Chicago 1996

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WTA WTA Tour Carpet Start: Oct 28, 1996 Draw: 28 27 matches

Champion: Jana Novotna

Knockout bracket

Round of 16

1 Monica Seles 6 6

Elena Likhovtseva 2 1

Irina Spirlea 6 6

6 Mary Joe Fernandez 1 2

Meredith Mcgrath 6 6

4 Iva Majoli 3 2

Jennifer Capriati 6 5 6

8 Magdalena Maleeva 3 7 1

5 Martina Hingis 6 6

Stephanie De Ville 1 2

3 Lindsay Davenport 7 6

Paola Suarez 6 0

7 Brenda Schultz Mccarthy 7 6 7

Linda Wild 5 7 6

2 Jana Novotna 6 6

Amy Frazier 2 1

Quarterfinal

1 Monica Seles 7 6

Irina Spirlea 6 2

Jennifer Capriati 5

Meredith Mcgrath 2

5 Martina Hingis 6 6 6

3 Lindsay Davenport 3 7 2

2 Jana Novotna 6 7

7 Brenda Schultz Mccarthy 2 5

Semifinal

Jennifer Capriati 6 6

1 Monica Seles 3 3

2 Jana Novotna 7 6

5 Martina Hingis 5 4

Final

2 Jana Novotna 6 3 6

Jennifer Capriati 4 6 1

Early rounds

Round of 32 12 matches

Winner	Loser	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
Elena Likhovtseva	Zina Garrison	6-4	6-4	·
Irina Spirlea	Marianne Werdel Witmeyer	6-3	6-0	·
Mary Joe Fernandez	Meghann Shaughnessy	6-2	6-4	·
Meredith Mcgrath	Patricia Hy Boulais	6-4	6-3	·
Jennifer Capriati	Lisa Raymond	7-5	7-6	·
Magdalena Maleeva	Sandrine Testud	6-3	6-2	·
Martina Hingis	Jolene Watanabe	6-1	6-1	·
Stephanie De Ville	Laxmi Poruri	6-4	6-7	6-3
Paola Suarez	Liezel Huber	6-3	2-6	7-6
Brenda Schultz Mccarthy	Lori Mcneil	7-6	6-7	6-4
Linda Wild	Kimberly Po Messerli	6-2	6-3	·
Amy Frazier	Meilen Tu	6-3	7-5	·

Players (28)

	Player	Country	Reached
	Jana Novotna	CZE	Winner
	Jennifer Capriati	USA	Final
	Martina Hingis	SUI	Semifinal
	Monica Seles	USA	Semifinal
BM	Brenda Schultz Mccarthy	NED	Quarterfinal
IS	Irina Spirlea	ROU	Quarterfinal
	Lindsay Davenport	USA	Quarterfinal
MM	Meredith Mcgrath	USA	Quarterfinal
	Amy Frazier	USA	Round of 16
	Elena Likhovtseva	RUS	Round of 16
	Iva Majoli	CRO	Round of 16
LW	Linda Wild	USA	Round of 16
	Magdalena Maleeva	BUL	Round of 16
	Mary Joe Fernandez	USA	Round of 16
	Paola Suarez	ARG	Round of 16
SV	Stephanie De Ville	BEL	Round of 16
JW	Jolene Watanabe	USA	Round of 32
KM	Kimberly Po Messerli	USA	Round of 32
LP	Laxmi Poruri	USA	Round of 32
LH	Liezel Huber	USA	Round of 32
	Lisa Raymond	USA	Round of 32
LM	Lori Mcneil	USA	Round of 32
MW	Marianne Werdel Witmeyer	USA	Round of 32
	Meghann Shaughnessy	USA	Round of 32
MT	Meilen Tu	USA	Round of 32
PB	Patricia Hy Boulais	CAN	Round of 32
	Sandrine Testud	FRA	Round of 32
	Zina Garrison	USA	Round of 32