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Steffi Graf won the 1996 Wimbledon, defeating Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario 6-3 7-5 in the final. The Grand Slam was played June 24–July 8 on grass courts in Wimbledon, United Kingdom.
Wimbledon, formally The Championships, is staged by the All England Club and is the only Grand Slam tournament played on grass.
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Match Log
Draw
127 recorded singles results
Wimbledon 1996 match log
Winner Score Loser H2H Match Data Date Round Steffi Graf #1 DEF · 6× 6-3 7-5 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #3 H2H Match data Jul 8, 1996* F Steffi Graf #1 DEF · 6× 6-2 2-6 6-3 Kimiko Date #13 H2H Match data Jul 7, 1996* SF Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #3 6-2 6-1 Meredith Mcgrath #27 H2H Match data Jul 7, 1996* SF Kimiko Date #13 3-6 6-3 6-1 Mary Pierce #14 H2H Match data Jul 5, 1996* QF Meredith Mcgrath #27 6-3 6-1 Mary Joe Fernandez #8 H2H Match data Jul 5, 1996* QF Steffi Graf #1 DEF · 6× 6-3 6-2 Jana Novotna #6 H2H Match data Jul 5, 1996* QF Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #3 6-4 6-0 Judith Wiesner #24 H2H Match data Jul 5, 1996* QF Meredith Mcgrath #27 6-4 6-0 Katarina Studenikova #59 H2H Match data Jul 3, 1996* R16 Mary Pierce #14 6-2 6-3 Elena Likhovtseva #30 H2H Match data Jul 3, 1996* R16 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #3 3-6 6-2 6-1 Sabine Appelmans #28 H2H Match data Jul 3, 1996* R16 Steffi Graf #1 DEF · 6× 6-1 6-4 Martina Hingis #18 H2H Match data Jul 3, 1996* R16 Judith Wiesner #24 6-4 6-4 Amy Frazier #23 H2H Match data Jul 3, 1996* R16 Kimiko Date #13 5-7 7-6 6-3 Conchita Martínez #2 CH H2H Match data Jul 3, 1996* R16 Mary Joe Fernandez #8 6-4 1-6 6-3 Ai Sugiyama #29 H2H Match data Jul 3, 1996* R16 Jana Novotna #6 6-3 6-1 Patricia Hy Boulais H2H Match data Jul 3, 1996* R16 Martina Hingis #18 6-3 2-6 6-1 Linda Wild #33 H2H Match data Jun 30, 1996* R32 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #3 6-4 6-1 Naoko Sawamatsu #32 H2H Match data Jun 30, 1996* R32 Ai Sugiyama #29 7-6 6-1 Anke Huber #5 H2H Match data Jun 30, 1996* R32 Upset: winner had a 16 percent pre-match Elo win probability. Meredith Mcgrath #27 7-5 6-7 6-2 Nancy Feber #93 H2H Match data Jun 30, 1996* R32 Patricia Hy Boulais 6-3 3-6 6-4 Nathalie Tauziat #22 H2H Match data Jun 30, 1996* R32 Upset: winner had a 17 percent pre-match Elo win probability. Conchita Martínez #2 CH 7-5 7-6 Lori Mcneil #50 H2H Match data Jun 30, 1996* R32 Steffi Graf #1 DEF · 6× 6-2 6-1 Nicole Arendt #102 H2H Match data Jun 30, 1996* R32 Katarina Studenikova #59 6-3 6-2 Dominique Monami #41 H2H Match data Jun 30, 1996* R32 Sabine Appelmans #28 7-5 3-6 12-10 Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy #10 H2H Match data Jun 30, 1996* R32 Mary Joe Fernandez #8 6-2 6-0 Florencia Labat #61 H2H Match data Jun 30, 1996* R32 Kimiko Date #13 2-6 6-4 6-2 Kristie Boogert #51 H2H Match data Jun 30, 1996* R32 Judith Wiesner #24 6-2 7-5 Gigi Fernandez #69 H2H Match data Jun 30, 1996* R32 Mary Pierce #14 6-4 6-1 Natalia Medvedeva #119 H2H Match data Jun 30, 1996* R32 Jana Novotna #6 6-3 6-1 Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie H2H Match data Jun 30, 1996* R32 Amy Frazier #23 6-0 6-3 Ines Gorrochategui #77 H2H Match data Jun 30, 1996* R32 Elena Likhovtseva #30 6-3 4-6 6-0 Larisa Savchenko #67 H2H Match data Jun 30, 1996* R32 Kristie Boogert #51 4-6 6-3 6-1 Kerry-Anne Guse #166 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64 Steffi Graf #1 DEF · 6× 7-5 6-3 Natalia Baudone #122 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64 Jana Novotna #6 7-6 6-3 Laurence Courtois #48 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64 Amy Frazier #23 6-4 6-1 Sung-Hee Park #73 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64 Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy #10 6-3 6-0 Jolene Watanabe #106 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64 Ai Sugiyama #29 6-4 6-1 Helena Sukova #25 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64 Nicole Arendt #102 2-6 6-2 6-3 Claudia Porwik #108 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #3 7-5 6-3 Miriam Oremans #36 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64 Dominique Monami #41 6-0 6-0 Yone Kamio #56 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64 Judith Wiesner #24 6-2 6-3 Mercedes Paz #179 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64 Elena Likhovtseva #30 6-4 6-3 Katrina Adams #92 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64 Mary Joe Fernandez #8 6-4 6-4 Sandrine Testud #35 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64 Conchita Martínez #2 CH 7-5 7-5 Lisa Raymond #34 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64 Naoko Sawamatsu #32 6-4 6-0 Flora Perfetti #111 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64 Ines Gorrochategui #77 6-3 2-6 6-4 Irina Spirlea #16 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64 Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie 6-2 6-0 Karin Kschwendt #53 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64 Martina Hingis #18 6-1 6-1 Rachel Viollet #204 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64 Katarina Studenikova #59 7-5 5-7 6-4 Monica Seles #1 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64 Upset: winner had a 1 percent pre-match Elo win probability. Patricia Hy Boulais 6-2 6-4 Natasha Zvereva #21 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64 Meredith Mcgrath #27 7-6 2-6 6-3 Amanda Coetzer #15 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64 Linda Wild #33 6-4 6-2 Alexandra Fusai #64 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64 Nathalie Tauziat #22 7-6 3-6 9-7 Magdalena Maleeva #11 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64 Anke Huber #5 6-2 6-1 Pam Shriver #157 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64 Natalia Medvedeva #119 6-3 6-2 Rika Hiraki #110 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64 Mary Pierce #14 6-4 6-2 Claire Taylor #340 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64 Nancy Feber #93 6-1 6-2 Anne Miller H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64 Sabine Appelmans #28 6-3 6-1 Aleksandra Olsza #132 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64 Kimiko Date #13 6-7 6-3 6-3 Anne-Gaelle Sidot #126 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64 Larisa Savchenko #67 6-3 6-2 Lindsay Davenport #9 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64 Upset: winner had a 13 percent pre-match Elo win probability. Florencia Labat #61 6-2 2-6 6-2 Barbara Schett #52 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64 Gigi Fernandez #69 6-2 6-1 Gloria Pizzichini #49 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64 Lori Mcneil #50 4-6 6-0 6-3 Kimberly Po Messerli H2H Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64 Larisa Savchenko #67 6-3 6-3 Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Barbara Schett #52 4-6 6-2 6-3 Petra Begerow #55 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Naoko Sawamatsu #32 7-6 6-2 Naoko Kijimuta #60 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Lindsay Davenport #9 6-4 6-1 Melanie Schnell #100 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Rachel Viollet #204 6-2 2-6 6-1 Megan Miller #266 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Alexandra Fusai #64 7-5 7-6 Sandra Dopfer #96 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Yone Kamio #56 6-2 6-3 Nathalie Dechy #94 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Nancy Feber #93 6-1 6-1 Alexia Dechaume Balleret H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Irina Spirlea #16 3-6 6-1 6-2 Samantha Smith #224 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Dominique Monami #41 6-3 6-3 Maureen Drake #172 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Natalia Baudone #122 0-6 6-1 6-1 Janette Husarova #89 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Ai Sugiyama #29 7-5 6-4 Anne Kremer #154 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Kimiko Date #13 6-0 6-3 Kyoko Nagatsuka #98 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Meredith Mcgrath #27 6-2 7-5 Mana Endo #45 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Pam Shriver #157 6-4 6-4 Annabel Ellwood #133 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Anne-Gaelle Sidot #126 6-4 6-1 Catalina Cristea #226 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Judith Wiesner #24 6-0 7-5 Karina Habsudova #20 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Laurence Courtois #48 4-6 6-2 6-2 Andrea Glass #103 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Kristie Boogert #51 5-7 6-4 6-2 Virginia Ruano Pascual #115 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie 6-7 7-5 8-6 Yayuk Basuki #26 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Natasha Zvereva #21 6-3 6-1 Francesca Lubiani #83 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Amanda Coetzer #15 6-1 6-1 Elena Pampoulova H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Florencia Labat #61 6-1 2-6 7-5 Tami Whitlinger Jones H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Sabine Appelmans #28 6-3 6-4 Nana Smith #99 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Jolene Watanabe #106 6-3 6-3 Radka Bobkova #95 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Lori Mcneil #50 6-7 6-4 6-4 Laura Golarsa #174 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Gigi Fernandez #69 2-6 6-3 6-4 Tatjana Jecmenica #72 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Flora Perfetti #111 4-6 6-2 11-9 María Sánchez Lorenzo #79 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Claire Taylor #340 6-3 6-2 Joanne Ward H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #3 6-3 6-4 Adriana Serra Zanetti #128 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Monica Seles #1 6-1 6-2 Ann Grossman #66 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Conchita Martínez #2 CH 6-0 6-0 Silvia Farina Elia #42 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Claudia Porwik #108 2-6 7-5 6-4 Clare Wood #183 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Sandrine Testud #35 6-1 6-3 Sandra Cacic #63 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Katrina Adams #92 7-6 6-1 Angelica Gavaldon #88 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Magdalena Maleeva #11 6-2 6-1 Barbara Rittner #58 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Rika Hiraki #110 7-5 6-4 Christina Singer #82 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Anne Miller 6-2 6-2 Paola Suarez #74 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Elena Likhovtseva #30 7-6 6-3 Els Callens #121 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Mary Pierce #14 6-3 6-2 Patty Schnyder #87 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Sung-Hee Park #73 6-2 6-2 Radomira Zrubakova #101 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Lisa Raymond #34 6-2 3-6 6-2 Angeles Montolio #118 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Jana Novotna #6 6-4 6-0 Veronika Martinek #123 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Mary Joe Fernandez #8 6-0 6-0 Jana Kandarr #97 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Ines Gorrochategui #77 6-4 7-6 Anna Smashnova #127 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Karin Kschwendt #53 4-6 6-3 6-3 Asa Carlsson #47 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Natalia Medvedeva #119 5-7 7-5 6-4 Corina Morariu #105 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Anke Huber #5 6-1 6-1 Gala Leon Garcia #65 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Helena Sukova #25 6-3 6-3 Kristin Godridge #120 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Mercedes Paz #179 6-4 6-4 Marianne Werdel Witmeyer H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Upset: winner had a 17 percent pre-match Elo win probability. Martina Hingis #18 6-2 6-2 Jana Nejedly #113 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Amy Frazier #23 6-3 6-1 Dally Randriantefy #90 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Nicole Arendt #102 6-3 6-2 Henrieta Nagyova #78 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Kerry-Anne Guse #166 6-3 6-0 Nicole Bradtke #54 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Upset: winner had a 14 percent pre-match Elo win probability. Nathalie Tauziat #22 6-2 3-6 6-1 Petra Kamstra #76 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy #10 6-0 6-3 Joannette Kruger #62 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Linda Wild #33 6-1 6-4 Rennae Stubbs #84 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Kimberly Po Messerli 6-4 6-3 Amelie Cocheteux #170 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Miriam Oremans #36 7-6 6-3 Rita Grande #57 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Katarina Studenikova #59 6-2 6-4 Elena Makarova H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Aleksandra Olsza #132 6-4 6-4 Magdalena Grzybowska #80 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Steffi Graf #1 DEF · 6× 6-4 6-1 Ludmila Richterova #75 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Gloria Pizzichini #49 6-0 6-2 Katarzyna Nowak #143 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128 Patricia Hy Boulais 7-6 6-4 Mariaan De Swardt H2H Match data Jun 26, 1996* R128
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The 2026 Wimbledon was won by Linda Noskova, who defeated Karolina Muchova 6-2 5-7 6-3.
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