# 1996 SEAT Open – Singles

Anke Huber won in the final 6–3, 6–0 against Karina Habšudová.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Anke Huber (champion)
* Amanda Coetzer (first round)
* Barbara Paulus (semifinals)
* Julie Halard-Decugis (first round)
* Karina Habšudová (final)
* Judith Wiesner (second round)
* Sabine Appelmans (quarterfinals)
* Nathalie Tauziat (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
| 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 | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | A Huber | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Rittner | 3 | 4 | | 1 | A Huber | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Olsza | 3 | 6 | 6 | | A Olsza | 3 | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Savchenko | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | 1 | A Huber | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Dragomir | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | N Zvereva | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | | | N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G León García | 4 | 1 | | 6 | J Wiesner | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | J Wiesner | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | A Huber | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| 4 | J Halard-Decugis | 6 | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | A-G Sidot | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| | A-G Sidot | 4 | 6 | 6 | | A-G Sidot | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Schnyder | 6 | 7 | | | P Schnyder | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Van Roost | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | A-G Sidot | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Pampoulova | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | K Studeníková | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Studeníková | 1 | 7 | 7 | | K Studeníková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Meskhi | 0 | 3 | | 8 | N Tauziat | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Anke Huber | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | S Appelmans | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Karina Habšudová | 3 | 0 |
| WC | S Dopfer | 1 | 6 | | 7 | S Appelmans | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Oremans | 3 | 2 | | | P Begerow | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Begerow | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | S Appelmans | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Boogert | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 3 | B Paulus | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Serna | 6 | 2 | 6 | | K Boogert | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Makarova | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | B Paulus | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | B Paulus | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | B Paulus | 7 | 5 | 3 | | | | |
| 5 | K Habšudová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | K Habšudová | 5 | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | R Moyen | 2 | 2 | | 5 | K Habšudová | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | N Medvedeva | 7 | 6 | | Q | N Medvedeva | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Kandarr | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | 5 | K Habšudová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Schett | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | H Nagyová | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Grzybowska | 6 | 3 | | | B Schett | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Nagyová | 7 | 6 | | | H Nagyová | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | A Coetzer | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |