The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis circuit, organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA).

ITF tournaments are not officially part of the WTA Tour, although they award points for the WTA World Ranking.

The table below shows the 1996 WTA Tour schedule.

These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 1996 WTA World Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the Year-end championships and the Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV tournaments.

The players/nations are sorted by: List of players and singles titles won, last name alphabetically: The following players won their first title: Below are the 1996 WTA year-end rankings in both singles and doubles competition: Women's World Tennis circuit|1923]]