# 1996 Challenge Bell – Singles

Brenda Schultz-McCarthy was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Lisa Raymond.
Raymond went on to win her maiden WTA singles title, defeating Els Callens 6–4, 6–4 in the final.

## Seeds

* Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (quarterfinals)
* Elena Likhovtseva (semifinals)
* Amy Frazier (second round)
* Kimberly Po (quarterfinals)
* Lisa Raymond (champion)
* Florencia Labat (quarterfinals)
* Nana Miyagi (first round)
* Lindsay Lee (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

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 5 | Lisa Raymond | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Tami Whitlinger-Jones | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| | Tami Whitlinger-Jones | 3 | 4 | 5 | Lisa Raymond | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | Els Callens | 4 | 4 |
| | Els Callens | 6 | 6 | | Els Callens | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | Elena Likhovtseva | 0 | 4 | | | | |

### Top half

| 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 |
| 1 | B Schultz-McCarthy | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Devillé | 6 | 2 | | 1 | B Schultz-McCarthy | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Arendt | 6 | 6 | 6 | | N Arendt | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Simpson | 0 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | 1 | B Schultz-McCarthy | 0 | 6 | | | | | |
| LL | M Drake | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | 5 | L Raymond | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| Q | D Graham | 6 | 6 | | Q | D Graham | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Glass | 3 | 4 | | 5 | L Raymond | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | L Raymond | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | L Raymond | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | K Po | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | T W-Jones | 3 | 4 |
| | C Morariu | 2 | 0 | | 4 | K Po | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Suárez | 0 | 6 | | | A Miller | 2 | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Miller | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 4 | K Po | 6 | 4 | 5 | | | | |
| | T W-Jones | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | T W-Jones | 1 | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | T Križan | 4 | 4 | | | T W-Jones | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Nejedly | 6 | 6 | | Q | J Nejedly | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | L Lee | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| 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 |
| 6 | F Labat | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Lettiere | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | F Labat | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | C Popescu | 4 | 6 | 3 | | P Hy-Boulais | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Hy-Boulais | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | 6 | F Labat | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| | N Feber | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | E Callens | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | E Callens | 6 | 6 | | | E Callens | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | V Ruano-Pascual | 3 | 2 | | 3 | A Frazier | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | A Frazier | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | E Callens | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | N Miyagi | 6 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | E Likhovtseva | 0 | 4 |
| | J Watanabe | 4 | 6 | 6 | | J Watanabe | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | H Inoue | 6 | 6 | | Q | H Inoue | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Jeyaseelan | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | J Watanabe | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | K Adams | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | E Likhovtseva | 7 | 7 | | | | |
| LL | J Ingram | 6 | 3 | | | K Adams | 2 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | R Stubbs | 3 | 5 | | 2 | E Likhovtseva | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | E Likhovtseva | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |