# Australian Open 1996

Source: https://tennis-db.com/wta/tournaments/balldontlie_wta:7/australian-open?season=1996
Tour: WTA

## Tournament info
- Category: Grand Slam
- Surface: hard
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
- Start date: 1996-01-15
- End date: 1996-01-29

## Champion
- Winner: Monica Seles
- Runner-up: Anke Huber
- Final score: 6-4 6-1

## Knockout results
### F
- Monica Seles d. Anke Huber 6-4 6-1

### SF
- Anke Huber d. Amanda Coetzer 4-6 6-4 6-2
- Monica Seles d. Chanda Rubin 6-7(2) 6-1 7-5

### QF
- Amanda Coetzer d. Martina Hingis 7-5 4-6 6-1
- Anke Huber d. Conchita Martínez 4-6 6-2 6-1
- Chanda Rubin d. Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario 6-4 2-6 16-14
- Monica Seles d. Iva Majoli 6-1 6-2

### R16
- Amanda Coetzer d. Elena Likhovtseva 6-3 6-3
- Anke Huber d. Barbara Schett 6-3 6-2
- Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario d. Mary Joe Fernandez 6-3 6-3
- Martina Hingis d. Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy 6-1 6-4
- Iva Majoli d. Sabine Appelmans 6-2 6-2
- Chanda Rubin d. Gabriela Sabatini 6-2 6-4
- Monica Seles d. Naoko Sawamatsu 6-1 6-3
- Conchita Martínez d. Lindsay Davenport 6-3 6-1

### R32
- Iva Majoli d. Alexandra Fusai 6-2 6-1
- Gabriela Sabatini d. Karin Kschwendt 6-1 6-2
- Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy d. Kristie Boogert 4-6 6-1 6-4
- Martina Hingis d. Mana Endo 6-1 6-1
- Anke Huber d. Ludmila Richterova 6-2 6-1
- Lindsay Davenport d. Nanne Dahlman 6-4 7-5
- Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario d. Sandra Cacic 6-3 6-3
- Elena Likhovtseva d. Rita Grande 6-3 6-1
- Barbara Schett d. Helena Sukova 6-2 5-7 8-6
- Chanda Rubin d. Laurence Courtois 6-0 6-2
- Naoko Sawamatsu d. Ai Sugiyama 6-4 6-0
- Sabine Appelmans d. Tami Whitlinger Jones 6-3 6-2
- Conchita Martínez d. Jana Kandarr 6-3 6-0
- Monica Seles d. Julie Halard-Decugis 7-5 6-0
- Mary Joe Fernandez d. Nicole Arendt 6-1 6-1
- Amanda Coetzer d. Rika Hiraki 6-3 6-1

### R64
- Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario d. Barbara Rittner 6-3 6-2
- Martina Hingis d. Barbara Paulus 6-1 6-4
- Julie Halard-Decugis d. Francesca Lubiani 6-2 0-6 6-2
- Monica Seles d. Katarina Studenikova 6-1 6-1
- Karin Kschwendt d. Nana Smith 2-6 6-2 6-1
- Barbara Schett d. Sung-Hee Park 6-4 6-3
- Gabriela Sabatini d. Karina Habsudova 6-4 6-3
- Amanda Coetzer d. Sabine Hack 6-1 6-1
- Jana Kandarr d. Yone Kamio 7-6(3) 6-3
- Ai Sugiyama d. Alexia Dechaume Balleret 6-2 6-2
- Elena Likhovtseva d. Mary Pierce 6-4 6-4
- Kristie Boogert d. Nancy Feber 6-2 1-6 6-3
- Conchita Martínez d. Florencia Labat 6-2 6-4
- Lindsay Davenport d. Rennae Stubbs 7-6(5) 6-3
- Rita Grande d. Silke Meier 6-4 7-6(5)
- Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy d. Shi-Ting Wang 6-4 3-6 6-3
- Helena Sukova d. Magdalena Grzybowska 7-6(5) 4-6 8-6
- Laurence Courtois d. Joannette Kruger 6-3 7-6(5)
- Anke Huber d. Asa Carlsson 6-1 6-2
- Mana Endo d. Kimiko Date Krumm 6-2 1-6 6-4
- Ludmila Richterova d. Dally Randriantefy 7-6(4) 4-6 7-5
- Chanda Rubin d. Tina Krizan 6-7(3) 6-2 6-3
- Tami Whitlinger Jones d. Anna Smashnova 5-7 6-4 6-2
- Sandra Cacic d. Siobhan Drake Brockman 6-2 7-5
- Iva Majoli d. Lori Mcneil 6-3 6-2
- Naoko Sawamatsu d. Linda Wild 6-4 6-3
- Alexandra Fusai d. Jolene Watanabe 7-6(5) 7-6(5)
- Nicole Arendt d. Silvia Farina Elia 3-6 6-3 8-6
- Nanne Dahlman d. Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie 6-4 6-3
- Sabine Appelmans d. Irina Spirlea 6-3 6-3
- Mary Joe Fernandez d. María Sánchez Lorenzo 6-2 6-0
- Rika Hiraki d. Laxmi Poruri 6-3 4-6 6-2

### R128
- Helena Sukova d. Judith Wiesner 6-4 6-0
- Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy d. Patricia Hy Boulais 1-6 7-6(3) 6-3
- Mary Pierce d. Petra Schwarz 6-3 6-1
- Linda Wild d. Janette Husarova 6-2 6-1
- Asa Carlsson d. Kirrily Sharpe 6-2 6-0
- Amanda Coetzer d. Melanie Schnell 6-2 6-2
- Laxmi Poruri d. Lindsay Lee-Waters 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3
- Sung-Hee Park d. Maria Vento-Kabchi 6-7(2) 6-4 6-4
- Rennae Stubbs d. Gigi Fernandez 6-3 6-4
- Conchita Martínez d. Clare Wood 6-4 6-1
- Karin Kschwendt d. Petra Begerow 6-0 6-2
- Karina Habsudova d. Isabelle Demongeot 6-3 6-3
- Francesca Lubiani d. Nicole Bradtke 6-2 4-6 6-4
- Mana Endo d. Kerry-Anne Guse 7-6(6) 6-4
- Nicole Arendt d. Kristine Kunce 6-3 6-1
- Shi-Ting Wang d. Andrea Temesvari 7-6(5) 6-1
- Katarina Studenikova d. Dominique Monami 7-5 6-4
- Barbara Schett d. Amy Frazier 4-6 7-5 9-7
- Lori Mcneil d. Nicole Pratt 7-5 6-3
- Lindsay Davenport d. Christina Singer 6-1 6-2
- Joannette Kruger d. Annabel Ellwood 4-6 7-5 6-1
- Kimiko Date Krumm d. Angelica Gavaldon 6-2 6-0
- Tina Krizan d. Meredith Mcgrath 6-2 2-6 6-4
- Chanda Rubin d. Rachel Mcquillan 4-6 6-3 6-2
- Julie Halard-Decugis d. Jane Taylor 6-1 6-1
- Gabriela Sabatini d. Shaun Stafford 6-0 6-1
- Kristie Boogert d. Adriana Serra Zanetti 6-3 6-2
- Yone Kamio d. Fang Li 2-6 7-6(4) 6-2
- Magdalena Grzybowska d. Trudi Musgrave 4-6 6-3 6-2
- Monica Seles d. Janet Lee 6-3 6-0
- María Sánchez Lorenzo d. Veronika Martinek 6-2 6-3
- Tami Whitlinger Jones d. Naoko Kijimuta 6-3 6-0
- Alexia Dechaume Balleret d. Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor 6-4 7-6(3)
- Nana Smith d. Sandra Cecchini 6-3 7-5
- Martina Hingis d. Jana Nejedly 6-1 6-1
- Iva Majoli d. Elena Makarova 6-4 6-2
- Florencia Labat d. Jing-Qian Yi 6-2 6-2
- Sabine Hack d. Yayuk Basuki 2-6 6-4 6-4
- Nanne Dahlman d. Katarzyna Nowak 6-3 6-0
- Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario d. Beate Reinstadler 6-2 6-2
- Laurence Courtois d. Miriam Oremans 7-6(4) 7-6(4)
- Sandra Cacic d. Els Callens 6-3 6-4
- Ai Sugiyama d. Radomira Zrubakova 0-6 7-5 6-1
- Sabine Appelmans d. Natalia Baudone 7-5 6-4
- Nancy Feber d. Sonya Jeyaseelan 6-4 6-0
- Elena Likhovtseva d. Kyoko Nagatsuka 6-2 6-4
- Siobhan Drake Brockman d. Kristin Godridge 6-4 4-6 6-3
- Mary Joe Fernandez d. Virginia Ruano Pascual 6-4 6-3
- Barbara Paulus d. Larisa Savchenko 6-0 6-0
- Irina Spirlea d. Sandrine Testud 6-4 6-7(4) 8-6
- Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie d. Erika De Lone 4-6 6-2 6-4
- Rika Hiraki d. Maria Jose Gaidano 3-6 6-3 6-2
- Anna Smashnova d. Natasha Zvereva 6-2 4-6 7-5
- Jana Kandarr d. Tatjana Jecmenica 6-4 6-3
- Naoko Sawamatsu d. Catalina Cristea 4-6 6-2 6-1
- Barbara Rittner d. Ann Grossman 6-3 6-2
- Silvia Farina Elia d. Lea Ghirardi 6-3 6-4
- Ludmila Richterova d. Gail Biggs 6-3 6-3
- Rita Grande d. Lisa Raymond 6-4 6-3
- Jolene Watanabe d. Mariaan De Swardt 6-4 6-3
- Alexandra Fusai d. Pam Shriver 6-4 6-4
- Dally Randriantefy d. Maria Strandlund Tomsvik 7-5 7-6(4)
- Anke Huber d. Sandra Kleinova 6-1 6-4
- Silke Meier d. Min Tang 0-6 6-4 6-2

## Stats
- Total matches: 127
- Players: 128

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