# 1996 Kremlin Cup – Women's singles

This was the first edition of the tournament.
Conchita Martínez won the title, defeating Barbara Paulus in the final 6–1, 4–6, 6–4.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top two seeds received a bye to the second round.
* Conchita Martínez (champion)
* Barbara Paulus (final)
* Amanda Coetzer (first round)
* Sabine Appelmans (semifinals)
* Ruxandra Dragomir (quarterfinals)
* Silvia Farina (first round)
* Barbara Schett (semifinals)
* Katarína Studeníková (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

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Conchita Martínez | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 4 | Sabine Appelmans | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| 4 | Sabine Appelmans | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | Conchita Martínez | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| | | | | | 2 | Barbara Paulus | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| 7 | Barbara Schett | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | Barbara Paulus | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| 2 | Barbara Paulus | 6 | 5 | 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 | Semifinals |
| | | | | 1 | C Martínez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Dopfer | 6 | 6 | | S Dopfer | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S-H Park | 1 | 4 | | | | | | 1 | C Martínez | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | P Begerow | 3 | 5 | | | | | | 8 | K Studeníková | 3 | 1 | | | | | |
| | K Boogert | 6 | 7 | | K Boogert | 5 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | L Meskhi | 1 | 1 | 8 | K Studeníková | 7 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | K Studeníková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | C Martínez | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | S Appelmans | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | S Appelmans | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| | A Olsza | 2 | 1 | 4 | S Appelmans | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Savchenko | 5 | 3 | Q | S Pitkowski | 4 | 6$^1$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Pitkowski | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | S Appelmans | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Grzybowska | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 5 | R Dragomir | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| LL | N Dechy | 3 | 4 | | M Grzybowska | 2 | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Nagyová | 1 | 5 | 5 | R Dragomir | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | R Dragomir | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals |
| 7 | B Schett | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Grande | 4 | 4 | | 7 | B Schett | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Å Carlsson | 6 | 7 | | | Å Carlsson | 6 | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G León García | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | 7 | B Schett | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| WC | E Kulikovskaya | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | Q | E Tatarkova | 0 | 2 | | | | | | |
| Q | E Tatarkova | 6 | 6 | | Q | E Tatarkova | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | T Panova | 6 | 6 | | Q | T Panova | 6$^6$ | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | A Coetzer | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | B Schett | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| 6 | S Farina | 7 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | B Paulus | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| | E Makarova | 5 | 6 | 6 | | E Makarova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Schnyder | 4 | 6 | 6 | | P Schnyder | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | K Nagatsuka | 6 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | E Makarova | 2 | 7 | 0 | | | | | |
| | A Kournikova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | B Paulus | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | |
| | E Pampoulova | 0 | 4 | | | A Kournikova | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | B Paulus | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |