1996 BellSouth Open – Singles

Thomas Enqvist was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Jaime Yzaga.

Jiří Novák won in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Brett Steven.

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


 * 1) 🇸🇪 Thomas Enqvist (second round)
 * 2) 🇺🇸 MaliVai Washington (quarterfinals)
 * 3) 🇸🇪 Jonas Björkman (first round)
 * 4)  Jakob Hlasek (first round)
 * 5) 🇳🇿 Brett Steven (final)
 * 6) 🇪🇸 Àlex Corretja (second round)
 * 7) 🇪🇸 Francisco Clavet (second round)
 * 8) 🇨🇿 Jiří Novák (champion)