{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{TennisEventInfo|1996|Chase Championships| | date=November 18–24 | edition=26th (singles) / 25th (doubles) | category=[[WTA Finals]] | draw=16S / 8D | prize_money=$2,000,000 | surface=[[Carpet court|Carpet]] / indoor | location=[[New York City]], U.S. | venue=[[Madison Square Garden]] | champs={{flagicon|GER}} [[Steffi Graf]] | champd={{nowrap|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Lindsay Davenport]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mary Joe Fernández]]}} | before_name=WTA Tour Championships | main_name=WTA Finals }}
The '''1996 Chase Championships''' was a women's [[tennis]] tournament played on indoor [[carpet court]]s at [[Madison Square Garden]] in [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] in the United States. It was the [[WTA Tour Championships#Singles|25th edition]] of the [[WTA Tour Championships|year-end singles championships]], the [[WTA Tour Championships#Doubles|21st edition]] of the year-end doubles championships, and was part of the [[1996 WTA Tour]]. The tournament was held from November 18 through November 24, 1996. First-seeded [[Steffi Graf]] won the singles title after defeating [[Martina Hingis]] in the final, which was the last women's match played over five sets.<ref>{{cite web|title=Als Steffi Graf das letzte Fünfsatz-Match im Damentennis spielte|url=http://www.spox.com/de/tennisnet/1611/Artikel/flashback-heute-vor-20-jahren-als-steffi-graf-das-letzte-funfsatz-match-im-damentennis-spielte-71270.html|website=[[Spox]]|language=German|date=November 21, 2016}}</ref>
==Finals==
===Singles=== {{main|1996 Chase Championships – Singles}} {{flagicon|GER}} [[Steffi Graf]] defeated {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Martina Hingis]], 6–3, 4–6, 6–0, 4–6, 6–0. * It was Graf's 7th singles title of the year and the 102nd of her [[Steffi Graf career statistics|career]].
===Doubles=== {{main|1996 Chase Championships – Doubles}} {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lindsay Davenport]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mary Joe Fernández]] defeated {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Jana Novotná]] / {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Arantxa Sánchez Vicario]], 6–3, 6–2. * It was Davenport's 8th title of the year and the 18th of her career. It was Fernández's 5th title of the year and the 23rd of her career.
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.wtafinals.com Official website] * [https://wtafiles.blob.core.windows.net/pdf/draws/archive/1996/808.pdf WTA tournament edition details] * [https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/wta-tour-championships/usa/1996/w-wtf-usa-11a-1996/draws-and-results/ ITF tournament edition details]
{{WTA Tour Championships}} {{1996 WTA Tour}}
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