Tokyo 1996

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WTA WTA Tour Hard Start: Sep 16, 1996 Draw: 28 27 matches

Champion: Monica Seles

Knockout bracket

Round of 16

1 Monica Seles 6 6

7 Naoko Sawamatsu 6 6

Yuka Yoshida 2 1

3 Kimiko Date Krumm 4 6 6

Nana Smith 6 4 3

5 Amanda Coetzer 7 6

Naoko Kijimuta 6 2

Kimberly Po Messerli 6 6 6

6 Ai Sugiyama 2 7 4

4 Mary Pierce 7 6

Sung Hee Park 5 2

8 Shi Ting Wang 6 7

Andrea Glass 1 5

2 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario 6 6

Rita Grande 2 1

Quarterfinal

1 Monica Seles 6 6

7 Naoko Sawamatsu 1 4

3 Kimiko Date Krumm 6 6

5 Amanda Coetzer 3 0

Kimberly Po Messerli 7 6

4 Mary Pierce 5 4

2 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario 4 6 6

8 Shi Ting Wang 6 1 1

Semifinal

1 Monica Seles 6 1 7

3 Kimiko Date Krumm 4 6 6

2 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario 6 6

Kimberly Po Messerli 4 3

Final

1 Monica Seles 6 6

2 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario 1 4

Early rounds

Round of 32 12 matches

Winner	Loser	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
Mana Endo	Yone Kamio	6-1	6-4	·
Yuka Yoshida	Ludmilla Varmuza	2-6	6-3	6-4
Naoko Sawamatsu	Ann Grossman	6-1	6-3	·
Nana Smith	Haruka Inoue	7-6	7-6	·
Naoko Kijimuta	Jolene Watanabe	6-1	6-2	·
Amanda Coetzer	Kerry Anne Guse	6-1	6-2	·
Ai Sugiyama	Adriana Gersi	6-1	6-4	·
Kimberly Po Messerli	Miho Saeki	6-2	6-1	·
Sung Hee Park	Tamarine Tanasugarn	7-6	6-2	·
Shi Ting Wang	Rika Hiraki	6-1	6-3	·
Andrea Glass	Annabel Ellwood	6-4	6-4	·
Rita Grande	Kyoko Nagatsuka	6-4	2-6	6-2

Players (28)

	Player	Country	Reached
	Monica Seles	USA	Winner
	Arantxa Sanchez Vicario	ESP	Final
KM	Kimberly Po Messerli	USA	Semifinal
	Kimiko Date Krumm	JPN	Semifinal
	Amanda Coetzer	RSA	Quarterfinal
	Mary Pierce	FRA	Quarterfinal
NS	Naoko Sawamatsu	JPN	Quarterfinal
	Shi Ting Wang	TPE	Quarterfinal
	Ai Sugiyama	JPN	Round of 16
AG	Andrea Glass	GER	Round of 16
ME	Mana Endo	JPN	Round of 16
NS	Nana Smith	JPN	Round of 16
NK	Naoko Kijimuta	JPN	Round of 16
	Rita Grande	ITA	Round of 16
SP	Sung Hee Park	KOR	Round of 16
YY	Yuka Yoshida	JPN	Round of 16
AG	Adriana Gersi	CZE	Round of 32
AG	Ann Grossman	USA	Round of 32
AE	Annabel Ellwood	AUS	Round of 32
HI	Haruka Inoue	JPN	Round of 32
JW	Jolene Watanabe	USA	Round of 32
KG	Kerry Anne Guse	AUS	Round of 32
KN	Kyoko Nagatsuka	JPN	Round of 32
LV	Ludmilla Varmuza	SMR	Round of 32
MS	Miho Saeki	JPN	Round of 32
RH	Rika Hiraki	JPN	Round of 32
	Tamarine Tanasugarn	THA	Round of 32
YK	Yone Kamio	JPN	Round of 32