1996 Kremlin Cup – Women's singles

{{TennisEvents|1996|Kremlin Cup|

| champ = {{flagicon|ESP}} Conchita Martínez

| runner = {{flagicon|AUT}} Barbara Paulus

| score = 6–1, 4–6, 6–4

| seeds = 8

}}

This was the first edition of the tournament.

Conchita Martínez won the title, defeating Barbara Paulus in the final 6–1, 4–6, 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 two seeds received a bye to the second round.

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  1. {{flagicon|ESP}} Conchita Martínez (champion)
  2. {{flagicon|AUT}} Barbara Paulus (final)
  3. {{flagicon|RSA}} Amanda Coetzer (first round)
  4. {{flagicon|BEL}} Sabine Appelmans (semifinals)
  5. {{flagicon|ROM}} Ruxandra Dragomir (quarterfinals)
  6. {{flagicon|ITA}} Silvia Farina (first round)
  7. {{flagicon|AUT}} Barbara Schett (semifinals)
  8. {{flagicon|SVK}} Katarína Studeníková (quarterfinals)

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Draw

{{Draw key}}

=Final=

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| RD1=Semifinals

| RD2=Final

|team-width=175

| RD1-seed1=1

| RD1-team1={{flagicon|ESP}} Conchita Martínez

| RD1-score1-1=4

| RD1-score1-2=6

| RD1-score1-3=6

| RD1-seed2=4

| RD1-team2={{flagicon|BEL}} Sabine Appelmans

| RD1-score2-1=6

| RD1-score2-2=4

| RD1-score2-3=4

| RD1-seed3=7

| RD1-team3={{flagicon|AUT}} Barbara Schett

| RD1-score3-1=3

| RD1-score3-2=7

| RD1-score3-3=3

| RD1-seed4=2

| RD1-team4={{flagicon|AUT}} Barbara Paulus

| RD1-score4-1=6

| RD1-score4-2=5

| RD1-score4-3=6

| RD2-seed1=1

| RD2-team1={{flagicon|ESP}} Conchita Martínez

| RD2-score1-1=6

| RD2-score1-2=4

| RD2-score1-3=6

| RD2-seed2=2

| RD2-team2={{flagicon|AUT}} Barbara Paulus

| RD2-score2-1=1

| RD2-score2-2=6

| RD2-score2-3=4

}}

=Section 1=

{{16TeamBracket-Compact-Tennis3-Byes

| RD1=First round

| RD2=Second round

| RD3=Quarterfinals

| RD4=Semifinals

| RD1-seed03= 

| RD1-team03={{flagicon|AUT}} S Dopfer

| RD1-score03-1=6

| RD1-score03-2=6

| RD1-score03-3= 

| RD1-seed04= 

| RD1-team04={{flagicon|KOR}} S-H Park

| RD1-score04-1=1

| RD1-score04-2=4

| RD1-score04-3= 

| RD1-seed05= 

| RD1-team05={{flagicon|GER}} P Begerow

| RD1-score05-1=3

| RD1-score05-2=5

| RD1-score05-3= 

| RD1-seed06= 

| RD1-team06={{flagicon|NED}} K Boogert

| RD1-score06-1=6

| RD1-score06-2=7

| RD1-score06-3= 

| RD1-seed07=WC

| RD1-team07={{flagicon|GEO|1990}} L Meskhi

| RD1-score07-1=1

| RD1-score07-2=1

| RD1-score07-3= 

| RD1-seed08=8

| RD1-team08={{flagicon|SVK}} K Studeníková

| RD1-score08-1=6

| RD1-score08-2=6

| RD1-score08-3= 

| RD1-seed09=4

| RD1-team09={{flagicon|BEL}} S Appelmans

| RD1-score09-1=6

| RD1-score09-2=6

| RD1-score09-3= 

| RD1-seed10= 

| RD1-team10={{flagicon|POL}} A Olsza

| RD1-score10-1=2

| RD1-score10-2=1

| RD1-score10-3= 

| RD1-seed11= 

| RD1-team11={{flagicon|LAT}} L Savchenko

| RD1-score11-1=5

| RD1-score11-2=3

| RD1-score11-3= 

| RD1-seed12=Q

| RD1-team12={{flagicon|FRA}} S Pitkowski

| RD1-score12-1=7

| RD1-score12-2=6

| RD1-score12-3= 

| RD1-seed13= 

| RD1-team13={{flagicon|POL}} M Grzybowska

| RD1-score13-1=6

| RD1-score13-2=6

| RD1-score13-3= 

| RD1-seed14=LL

| RD1-team14={{flagicon|FRA}} N Dechy

| RD1-score14-1=3

| RD1-score14-2=4

| RD1-score14-3= 

| RD1-seed15= 

| RD1-team15={{flagicon|SVK}} H Nagyová

| RD1-score15-1=1

| RD1-score15-2=5

| RD1-score15-3= 

| RD1-seed16=5

| RD1-team16={{flagicon|ROM}} R Dragomir

| RD1-score16-1=6

| RD1-score16-2=7

| RD1-score16-3= 

| RD2-seed01=1

| RD2-team01={{flagicon|ESP}} C Martínez

| RD2-score01-1=6

| RD2-score01-2=6

| RD2-score01-3= 

| RD2-seed02= 

| RD2-team02={{flagicon|AUT}} S Dopfer

| RD2-score02-1=3

| RD2-score02-2=3

| RD2-score02-3= 

| RD2-seed03= 

| RD2-team03={{flagicon|NED}} K Boogert

| RD2-score03-1=5

| RD2-score03-2=6

| RD2-score03-3=5

| RD2-seed04=8

| RD2-team04={{flagicon|SVK}} K Studeníková

| RD2-score04-1=7

| RD2-score04-2=4

| RD2-score04-3=7

| RD2-seed05=4

| RD2-team05={{flagicon|BEL}} S Appelmans

| RD2-score05-1=6

| RD2-score05-2=77

| RD2-score05-3= 

| RD2-seed06=Q

| RD2-team06={{flagicon|FRA}} S Pitkowski

| RD2-score06-1=4

| RD2-score06-2=61

| RD2-score06-3= 

| RD2-seed07= 

| RD2-team07={{flagicon|POL}} M Grzybowska

| RD2-score07-1=2

| RD2-score07-2=62

| RD2-score07-3= 

| RD2-seed08=5

| RD2-team08={{flagicon|ROM}} R Dragomir

| RD2-score08-1=6

| RD2-score08-2=77

| RD2-score08-3= 

| RD3-seed01=1

| RD3-team01={{flagicon|ESP}} C Martínez

| RD3-score01-1=6

| RD3-score01-2=6

| RD3-score01-3= 

| RD3-seed02=8

| RD3-team02={{flagicon|SVK}} K Studeníková

| RD3-score02-1=3

| RD3-score02-2=1

| RD3-score02-3= 

| RD3-seed03=4

| RD3-team03={{flagicon|BEL}} S Appelmans

| RD3-score03-1=6

| RD3-score03-2=6

| RD3-score03-3= 

| RD3-seed04=5

| RD3-team04={{flagicon|ROM}} R Dragomir

| RD3-score04-1=1

| RD3-score04-2=3

| RD3-score04-3= 

| RD4-seed01=1

| RD4-team01={{flagicon|ESP}} C Martínez

| RD4-score01-1=4

| RD4-score01-2=6

| RD4-score01-3=6

| RD4-seed02=4

| RD4-team02={{flagicon|BEL}} S Appelmans

| RD4-score02-1=6

| RD4-score02-2=4

| RD4-score02-3=4

}}

=Section 2=

{{16TeamBracket-Compact-Tennis3-Byes

| RD1=First round

| RD2=Second round

| RD3=Quarterfinals

| RD4=Semifinals

| RD1-seed01=7

| RD1-team01={{flagicon|AUT}} B Schett

| RD1-score01-1=6

| RD1-score01-2=6

| RD1-score01-3= 

| RD1-seed02= 

| RD1-team02={{flagicon|ITA}} R Grande

| RD1-score02-1=4

| RD1-score02-2=4

| RD1-score02-3= 

| RD1-seed03= 

| RD1-team03={{flagicon|SWE}} Å Carlsson

| RD1-score03-1=6

| RD1-score03-2=7

| RD1-score03-3= 

| RD1-seed04= 

| RD1-team04={{flagicon|ESP}} G León García

| RD1-score04-1=4

| RD1-score04-2=5

| RD1-score04-3= 

| RD1-seed05=WC

| RD1-team05={{flagicon|RUS}} E Kulikovskaya

| RD1-score05-1=3

| RD1-score05-2=4

| RD1-score05-3= 

| RD1-seed06=Q

| RD1-team06={{flagicon|UKR}} E Tatarkova

| RD1-score06-1=6

| RD1-score06-2=6

| RD1-score06-3= 

| RD1-seed07=Q

| RD1-team07={{flagicon|RUS}} T Panova

| RD1-score07-1=6

| RD1-score07-2=6

| RD1-score07-3= 

| RD1-seed08=3

| RD1-team08={{flagicon|RSA}} A Coetzer

| RD1-score08-1=4

| RD1-score08-2=4

| RD1-score08-3= 

| RD1-seed09=6

| RD1-team09={{flagicon|ITA}} S Farina

| RD1-score09-1=7

| RD1-score09-2=4

| RD1-score09-3=2

| RD1-seed10= 

| RD1-team10={{flagicon|RUS}} E Makarova

| RD1-score10-1=5

| RD1-score10-2=6

| RD1-score10-3=6

| RD1-seed11= 

| RD1-team11={{flagicon|SUI}} P Schnyder

| RD1-score11-1=4

| RD1-score11-2=6

| RD1-score11-3=6

| RD1-seed12=Q

| RD1-team12={{flagicon|JPN}} K Nagatsuka

| RD1-score12-1=6

| RD1-score12-2=1

| RD1-score12-3=2

| RD1-seed13= 

| RD1-team13={{flagicon|RUS}} A Kournikova

| RD1-score13-1=6

| RD1-score13-2=6

| RD1-score13-3= 

| RD1-seed14= 

| RD1-team14={{flagicon|BUL}} E Pampoulova

| RD1-score14-1=0

| RD1-score14-2=4

| RD1-score14-3= 

| RD2-seed01=7

| RD2-team01={{flagicon|AUT}} B Schett

| RD2-score01-1=1

| RD2-score01-2=6

| RD2-score01-3=6

| RD2-seed02= 

| RD2-team02={{flagicon|SWE}} Å Carlsson

| RD2-score02-1=6

| RD2-score02-2=0

| RD2-score02-3=4

| RD2-seed03=Q

| RD2-team03={{flagicon|UKR}} E Tatarkova

| RD2-score03-1=78

| RD2-score03-2=6

| RD2-score03-3= 

| RD2-seed04=Q

| RD2-team04={{flagicon|RUS}} T Panova

| RD2-score04-1=66

| RD2-score04-2=0

| RD2-score04-3= 

| RD2-seed05= 

| RD2-team05={{flagicon|RUS}} E Makarova

| RD2-score05-1=6

| RD2-score05-2=6

| RD2-score05-3= 

| RD2-seed06= 

| RD2-team06={{flagicon|SUI}} P Schnyder

| RD2-score06-1=3

| RD2-score06-2=1

| RD2-score06-3= 

| RD2-seed07= 

| RD2-team07={{flagicon|RUS}} A Kournikova

| RD2-score07-1=4

| RD2-score07-2=3

| RD2-score07-3= 

| RD2-seed08=2

| RD2-team08={{flagicon|AUT}} B Paulus

| RD2-score08-1=6

| RD2-score08-2=6

| RD2-score08-3= 

| RD3-seed01=7

| RD3-team01={{flagicon|AUT}} B Schett

| RD3-score01-1=6

| RD3-score01-2=6

| RD3-score01-3= 

| RD3-seed02=Q

| RD3-team02={{flagicon|UKR}} E Tatarkova

| RD3-score02-1=0

| RD3-score02-2=2

| RD3-score02-3= 

| RD3-seed03= 

| RD3-team03={{flagicon|RUS}} E Makarova

| RD3-score03-1=2

| RD3-score03-2=7

| RD3-score03-3=0

| RD3-seed04=2

| RD3-team04={{flagicon|AUT}} B Paulus

| RD3-score04-1=6

| RD3-score04-2=5

| RD3-score04-3=6

| RD4-seed01=7

| RD4-team01={{flagicon|AUT}} B Schett

| RD4-score01-1=3

| RD4-score01-2=7

| RD4-score01-3=3

| RD4-seed02=2

| RD4-team02={{flagicon|AUT}} B Paulus

| RD4-score02-1=6

| RD4-score02-2=5

| RD4-score02-3=6

}}