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1996 Nokia Open – Singles

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Linda Wild was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Tamarine Tanasugarn.

Fifth-seeded Wang Shi-ting won in the final 6–3, 6–4 against Chen Li-Ling.

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

United States Linda Wild (quarterfinals)
Indonesia Yayuk Basuki (quarterfinals)
France Sandrine Testud (semifinals)
Japan Naoko Kijimuta (quarterfinals)
Chinese Taipei Wang Shi-ting (champion)
Japan Mana Endo (quarterfinals)
Japan Nana Miyagi (second round)
Italy Francesca Lubiani (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

	First round			Second round			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Final

	1	United States L Wild	6	6
		Israel H Rosen	3	0				1	United States L Wild	6	6
	Q	Japan Y Hosoki	6	6				Q	Japan Y Hosoki	3	1
		Japan R Hiraki	4	4							1	United States L Wild	4	4
		Thailand T Tanasugarn	6	77							Thailand T Tanasugarn	6	6
		South Korea Y-J Choi	2	64					Thailand T Tanasugarn	6	6
	WC	China J Chen	2	3				7	Japan N Miyagi	1	1
	7	Japan N Miyagi	6	6						Thailand T Tanasugarn	4	3
	4	Japan N Kijimuta	6	6							5	Chinese Taipei S-T Wang	6	6
		Japan H Inoue	1	4				4	Japan N Kijimuta	6	6
	WC	China L Li	7	6				WC	China L Li	1	1
		United States C Morariu	5	3							4	Japan N Kijimuta	3	4
		Japan Y Yoshida	4	5						5	Chinese Taipei S-T Wang	6	6
		China J-Q Yi	6	7					China J-Q Yi	5	2
	Q	Japan H Mochizuki	4	4				5	Chinese Taipei S-T Wang	7	6
	5	Chinese Taipei S-T Wang	6	6					5	Chinese Taipei Wang Shi-ting	6	6
	6	Japan M Endo	6	7									China Chen Li-Ling	3	4
		Japan M Saeki	1	5				6	Japan M Endo	7	6
		South Korea S-H Park	6	4	6				South Korea S-H Park	5	0
		France N Dechy	3	6	3						6	Japan M Endo	2	6	5
		South Korea M-R Jeon	3	7	77					3	France S Testud	6	4	7
	Q	Japan S Obata	6	5	63				South Korea M-R Jeon	6	5	3
		Germany S Klösel	3	0				3	France S Testud	2	7	6
	3	France S Testud	6	6					3	France S Testud	7	4	4
	8	Italy F Lubiani	7	6								China L-L Chen	5	6	6
		France N van Lottum	5	1				8	Italy F Lubiani	3	3
		China L-L Chen	6	77					China L-L Chen	6	6
		Slovenia T Križan	4	61								China L-L Chen	6	6
		Austria M Schnell	6	3	4					2	Indonesia Y Basuki	2	2
	Q	Germany S Meier	3	6	6			Q	Germany S Meier	2	1
		Italy A Serra Zanetti	1	62				2	Indonesia Y Basuki	6	6
	2	Indonesia Y Basuki	6	77