1996 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Singles

Richard Krajicek was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Cédric Pioline.

Goran Ivanišević won in the final 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 against Yevgeny Kafelnikov.

Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


 * 1) 🇺🇸 Pete Sampras (quarterfinals)
 * 2)  Goran Ivanišević (champion)
 * 3) 🇷🇺 Yevgeny Kafelnikov (final)
 * 4)  Marc Rosset (quarterfinals)
 * 5) 🇫🇷 Arnaud Boetsch (second round)
 * 6)  Richard Krajicek (second round)
 * 7)  Jan Siemerink (first round)
 * 8) 🇨🇿 Bohdan Ulihrach (first round)