Champion Steffi Graf Final score 7–5, 6–4 Doubles men | Runner-up Monica Seles Singles men Legends men | |
Steffi Graf successfully defended her tile, defeating Monica Seles 7–5, 6–4 in the final to win the Women's Singles title at the 1996 US Open. It was a rematch of the 1995 US Open final, where Graf defeated Seles in three sets. It also marked the final time Seles and Graf would play each other at the US Open. The 1996 U.S Open proved to be the last for Gabriela Sabatini, as she retired later that year. Sabatini was twice a finalist at the U.S Open. In the 1988 US Open final, Sabatini lost to Graf in three sets. Two years later, at the 1990 US Open, Sabatini defeated Graf in two sets to win her only Grand Slam title.
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Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Steffi Graf is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
Chanda Rubin pulled out before the tournament began and her position in the draw was taken over by seventeenth-seeded Karina Habšudová; Mary Joe Fernández, who withdrew on the first day of the tournament, was replaced by lucky loser Tina Križan.