WTA
1996 season
53 tour-level events.
Leaders
Titles
Wins
- 1Arantxa Sanchez Vicario57-22
- 2Steffi Graf54-4
- 3Jana Novotna53-13
- 4Martina Hingis52-17
- 5Lindsay Davenport51-15
Win % (20+ matches)
- 1Steffi Graf93%
- 2Monica Seles86%
- 3Jana Novotna80%
- 4Lindsay Davenport77%
- 5Martina Hingis75%
Biggest titles
All 53 events| Date | Tournament | Final | Draw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 1996 | Australian Open Grand Slam · Hard · 128 draw | Monica Seles d. Anke Huber 6-4 6-1 | |
| May 27, 1996 | Roland Garros Grand Slam · Clay · 128 draw | Steffi Graf d. Arantxa Sanchez Vicario 6-3 6-7(4) 10-8 | |
| Jun 24, 1996 | Wimbledon Grand Slam · Grass · 128 draw | Steffi Graf d. Arantxa Sanchez Vicario 6-3 7-5 | |
| Jul 23, 1996 | Atlanta Olympics · Hard · 64 draw | Lindsay Davenport d. Arantxa Sanchez Vicario 7-6(8) 6-2 | |
| Aug 26, 1996 | US Open Grand Slam · Hard · 128 draw | Steffi Graf d. Monica Seles 7-5 6-4 |
Leaderboard
90 players with 20+ matches. Tap a column to sort. Percentages use raw serve and return counts; TB = tiebreaks, Decider = deciding sets.
| # | Player | M | W-L | Win % | Titles | Ace % | 1st won | 2nd won | Hold % | Ret pts | Break % | TB | Decider |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adriana Serra ZanettiITA | 21 | 5-16 | 23.8% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 1-2 |
| 2 | Rennae StubbsAUS | 22 | 5-17 | 22.7% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 1-2 |
| 3 | Andrea GlassGER | 20 | 6-14 | 30.0% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 2-5 |
| 4 | Christina SingerGER | 21 | 6-15 | 28.6% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 3-5 |
| 5 | Lindsay Lee WatersUSA | 23 | 6-17 | 26.1% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-0 | 3-7 |
| 6 | Joannette KrugerRSA | 21 | 7-14 | 33.3% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-1 | 4-1 |
| 7 | Mariaan De SwardtRSA | 22 | 8-14 | 36.4% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-0 | 2-5 |
| 8 | Jolene WatanabeUSA | 23 | 8-15 | 34.8% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-2 | 1-3 |
| 9 | Marianne Werdel WitmeyerUSA | 27 | 8-19 | 29.6% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 3-3 |
| 10 | Lori McneilUSA | 22 | 8-14 | 36.4% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 5-3 |
| 11 | Rika HirakiJPN | 21 | 8-13 | 38.1% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 4-3 |
| 12 | Jana KandarrGER | 24 | 9-15 | 37.5% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-0 | 6-2 |
| 13 | Petra BegerowGER | 24 | 9-15 | 37.5% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 3-4 |
| 14 | Virginia Ruano PascualESP | 25 | 9-16 | 36.0% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 1-6 |
| 15 | Ludmila RichterovaCZE | 25 | 9-16 | 36.0% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-0 | 1-5 |
| 16 | Anne MillerUSA | 22 | 9-13 | 40.9% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 2-3 |
| 17 | Alexia Dechaume BalleretFRA | 23 | 9-14 | 39.1% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-0 | 1-3 |
| 18 | Nicole ArendtUSA | 20 | 9-11 | 45.0% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 4-2 |
| 19 | Tami Whitlinger JonesUSA | 23 | 10-13 | 43.5% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 4-2 |
| 20 | Sandra CecchiniITA | 20 | 10-10 | 50.0% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-1 | 4-2 |
| 21 | Sandra DopferAUT | 20 | 10-10 | 50.0% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 5-2 |
| 22 | Catalina CristeaROU | 25 | 10-15 | 40.0% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 3-5 |
| 23 | Sandra CacicUSA | 24 | 11-13 | 45.8% | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 2-3 |
| 24 | Ann GrossmanUSA | 26 | 11-15 | 42.3% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 4-4 |
| 25 | Larisa SavchenkoURS | 28 | 12-16 | 42.9% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 5-4 |
| 26 | Patty SchnyderSUI | 24 | 12-12 | 50.0% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-0 | 6-3 |
| 27 | Alexandra FusaiFRA | 30 | 12-18 | 40.0% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2-0 | 4-1 |
| 28 | Patricia Hy BoulaisCAN | 32 | 12-20 | 37.5% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-1 | 5-7 |
| 29 | Mana EndoJPN | 25 | 12-13 | 48.0% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-0 | 3-5 |
| 30 | Rita GrandeITA | 31 | 13-18 | 41.9% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2-2 | 3-7 |
| 31 | Nana SmithJPN | 27 | 13-14 | 48.1% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 8-6 |
| 32 | Paola SuarezARG | 26 | 13-13 | 50.0% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-1 | 3-1 |
| 33 | Els CallensBEL | 26 | 13-13 | 50.0% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 5-2 |
| 34 | Janette HusarovaSVK | 28 | 13-15 | 46.4% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 2-7 |
| 35 | Sung Hee ParkKOR | 30 | 13-17 | 43.3% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 5-3 |
| 36 | Barbara RittnerGER | 30 | 13-17 | 43.3% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 0-4 |
| 37 | Sarah Pitkowski MalcorFRA | 26 | 13-13 | 50.0% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 3-2 |
| 38 | Gabriela SabatiniARG | 24 | 14-10 | 58.3% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 39 | Elena MakarovaRUS | 32 | 14-18 | 43.8% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 4-6 |
| 40 | Karin KschwendtAUT | 30 | 15-15 | 50.0% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 6-1 |
| 41 | Jennifer CapriatiUSA | 27 | 16-11 | 59.3% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 42 | Natalia ZverevaBLR | 30 | 16-14 | 53.3% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-0 | 5-4 |
| 43 | Kristie BoogertNED | 32 | 16-16 | 50.0% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 6-8 |
| 44 | Naoko KijimutaJPN | 36 | 17-19 | 47.2% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 5-7 |
| 45 | Dominique MonamiBEL | 33 | 17-16 | 51.5% | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 2-5 |
| 46 | Sabine HackGER | 35 | 19-16 | 54.3% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 4-4 |
| 47 | Meredith McgrathUSA | 28 | 19-9 | 67.9% | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 6-1 |
| 48 | Naoko SawamatsuJPN | 37 | 19-18 | 51.4% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 5-7 |
| 49 | Mary PierceFRA | 32 | 19-13 | 59.4% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 6-6 |
| 50 | Laurence CourtoisBEL | 34 | 19-15 | 55.9% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3-0 | 11-5 |
| 51 | Asa CarlssonSWE | 41 | 19-22 | 46.3% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-0 | 6-10 |
| 52 | Henrieta NagyovaSVK | 34 | 20-14 | 58.8% | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 8-3 |
| 53 | Kimberly Po MesserliUSA | 33 | 20-13 | 60.6% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 5-4 |
| 54 | Magdalena MaleevaBUL | 35 | 20-15 | 57.1% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-1 | 4-7 |
| 55 | Amy FrazierUSA | 36 | 20-16 | 55.6% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 3-5 |
| 56 | Miriam OremansNED | 40 | 20-20 | 50.0% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-2 | 6-4 |
| 57 | Chanda RubinUSA | 29 | 20-9 | 69.0% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-1 | 9-1 |
| 58 | Helena SukovaCZE | 38 | 21-17 | 55.3% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-2 | 9-6 |
| 59 | Sandrine TestudFRA | 38 | 21-17 | 55.3% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-0 | 9-6 |
| 60 | Linda WildUSA | 39 | 22-17 | 56.4% | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-1 | 8-6 |
| 61 | Silvia Farina EliaITA | 46 | 23-23 | 50.0% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 7-5 |
| 62 | Lisa RaymondUSA | 42 | 23-19 | 54.8% | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-0 | 5-5 |
| 63 | Barbara SchettAUT | 43 | 23-20 | 53.5% | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 10-7 |
| 64 | Yayuk BasukiINA | 42 | 24-18 | 57.1% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 7-5 |
| 65 | Katarina StudenikovaSVK | 49 | 27-22 | 55.1% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 7-6 |
| 66 | Ai SugiyamaJPN | 50 | 28-22 | 56.0% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 8-6 |
| 67 | Florencia LabatARG | 49 | 28-21 | 57.1% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 9-8 |
| 68 | Nathalie TauziatFRA | 54 | 30-24 | 55.6% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 6-10 |
| 69 | Shi Ting WangTPE | 47 | 30-17 | 63.8% | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2-1 | 3-8 |
| 70 | Julie Halard DecugisFRA | 42 | 31-11 | 73.8% | 2 / 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2-0 | 8-5 |
| 71 | Sabine AppelmansBEL | 50 | 32-18 | 64.0% | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 7-8 |
| 72 | Mary Joe FernandezUSA | 48 | 32-16 | 66.7% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3-2 | 7-0 |
| 73 | Amanda CoetzerRSA | 57 | 33-24 | 57.9% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-0 | 5-8 |
| 74 | Ruxandra Dragomir IlieROU | 52 | 34-18 | 65.4% | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 16-5 |
| 75 | Irina SpirleaROU | 54 | 35-19 | 64.8% | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 6-2 |
| 76 | Kimiko Date KrummJPN | 52 | 36-16 | 69.2% | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-0 | 13-9 |
| 77 | Barbara PaulusAUT | 57 | 38-19 | 66.7% | 1 / 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 9-12 |
| 78 | Elena LikhovtsevaRUS | 62 | 38-24 | 61.3% | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 18-5 |
| 79 | Karina HabsudovaSVK | 63 | 40-23 | 63.5% | 0 / 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-1 | 12-7 |
| 80 | Judith WiesnerAUT | 68 | 41-27 | 60.3% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-2 | 7-8 |
| 81 | Brenda Schultz MccarthyNED | 61 | 41-20 | 67.2% | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-1 | 14-6 |
| 82 | Iva MajoliCRO | 63 | 45-18 | 71.4% | 2 / 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-0 | 14-9 |
| 83 | Monica SelesUSA | 56 | 48-8 | 85.7% | 5 / 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-2 | 5-3 |
| 84 | Anke HuberGER | 69 | 51-18 | 73.9% | 3 / 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-0 | 18-8 |
| 85 | Conchita MartinezESP | 69 | 51-18 | 73.9% | 2 / 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 9-7 |
| 86 | Lindsay DavenportUSA | 66 | 51-15 | 77.3% | 3 / 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4-0 | 6-6 |
| 87 | Martina HingisSUI | 69 | 52-17 | 75.4% | 2 / 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 9-7 |
| 88 | Jana NovotnaCZE | 66 | 53-13 | 80.3% | 4 / 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-1 | 14-6 |
| 89 | Steffi GrafGER | 58 | 54-4 | 93.1% | 7 / 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-2 | 7-2 |
| 90 | Arantxa Sanchez VicarioESP | 79 | 57-22 | 72.2% | 2 / 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2-2 | 13-8 |