# 1996 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo – Singles

Irina Spîrlea was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Stephanie Devillé.
Barbara Schett won in the final 6–3, 6–3 against Sabine Hack.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Irina Spîrlea (second round)
* Sabine Hack (final)
* Silvia Farina (semifinals)
* Barbara Schett (champion)
* Florencia Labat (second round)
* Barbara Rittner (first round)
* Gala León García (first round)
* Henrieta Nagyová (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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | I Spîrlea | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Meier | 4 | 0 | | 1 | I Spîrlea | 7 | 6 | d | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Cecchini | 2 | 1 | | Q | S Devillé | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Devillé | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | S Devillé | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Kamstra | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | J Kandarr | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | P Wartusch | 0 | 4 | | | P Kamstra | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Kandarr | 2 | 6 | 6 | | J Kandarr | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | G León García | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | J Kandarr | 1 | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| 4 | B Schett | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | B Schett | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | N Baudone | 2 | 1 | | 4 | B Schett | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Glass | 3 | 7 | 7 | | A Glass | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | L Garrone | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | B Schett | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Dopfer | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | S Dopfer | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Husárová | 6 | 6 | 0 | | S Dopfer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Perfetti | 3 | 6 | 6 | | F Perfetti | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | B Rittner | 6 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Barbara Schett | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | F Labat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Sabine Hack | 3 | 3 |
| WC | Ant. Serra Zanetti | 3 | 3 | | 5 | F Labat | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Pitkowski | 6 | 6 | | | S Pitkowski | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | B Fulco-Villella | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | S Pitkowski | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | C Salvi | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | 3 | S Farina | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Morariu | 6 | 6 | | | C Morariu | 0 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Bobková | 0 | 6 | | 3 | S Farina | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | S Farina | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | S Farina | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| 8 | H Nagyová | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | S Hack | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Sánchez Lorenzo | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | H Nagyová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Á Montolio | 6 | 6 | | | Á Montolio | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Kleinová | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | 8 | H Nagyová | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Gorrochategui | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | 2 | S Hack | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Adr. Serra Zanetti | 5 | 5 | | | I Gorrochategui | 4 | r | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Martinek | 3 | 2 | | 2 | S Hack | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | S Hack | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |