# 1996 Internationaux de Strasbourg – Singles

Third-seeded Lindsay Davenport was the defending champion and won in the final 6–3, 7–6 against Barbara Paulus.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Anke Huber (quarterfinals)
* Kimiko Date (first round)
* Lindsay Davenport (champion)
* Mary Joe Fernández (second round)
* Barbara Paulus (final)
* Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals)
* Judith Wiesner (semifinals)
* Sandrine Testud (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
| 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 | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | A Huber | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Endo | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | A Huber | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Kschwendt | 6 | 6 | | | K Kschwendt | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Bradtke | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | A Huber | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | K Nagatsuka | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | 7 | J Wiesner | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | S-T Wang | 2 | 7 | 6 | | S-T Wang | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Zrubáková | 4 | 1 | | 7 | J Wiesner | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | J Wiesner | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | J Wiesner | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| 3 | L Davenport | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | L Davenport | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | S Meier | 1 | 1 | | 3 | L Davenport | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | L Ghirardi | 6 | 4 | 6 | Q | L Ghirardi | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Lee | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | 3 | L Davenport | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Kijimuta | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | 6 | N Tauziat | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Grossman | 3 | 6 | 1 | | N Kijimuta | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | N Dechy | 5 | 3 | | 6 | N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | N Tauziat | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Lindsay Davenport | 6 | 7 |
| 5 | B Paulus | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Barbara Paulus | 3 | 6 |
| | M Grzybowska | 2 | 2 | | 5 | B Paulus | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Kamio | 6 | 2 | 6 | | A Fusai | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Fusai | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 5 | B Paulus | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A D-Balleret | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | WC | A D-Balleret | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Watanabe | 1 | 2 | | WC | A D-Balleret | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Å Carlsson | 2 | 0 | | 4 | M J Fernández | 4 | r | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | M J Fernández | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | B Paulus | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 8 | S Testud | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | K Studeníková | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| | K Studeníková | 6 | 6 | | | K Studeníková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Glass | 6 | 6 | | Q | A Glass | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Werdel-Witmeyer | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | K Studeníková | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | T Whitlinger-Jones | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | Q | A Miller | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | L Courtois | 6 | 6 | | | L Courtois | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Miller | 6 | 6 | | Q | A Miller | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | K Date | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |