WTA Key Biscayne 1996 Draw, Results & Schedule

Steffi Graf won the 1996 Key Biscayne, defeating Chanda Rubin 6-1 6-3 in the final. The WTA 1000 event was played on hard courts in Key Biscayne, United States, from March 21 to March 27, 1996. The match log contains 95 recorded singles results for this edition.

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Champion
Steffi Graf
def. Chanda Rubin , 6-1 6-3
Dates
Mar 21 — Mar 27
Location
Key Biscayne, United States
Category
Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000
Surface
Hard
Prize money
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Results

Key Biscayne 1996 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Steffi Graf #1 6-1 6-3 Chanda Rubin #9 H2H Match data Mar 27, 1996* F
SF (2)
Chanda Rubin #9 4-6 6-4 6-2 Karina Habsudova #98 H2H Match data Mar 26, 1996* SF
Steffi Graf #1 6-4 6-4 Lindsay Davenport #12 H2H Match data Mar 26, 1996* SF
QF (4)
Steffi Graf #1 7-6 6-3 Kimiko Date #8 H2H Match data Mar 26, 1996* QF
Lindsay Davenport #12 6-0 6-1 Anke Huber #5 H2H Match data Mar 26, 1996* QF
Chanda Rubin #9 6-3 5-7 6-3 Gabriela Sabatini #6 H2H Match data Mar 26, 1996* QF
Karina Habsudova #98 6-4 7-5 Irina Spirlea #24 H2H Match data Mar 26, 1996* QF
R16 (8)
Anke Huber #5 6-4 6-4 Judith Wiesner #26 H2H Match data Mar 25, 1996* R16
Irina Spirlea #24 6-4 7-5 Ai Sugiyama #32 H2H Match data Mar 25, 1996* R16
Lindsay Davenport #12 6-0 6-2 Ann Grossman #68 H2H Match data Mar 25, 1996* R16
Gabriela Sabatini #6 6-1 6-4 Jennifer Capriati H2H Match data Mar 25, 1996* R16
Kimiko Date #8 6-2 6-2 Silvia Farina Elia #41 H2H Match data Mar 25, 1996* R16
Karina Habsudova #98 1-6 6-4 6-4 Julie Halard-Decugis #18 H2H Match data Mar 25, 1996* R16
Steffi Graf #1 6-1 6-0 Mary Joe Fernandez #13 H2H Match data Mar 25, 1996* R16
Chanda Rubin #9 6-3 6-4 Nathalie Tauziat #20 H2H Match data Mar 25, 1996* R16
R32 (16)
Kimiko Date #8 6-0 6-0 Marianne Werdel Witmeyer H2H Match data Mar 24, 1996* R32
Mary Joe Fernandez #13 6-2 4-6 6-4 Florencia Labat #44 H2H Match data Mar 24, 1996* R32
Chanda Rubin #9 6-2 6-3 Meredith Mcgrath #50 H2H Match data Mar 24, 1996* R32
Julie Halard-Decugis #18 3-6 7-6 6-4 Barbara Paulus #25 H2H Match data Mar 24, 1996* R32
Ai Sugiyama #32 6-3 6-3 Jana Novotna #10 H2H Match data Mar 24, 1996* R32 Upset: winner had a 17 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Nathalie Tauziat #20 6-0 6-2 Katrina Adams #116 H2H Match data Mar 24, 1996* R32
Jennifer Capriati 6-4 0-6 6-1 Amanda Coetzer #15 H2H Match data Mar 24, 1996* R32
Lindsay Davenport #12 6-4 7-5 Kristie Boogert #45 H2H Match data Mar 24, 1996* R32
Silvia Farina Elia #41 6-0 7-5 Helena Sukova #23 H2H Match data Mar 24, 1996* R32
Steffi Graf #1 6-3 6-2 Gigi Fernandez #76 H2H Match data Mar 24, 1996* R32
Karina Habsudova #98 6-4 6-2 Sandrine Testud #37 H2H Match data Mar 24, 1996* R32
Irina Spirlea #24 6-4 6-4 Lisa Raymond #28 H2H Match data Mar 24, 1996* R32
Ann Grossman #68 6-4 0-6 6-2 Miriam Oremans #39 H2H Match data Mar 24, 1996* R32
Judith Wiesner #26 6-2 6-2 Nana Smith #101 H2H Match data Mar 24, 1996* R32
Anke Huber #5 6-0 5-7 6-4 Shi-Ting Wang #34 H2H Match data Mar 24, 1996* R32
Gabriela Sabatini #6 6-3 6-2 Karin Kschwendt #61 H2H Match data Mar 24, 1996* R32
R64 (32)
Gigi Fernandez #76 6-7 6-3 6-3 Naoko Sawamatsu #27 H2H Match data Mar 23, 1996* R64
Ann Grossman #68 6-4 7-5 Zina Garrison #22 H2H Match data Mar 23, 1996* R64
Mary Joe Fernandez #13 6-2 6-1 Yayuk Basuki #42 H2H Match data Mar 23, 1996* R64
Shi-Ting Wang #34 6-2 6-3 Erika De Lone #120 H2H Match data Mar 23, 1996* R64
Meredith Mcgrath #50 6-2 6-7 6-3 Asa Carlsson #30 H2H Match data Mar 23, 1996* R64
Karina Habsudova #98 2-6 6-3 7-6 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #3 H2H Match data Mar 23, 1996* R64 Upset: winner had a 7 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Nana Smith #101 5-7 6-1 6-3 Martina Hingis #16 H2H Match data Mar 23, 1996* R64 Upset: winner had a 16 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Anke Huber #5 6-3 6-7 6-1 Jolene Watanabe #89 H2H Match data Mar 23, 1996* R64
Nathalie Tauziat #20 6-4 7-5 Lindsay Lee-Waters #36 H2H Match data Mar 23, 1996* R64
Chanda Rubin #9 6-2 6-0 Alexandra Fusai #83 H2H Match data Mar 23, 1996* R64
Gabriela Sabatini #6 6-3 6-0 Anna Smashnova #75 H2H Match data Mar 23, 1996* R64
Lisa Raymond #28 6-2 6-3 Katarina Studenikova #66 H2H Match data Mar 23, 1996* R64
Sandrine Testud #37 6-1 6-1 Adriana Serra Zanetti #82 H2H Match data Mar 23, 1996* R64
Kristie Boogert #45 6-4 1-6 6-2 Claudia Porwik #156 H2H Match data Mar 23, 1996* R64
Katrina Adams #116 6-3 6-4 Petra Begerow #33 H2H Match data Mar 23, 1996* R64
Kimiko Date #8 6-3 7-5 Barbara Schett #57 H2H Match data Mar 23, 1996* R64
Jana Novotna #10 7-5 6-3 Shaun Stafford #104 H2H Match data Mar 23, 1996* R64
Ai Sugiyama #32 6-1 6-1 Angelica Gavaldon #85 H2H Match data Mar 23, 1996* R64
Marianne Werdel Witmeyer 6-4 2-6 6-1 Sabine Hack #38 H2H Match data Mar 23, 1996* R64
Julie Halard-Decugis #18 6-4 6-0 Corina Morariu #202 H2H Match data Mar 23, 1996* R64
Helena Sukova #23 1-6 6-4 6-2 Alexia Dechaume Balleret H2H Match data Mar 23, 1996* R64
Judith Wiesner #26 1-6 6-2 6-4 Larisa Savchenko #70 H2H Match data Mar 23, 1996* R64
Steffi Graf #1 6-1 7-5 Sandra Cacic #53 H2H Match data Mar 23, 1996* R64
Barbara Paulus #25 7-5 6-3 Rachel Mcquillan #71 H2H Match data Mar 23, 1996* R64
Karin Kschwendt #61 6-1 3-6 6-2 Yone Kamio #35 H2H Match data Mar 23, 1996* R64
Miriam Oremans #39 6-2 2-6 6-3 Linda Wild #55 H2H Match data Mar 23, 1996* R64
Amanda Coetzer #15 6-4 6-3 Debbie Graham #188 H2H Match data Mar 23, 1996* R64
Jennifer Capriati 7-6 6-4 Elena Likhovtseva #49 H2H Match data Mar 23, 1996* R64
Florencia Labat #44 4-6 6-2 6-3 Dominique Monami #60 H2H Match data Mar 23, 1996* R64
Silvia Farina Elia #41 6-0 6-4 Mana Endo #47 H2H Match data Mar 23, 1996* R64
Irina Spirlea #24 6-3 6-2 Christina Singer #59 H2H Match data Mar 23, 1996* R64
Lindsay Davenport #12 6-1 6-2 Laura Golarsa #151 H2H Match data Mar 23, 1996* R64
R128 (32)
Nana Smith #101 5-7 6-3 6-2 Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie H2H Match data Mar 22, 1996* R128
Claudia Porwik #156 6-4 6-0 Ginger Helgeson #192 H2H Match data Mar 22, 1996* R128
Adriana Serra Zanetti #82 7-6 6-3 Patricia Hy Boulais H2H Match data Mar 22, 1996* R128
Rachel Mcquillan #71 7-6 6-3 Tara Snyder #218 H2H Match data Mar 22, 1996* R128
Linda Wild #55 6-2 6-1 Francesca Lubiani #132 H2H Match data Mar 22, 1996* R128
Jolene Watanabe #89 6-3 6-3 Naoko Kijimuta #87 H2H Match data Mar 22, 1996* R128
