Singles Champion Runner-up Score 7–6, 7–5 Draw 28 Seeds 8
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Lindsay Davenport defeated Nathalie Tauziat in the final, 7–6, 7–5 to win the singles tennis title at the 1996 European Indoor Championships.
Jana Novotná was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Davenport.
Seeds [ edit ] 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.
(quarterfinals) (semifinals) (second round) Lindsay Davenport (champion) (second round) (second round) (second round) (first round)
Draw [ edit ]
Key [ edit ]
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
SR = Special ranking
Final [ edit ] Final
6
5
4
Lindsay Davenport
7
7
Section 1 [ edit ] First round
Second round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
1
M Hingis
6
6
2
6
LL
3
2
LL
A-G Sidot
6
7
1
6
2
5
L Raymond
7
6
L Raymond
4
6
7
5
3
L Raymond
7
6
WC
6
3
5
5
3
5
A Coetzer
7
6
3
5
N Tauziat
6
7
3
6
2
S Appelmans
6
6
7
S Appelmans
7
6
3
7
5
6
1
5
N Tauziat
6
5
7
N Tauziat
4
6
7
3
7
5
N Tauziat
6
6
7
Q
D Van Roost
7
5
6
Q
3
7
6
8
5
7
4
Section 2 [ edit ] First round
Second round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
6
A Huber
7
6
5
0
6
Q
V Williams
6
6
Q
V Williams
w/o
0
3
Q
0
4
Q
2
6
3
4
L Davenport
6
6
N Zvereva
6
2
6
4
2r
4
L Davenport
6
2
4
L Davenport
6
6
7
I Spîrlea
6
3
6
2
4
1
4
6
2
7
6
1r
3
3
Q
S Kleinová
3
5
Q
S Kleinová
6
6
Q
2
6
A Sugiyama
6
1
2
J Novotná
6
7
WC
2
0r
0
7
2
2
J Novotná
6
6
6
Qualifying [ edit ]
Seeds [ edit ]
Venus Williams (qualified) Dominique Van Roost (qualified) (first round) (qualifying competition, lucky loser) (qualifying competition) (second round) (first round) (first round)
Qualifiers [ edit ]
Lucky loser [ edit ]
Qualifying draw [ edit ]
First qualifier [ edit ] First round
Second round
Qualifying competition
1
6
6
2
1
1
7
6
6
2
7
5
3
4
6
6
1
6
6
6
4
6
1
2
4
6
3
6
7
6
6
4
6
8
2
3
Second qualifier [ edit ] First round
Second round
Qualifying competition
4
6
6
0
0
4
6
6
WC
6
5
2
1
7
7
4
5
5
0
4
7
7
6
6
6
7
6
5
6
3
6
6
7
7
Third qualifier [ edit ] First round
Second round
Qualifying competition
7
3
3
WC
6
6
WC
6
7
6
6
6
2
6
2
7
3
WC
7
5
4
WC
7
6
6
7
6
6
4
WC
2
6
6
6
6
7
3
1
3
Fourth qualifier [ edit ] First round
Second round
Qualifying competition
5
6
7
1
6
5
7
6
6
1
2
5
2
4
6
6
5
4
1
WC
6
6
2
6
6
2
4
WC
2
4
6
1
2
6
6
2
7
6
External links [ edit ]
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From Wikipedia - Reading time: 5 min
Lindsay Davenport
Nathalie Tauziat
Martina Hingis (quarterfinals)
Jana Novotná (semifinals)
Iva Majoli (second round)
Amanda Coetzer (second round)
Anke Huber (second round)
Irina Spîrlea (second round)
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (first round)
K Habšudová
S Appelmans
B Schultz-McCarthy
N Zvereva
N Sawamatsu
M Maleeva
B Schett
Florencia Labat (second round)
Larisa Neiland
Tatiana Panova
Åsa Carlsson
Aleksandra Olsza
Rita Grande
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