1996 Davidoff Swiss Indoors – Singles

Jim Courier was the defending champion but did not compete that year.

Pete Sampras won in the final 7–5, 6–0, 6–2 against Hendrik Dreekmann.

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 (champion)
 * 2)  Goran Ivanišević (first round)
 * 3) 🇷🇺 Yevgeny Kafelnikov (semifinals)
 * 4) 🇩🇪 Boris Becker (second round)
 * 5) 🇸🇪 Thomas Enqvist (first round)
 * 6) 🇸🇪 Stefan Edberg (second round)
 * 7) 🇦🇺 Mark Philippoussis (first round)
 * 8) 🇩🇪 Michael Stich (first round)

Draw

 * NB: The Final was the best of 5 sets while all other rounds were the best of 3 sets.