# 1996 Toray Pan Pacific Open – Singles

Iva Majoli defeated Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the final, 6–4, 6–1 to win the singles tennis title at the 1996 Pan Pacific Open.
Kimiko Date was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Naoko Sawamatsu.

## 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 (quarterfinals)
* Conchita Martínez (semifinals)
* Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (final)
* Kimiko Date (second round)
* Magdalena Maleeva (quarterfinals)
* Gabriela Sabatini (first round)
* Iva Majoli (champion)
* Lindsay Davenport (quarterfinals)

## 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 |
| 7 | Iva Majoli | 6 | 6 | |
| 3 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 4 | 1 | |

### Section 1

| 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 |
| | | | | 1 | M Seles | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L McNeil | 3 | 0 | | I Spîrlea | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Spîrlea | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | M Seles | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | | |
| | M Strandlund | 6 | 4 | | | | | | 7 | I Majoli | 1 | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | B Schultz-McCarthy | 7 | 6 | | B Schultz-McCarthy | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Z Garrison-Jackson | 2 | 4 | 7 | I Majoli | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | I Majoli | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | I Majoli | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | M Hingis | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| | | | | 4 | K Date | 5 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Kruger | 3 | 3 | | N Sawamatsu | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Sawamatsu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | N Sawamatsu | 1 | 2 | | | | | | |
| | A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | M Hingis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | M Endo | 2 | 4 | | A Sugiyama | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Hingis | 6 | 6 | | M Hingis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | G Sabatini | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals |
| 5 | M Maleeva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M de Swardt | 3 | 2 | | 5 | M Maleeva | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | R Hiraki | 4 | 6 | 3 | | G Fernández | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Fernández | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | 5 | M Maleeva | 5 | 3 | | | | | |
| | N Bradtke | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | A Sánchez Vicario | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | N Zvereva | 2 | 3 | | | N Bradtke | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | A Sánchez Vicario | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| 8 | L Davenport | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | C Martínez | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| Q | N Kijimuta | 7 | 4 | 2 | 8 | L Davenport | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | R Stubbs | 3 | 6 | | | L Raymond | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Raymond | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 8 | L Davenport | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| | Y Kamio | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | 2 | C Martínez | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | K Nagatsuka | 1 | 6 | 6 | | K Nagatsuka | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | C Martínez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |