# 1996 Ameritech Cup – Singles

Magdalena Maleeva was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Jennifer Capriati.
Jana Novotná won in the final 6–4, 3–6, 6–1 against Capriati.

## 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 (semifinals)
* Jana Novotná (champion)
* Lindsay Davenport (quarterfinals)
* Iva Majoli (second round)
* Martina Hingis (semifinals)
* Mary Joe Fernández (second round)
* Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (quarterfinals)
* Magdalena Maleeva (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 |
| | Jennifer Capriati | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| 2 | Jana Novotná | 6 | 3 | 6 |

### Section 1

| 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 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Z Garrison-Jackson | 4 | 4 | | E Likhovtseva | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Likhovtseva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | M Seles | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | I Spîrlea | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | I Spîrlea | 6 | 1 | | | | |
| Q | M Werdel-Witmeyer | 3 | 0 | | I Spîrlea | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Shaughnessy | 2 | 4 | 6 | M J Fernández | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | M J Fernández | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Seles | 3 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | J Capriati | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 4 | I Majoli | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M McGrath | 6 | 6 | | M McGrath | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Hy-Boulais | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | M McGrath | 2 | r | | | | |
| | L Raymond | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | J Capriati | 5 | | | | | |
| | J Capriati | 7 | 7 | | J Capriati | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | S Testud | 3 | 2 | 8 | M Maleeva | 3 | 7 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | M Maleeva | 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 |
| 5 | M Hingis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Watanabe | 1 | 1 | | 5 | M Hingis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | L Poruri | 4 | 7 | 3 | | S Devillé | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Devillé | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 5 | M Hingis | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | P Suárez | 6 | 2 | 7 | | | | | | 3 | L Davenport | 3 | 7 | 2 | | | | |
| Q | L Horn | 3 | 6 | 6 | | P Suárez | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | L Davenport | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | M Hingis | 5 | 4 |
| 7 | B Schultz-McCarthy | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | J Novotná | 7 | 6 |
| | L McNeil | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 | B Schultz-McCarthy | 7 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Wild | 6 | 6 | | | L Wild | 5 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Po | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | 7 | B Schultz-McCarthy | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
| | A Frazier | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 2 | J Novotná | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| WC | M Tu | 3 | 5 | | | A Frazier | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | J Novotná | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |