1996 Lipton Championships – Men's singles

Defending champion Andre Agassi won the men's singles tennis title at the 1996 Miami Open, after Goran Ivanišević was forced to retire from the final with the score at 3–0 to Agassi in the first set. The start of the final had already been delayed for 45 minutes while Ivanišević received treatment. Ivanišević had slept awkwardly the night before the final and had woken up that morning with a very stiff neck.

Seeds
All thirty-two seeds received a bye to the second round. • # 🇦🇹 Thomas Muster (second round)

• # 🇺🇸 Pete Sampras (semifinals)

• # 🇺🇸 Andre Agassi (champion)

• # 🇺🇸 Michael Chang (quarterfinals)

• # 🇩🇪 Boris Becker (withdrew)

• # Goran Ivanišević (final, retired)

• # 🇺🇸 Jim Courier (quarterfinals)

• # 🇸🇪 Thomas Enqvist (second round)

• # Wayne Ferreira (second round)

• # 🇪🇸 Sergi Bruguera (third round)

• # Marc Rosset (fourth round)

• # 🇺🇦 Andriy Medvedev (fourth round)

• # Marcelo Ríos (third round)

• # 🇪🇸 Albert Costa (third round)

• # 🇫🇷 Arnaud Boetsch (semifinals)

• # 🇺🇸 Todd Martin (fourth round)

• # 🇺🇸 MaliVai Washington (third round)

• # 🇮🇹 Renzo Furlan (third round)

• # 🇦🇺 Mark Woodforde (second round)

• # Jan Siemerink (second round)

• # 🇫🇷 Cédric Pioline (third round)

• # 🇦🇺 Todd Woodbridge (third round)

• # Richard Krajicek (fourth round)

• # Paul Haarhuis (fourth round)

• # 🇦🇺 Mark Philippoussis (second round)

• # Byron Black (third round)

• # 🇸🇪 Magnus Larsson (second round)

• # 🇫🇷 Guy Forget (second round)

• # 🇸🇪 Jonas Björkman (third round)

• # 🇮🇹 Andrea Gaudenzi (second round)

• # 🇦🇷 Javier Frana (second round)

• # Jakob Hlasek (third round)

Qualifying seeds
• # 🇪🇨 Luis Morejón (first round)

• # 🇦🇺 Andrew Ilie (first round)

• # 🇨🇿 Karel Nováček (qualified)

• # 🇸🇪 Tomas Nydahl (qualifying competition)

• # 🇮🇹 Diego Nargiso (qualifying competition)

• # 🇺🇸 Bryan Shelton (qualified)

• # 🇪🇸 Tati Rascón (qualified)

• # 🇨🇦 Daniel Nestor (qualified)

• # 🇮🇱 Eyal Ran (second round)

• # 🇩🇪 Arne Thoms (second round)

• # David Nainkin (qualified)

• # 🇧🇷 Gustavo Kuerten (second round)

• # 🇪🇸 Emilio Benfele Álvarez (first round)

• # Joost Winnink (first round)

• # 🇧🇷 Roberto Jabali (qualified)

• # 🇬🇧 Danny Sapsford (qualifying competition)

• # 🇲🇽 Óscar Ortiz (qualifying competition)

• # 🇧🇬 Orlin Stanoytchev (first round)

• # 🇲🇽 Alejandro Hernández (qualifying competition)

• # 🇺🇸 Steve Bryan (qualified)

• # 🇬🇧 Mark Petchey (first round)

• # 🇨🇦 Albert Chang (first round)

• # 🇮🇹 Daniele Musa (qualified)

• # 🇫🇮 Tuomas Ketola (first round)

Qualifiers
• # 🇮🇹 Daniele Musa

• # 🇺🇸 David DiLucia

• # 🇨🇿 Karel Nováček

• # 🇦🇺 Peter Tramacchi

• # 🇺🇸 Steve Bryan

• # 🇺🇸 Bryan Shelton

• # 🇪🇸 Tati Rascón

• # 🇨🇦 Daniel Nestor

• # 🇧🇷 Roberto Jabali

• # Grant Stafford

• # David Nainkin

• # Robbie Koenig