# Zurich Open 1996

Source: https://tennis-db.com/wta/tournaments/manual_wta:zurich_open/zurich-open?season=1996
Tour: WTA

Jana Novotna won the 1996 Zurich Open, defeating Martina Hingis 6-2 6-2 in the final. The WTA 1000 event was played October 14–20 on hard courts in Zurich, Switzerland.

The Zurich Open was a women’s indoor tournament whose 25-edition WTA history ran from 1984 to 2008. It was also known as the Swisscom Challenge and Tennis.com Zurich Open.

## Tournament info
- Also known as: Zürich Open, Swisscom Challenge, Tennis.com Zurich Open, European Indoors
- Category: WTA 1000
- Surface: Hard
- Location: Zurich, Switzerland
- Start date: 1996-10-14
- End date: 1996-10-20

Category presentation: Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category.
Details: https://tennis-db.com/glossary#category-equivalence

## Champion
- Winner: Jana Novotna
- Runner-up: Martina Hingis
- Final score: 6-2 6-2

## Knockout results
### F
- Jana Novotna def. Martina Hingis 6-2 6-2

### SF
- Jana Novotna def. Iva Majoli 5-7 6-2 6-2
- Martina Hingis def. Anke Huber 3-6 6-2 7-6

### QF
- Anke Huber def. Silvia Farina Elia 6-1 6-1
- Iva Majoli def. Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy 6-3 7-6
- Martina Hingis def. Sabine Appelmans 6-3 6-1
- Jana Novotna def. Jennifer Capriati 6-4 6-2

### R16
- Iva Majoli def. Judith Wiesner 6-2 6-2
- Sabine Appelmans def. Conchita Martínez 6-4 6-4
- Anke Huber def. Lisa Raymond 6-4 6-2
- Jennifer Capriati def. Katerina Maleeva 6-3 6-3
- Jana Novotna def. Barbara Schett 4-6 6-4 7-5
- Martina Hingis def. Irina Spirlea 6-3 6-3
- Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy def. Karina Habsudova 7-5 7-6
- Silvia Farina Elia def. Anna Kournikova 0-6 7-5 6-2

### R32
- Silvia Farina Elia def. Patty Schnyder 5-7 6-4 7-6
- Martina Hingis def. Naoko Sawamatsu 6-0 6-1
- Anna Kournikova def. Amanda Coetzer 2-6 7-6 6-4
- Lisa Raymond def. Natasha Zvereva 6-2 7-5
- Jennifer Capriati def. Gabriela Sabatini 6-3 6-4
- Katerina Maleeva def. Miriam Oremans 6-3 7-5
- Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy def. Petra Begerow 6-3 4-6 6-4
- Barbara Schett def. Helena Sukova 6-4 2-6 6-2
- Judith Wiesner def. Nathalie Tauziat 0-6 6-4 6-3
- Karina Habsudova def. Marketa Kochta 6-3 6-4
- Irina Spirlea def. Sandra Kleinova 6-3 7-6
- Sabine Appelmans def. Marianne Werdel Witmeyer 1-6 7-5 6-3

## Stats
- Total matches: 27
- Players: 28

Other editions available: 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999
(+15 more)

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Canonical URL: https://tennis-db.com/wta/tournaments/manual_wta:zurich_open/zurich-open?season=1996
Data source: TennisDB (tennis-db.com)