1996 Meta Styrian Open – Singles
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Judith Wiesner was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Lenka Cenková.
Barbara Paulus won when Sandra Cecchini was forced to retire in the first game of the final.
Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
- Austria Barbara Paulus (champion)
- Austria Judith Wiesner (first round)
- Bulgaria Elena Pampoulova (first round)
- Slovakia Henrieta Nagyová (second round)
- Austria Sandra Dopfer (second round)
- Italy Flora Perfetti (second round)
- Spain María Sánchez Lorenzo (first round)
- Slovakia Janette Husárová (second round)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted