# 1996 IGA Tennis Classic – Singles

The 1996 IGA Classic singles was a women's tennis tournament. Brenda Schultz-McCarthy was the defending champion and won in the final 6–3, 6–2 against Amanda Coetzer.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Chanda Rubin (semifinals)
* Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (champion)
* Amanda Coetzer (final)
* Amy Frazier (quarterfinals)
* Lisa Raymond (quarterfinals)
* Joannette Kruger (quarterfinals)
* Elena Likhovtseva (semifinals)
* Florencia Labat (second 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
| First round | 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 | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | C Rubin | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Shriver | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | C Rubin | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | K Maleeva | 6 | 6 | | WC | K Maleeva | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Vento | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | 1 | C Rubin | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | F Li | 6 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | WC | K Adams | 6 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | K Adams | 2 | 6 | 6 | WC | K Adams | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Bradtke | 0 | 6 | 5 | 8 | F Labat | 6 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | F Labat | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | C Rubin | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| 3 | A Coetzer | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | A Coetzer | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | T Whitlinger-Jones | 6 | 6 | | 3 | A Coetzer | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Drake | 7 | 6 | 6 | Q | M Drake | 4 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Jeyaseelan | 6 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | 3 | A Coetzer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Cacic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | J Kruger | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Lee | 4 | 1 | | | S Cacic | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Stafford | 3 | 4 | | 6 | J Kruger | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | J Kruger | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Amanda Coetzer | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | E Likhovtseva | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | B Schultz-McCarthy | 6 | 6 |
| | A Gavaldón | 6 | 1 | 4 | 7 | E Likhovtseva | 7 | 2 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Husárová | 6 | 7 | | | J Husárová | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Graham | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | E Likhovtseva | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Grossman | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | A Frazier | 6 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Glass | 6 | 3 | 2 | | A Grossman | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Cristea | 2 | 3 | | 4 | A Frazier | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | A Frazier | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | E Likhovtseva | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| 5 | L Raymond | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | B Schultz-McCarthy | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | J-Q Yi | 1 | 3 | | 5 | L Raymond | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | L Poruri | 2 | 6 | 6 | Q | L Poruri | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Gorrochategui | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | 5 | L Raymond | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Hy-Boulais | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | 2 | B Schultz-McCarthy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Nejedly | 4 | 6 | 6 | | J Nejedly | 1 | 7 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Wild | 2 | 3 | | 2 | B Schultz-McCarthy | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | B Schultz-McCarthy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |