer | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 7 | M Maleeva | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Oremans | 3 | 5 | | 7 | M Maleeva | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Capriati | 6 | 6 | | | J Capriati | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Sabatini | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | J Capriati | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| | B Schett | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | J Novotná | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | H Suková | 4 | 6 | 2 | | B Schett | 6 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | J Novotná | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | J Novotná | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | B Schultz-McCarthy | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | I Majoli | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| Q | P Begerow | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | B Schultz-McCarthy | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Habšudová | 6 | 6 | | | K Habšudová | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Kochta | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | 6 | B Schultz-McCarthy | 3 | 6 | | | | | |
| | J Wiesner | 0 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | I Majoli | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | N Tauziat | 6 | 4 | 3 | | J Wiesner | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | I Majoli | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |