WTA Roland Garros 1996 Draw, Results & Schedule

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Steffi Graf won the 1996 Roland Garros, defeating Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario 6-3 6-7(4) 10-8 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on clay courts in Paris, France, from May 27 to June 9, 1996.

Champion
Steffi Graf
def. Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario , 6-3 6-7(4) 10-8
Dates
May 27 — Jun 9
Location
Paris, France
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Clay
Prize money
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DateRoundWinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch
F (1)
Jun 9, 1996* F Steffi Graf #1 6-3 6-7(4) 10-8 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #3 H2H Match data
SF (2)
Jun 8, 1996* SF Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #3 6-3 7-5 Jana Novotna #8 H2H Match data
Jun 8, 1996* SF Steffi Graf #1 6-3 6-1 Conchita Martínez #2 H2H Match data
QF (4)
Jun 6, 1996* QF Conchita Martínez #2 6-1 6-3 Lindsay Davenport #12 H2H Match data
Jun 6, 1996* QF Steffi Graf #1 6-3 6-1 Iva Majoli #4 H2H Match data
Jun 6, 1996* QF Jana Novotna #8 7-6(7) 6-3 Monica Seles #1 H2H Match data
Jun 6, 1996* QF Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #3 6-2 6-7(4) 10-8 Karina Habsudova #26 H2H Match data
R16 (8)
Jun 4, 1996* R16 Iva Majoli #4 6-3 6-1 Gala Leon Garcia #107 H2H Match data
Jun 4, 1996* R16 Steffi Graf #1 6-1 7-6(7) Mary Joe Fernandez #11 H2H Match data
Jun 4, 1996* R16 Lindsay Davenport #12 3-6 6-4 8-6 Kimiko Date Krumm H2H Match data
Jun 4, 1996* R16 Karina Habsudova #26 7-5 6-3 Anke Huber #5 H2H Match data
Jun 4, 1996* R16 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #3 6-3 6-4 Barbara Rittner #82 H2H Match data
Jun 4, 1996* R16 Jana Novotna #8 6-1 7-5 Irina Spirlea #18 H2H Match data
Jun 4, 1996* R16 Monica Seles #1 6-1 6-1 Magdalena Maleeva #13 H2H Match data
Jun 4, 1996* R16 Conchita Martínez #2 6-2 6-3 Amanda Coetzer #15 H2H Match data
R32 (16)
Jun 2, 1996* R32 Monica Seles #1 6-2 7-5 Sabine Appelmans #27 H2H Match data
Jun 2, 1996* R32 Amanda Coetzer #15 6-3 3-6 6-2 Natasha Zvereva #22 H2H Match data
Jun 2, 1996* R32 Karina Habsudova #26 4-6 7-5 6-4 Martina Hingis #17 H2H Match data
Jun 2, 1996* R32 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #3 6-0 6-0 Elena Likhovtseva #32 H2H Match data
Jun 2, 1996* R32 Anke Huber #5 6-2 6-2 Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor #123 H2H Match data
Jun 2, 1996* R32 Jana Novotna #8 6-1 7-5 Elena Makarova H2H Match data
Jun 2, 1996* R32 Gala Leon Garcia #107 6-4 2-6 6-3 Barbara Paulus #16 H2H Match data
Jun 2, 1996* R32 Steffi Graf #1 6-0 1-0 (ret.) Petra Langrova #205 H2H Match data
Jun 2, 1996* R32 Iva Majoli #4 4-6 7-5 6-4 Sandrine Testud #39 H2H Match data
Jun 2, 1996* R32 Conchita Martínez #2 6-2 6-1 Ann Grossman #70 H2H Match data
Jun 2, 1996* R32 Mary Joe Fernandez #11 6-2 6-3 Gloria Pizzichini #66 H2H Match data
Jun 2, 1996* R32 Magdalena Maleeva #13 6-2 6-1 Miriam Oremans #47 H2H Match data
Jun 2, 1996* R32 Irina Spirlea #18 6-3 3-6 6-2 Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy #10 H2H Match data
Jun 2, 1996* R32 Lindsay Davenport #12 6-3 6-2 Yayuk Basuki #28 H2H Match data
Jun 2, 1996* R32 Barbara Rittner #82 6-4 6-2 Mary Pierce #14 H2H Match data
Jun 2, 1996* R32 Kimiko Date Krumm 6-3 7-5 Linda Wild #33 H2H Match data
R64 (32)
May 30, 1996* R64 Kimiko Date Krumm 6-4 6-2 Tatjana Jecmenica #76 H2H Match data
May 30, 1996* R64 Elena Makarova 6-1 6-1 Alexandra Fusai #69 H2H Match data
May 30, 1996* R64 Gala Leon Garcia #107 6-1 6-0 Kyoko Nagatsuka #79 H2H Match data
May 30, 1996* R64 Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor #123 6-2 7-5 Nancy Feber #104 H2H Match data
May 30, 1996* R64 Barbara Rittner #82 6-0 6-3 Jing-Qian Yi #71 H2H Match data
May 30, 1996* R64 Miriam Oremans #47 7-5 6-1 Radka Bobkova #114 H2H Match data
May 30, 1996* R64 Mary Joe Fernandez #11 6-2 6-4 Henrieta Nagyova #80 H2H Match data
May 30, 1996* R64 Mary Pierce #14 6-3 2-6 6-2 Dally Randriantefy #113 H2H Match data
May 30, 1996* R64 Jana Novotna #8 6-4 6-3 Shi-Ting Wang #35 H2H Match data
May 30, 1996* R64 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #3 6-0 6-1 Veronika Martinek #105 H2H Match data
May 30, 1996* R64 Lindsay Davenport #12 6-1 6-2 Sung-Hee Park #81 H2H Match data
May 30, 1996* R64 Steffi Graf #1 6-2 6-2 Nicole Bradtke #54 H2H Match data
May 30, 1996* R64 Irina Spirlea #18 4-0 (ret.) Silvia Farina Elia #46 H2H Match data
May 30, 1996* R64 Anke Huber #5 6-3 6-2 Andrea Temesvari #173 H2H Match data
May 30, 1996* R64 Karina Habsudova #26 6-2 4-6 8-6 Nathalie Tauziat #20 H2H Match data
May 30, 1996* R64 Sabine Appelmans #27 6-2 6-2 Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie H2H Match data
May 30, 1996* R64 Elena Likhovtseva #32 6-3 3-6 9-7 María Sánchez Lorenzo #84 H2H Match data
May 30, 1996* R64 Monica Seles #1 7-6(4) 6-2 Naoko Sawamatsu #29 H2H Match data
May 30, 1996* R64 Sandrine Testud #39 7-5 6-3 Paola Suarez #64 H2H Match data
May 30, 1996* R64 Barbara Paulus #16 6-2 6-4 Kristie Boogert #60 H2H Match data
May 30, 1996* R64 Natasha Zvereva #22 6-3 6-3 Adriana Serra Zanetti #101 H2H Match data
May 30, 1996* R64 Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy #10 6-4 5-7 7-5 Amélie Mauresmo #229 H2H Match data
May 30, 1996* R64 Conchita Martínez #2 6-3 7-5 Radomira Zrubakova #115 H2H Match data
May 30, 1996* R64 Yayuk Basuki #28 7-5 6-2 Laurence Courtois #43 H2H Match data
May 30, 1996* R64 Magdalena Maleeva #13 6-2 2-6 6-2 Tami Whitlinger Jones H2H Match data
May 30, 1996* R64 Ann Grossman #70 6-3 6-3 Nathalie Dechy #116 H2H Match data
May 30, 1996* R64 Martina Hingis #17 7-5 7-5 Petra Begerow #51 H2H Match data
May 30, 1996* R64 Iva Majoli #4 6-3 7-6(4) Rita Grande #63 H2H Match data
May 30, 1996* R64 Amanda Coetzer #15 6-4 6-1 Francesca Lubiani #103 H2H Match data
May 30, 1996* R64 Linda Wild #33 6-7(5) 7-6(3) 6-2 Sandra Cecchini #127 H2H Match data
May 30, 1996* R64 Gloria Pizzichini #66 6-7(4) 6-4 7-5 Julie Halard-Decugis #19 H2H Match data
May 30, 1996* R64 Petra Langrova #205 6-2 4-6 6-1 Petra Kamstra #89 H2H Match data
R128 (64)
May 29, 1996* R128 Jing-Qian Yi #71 6-3 7-5 Jennifer Capriati #109 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Gloria Pizzichini #66 7-6(2) 6-2 Karin Kschwendt #50 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Magdalena Maleeva #13 6-1 6-7(4) 12-10 Lisa Raymond #34 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Radka Bobkova #114 6-2 7-5 Isabelle Demongeot #153 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Steffi Graf #1 6-3 6-2 Larisa Savchenko #86 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Shi-Ting Wang #35 6-2 6-4 Anna Smashnova #78 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Miriam Oremans #47 6-3 6-0 Lea Ghirardi #137 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Irina Spirlea #18 6-0 6-1 Catherine Mothes Jobkel H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Petra Begerow #51 2-6 7-5 6-4 Christina Singer #56 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Nancy Feber #104 6-4 6-4 Helena Sukova #31 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Laurence Courtois #43 6-3 5-2 (ret.) Maria Jose Gaidano H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Conchita Martínez #2 6-1 6-1 Els Callens #73 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Mary Pierce #14 7-5 6-2 Melanie Schnell #96 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie 6-3 6-3 Amy Frazier #21 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Paola Suarez #64 1-6 6-3 6-2 Mariaan De Swardt H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 María Sánchez Lorenzo #84 6-2 6-2 Amelie Cocheteux #174 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Iva Majoli #4 6-3 6-4 Silke Meier #171 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Alexandra Fusai #69 6-2 6-4 Patricia Hy Boulais H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Barbara Rittner #82 6-0 6-1 Katarina Studenikova #57 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Nicole Bradtke #54 6-2 6-3 Jolene Watanabe #90 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Ann Grossman #70 6-4 6-0 Yone Kamio #58 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Kyoko Nagatsuka #79 6-4 3-6 6-2 Katrina Adams #99 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Adriana Serra Zanetti #101 2-6 6-1 7-5 Florencia Labat #53 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Kristie Boogert #60 6-1 6-4 Angeles Montolio #108 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Martina