# 1996 Páginas Amarillas Open – Singles

Jana Novotná won in the final 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 against Magdalena Maleeva.

## 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.
* Monica Seles (quarterfinals)
* Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (semifinals)
* Conchita Martínez (second round)
* Magdalena Maleeva (final)
* Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (quarterfinals)
* Jana Novotná (champion)
* Amanda Coetzer (quarterfinals)
* Irina Spîrlea (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 |
| 6 | Jana Novotná | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Magdalena Maleeva | 6 | 4 | 3 |

### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | M Seles | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | B Schett | 6 | 6 | 6 | | B Schett | 6 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | A Frazier | 7 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | 1 | M Seles | | | | | |
| | J Kruger | 6 | 0 | r | | | | | | 8 | I Spîrlea | w/o | | | | |
| | N Sawamatsu | 0 | 1 | | | N Sawamatsu | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | W Probst | 1 | 2 | | 8 | I Spîrlea | w/o | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | I Spîrlea | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | I Spîrlea | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | J Novotná | w/o |
| | | | | | 3 | C Martínez | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | L Richterová | 7 | 6 | | | L Richterová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Halard-Decugis | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | L Richterová | 4 | 2 | | | |
| | L Raymond | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | J Novotná | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | V Ruano-Pascual | 4 | 3 | | | L Raymond | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | P Schnyder | 6 | 4 | | 6 | J Novotná | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | J Novotná | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 5 | B Schultz-McCarthy | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Oremans | 4 | 5 | | 5 | B Schultz-McCarthy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | S Appelmans | 3 | 6 | | Q | R Bobková | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | R Bobková | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 5 | B Schultz-McCarthy | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | A Sugiyama | 2 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | M Maleeva | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Sánchez Lorenzo | 6 | 7 | | | M Sánchez Lorenzo | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | M Maleeva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | M Maleeva | 6 | 7 |
| 7 | A Coetzer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | WC/2 | A Sánchez Vicario | 4 | 5 |
| Q | K Nowak | 0 | 1 | | 7 | A Coetzer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | E Likhovtseva | 6 | 6 | 6 | | E Likhovtseva | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | R Grande | 2 | 7 | 0 | | | | | 7 | A Coetzer | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | F Labat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | WC/2 | A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | N Serra | 1 | 1 | | | F Labat | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | WC/2 | A Sánchez Vicario | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |