# 1996 Rover British Clay Court Championships – Singles

Ludmila Richterová was the defending champion but did not compete that year.
Dominique Van Roost won in the final 6–4, 6–2 against Laurence Courtois.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Sabine Appelmans (first round)
* Mariaan de Swardt (quarterfinals)
* Miriam Oremans (quarterfinals)
* Laurence Courtois (final)
* Dominique Van Roost (champion)
* Naoko Kijimuta (quarterfinals)
* Patricia Hy-Boulais (semifinals)
* Alexandra Fusai (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
| 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 | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | S Appelmans | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Nagyová | 6 | 7 | | | H Nagyová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Mazzotta | 6 | 6 | | Q | M Mazzotta | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M-J Gaidano | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | H Nagyová | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | C Taylor | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | 6 | N Kijimuta | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Tu | 6 | 6 | | | M Tu | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Schwarz | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | N Kijimuta | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | N Kijimuta | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | H Nagyová | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| 4 | L Courtois | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | L Courtois | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | K Adams | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | L Courtois | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Serra Zanetti | 0 | 3 | | Q | K Radford | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | K Radford | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | L Courtois | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Martinek | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | 8 | A Fusai | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | L Varmužová | 6 | 6 | | LL | L Varmužová | 3 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | J Lutrova | 7 | 0 | 2 | 8 | A Fusai | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | A Fusai | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Laurence Courtois | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | D Van Roost | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | D Van Roost | 6 | 6 |
| | N Egorova | 1 | 3 | | 5 | D Van Roost | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Ghirardi | 0 | 4 | | | P Suárez | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Suárez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | D Van Roost | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | S Jeyaseelan | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | 3 | M Oremans | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Paz | 5 | 5 | | LL | S Jeyaseelan | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Miller | 3 | 1 | | 3 | M Oremans | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | M Oremans | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | D Van Roost | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| 7 | P Hy-Boulais | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 7 | P Hy-Boulais | 2 | 6 | | | | | |
| | E deLone | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 | P Hy-Boulais | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Reinstadler | 6 | 3 | | | E Callens | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Callens | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | P Hy-Boulais | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Kremer | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | 2 | M de Swardt | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Pitkowski | 6 | 6 | | | S Pitkowski | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | C Wood | 2 | 2 | | 2 | M de Swardt | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | M de Swardt | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |