1996 Australian Open Tennis Championship
Women's Singles Draw
| First Round | Second Round | Third Round | Fourth Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Champion |
| Monica Seles-1 USA | Seles-1 | Seles-1 | Seles-1 | Seles-1 | Seles-1 | Seles-1 | M. SELES-1 |
| Q-Janet Lee USA | |||||||
| Katarina Studenikova SVK | Studenikova | ||||||
| Dominique Van Roost BEL | |||||||
| Q-Francesa Lubiani ITA | Q-Lubiani | Halard Decugis | |||||
| Nicole Bradtke AUS | |||||||
| Julie Halard-Decugis FRA | Halard Decugis | ||||||
| WC-Janet Taylor AUS | |||||||
| Radka Zrubakova SVK | Sugiyama | Sugiyama | Sawamatsu-15 | ||||
| Ai Sugiyama JPN | |||||||
| Sarah Pitkowski FRA | Q-Dechaume-Balleret | ||||||
| Q-Alexia Dechaume-Balleret FRA | |||||||
| Janette Husarova SVK | Wild | Sawamatsu-15 | |||||
| Linda Wild USA | |||||||
| Catalina Cristea ROM | Sawamatsu-15 | ||||||
| Naoko Sawamatsu-15 JPN | |||||||
| Natasha Zvereva-12 BEL | Smashnova | Whitlinger-Jones | Appelmans | Majoli-7 | |||
| Anna Smashnova ISR | |||||||
| Tami Whitlinger-Jones USA | Whitlinger-Jones | ||||||
| Naoko Kujimuta JPN | |||||||
| Irina Spirlea ROM | Spirlea | Appelmans | |||||
| Sandrine Testud FRA | |||||||
| Nadia Baudone Furlan ITA | Appelmans | ||||||
| Sabine Appelmans BEL | |||||||
| Q-Jolene Watanabe USA | Q-Watanabe | Fusai | Majoli-7 | ||||
| Mariaan de Swardt RSA | |||||||
| Pam Shriver USA | Fusai | ||||||
| Alexandra Fusai FRA | |||||||
| WC-Nicole Pratt AUS | McNeil | Majoli-7 | |||||
| Lori McNeil USA | |||||||
| Elena Makarova RUS | Majoli-7 | ||||||
| Iva Majoli-7 CRO | |||||||
| Arantxa S. Vicario-3 ESP | S. Vicario-3 | S. Vicario-3 | S. Vicario-3 | S. Vicario-3 | Rubin-13 | ||
| Beate Reinstadler AUT | |||||||
| Ann Grossman USA | Rittner | ||||||
| Barbara Rittner GER | |||||||
| Kristin Godridge AUS | Drake Brockman | Cacic | |||||
| WC-S. Drake Brockman AUS | |||||||
| Sandra Cacic USA | Cacic | ||||||
| Els Callens BEL | |||||||
| Nicole Arendt USA | Arendt | Arendt | Fernandez-9 | ||||
| WC-Kristine Kunce AUS | |||||||
| Lea Ghirardi FRA | Farina | ||||||
| Silvia Farina ITA | |||||||
| Veronika Martinek GER | Sanchez Lorenzo | Fernandez-9 | |||||
| Maria A. Sanchez Lorenzo ESP | |||||||
| Virginia Ruano Pascual ESP | Fernandez-9 | ||||||
| Mary Joe Fernandez-9 USA | |||||||
| Chanda Rubin-13 USA | Rubin-13 | Rubin-13 | Rubin-13 | Rubin-13 | |||
| Rachel McQuillan AUS | |||||||
| Tina Krizan SLO | Krizan | ||||||
| Meredith McGrath USA | |||||||
| Laurence Courtois BEL | Courtois | Courtois | |||||
| Miriam Oremans NED | |||||||
| Annabel Ellwood AUS | Kruger | ||||||
| Joannette Kruger RSA | |||||||
| Karen Kschwendt GER | Kschwendt | Kschwendt | Sabatini-6 | ||||
| Petra Begerow GER | |||||||
| Nana Miyagi JPN | Miyagi | ||||||
| Sandra Cecchini ITA | |||||||
| Isabelle Demongeot FRA | Habsudova | Sabatini-6 | |||||
| Karina Habsudova SVK | |||||||
| Shaun Stafford USA | Sabatini-6 | ||||||
| Gabriella Sabatini-6 ARG | |||||||
| Kimiko Date-5 JPN | Date-5 | Endo | Hingis | Hingis | Coetzer-16 | Huber-8 | |
| Angelica Gavaldon MEX | |||||||
| Mana Endo JPN | Endo | ||||||
| WC-Kerry-Anne Guse AUS | |||||||
| Jana Nejedly CAN | Hingis | Hingis | |||||
| Martina Hingis SUI | |||||||
| Barbara Paulus AUT | Paulus | ||||||
| Larisa Neiland LAT | |||||||
| Nancy Feber BEL | Feber | Boogert | Schultz-McCarthy-11 | ||||
| Q-Sonya Jeyaseelan CAN | |||||||
| Adriana Serra-Zanetti ITA | Boogert | ||||||
| Kristie Boogert NED | |||||||
| Andrea Temesvari HUN | Wang | Schultz-McCarthy-11 | |||||
| Shi-Ting Wang TPE | |||||||
| Patricia Hy-Boulais CAN | Schultz-McCarthy-11 | ||||||
| Brenda S. McCarthy-11 NED | |||||||
| Amanda Coetzer-16 RSA | Coetzer-16 | Coetzer-16 | Coetzer-16 | Coetzer-16 | |||
| Melanie Schnell AUT | |||||||
| Sabine Hack GER | Hack | ||||||
| Yayuk Basuki INA | |||||||
| Q-Laxmi Poruri USA | Q-Poruri | Q-Hiraki | |||||
| Lindsay Lee Waters USA | |||||||
| Maria Jose Gaidano ARG | Q-Hiraki | ||||||
| Q-Rika Hiraki JPN | |||||||
| Lisa Raymond USA | Grande | Grande | Likhovtseva | ||||
| Rita Grande ITA | |||||||
| Min Tang HKG | Meier | ||||||
| Silke Meier GER | |||||||
| Kyoko Nagatsuka JPN | Likhovtseva | Likhovtseva | |||||
| Elena Likhovtseva RUS | |||||||
| Barbara Schwartz AUT | Pierce-4 | ||||||
| Mary Pierce-4 FRA | |||||||
| Anke Huber-8 GER | Huber-8 | Huber-8 | Huber-8 | Huber-8 | Huber-8 | ||
| Sandra Kleinova CZE | |||||||
| Asa Carlsson SWE | Carlsson | ||||||
| WC-Kirrily Sharpe AUS | |||||||
| Maria Strandlund SWE | Randriantefy | Richterova | |||||
| Dally Randriantefy MAD | |||||||
| Ludmila Richterova CZE | Richterova | ||||||
| WC-Gail Biggs AUS | |||||||
| Helena Sukova CZE | Sukova | Sukova | Schett | ||||
| Judith Wiesner AUT | |||||||
| Magdalena Grzybowska POL | Grzybowska | ||||||
| WC-Trudi Musgrave AUS | |||||||
| Maria Vento VEN | Park | Schett | |||||
| Sung-Hee Park KOR | |||||||
| Barbara Schett AUT | Schett | ||||||
| Amy Frazier-14 USA | |||||||
| Lindsay Davenport-10 USA | Davenport-10 | Davenport-10 | Davenport-10 | Martinez-2 | |||
| Christina Singer GER | |||||||
| Gigi Fernandez USA | Stubbs | ||||||
| Rennae Stubbs AUS | |||||||
| Katarzyna Nowak POL | Dahlman | Dahlman | |||||
| Nanne Dahlman FIN | |||||||
| Erika de Lone USA | Dragomir | ||||||
| Ruxandra Dragomir ROM | |||||||
| Yone Kamio JPN | Kamio | Kandarr | Martinez-2 | ||||
| Fang Li CHN | |||||||
| Tatyana Jecmenica YUG | Kandarr | ||||||
| Jana Kandarr GER | |||||||
| J.ing-Qian Yi CHN | Labat | Martinez-2 | |||||
| Florencia Labat ARG | |||||||
| Q-Clare Wood GBR | Martinez-2 | ||||||
| Conchita Martinez-2 ESP |