1996 Nokia Open – Singles

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

Singles
1996 Salem Open Beijing and the Nokia Open
1995 Champion	Linda Wild
Champion	Wang Shi-ting
Runner-up	Chen Li-Ling
Final score	6–3, 6–4
Seeds	8

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.

1. Linda Wild (Quarterfinals)
2. Yayuk Basuki (Quarterfinals)
3. Sandrine Testud (Semifinals)
4. Naoko Kijimuta (Quarterfinals)
5. Wang Shi-ting (Champion)
6. Mana Endo (Quarterfinals)
7. Nana Miyagi (Second Round)
8. Francesca Lubiani (Second Round)

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

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	L Wild	6	6
		H Rosen	3	0				1	L Wild	6	6
	Q	Y Hosoki	6	6				Q	Y Hosoki	3	1
		R Hiraki	4	4											1	L Wild	4	4
		T Tanasugarn	6	7^7												T Tanasugarn	6	6
		Y-J Choi	2	6^4					T Tanasugarn	6	6
	WC	J Chen	2	3				7	N Miyagi	1	1
	7	N Miyagi	6	6																			T Tanasugarn	4	3
	4	N Kijimuta	6	6																		5	S-T Wang	6	6
		H Inoue	1	4				4	N Kijimuta	6	6
	WC	L Li	7	6				WC	L Li	1	1
		C Morariu	5	3											4	N Kijimuta	3	4
		Y Yoshida	4	5											5	S-T Wang	6	6
		J-Q Yi	6	7					J-Q Yi	5	2
	Q	H Mochizuki	4	4				5	S-T Wang	7	6
	5	S-T Wang	6	6																									5	Wang Shi-ting	6	6
	6	M Endo	6	7																										Chen Li-Ling	3	4
		M Saeki	1	5				6	M Endo	7	6
		S-H Park	6	4	6				S-H Park	5	0
		N Dechy	3	6	3										6	M Endo	2	6	5
		M-R Jeon	3	7	7^7										3	S Testud	6	4	7
	Q	S Obata	6	5	6^3				M-R Jeon	6	5	3
		S Klösel	3	0				3	S Testud	2	7	6
	3	S Testud	6	6																		3	S Testud	7	4	4
	8	F Lubiani	7	6																			L-L Chen	5	6	6
		N van Lottum	5	1				8	F Lubiani	3	3
		L-L Chen	6	7^7					L-L Chen	6	6
		T Križan	4	6^1												L-L Chen	6	6
		M Schnell	6	3	4										2	Y Basuki	2	2
	Q	S Meier	3	6	6			Q	S Meier	2	1
		A Serra Zanetti	1	6^2				2	Y Basuki	6	6
	2	Y Basuki	6	7^7

References

• 1996 Nokia Open Draw