# 1996 Chase Championships > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1996_Chase_Championships > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1996_Chase_Championships.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Chase_Championships > Source revision: 1313408928 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Tennis tournament 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 / indoor Location New York City, U.S. Venue Madison Square Garden Champions Singles Steffi Graf Doubles Lindsay Davenport / Mary Joe Fernández ← 1995 · WTA Finals · 1997 → The **1996 Chase Championships** was a women's [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament played on indoor [carpet courts](/source/Carpet_court) at [Madison Square Garden](/source/Madison_Square_Garden) in [New York City](/source/New_York_City), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)) in the United States. It was the [25th edition](/source/WTA_Tour_Championships#Singles) of the [year-end singles championships](/source/WTA_Tour_Championships), the [21st edition](/source/WTA_Tour_Championships#Doubles) of the year-end doubles championships, and was part of the [1996 WTA Tour](/source/1996_WTA_Tour). The tournament was held from November 18 through November 24, 1996. First-seeded [Steffi Graf](/source/Steffi_Graf) won the singles title after defeating [Martina Hingis](/source/Martina_Hingis) in the final, which was the last women's match played over five sets.[1] ## Finals ### Singles Main article: [1996 Chase Championships – Singles](/source/1996_Chase_Championships_%E2%80%93_Singles) [Steffi Graf](/source/Steffi_Graf) defeated [Martina Hingis](/source/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 [career](/source/Steffi_Graf_career_statistics). ### Doubles Main article: [1996 Chase Championships – Doubles](/source/1996_Chase_Championships_%E2%80%93_Doubles) [Lindsay Davenport](/source/Lindsay_Davenport) / [Mary Joe Fernández](/source/Mary_Joe_Fern%C3%A1ndez) defeated [Jana Novotná](/source/Jana_Novotn%C3%A1) / [Arantxa Sánchez Vicario](/source/Arantxa_S%C3%A1nchez_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 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Als Steffi Graf das letzte Fünfsatz-Match im Damentennis spielte"](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). *[Spox](/source/Spox)* (in German). November 21, 2016. ## External links - [Official website](http://www.wtafinals.com) - [WTA tournament edition details](https://wtafiles.blob.core.windows.net/pdf/draws/archive/1996/808.pdf) - [ITF tournament edition details](https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/wta-tour-championships/usa/1996/w-wtf-usa-11a-1996/draws-and-results/) v t e WTA Finals 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 (Mar) 1986 (Nov) 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 v t e 1996 WTA Tour « 1995 1997 » Grand Slam events Australian Open (S, D, X) French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X) Tier I tournaments Tokyo Indoor (S, D) Key Biscayne (S, D) Hilton Head (S, D) Rome (S, D) Berlin (S, D) Montreal (S, D) Zürich (S, D) Tier II tournaments Sydney (S, D) Paris (S, D) Essen (S, D) Indian Wells (S, D) Amelia Island (S, D) Hamburg (S, D) Madrid (S, D) Eastbourne (S, D) Manhattan Beach (S, D) San Diego (S, D) Tokyo (S, D) Leipzig (S, D) Filderstadt (S, D) Chicago (S, D) Oakland (S, D) Philadelphia (S, D) Tier III tournaments Oklahoma City (S, D) Linz (S, D) Jakarta (S, D) Tokyo Outdoor (S, D) Strasbourg (S, D) Birmingham (S, D) Rosmalen (S, D) Warsaw (S, D) Quebec City (S, D) Luxembourg (S, D) Moscow (S, D) Tier IV tournaments Auckland (S, D) Hobart (S, D) Bol (S, D) Budapest (S, D) Cardiff (S, D) Palermo (S, D) Maria Lankowitz (S, D) Karlovy Vary (S, D) Surabaya (S, D) Beijing (S, D) Pattaya (S, D) Team events Fed Cup Chase Championships, New York (S, D) Summer Olympics, Atlanta (S, D) World Doubles Cup, Edinburgh (D) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [1996 Chase Championships](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Chase_Championships) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Chase_Championships?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.