Third-seeded Lindsay Davenport was the defending champion and won in the final 6–3, 7–6 against Barbara Paulus.

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	A Huber	6	5	6
		M Endo	2	7	1			1	A Huber	4	6	6
		K Kschwendt	6	6					K Kschwendt	6	3	2
		N Bradtke	2	1											1	A Huber	6	1
		K Nagatsuka	6	5	3										7	J Wiesner	7	6
		S-T Wang	2	7	6				S-T Wang	2	2
		R Zrubáková	4	1				7	J Wiesner	6	6
	7	J Wiesner	6	6																		7	J Wiesner	2	3
	3	L Davenport	6	6																		3	L Davenport	6	6
	Q	S Meier	1	1				3	L Davenport	6	7
	Q	L Ghirardi	6	4	6			Q	L Ghirardi	1	5
		L Lee	4	6	2										3	L Davenport	6	6
		N Kijimuta	6	2	6										6	N Tauziat	1	4
		A Grossman	3	6	1				N Kijimuta	3	2
	WC	N Dechy	5	3				6	N Tauziat	6	6
	6	N Tauziat	7	6																									3	Lindsay Davenport	6	7
	5	B Paulus	6	6																									5	Barbara Paulus	3	6
		M Grzybowska	2	2				5	B Paulus	6	6
		Y Kamio	6	2	6				A Fusai	4	3
		A Fusai	3	6	7										5	B Paulus	6	6
	WC	A D-Balleret	6	6											WC	A D-Balleret	2	2
		J Watanabe	1	2				WC	A D-Balleret	3
		Å Carlsson	2	0				4	M J Fernández	4	r
	4	M J Fernández	6	6																		5	B Paulus	6	6
	8	S Testud	2	3																			K Studeníková	3	3
		K Studeníková	6	6					K Studeníková	6	6
	Q	A Glass	6	6				Q	A Glass	4	0
		M Werdel-Witmeyer	2	2												K Studeníková	7	6
		T Whitlinger-Jones	4	3											Q	A Miller	6	3
		L Courtois	6	6					L Courtois	2	4
	Q	A Miller	6	6				Q	A Miller	6	6
	2	K Date	0	4

• 1996 Internationaux de Strasbourg draw Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine