Seeds

1.   Steffi Graf
   Steffi Graf
   Steffi Graf is a former World No. 1 German tennis player.In total, Graf won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, second among male and female players only to Margaret Court's 24...
   
    (Quarterfinals)
2.   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
   Aránzazu 'Arantxa' Isabel Maria Sánchez Vicario is a Spanish former professional tennis player...
   
    (First Round)
3.   Conchita Martínez
   Conchita Martínez
   Inmaculada Concepción Martínez Bernat is a former professional tennis player from Monzón, Aragón, Spain. She is the only Spanish woman to have won the singles title at Wimbledon, when she beat Martina Navrátilová in the 1994 Women's Singles. She also was the singles runner-up at the 1998...
   
    (Quarterfinals)
4.   Jana Novotná
   Jana Novotná
   Jana Novotná is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She played a serve and volley game, an increasingly rare style of play among women during her career. She won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 1998 and was runner-up in three previous Grand Slam tournaments...
   
    (Quarterfinals)

5.   Mary Pierce
   Mary Pierce
   Mary Pierce is a French-American tennis professional playing on the Women's Tennis Association tour. She is a citizen of France, Canada, and the United States but plays for France in team competitions and the Olympics.Pierce has won four Grand Slam titles, two in singles and two in doubles...
   
    (Semifinals)
   
6.   Martina Navratilova (First Round)
   
7.   Lindsay Davenport
   Lindsay Davenport
   Lindsay Ann Davenport is a former World No. 1 American professional tennis player. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. In 2005, TENNIS Magazine ranked her as the 29th-best player of the preceding forty years...
   
    (Final)
   
8.   Kimiko Date
   Kimiko Date
   is a Japanese professional tennis player. In her career, she has won over 200 tournament matches. She has won the Japan Open four times. In 1994, she was ranked in the top-ten women players in the world. In 1992, the WTA awarded her the "Most Improved Player of the Year". After playing in her...
   
    (Semifinals)
   
   Note
   • Bulgarian Magdalena Maleeva
     Magdalena Maleeva
     Magdalena Maleeva is a Bulgarian former tennis player. She played on the WTA tour competing in singles and doubles, from April 1989 to June 2007. Her best position in the WTA Tour was no. 4 between January 29 to February 4, 1996....
     
      had qualified but withdrew due to rib stress fracture
   • American Mary Joe Fernandez
     Mary Joe Fernández
     Mary Joe Fernández Godsick is an American former professional tennis player...
     
      had qualified but withdrew
   
   

   Main draw

   • NB
     Nota Bene
     Nota bene is an Italian and Latin phrase meaning "note well". The phrase first appeared in writing circa 1721.Often abbreviated as "N. B.", nota bene comes from the Latin roots notāre and bene . It is in the singular imperative mood, instructing one individual to note well the matter at hand...
     
     : The Final was the best of 5 sets while all other rounds were the best of 3 sets.
   
   

   Finals

   See also

   • WTA Tour Championships appearances
     WTA Tour Championships appearances
     This list shows the appearances of all participants in the women's tennis singles WTA Tour Championships since their inception in 1972.Since 2003, the tournament pits the top eight players on the WTA tour against each other in two groups in which they play three round-robin matches...
     
     
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