# 1996 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix – Singles

Iva Majoli was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Judith Wiesner.
Martina Hingis won the title, defeating Anke Huber in the final 6–2, 3–6, 6–3. This was the first WTA title of Hingis's career.

## 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.
* Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (quarterfinals)
* Conchita Martínez (quarterfinals)
* Iva Majoli (quarterfinals)
* Lindsay Davenport (semifinals)
* Anke Huber (final)
* Jana Novotná (quarterfinals)
* Mary Joe Fernández (first round)
* Martina Hingis (champion)

## 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

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 8 | Martina Hingis | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 4 | Lindsay Davenport | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| 4 | Lindsay Davenport | 6 | 2 | 3 | 8 | Martina Hingis | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| | | | | | 5 | Anke Huber | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| | Judith Wiesner | 1 | 1 | | 5 | Anke Huber | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| 5 | Anke Huber | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Capriati | 7 | 6 | | Q | J Capriati | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Zvereva | 6 | 3 | | | | | | 1 | A Sánchez Vicario | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
| | H Suková | 1 | 3 | | | | | | 8 | M Hingis | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | A Coetzer | 6 | 6 | | | A Coetzer | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Sawamatsu | 0 | 3 | | 8 | M Hingis | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | M Hingis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 8 | M Hingis | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | L Davenport | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| | | | | | 4 | L Davenport | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Maleeva | 6 | 5 | 5 | Q | N Medvedeva | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | N Medvedeva | 3 | 7 | 7 | | | | | 4 | L Davenport | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | D Van Roost | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 6 | J Novotná | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| Q | M Werdel-Witmeyer | 5 | 4 | | | D Van Roost | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Smith | 1 | 2 | | 6 | J Novotná | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | J Novotná | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| 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 |
| 7 | M J Fernández | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Habšudová | 6 | 7 | | K Habšudová | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Wiesner | 7 | 7 | | J Wiesner | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Tauziat | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | J Wiesner | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | E Likhovtseva | 2 | 4 | | | | | | 3 | I Majoli | 4 | 5 | | | | |
| WC | B Rittner | 6 | 6 | WC | B Rittner | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 3 | I Majoli | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | J Wiesner | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | A Huber | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 5 | A Huber | 6 | 6 |
| WC | E Pampoulova | 2 | 1 | 5 | A Huber | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Raymond | 6 | 3 | | B Schultz-McCarthy | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Schultz-McCarthy | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 5 | A Huber | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Å Carlsson | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | C Martínez | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| | G Sabatini | 5 | 4 | | Å Carlsson | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 2 | C Martínez | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |