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{{TennisEventInfo|1996|Chase Championships|<br />
| date=November 18–24<br />
| edition=26th (singles) / 25th (doubles)<br />
| category=[[WTA Finals]]<br />
| draw=16S / 8D<br />
| prize_money=$2,000,000<br />
| surface=[[Carpet court|Carpet]] / indoor<br />
| location=[[New York City]], U.S.<br />
| venue=[[Madison Square Garden]]<br />
| champs={{flagicon|GER}} [[Steffi Graf]]<br />
| champd={{nowrap|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Lindsay Davenport]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mary Joe Fernández]]}}<br />
| before_name=WTA Tour Championships<br />
| main_name=WTA Finals<br />
}}<br />
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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><br />
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==Finals==<br />
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===Singles===<br />
{{main|1996 Chase Championships – Singles}}<br />
{{flagicon|GER}} [[Steffi Graf]] defeated {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Martina Hingis]], 6–3, 4–6, 6–0, 4–6, 6–0.<br />
* It was Graf's 7th singles title of the year and the 102nd of her [[Steffi Graf career statistics|career]].<br />
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===Doubles===<br />
{{main|1996 Chase Championships – Doubles}}<br />
{{flagicon|USA}} [[Lindsay Davenport]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mary Joe Fernández]] defeated {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Jana Novotná]] / {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Arantxa Sánchez Vicario]], 6–3, 6–2.<br />
* 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.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.wtafinals.com Official website]<br />
* [https://wtafiles.blob.core.windows.net/pdf/draws/archive/1996/808.pdf WTA tournament edition details]<br />
* [https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/wta-tour-championships/usa/1996/w-wtf-usa-11a-1996/draws-and-results/ ITF tournament edition details]<br />
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{{WTA Tour Championships}}<br />
{{1996 WTA Tour}}<br />
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