# 1996 Toshiba Classic – Singles

Conchita Martínez was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Kimiko Date.
Date won in the final 3–6, 6–3, 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 (final)
* Conchita Martínez (semifinals)
* Jana Novotná (semifinals)
* Kimiko Date (champion)
* Gabriela Sabatini (quarterfinals)
* Karina Habšudová (second round)
* Ai Sugiyama (second round)
* Nathalie Tauziat (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 |
| 1 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Kimiko Date | 3 | 6 | 6 |

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | A Sánchez Vicario | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | N Kijimuta | 6 | 6 | | Q | N Kijimuta | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Fernández | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| Q | V Williams | 4 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | K Studeníková | 3 | 3 | | | | | | |
| | K Studeníková | 6 | 3 | 7 | | K Studeníková | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | P Shriver | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | K Habšudová | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | K Habšudová | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | A Sánchez Vicario | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | J Novotná | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| | | | | | 3 | J Novotná | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Wild | 6 | 7 | | | L Wild | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Z Garrison-Jackson | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | J Novotná | 2 | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | S Testud | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | S Testud | 6 | 6 | 3 | | | | | |
| Q | R Stubbs | 4 | 1 | | | S Testud | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Gavaldón | 1 | 2 | | 7 | A Sugiyama | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | A Sugiyama | 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 | G Sabatini | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Lee | 0 | 0 | | 5 | G Sabatini | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Raymond | 4 | 0 | | | Å Carlsson | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Å Carlsson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | G Sabatini | 4 | 1 | | | | |
| Q | Y Kamio | 0 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | K Date | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | E Likhovtseva | 6 | 1 | 3 | Q | Y Kamio | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | K Date | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | K Date | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | C Martínez | 2 | 5 |
| | M Werdel-Witmeyer | 2 | 2 | | 8 | N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Oremans | 1 | 4 | | | S-T Wang | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S-T Wang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 8 | N Tauziat | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| | S Hack | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | 2 | C Martínez | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | N Sawamatsu | 7 | 6 | | | N Sawamatsu | 1 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | C Martínez | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | |