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Steffi Graf won the 1996 US Open, defeating Monica Seles 7-5 6-4 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on hard courts in New York, United States, from August 26 to September 8, 1996. The match log contains 127 recorded singles results for this edition.
The US Open is the final Grand Slam tournament of the calendar year and continues the lineage of the U.S. National Championships.
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Location
New York,
Results
Match Log
Draw
US Open 1996 match log
Winner Score Loser H2H Match Data Date Round
Steffi Graf
#1
7-5 6-4
Monica Seles
#1
H2H Match data
Sep 8, 1996*
F
Steffi Graf
#1
7-5 6-3
Martina Hingis
#16
H2H Match data
Sep 7, 1996*
SF
Monica Seles
#1
6-4 6-3
Conchita Martínez
#3
H2H Match data
Sep 7, 1996*
SF
Steffi Graf
#1
7-5 6-3
Judith Wiesner
#24
H2H Match data
Sep 5, 1996*
QF
Monica Seles
#1
6-0 6-3
Amanda Coetzer
#17
H2H Match data
Sep 5, 1996*
QF
Martina Hingis
#16
7-6 6-4
Jana Novotna
#7
H2H Match data
Sep 5, 1996*
QF
Conchita Martínez
#3
7-6 6-0
Linda Wild
#32
H2H Match data
Sep 5, 1996*
QF
Monica Seles
#1
7-5 6-0
Sandrine Testud
#36
H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1996*
R16
Conchita Martínez
#3
6-2 6-1
Asa Carlsson
#59
H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1996*
R16
Steffi Graf
#1
6-2 6-1
Anna Kournikova
#144
H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1996*
R16
Judith Wiesner
#24
6-0 6-3
Rita Grande
#67
H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1996*
R16
Linda Wild
#32
6-2 3-6 6-0
Lindsay Davenport
#8
H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1996*
R16
Upset: winner had a 9 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Amanda Coetzer
#17
6-4 6-1
Lisa Raymond
#50
H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1996*
R16
Martina Hingis
#16
6-1 3-6 6-4
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
#2
H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1996*
R16
Upset: winner had a 18 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Jana Novotna
#7
6-2 6-0
Karina Habsudova
#19
H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1996*
R16
Sandrine Testud
#36
4-6 6-2 6-1
Ines Gorrochategui
#87
H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1996*
R32
Asa Carlsson
#59
7-5 3-6 6-2
Gabriela Sabatini
#15
H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1996*
R32
Upset: winner had a 15 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Anna Kournikova
#144
3-6 6-2 6-4
Barbara Paulus
#14
H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1996*
R32
Upset: winner had a 11 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Martina Hingis
#16
6-2 6-2
Naoko Kijimuta
#51
H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1996*
R32
Steffi Graf
#1
6-4 6-2
Natasha Zvereva
#27
H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1996*
R32
Karina Habsudova
#19
6-2 6-3
Sandra Dopfer
#94
H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1996*
R32
Rita Grande
#67
7-5 6-1
Els Callens
#118
H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1996*
R32
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
#2
6-1 6-0
Elena Likhovtseva
#28
H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1996*
R32
Amanda Coetzer
#17
7-6 7-5
Irina Spirlea
#21
H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1996*
R32
Lisa Raymond
#50
6-3 6-2
Kimberly Po Messerli
H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1996*
R32
Monica Seles
#1
6-0 6-2
Dally Randriantefy
#104
H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1996*
R32
Jana Novotna
#7
6-2 6-3
Tami Whitlinger Jones
H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1996*
R32
Linda Wild
#32
6-4 4-6 7-5
Barbara Rittner
#63
H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1996*
R32
Lindsay Davenport
#8
6-0 6-3
Anne-Gaelle Sidot
#90
H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1996*
R32
Conchita Martínez
#3
6-4 6-3
Helena Sukova
#31
H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1996*
R32
Judith Wiesner
#24
6-2 6-0
Petra Langrova
#106
H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1996*
R32
Gabriela Sabatini
#15
6-2 6-3
Ann Grossman
#72
H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1996*
R64
Jana Novotna
#7
6-2 4-6 6-2
Florencia Labat
#47
H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1996*
R64
Sandra Dopfer
#94
2-6 6-2 6-3
Nanne Dahlman
#124
H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1996*
R64
Barbara Paulus
#14
7-5 7-6
Elena Pampoulova
H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1996*
R64
Rita Grande
#67
6-2 6-0
Tina Krizan
#135
H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1996*
R64
Steffi Graf
#1
6-2 6-1
Karin Kschwendt
#37
H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1996*
R64
Ines Gorrochategui
#87
6-1 6-1
Aleksandra Olsza
#110
H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1996*
R64
Natasha Zvereva
#27
4-6 6-4 6-3
Ai Sugiyama
#26
H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1996*
R64
Monica Seles
#1
(w/o)
Laurence Courtois
#46
H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1996*
R64
Conchita Martínez
#3
6-1 6-3
Nathalie Tauziat
#25
H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1996*
R64
Judith Wiesner
#24
6-2 7-5
Debbie Graham
#165
H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1996*
R64
Irina Spirlea
#21
6-1 6-2
Maria Jose Gaidano
H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1996*
R64
Anna Kournikova
#144
6-3 6-3
Natalia Baudone
#132
H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1996*
R64
Kimberly Po Messerli
6-1 6-4
Kristina Brandi
#139
H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1996*
R64
Els Callens
#118
6-4 1-6 6-1
Annabel Ellwood
#141
H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1996*
R64
Tami Whitlinger Jones
7-6 6-2
Amy Frazier
#22
H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1996*
R64
Barbara Rittner
#63
6-2 6-1
Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy
#13
H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1996*
R64
Lindsay Davenport
#8
6-0 6-4
Henrieta Nagyova
#68
H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1996*
R64
Dally Randriantefy
#104
6-3 6-1
Jane Chi
#178
H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1996*
R64
Sandrine Testud
#36
6-2 6-1
Cristina Torrens Valero
#105
H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1996*
R64
Amanda Coetzer
#17
6-2 7-5
Mariaan De Swardt
H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1996*
R64
Asa Carlsson
#59
6-2 3-1 (ret.)
Barbara Schett
#44
H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1996*
R64
Karina Habsudova
#19
6-4 6-2
Nathalie Dechy
#100
H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1996*
R64
Lisa Raymond
#50
6-2 6-0
Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor
#92
H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1996*
R64
Helena Sukova
#31
6-4 7-6
Paola Suarez
#74
H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1996*
R64
Elena Likhovtseva
#28
6-4 6-2
Lilia Osterloh
#319
H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1996*
R64
Naoko Kijimuta
#51
6-4 7-5
Alexandra Fusai
#61
H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1996*
R64
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
#2
6-2 6-2
Nicole Arendt
#82
H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1996*
R64
Petra Langrova
#106
6-4 3-6 7-5
Naoko Sawamatsu
#30
H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1996*
R64
Linda Wild
#32
5-7 6-3 6-3
Kristie Boogert
#56
H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1996*
R64
Anne-Gaelle Sidot
#90
6-4 3-6 6-3
Shi-Ting Wang
#41
H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1996*
R64
Upset: winner had a 19 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Martina Hingis
#16
6-4 6-4
Miriam Oremans
#38
H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1996*
R64
Debbie Graham
#165
6-4 6-2
Stephanie De Ville
#99
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Irina Spirlea
#21
6-3 6-2
Petra Begerow
#58
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Paola Suarez
#74
6-4 6-3
Marianne Werdel Witmeyer
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
#2
6-2 6-1
Laxmi Poruri
#157
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Linda Wild
#32
6-2 6-3
Sung-Hee Park
#66
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Petra Langrova
#106
6-4 6-2
Katrina Adams
#98
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Shi-Ting Wang
#41
6-4 6-7 6-2
Corina Morariu
#108
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Mariaan De Swardt
1-6 6-2 7-6
Dominique Monami
#39
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Rita Grande
#67
6-3 6-0
Alexia Dechaume Balleret
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy
#13
6-1 6-4
Nana Smith
#89
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Martina Hingis
#16
6-1 6-4
Angeles Montolio
#112
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Florencia Labat
#47
6-2 6-2
Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Tina Krizan
#135
7-6 7-5
Rika Hiraki
#96
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Nathalie Tauziat
#25
7-6 6-2
Angelica Gavaldon
#169
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Amanda Coetzer
#17
6-1 2-6 6-2
Anke Huber
#5
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Barbara Paulus
#14
6-2 6-1
Jing-Qian Yi
#80
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Annabel Ellwood
#141
6-4 6-4
Jennifer Capriati
#81
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Upset: winner had a 4 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Conchita Martínez
#3
6-2 6-0
Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Lindsay Davenport
#8
6-2 6-1
Adriana Serra Zanetti
#125
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Tami Whitlinger Jones
6-2 6-0
Sandra Cecchini
#73
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Aleksandra Olsza
#110
6-4 6-2
Magdalena Maleeva
#11
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Upset: winner had a 5 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Jane Chi
#178
6-4 1-6 6-3
María Sánchez Lorenzo
#88
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Barbara Schett
#44
1-6 6-4 6-4
Sabine Appelmans
#23
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Lisa Raymond
#50
7-6 6-3
Lori Mcneil
#43
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Maria Jose Gaidano
6-4 6-0
Melanie Schnell
#113
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Alexandra Fusai
#61
6-1 2-6 7-5
Jill Craybas
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Steffi Graf
#1
6-3 7-6
Yayuk Basuki
#29
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Asa Carlsson
#59
3-6 6-1 7-5
Gloria Pizzichini
#48
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Ann Grossman
#72
6-4 6-3
Silvia Farina Elia
#42
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Sandrine Testud
#36
7-5 6-2
Pam Shriver
#133
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Nathalie Dechy
#100
6-4 6-0
Christina Singer
#111
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Amy Frazier
#22
6-1 6-3
Larisa Savchenko
#57
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Elena Likhovtseva
#28
7-6 6-1
Kyoko Nagatsuka
#120
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Laurence Courtois
#46
6-4 3-6 6-2
Flora Perfetti
#101
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Dally Randriantefy
#104
6-3 1-6 7-5
Elena Makarova
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Gabriela Sabatini
#15
6-1 6-1
Patricia Hy Boulais
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Cristina Torrens Valero
#105
2-6 6-4 6-2
Sabine Hack
#40
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Upset: winner had a 16 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Sandra Dopfer
#94
2-6 6-3 7-5
Zina Garrison
#45
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor
#92
6-3 6-3
Meghann Shaughnessy
#214
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Natalia Baudone
#132
6-4 4-6 7-6
Jolene Watanabe
#84
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Monica Seles
#1
6-0 6-1
Anne Miller
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Natasha Zvereva
#27
6-2 6-7
Virginia Ruano Pascual
#86
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Els Callens
#118
7-6 7-6
Nicole Bradtke
#71
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Nicole Arendt
#82
6-2 7-6
Sandra Cacic
#75
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Anne-Gaelle Sidot
#90
6-4 6-4
Janette Husarova
#117
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Helena Sukova
#31
6-2 6-3
Yone Kamio
#60
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Kimberly Po Messerli
6-2 7-5
Kimiko Date
#6
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Upset: winner had a 11 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Ines Gorrochategui
#87
4-6 6-4 6-1
Magdalena Grzybowska
#79
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Elena Pampoulova
6-1 6-4
Gigi Fernandez
#69
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Karina Habsudova
#19
6-4 6-1
Radka Bobkova
#103
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Karin Kschwendt
#37
6-3 6-4
Sandra Kleinova
#107
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Anna Kournikova
#144
7-6 6-3
Ludmila Richterova
#76
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Lilia Osterloh
#319
6-2 6-2
Mana Endo
#52
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Ai Sugiyama
#26
6-2 6-1
Jana Kandarr
#85
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Miriam Oremans
#38
6-2 4-6 6-1
Radomira Zrubakova
#131
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Naoko Kijimuta
#51
6-3 6-2
Tatjana Jecmenica
#83
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Kristie Boogert
#56
6-1 6-0
Joannette Kruger
#55
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Jana Novotna
#7
6-1 7-5
Francesca Lubiani
#91
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Barbara Rittner
#63
7-5 7-5
Katarina Studenikova
#33
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Judith Wiesner
#24
2-6 6-3 6-1
Iva Majoli
#4
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Naoko Sawamatsu
#30
6-4 6-3
Rennae Stubbs
#77
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Kristina Brandi
#139
6-2 6-3
Andrea Glass
#130
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Henrieta Nagyova
#68
6-1 4-6 6-3
Gala Leon Garcia
#78
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
Nanne Dahlman
#124
6-3 6-4
Lindsay Lee-Waters
#54
H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1996*
R128
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