# 1996 Rexona Cup – Singles

The 1996 Rexona Cup singles was a tennis event played on outdoor clay courts at the Am Rothenbaum in Hamburg in Germany that was part of Tier II of the 1996 WTA Tour. The 1996 Rexona Cup tournament was held from April 29 through May 5, 1996.
Conchita Martínez was the defending champion but lost in the final 4–6, 7–6, 6–0 against Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.

## 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 (champion)
* Conchita Martínez (final)
* Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (quarterfinals)
* Mary Pierce (semifinals)
* Martina Hingis (quarterfinals)
* Julie Halard-Decugis (semifinals)
* Judith Wiesner (second round)
* Petra Begerow (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 |
| 1 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Conchita Martínez | 6 | 6 | 0 |

### 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 |
| | | | | | 1 | A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Cacic | 7 | 4 | 2 | | P Schnyder | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Schnyder | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | Á Montolio | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | Á Montolio | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| | M Oremans | 0 | 2 | | Q | Á Montolio | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | R Bobková | 1 | 1 | | 7 | J Wiesner | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | J Wiesner | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | J Halard-Decugis | 2 | 0 |
| | | | | | 3 | B Schultz-McCarthy | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Serra Zanetti | 1 | 4 | | | V Ruano-Pascual | 6 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | V Ruano-Pascual | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | B Schultz-McCarthy | 0 | 1 | | | | |
| WC | A Glass | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | J Halard-Decugis | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | M Strandlund | 3 | 4 | | WC | A Glass | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Kandarr | 3 | 2 | | 6 | J Halard-Decugis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | J Halard-Decugis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 5 | M Hingis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Paz | 1 | 1 | | 5 | M Hingis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Klösel | 4 | 4 | | | B Rittner | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Rittner | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | M Hingis | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| | E Pampoulova | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | 4 | M Pierce | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | K Boogert | 6 | 6 | | | K Boogert | 4 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | M Pierce | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | M Pierce | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | P Begerow | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | C Martínez | 6 | 6 |
| | Å Carlsson | 6 | 6 | | | Å Carlsson | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | R Dragomir | 3 | 6 | 6 | | R Dragomir | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | W Probst | 6 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | R Dragomir | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| | S Meier | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | 2 | C Martínez | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | K Nowak | 6 | 7 | | Q | K Nowak | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | C Martínez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |