1996 Nokia Open – Singles
Introduction Linda Wild was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Tamarine Tanasugarn.Fifth-seeded Wang Shi-ting won in the final 6–3, 6–4 against Chen Li-Ling.
Seeds A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.#  Linda Wild ''(quarterfinals)''#  Yayuk Basuki ''(quarterfinals)''#  Sandrine Testud ''(semifinals)''#  Naoko Kijimuta ''(quarterfinals)''#  '''Wang Shi-ting (champion)'''#  Mana Endo ''(quarterfinals)''#  Nana Miyagi ''(second round)''#  Francesca Lubiani ''(second round)''
Draw
References *  1996 Nokia Open Draw