# 1996 Peters International – Women's singles

Gabriela Sabatini was the defending champion but did not compete that year.
Monica Seles won in the final 4–6, 7–6, 6–3 against Lindsay Davenport.

## 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.
* Monica Seles (champion)
* Kimiko Date (semifinals)
* Mary Joe Fernández (quarterfinals)
* Lindsay Davenport (final)
* Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (semifinals)
* Chanda Rubin (quarterfinals)
* Amy Frazier (second round)
* Naoko Sawamatsu (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

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Monica Seles | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| 4 | Lindsay Davenport | 6 | 6 | 3 |

### 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 | M Seles | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Van Roost | 7 | 6 | | | D Van Roost | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | V Martinek | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | 1 | M Seles | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | S Appelmans | 7 | 6 | 5/r | | | | | | | M de Swardt | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | M de Swardt | 6 | 7 | 6 | | M de Swardt | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Gavaldón | 5 | 5 | | 7 | A Frazier | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | A Frazier | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Seles | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | B Schultz-McCarthy | 6 | 4 |
| | | | | | 3 | M J Fernández | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Coetzer | 6 | 6 | | | A Coetzer | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | R Stubbs | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | 3 | M J Fernández | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| Q | M Sánchez Lorenzo | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | 5 | B Schultz-McCarthy | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | L Raymond | 6 | 3 | 6 | | L Raymond | 4 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | R McQuillan | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 | B Schultz-McCarthy | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | B Schultz-McCarthy | 6 | 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 8 | N Sawamatsu | 6 | 2 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Hingis | 4 | 6 | 5 | 8 | N Sawamatsu | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Bradtke | 6 | 6 | | | N Bradtke | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Nowak | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | N Bradtke | 3 | 7 | 3 | | | | | |
| | H Suková | 6 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | 4 | L Davenport | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Å Carlsson | 4 | 6 | 7 | | Å Carlsson | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | L Davenport | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | L Davenport | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | C Rubin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | K Date | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| | L McNeil | 2 | 2 | | 6 | C Rubin | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | T Ječmenica | 4 | 7 | 7 | Q | T Ječmenica | 0 | 1 | r | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Oremans | 6 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | 6 | C Rubin | 0 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Q | A Dechaume-Balleret | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | 2 | K Date | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | I Spîrlea | 6 | 6 | | | I Spîrlea | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | K Date | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |