Players who neither had high enough rankings nor received wild cards to enter the main draw of the annual French Open Tennis Championships participated in a qualifying tournament held in the week before the event.^[1]

Seeds

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	1	Gloria Pizzichini	6	6
		Janet Lee	0	1
								1	Gloria Pizzichini	7	6
									Stephanie Rottier	5	3
		Stephanie Rottier	6	77
		Christine Neuman	4	64
															1	Gloria Pizzichini	5	1
															10	Flora Perfetti	7	6
		Anne Kremer	6	6
		Paula Hermida	3	3
									Anne Kremer	6	3	2
								10	Flora Perfetti	2	6	6
	WC	Isabelle Taesch	3	0
	10	Flora Perfetti	6	6

Second qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	12	Sandra Cecchini	7	6
		Maria Strandlund	5	2
								12	Sandra Cecchini	7	4	6
									Virginie Buisson	5	6	0
		Annabel Ellwood	63	3
		Virginie Buisson	77	6
															12	Sandra Cecchini	4	6	6
																Yuka Yoshida	6	1	1
		Tina Križan	6	3	5
		Yuka Yoshida	4	6	7
									Yuka Yoshida	6	6
									Chen Li-Ling	4	3
		Chen Li-Ling	4	6	7
	7	Corina Morariu	6	4	5

Third qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	4	Francesca Lubiani	6	6
		Tatiana Panova	1	4
								4	Francesca Lubiani	6	4	6
									Olga Lugina	2	6	2
		Olga Lugina	6	6
		Nicole Pratt	2	3
															4	Francesca Lubiani	6	7
																Mercedes Paz	4	5
	WC	Kildine Chevalier	1	2
	WC	Ségolène Berger	6	6
								WC	Ségolène Berger	2	0
									Mercedes Paz	6	6
		Mercedes Paz	6	4
	13	Meilen Tu	4	1r

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	15	Erika deLone	6	6
		Clare Wood	4	1
								15	Erika deLone	63	1
									Marion Maruska	77	6
		Marion Maruska	4	6	6
		Sonya Jeyaseelan	6	2	2
																Marion Maruska	3	5
															5	Gala León García	6	7
		Noëlle van Lottum	5	6	4
		Aleksandra Olsza	7	2	6
									Aleksandra Olsza	3	2
								5	Gala León García	6	6
		Rene Simpson	4	2
	5	Gala León García	6	6

Fifth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	8	Jana Nejedly	6	3	6
		Marketa Kochta	3	6	4
								8	Jana Nejedly	6	2	6
									Debbie Graham	4	6	2
		Debbie Graham	6	6
	WC	Karolina Jagieniak	3	0
															8	Jana Nejedly	77	6
															11	Nanne Dahlman	64	2
		Lenka Němečková	2	4
	WC	Amélie Oudéa-Castéra	6	6
								WC	Amélie Oudéa-Castéra	2	66
								11	Nanne Dahlman	6	78
		Denisa Krajčovičová	2	4
	11	Nanne Dahlman	6	6

Sixth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	9	Sandra Kleinová	2	6	6
		Tatiana Ignatieva	6	4	0
								9	Sandra Kleinová	3	5
								Alt	Miho Saeki	6	7
		Christína Papadáki	4	3
	Alt	Miho Saeki	6	6
															Alt	Miho Saeki	610	3
															3	Ángeles Montolio	712	6
		Gabriella Boschiero	6	6
		Laxmi Poruri	4	2
									Gabriella Boschiero	62	5
								3	Ángeles Montolio	77	7
		Elena Tatarkova	4	3
	3	Ángeles Montolio	6	6

Seventh qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	6	Dally Randriantefy	4	7	7
		Emanuela Zardo	6	5	5
								6	Dally Randriantefy	6	6
									Wiltrud Probst	3	0
		Mariam Ramón Climent	67	2
		Wiltrud Probst	79	6
															6	Dally Randriantefy	4	65
																Petra Langrová	6	77
		Petra Langrová	6	6
		Maureen Drake	2	3
									Petra Langrová	6	6
									Kristina Brandi	4	2
		Kristina Brandi	7	6
	14	Petra Schwarz	5	1

Eighth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	16	Rachel McQuillan	6	6
	WC	Karine Quentrec	3	4
								16	Rachel McQuillan	6	6
								WC	Katerina Maleeva	1	2
		Silvia Ramón-Cortés	65	5
	WC	Katerina Maleeva	77	7
															16	Rachel McQuillan	6	6
															2	Melanie Schnell	4	1
	WC	Virginie Massart	0	1
		Virág Csurgó	6	6
									Virág Csurgó	77	3	2
								2	Melanie Schnell	60	6	6
		Kim de Weille	3	3
	2	Melanie Schnell	6	6

References

External links

• 1996 French Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation