1996 Nokia Open – Singles

Singles
1996 Salem Open Beijing and the Nokia Open
1995 Champion	Linda Wild
Champion	Shi-Ting Wang
Runner-up	Li-Ling Chen
Final score	6–3, 6–4

Linda Wild was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Tamarine Tanasugarn.

Shi-Ting Wang won in the final 6–3, 6–4 against Li-Ling Chen.

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

1. Linda Wild (Quarterfinals)
2. Yayuk Basuki (Quarterfinals)
3. Sandrine Testud (Semifinals)
4. Naoko Kijimuta (Quarterfinals)
5. Shi-Ting Wang (Champion)
6. Mana Endo (Quarterfinals)
7. Nana Miyagi (Second Round)
8. Francesca Lubiani (Second Round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
1	L Wild	6	6
	H Rosen	3	0				1	L Wild	6	6
Q	Y Hosoki	6	6				Q	Y Hosoki	3	1
	R Hiraki	4	4											1	L Wild	4	4
	T Tanasugarn	6	7^7												T Tanasugarn	6	6
	Y-J Choi	2	6^4					T Tanasugarn	6	6
WC	J-J Chen	2	3				7	N Miyagi	1	1
7	N Miyagi	6	6																			T Tanasugarn	4	3
4	N Kijimuta	6	6																		5	S-T Wang	6	6
	H Inoue	1	4				4	N Kijimuta	6	6
WC	L Li	7	6				WC	L Li	1	1
	C Morariu	5	3											4	N Kijimuta	3	4
	Y Yoshida	4	5											5	S-T Wang	6	6
	J-Q Yi	6	7					J-Q Yi	5	2
Q	H Mochizuki	4	4				5	S-T Wang	7	6
5	S-T Wang	6	6																									5	Shi-Ting Wang	6	6
6	M Endo	6	7																										Li-Ling Chen	3	4
	M Saeki	1	5				6	M Endo	7	6
	S-H Park	6	4	6				S-H Park	5	0
	N Dechy	3	6	3										6	M Endo	2	6	5
	M-R Jeon	3	7	7^7										3	S Testud	6	4	7
Q	S Obata	6	5	6^3				M-R Jeon	6	5	3
	S Klösel	3	0				3	S Testud	2	7	6
3	S Testud	6	6																		3	S Testud	7	4	4
8	F Lubiani	7	6																			L-L Chen	5	6	6
	N van Lottum	5	1				8	F Lubiani	3	3
	L-L Chen	6	7^7					L-L Chen	6	6
	T Križan	4	6^1												L-L Chen	6	6
	M Schnell	6	3	4										2	Y Basuki	2	2
Q	S Meier	3	6	6			Q	S Meier	2	1
	A Serra Zanetti	1	6^2				2	Y Basuki	6	6
2	Y Basuki	6	7^7

References

• 1996 Nokia Open Draw