1996 Gerry Weber Open – Singles

Marc Rosset was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Daniel Vacek.

Nicklas Kulti won in the final 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–4 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.

• # 🇦🇹 Thomas Muster (second round)

• # 🇷🇺 Yevgeny Kafelnikov (final)

• # 🇺🇸 Jim Courier (quarterfinals)

• # 🇸🇪 Thomas Enqvist (first round)

• # Wayne Ferreira (first round)

• # Marc Rosset (second round)

• # 🇫🇷 Arnaud Boetsch (first round)

• # 🇪🇸 Carlos Moyá (first round)