1996 EA Generali Open – Singles

Albert Costa was the defending champion but did not compete that year.

Alberto Berasategui won in the final 6–2, 6–4, 6–4 against Àlex Corretja.

Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. All sixteen seeds received a bye to the second round.


 * 1) 🇦🇹 Thomas Muster (quarterfinals)
 * 2)  Marcelo Ríos (third round)
 * 3) 🇪🇸 Félix Mantilla (third round)
 * 4) 🇪🇸 Carlos Moyá (second round)
 * 5) 🇪🇸 Alberto Berasategui (champion)
 * 6) 🇨🇿 Bohdan Ulihrach (third round)
 * 7) 🇪🇸 Francisco Clavet (second round)
 * 8) 🇩🇪 Bernd Karbacher (second round)
 * 9) 🇺🇦 Andriy Medvedev (third round)
 * 10) 🇦🇹 Gilbert Schaller (second round)
 * 11) 🇪🇸 Àlex Corretja (final)
 * 12) 🇨🇿 Ctislav Doseděl (third round)
 * 13) 🇧🇪 Filip Dewulf (quarterfinals)
 * 14)  Sjeng Schalken (third round)
 * 15) 🇪🇸 Jordi Burillo (second round)
 * 16) 🇪🇸 Javier Sánchez (second round)