1996 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon – Singles

Wayne Ferreira was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Younes El Aynaoui.

Yevgeny Kafelnikov won in the final 7–5, 6–3 against Arnaud Boetsch.

Seeds

 * 1) 🇦🇹 Thomas Muster (first round)
 * 2) 🇷🇺 Yevgeny Kafelnikov (champion)
 * 3)  Wayne Ferreira (first round)
 * 4)  Marcelo Ríos (quarterfinals)
 * 5) 🇸🇪 Thomas Enqvist (semifinals)
 * 6) 🇫🇷 Cédric Pioline (first round)
 * 7) n/a
 * 8) 🇩🇪 Michael Stich (second round)