1996 Mercedes Cup – Singles

Thomas Muster was the defending champion and won in the final 6–2, 6–2, 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. All sixteen seeds received a bye to the second round.


 * 1) 🇦🇹 Thomas Muster (champion)
 * 2) 🇷🇺 Yevgeny Kafelnikov (final)
 * 3)  Marcelo Ríos (second round)
 * 4) 🇸🇪 Stefan Edberg (third round)
 * 5) 🇪🇸 Carlos Moyá (third round)
 * 6) 🇪🇸 Alberto Berasategui (semifinals)
 * 7) 🇪🇸 Félix Mantilla (quarterfinals)
 * 8) 🇪🇸 Francisco Clavet (quarterfinals)
 * 9) 🇩🇪 Bernd Karbacher (second round)
 * 10) 🇸🇪 Magnus Gustafsson (third round)
 * 11) 🇨🇿 Bohdan Ulihrach (third round)
 * 12) 🇪🇸 Àlex Corretja (semifinals)
 * 13) 🇺🇦 Andriy Medvedev (second round)
 * 14) 🇦🇷 Hernán Gumy (second round)
 * 15) 🇨🇿 Jiří Novák (second round)
 * 16) 🇸🇪 Mikael Tillström (third round)