Hingis #17 6-3 6-0 Barbara Schett #48 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Anke Huber #5 6-2 6-2 Gigi Fernandez #67 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Sabine Appelmans #27 6-1 6-1 Rennae Stubbs #77 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Petra Langrova #205 6-2 7-6(12) Nicole Arendt #100 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Amélie Mauresmo #229 6-2 1-6 6-4 Beate Reinstadler #125 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy #10 6-4 6-4 Alexia Dechaume Balleret H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Sung-Hee Park #81 5-7 6-1 6-3 Mana Endo #41 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Yayuk Basuki #28 6-4 6-2 Marianne Werdel Witmeyer H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Naoko Sawamatsu #29 6-2 6-1 Katarzyna Nowak #119 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Rita Grande #63 6-3 6-1 Sandra Cacic #61 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Mary Joe Fernandez #11 6-0 6-1 Magdalena Grzybowska #75 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Karina Habsudova #26 6-7(5) 6-0 7-5 Kristin Godridge #106 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Sandrine Testud #39 6-3 5-7 6-4 Virginia Ruano Pascual #65 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Jana Novotna #8 6-0 6-2 Ludmila Richterova #74 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Barbara Paulus #16 6-4 6-4 Naoko Kijimuta #55 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Sandra Cecchini #127 6-2 6-1 Meredith Mcgrath #49 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Elena Makarova 6-0 3-6 6-1 Natalia Baudone #98 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Dally Randriantefy #113 7-6(6) 6-1 Jana Nejedly #118 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #3 6-2 6-3 Andrea Glass #94 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor #123 6-4 5-7 7-5 Rachel Mcquillan #136 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Monica Seles #1 6-1 6-1 Caroline Dhenin #168 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Natasha Zvereva #22 6-3 6-4 Dominique Monami #42 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Francesca Lubiani #103 6-4 7-5 Claudia Porwik #110 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Tami Whitlinger Jones 6-1 6-2 Elena Pampoulova H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Henrieta Nagyova #80 2-6 6-4 6-4 Patty Schnyder #87 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Gala Leon Garcia #107 6-4 6-4 Nana Smith #92 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Nathalie Dechy #116 6-2 7-5 Janette Husarova #91 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Kimiko Date Krumm 3-6 6-3 6-4 Asa Carlsson #45 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Linda Wild #33 6-2 6-0 Rika Hiraki #95 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Veronika Martinek #105 6-3 6-4 Jana Kandarr #93 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Julie Halard-Decugis #19 2-6 6-1 6-0 Lindsay Lee-Waters #44 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Elena Likhovtseva #32 6-3 1-6 6-4 Judith Wiesner #24 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Lindsay Davenport #12 6-4 6-1 Flora Perfetti #124 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Tatjana Jecmenica #76 7-5 7-6(0) Sabine Hack #36 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Andrea Temesvari #173 6-1 7-5 Shaun Stafford #156 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Petra Kamstra #89 6-1 7-5 Laura Golarsa #138 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Radomira Zrubakova #115 5-7 6-3 6-2 Anne-Gaelle Sidot #116 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Amanda Coetzer #15 6-1 7-5 Ai Sugiyama #25 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Silvia Farina Elia #46 6-3 6-4 Catalina Cristea #129 H2H Match data
May 29, 1996* R128 Nathalie Tauziat #20 6-1 6-1 Anne Miller H2H Match data

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Steffi Graf 6
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Justine Henin 4
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario 3

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Roland Garros is held in Paris, France.
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