Anna Smashnova #75 6-3 6-4 Kyoko Nagatsuka #84 H2H Match data Mar 22, 1996* R128
Sandra Cacic #53 6-4 6-2 Tatjana Jecmenica #81 H2H Match data Mar 22, 1996* R128
Sabine Hack #38 4-6 6-4 6-3 Rita Grande #51 H2H Match data Mar 22, 1996* R128
Lindsay Lee-Waters #36 6-3 6-0 Jing-Qian Yi #77 H2H Match data Mar 22, 1996* R128
Gigi Fernandez #76 6-2 6-3 Virag Csurgo H2H Match data Mar 22, 1996* R128
Shaun Stafford #104 6-3 1-6 6-4 Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel H2H Match data Mar 22, 1996* R128
Ann Grossman #68 6-1 6-0 Rennae Stubbs #78 H2H Match data Mar 22, 1996* R128
Jennifer Capriati 7-5 6-1 Lea Ghirardi #86 H2H Match data Mar 22, 1996* R128
Corina Morariu #202 6-0 1-0 (ret.) Pam Shriver #126 H2H Match data Mar 22, 1996* R128
Alexandra Fusai #83 6-3 6-1 Maria Jose Gaidano H2H Match data Mar 22, 1996* R128
Meredith Mcgrath #50 6-1 7-5 Tami Whitlinger Jones H2H Match data Mar 22, 1996* R128
Laura Golarsa #151 7-6 4-6 6-2 Barbara Rittner #64 H2H Match data Mar 22, 1996* R128
Karina Habsudova #98 6-4 4-6 6-1 Silke Meier #79 H2H Match data Mar 22, 1996* R128
Erika De Lone #120 7-5 3-6 7-5 Virginia Ruano Pascual #54 H2H Match data Mar 22, 1996* R128
Katarina Studenikova #66 6-4 6-2 Maureen Drake #127 H2H Match data Mar 22, 1996* R128
Dominique Monami #60 6-0 6-2 Paola Suarez #121 H2H Match data Mar 22, 1996* R128
Mana Endo #47 6-4 6-4 Beate Reinstadler #113 H2H Match data Mar 22, 1996* R128
Katrina Adams #116 6-4 6-2 Nancy Feber #95 H2H Match data Mar 22, 1996* R128
Karin Kschwendt #61 6-4 4-6 7-6 Jana Kandarr #67 H2H Match data Mar 22, 1996* R128
Debbie Graham #188 5-7 6-2 6-3 Veronika Martinek #99 H2H Match data Mar 22, 1996* R128
Yayuk Basuki #42 6-3 4-6 6-3 Sandra Cecchini #117 H2H Match data Mar 22, 1996* R128
Angelica Gavaldon #85 6-3 6-4 Ludmila Richterova #62 H2H Match data Mar 22, 1996* R128
Alexia Dechaume Balleret 6-3 6-3 Lori Mcneil #43 H2H Match data Mar 22, 1996* R128
Larisa Savchenko #70 6-4 6-4 Katerina Maleeva #304 H2H Match data Mar 22, 1996* R128
Christina Singer #59 6-3 6-2 Nicole Arendt #88 H2H Match data Mar 22, 1996* R128
Barbara Schett #57 7-5 6-0 Katarzyna Nowak #65 H2H Match data Mar 22, 1996* R128

Tournament Records

The leading Open Era records for Key Biscayne.

Most Finals

Champion or runner-up finishes. 2 players share this record.

  1. Chanda Rubin 1 final

Most Match Wins

Recorded main-draw match wins.

  1. Steffi Graf 6 wins

Most Appearances

Editions with a recorded main-draw match. 5 players share this record.

  1. Adriana Serra Zanetti 1 appearance

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Open Era main-draw singles records from 1968 onward. Ranking records begin where reliable entering rankings are available.

Recent Finals

Recent Key Biscayne finals
WinnerScoreRunner-upH2HMatch DataSeasonSurface
Steffi Graf #1 6-1 6-3 Chanda Rubin #9 H2H Match data 1996 Hard

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Key Biscayne held?
Key Biscayne is held in Key Biscayne, United States.
Who won the most recent Key Biscayne?
The 1996 Key Biscayne was won by Steffi Graf, who defeated Chanda Rubin 6-1 6-3.
When was the first Key Biscayne played?
The first edition of Key Biscayne was held in 1996.
What surface is Key Biscayne played on?
Key Biscayne is played on hard courts.