1996 Pilot Pen International – Singles

Andre Agassi was the defending champion but did not compete that year.

Alex O'Brien won in the final 7–6(8–6), 6–4 against Jan Siemerink.

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


 * 1) 🇷🇺 Yevgeny Kafelnikov (quarterfinals)
 * 2)  Richard Krajicek (quarterfinals)
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Jim Courier (third round)
 * 4)  Wayne Ferreira (semifinals)
 * 5)  Marcelo Ríos (third round)
 * 6)  Marc Rosset (quarterfinals)
 * 7) 🇫🇷 Cédric Pioline (second round)
 * 8) 🇫🇷 Arnaud Boetsch (second round)
 * 9)  Paul Haarhuis (first round)
 * 10)  Jan Siemerink (final)
 * 11)  Byron Black (second round)
 * 12) 🇨🇿 Daniel Vacek (quarterfinals)
 * 13) 🇺🇦 Andriy Medvedev (second round)
 * 14) 🇦🇺 Mark Philippoussis (semifinals)
 * 15) 🇮🇹 Andrea Gaudenzi (third round)
 * 16) 🇲🇦 Younes El Aynaoui (first round)