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1996 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia – Singles
Jana Novotná won the singles tennis title at the 1996 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia after the defending champion Steffi Graf retired in the final, with the scoreline at 6–4.
Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.
- GER Steffi Graf (final)
- ESP Conchita Martínez (second round)
- CZE Jana Novotná (champion)
- GER Anke Huber (second round)
- USA Lindsay Davenport (first round)
- CRO Iva Majoli (second round)
- USA Mary Joe Fernández (first round)
- AUT Barbara Paulus (quarterfinals)
Draw
Final
| RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=GER Steffi Graf | RD1-score1-1=4 | RD1-score1-2=0r | RD1-score1-3= | RD1-seed2=3 | RD1-team2=CZE Jana Novotná | RD1-score2-1=6 | RD1-score2-2=0 | RD1-score2-3=
Section 1
| RD1-seed03= | RD1-team03=SVK K Habšudová | RD1-score03-1=6 | RD1-score03-2=4 | RD1-score03-3= | RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04=USA A Frazier | RD1-score04-1=7 | RD1-score04-2=6 | RD1-score04-3=
| RD1-seed05= | RD1-team05=ESP V Ruano-Pascual | RD1-score05-1=6 | RD1-score05-2=1 | RD1-score05-3=5 | RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06=USA C Rubin | RD1-score06-1=4 | RD1-score06-2=6 | RD1-score06-3=7
| RD1-seed07= | RD1-team07=AUT J Wiesner | RD1-score07-1=2 | RD1-score07-2=2 | RD1-score07-3= | RD1-seed08=6 | RD1-team08=CRO I Majoli | RD1-score08-1=6 | RD1-score08-2=6 | RD1-score08-3=
| RD1-seed11=Q | RD1-team11=SVK R Zrubáková | RD1-score11-1=0 | RD1-score11-2=4 | RD1-score11-3= | RD1-seed12=Q | RD1-team12=USA M Werdel-Witmeyer | RD1-score12-1=6 | RD1-score12-2=6 | RD1-score12-3=
| RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=FRA N Tauziat | RD1-score13-1=6 | RD1-score13-2=3 | RD1-score13-3=4 | RD1-seed14=Q | RD1-team14=USA Z Garrison-Jackson | RD1-score14-1=2 | RD1-score14-2=6 | RD1-score14-3=6
| RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=RSA A Coetzer | RD1-score15-1=1 | RD1-score15-2=2 | RD1-score15-3= | RD1-seed16=8 | RD1-team16=AUT B Paulus | RD1-score16-1=6 | RD1-score16-2=6 | RD1-score16-3=
| RD2-seed01=1 | RD2-team01=GER S Graf | RD2-score01-1=6 | RD2-score01-2=6 | RD2-score01-3= | RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02=USA A Frazier | RD2-score02-1=2 | RD2-score02-2=1 | RD2-score02-3=
| RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03=USA C Rubin | RD2-score03-1=5 | RD2-score03-2=6 | RD2-score03-3=6 | RD2-seed04=6 | RD2-team04=CRO I Majoli | RD2-score04-1=7 | RD2-score04-2=2 | RD2-score04-3=1
| RD2-seed05=4 | RD2-team05=GER A Huber | RD2-score05-1=6 | RD2-score05-2=6 | RD2-score05-3=1 | RD2-seed06=Q | RD2-team06=USA M Werdel-Witmeyer | RD2-score06-1=2 | RD2-score06-2=7 | RD2-score06-3=6
| RD2-seed07=Q | RD2-team07=USA Z Garrison-Jackson | RD2-score07-1= | RD2-score07-2= | RD2-score07-3= | RD2-seed08=8 | RD2-team08=AUT B Paulus | RD2-score08-1=w/o | RD2-score08-2= | RD2-score08-3=
| RD3-seed01=1 | RD3-team01=GER S Graf | RD3-score01-1=6 | RD3-score01-2=6 | RD3-score01-3= | RD3-seed02= | RD3-team02=USA C Rubin | RD3-score02-1=0 | RD3-score02-2=3 | RD3-score02-3=
| RD3-seed03=Q | RD3-team03=USA M Werdel-Witmeyer | RD3-score03-1=6 | RD3-score03-2=6 | RD3-score03-3= | RD3-seed04=8 | RD3-team04=AUT B Paulus | RD3-score04-1=2 | RD3-score04-2=3 | RD3-score04-3=
| RD4-seed01=1 | RD4-team01=GER S Graf | RD4-score01-1=6 | RD4-score01-2=7 | RD4-score01-3= | RD4-seed02=Q | RD4-team02=USA M Werdel-Witmeyer | RD4-score02-1=2 | RD4-score02-2=5 | RD4-score02-3=
Section 2
| RD1-seed01=5 | RD1-team01=USA L Davenport | RD1-score01-1=4 | RD1-score01-2=6 | RD1-score01-3= | RD1-seed02= | RD1-team02=USA A Miller | RD1-score02-1=6 | RD1-score02-2=7 | RD1-score02-3=
| RD1-seed03=WC | RD1-team03=USA M Shaughnessy | RD1-score03-1=3 | RD1-score03-2=6 | RD1-score03-3=6 | RD1-seed04=Q | RD1-team04=USA L Poruri | RD1-score04-1=6 | RD1-score04-2=2 | RD1-score04-3=2
| RD1-seed05= | RD1-team05=JPN A Sugiyama | RD1-score05-1=6 | RD1-score05-2=5 | RD1-score05-3= | RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06=USA L McNeil | RD1-score06-1=7 | RD1-score06-2=7 | RD1-score06-3=
| RD1-seed09=7 | RD1-team09=USA M J Fernández | RD1-score09-1=2r | RD1-score09-3= | RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=USA K Po | RD1-score10-1=5 | RD1-score10-2= | RD1-score10-3=
| RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=INA Y Basuki | RD1-score11-1=6 | RD1-score11-2=7 | RD1-score11-3= | RD1-seed12=WC | RD1-team12=RUS A Kournikova | RD1-score12-1=4 | RD1-score12-2=6 | RD1-score12-3=
| RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=USA G Fernández | RD1-score13-1=1 | RD1-score13-2=6 | RD1-score13-3=3 | RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=USA L Raymond | RD1-score14-1=6 | RD1-score14-2=3 | RD1-score14-3=6
| RD2-seed01= | RD2-team01=USA A Miller | RD2-score01-1=4 | RD2-score01-2=6 | RD2-score01-3=7 | RD2-seed02=WC | RD2-team02=USA M Shaughnessy | RD2-score02-1=6 | RD2-score02-2=2 | RD2-score02-3=5
| RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03=USA L McNeil | RD2-score03-1=4 | RD2-score03-2=5 | RD2-score03-3= | RD2-seed04=3 | RD2-team04=CZE J Novotná | RD2-score04-1=6 | RD2-score04-2=7 | RD2-score04-3=
| RD2-seed05= | RD2-team05=USA K Po | RD2-score05-1=4 | RD2-score05-2=4 | RD2-score05-3= | RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06=INA Y Basuki | RD2-score06-1=6 | RD2-score06-2=6 | RD2-score06-3=
| RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07=USA L Raymond | RD2-score07-1=6 | RD2-score07-2=6 | RD2-score07-3= | RD2-seed08=2 | RD2-team08=ESP C Martínez | RD2-score08-1=2 | RD2-score08-2=3 | RD2-score08-3=
| RD3-seed01= | RD3-team01=USA A Miller | RD3-score01-1=3 | RD3-score01-2=0 | RD3-score01-3= | RD3-seed02=3 | RD3-team02=CZE J Novotná | RD3-score02-1=6 | RD3-score02-2=6 | RD3-score02-3=
| RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03=INA Y Basuki | RD3-score03-1=5 | RD3-score03-2=6 | RD3-score03-3=6 | RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04=USA L Raymond | RD3-score04-1=7 | RD3-score04-2=3 | RD3-score04-3=3
| RD4-seed01=3 | RD4-team01=CZE J Novotná | RD4-score01-1=6 | RD4-score01-2=6 | RD4-score01-3= | RD4-seed02= | RD4-team02=INA Y Basuki | RD4-score02-1=3 | RD4-score02-2=1 | RD4-score02-3=
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