| Singles | |
|---|---|
| 1997 Direct Line International Championships | |
| 1996 Champion |  Monica Seles |
| Champion |  |
| Runner-up | |
| Score | No result due to rain. |
Monica Seles was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Brenda Schultz-McCarthy.
There was no result for the tournament due to rain. The finalists were Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Jana Novotná, who would also reach the final of the same event a year later (Novotná winning in straight sets).
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)
Jana Novotná (final)
Iva Majoli (second round)
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (final) Mary Joe Fernández (first round)
Irina Spîrlea (quarterfinals) Kimberly Po (second round)
Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (semifinals)| Final | ||||
| 4 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | cancelled | ||
| 2 | Jana Novotná | |||
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | M Seles | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Q |  J Ward | 2 | 5 |  N Sawamatsu | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| N Sawamatsu | 6 | 7 | 1 | M Seles | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| L Raymond | 5 | 4 | 8 | B Schultz-McCarthy | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 S Farina | 7 | 6 | S Farina | 6 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| H Suková | 3 | 6 | 8 | B Schultz-McCarthy | 4 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | B Schultz-McCarthy | 6 | 7 | 8 | B Schultz-McCarthy | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | A Sánchez Vicario | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | A Sánchez Vicario | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 S-T Wang | 3 | 7 | 4 | Q |  K-A Guse | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | K-A Guse | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
 A-G Sidot | 6 | 6 | 6 | I Spîrlea | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | L Ahl | 3 | 4 | A-G Sidot | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q |  I Gorrochategui | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | I Spîrlea | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | I Spîrlea | 6 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | M J Fernández | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| N Tauziat | 7 | 7 | N Tauziat | 6 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| C Rubin | 4 | 4 | Q | V Williams | 3 | 7 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | V Williams | 6 | 6 | N Tauziat | 4 | 7 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A Frazier | 6 | 0 |  N Zvereva | 6 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| N Zvereva | 7 | 6 | N Zvereva | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | I Majoli | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| N Zvereva | 7 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | K Po | 0 | 7 | 6 | 2 | J Novotná | 6 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
 K Studeníková | 6 | 6 | 2 | 7 | K Po | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | S-A Siddall | 2 | 7 | 6 | A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A Sugiyama | 6 | 5 | 8 | A Sugiyama | 2 | 7 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Y Basuki | 6 | 6 | 2 | J Novotná | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 E Likhovtseva | 3 | 0 | Y Basuki | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | J Novotná | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The United States' Lindsay Davenport defeated Spain's Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the final, 7–6(10–8), 6–2 to win the gold medal in Women's Singles tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics. In the bronze-medal match, the Czech Republic's Jana Novotná defeated the United States' Mary Joe Fernández, 7–6(10–8), 6–4. Sánchez Vicario became the second woman to win multiple Olympic tennis medals in singles ; Fernández would have done so as well, but the rules had been changed since the last Games to add a bronze medal playoff match.
Defending champion Steffi Graf defeated Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in a rematch of the previous year's final, 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 10–8 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1996 French Open. With the win, Graf claimed her 19th major singles title, surpassing Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova's Open Era record.
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