Martina Hingis (SUI) [1] vs bye
Iva Majoli (CRO) vs Rita Grande (ITA)
Serena Williams (USA) vs Larisa Savchenko (URS) [Q]
Adriana Serra Zanetti (ITA) [Q] vs Sandrine Testud (FRA) [7]

Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario (ESP) [3] vs bye
Anne-Gaelle Sidot (FRA) [WC] vs Ai Sugiyama (JPN)
Elena Tatarkova (UKR) [LL] vs Yayuk Basuki (INA)
Fang Li (CHN) vs Irina Spirlea (ROM) [6]

Nathalie Tauziat (FRA) [5] vs Chanda Rubin (USA) [WC]
Alexandra Fusai (FRA) vs Alexandra Stevenson (USA) [Q]
Naoko Sawamatsu (JPN) vs Barbara Paulus (AUT)
Monica Seles (USA) [4] vs bye

Natasha Zvereva (BLR) [8] vs Anne Kremer (LUX) [Q]
Magui Serna (ESP) vs Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) [WC]
Julie Halard-Decugis (FRA) vs Kimberly Po (USA)
Lindsay Davenport (USA) [2] vs bye