1996 Shanghai Open – Singles

Andrei Olhovskiy won in the final 7–6 (7–5), 6–2 against Mark Knowles.

Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


 * 1) 🇺🇸 Jeff Tarango (quarterfinals)
 * 2) 🇬🇧 Tim Henman (semifinals)
 * 3) 🇺🇿 Oleg Ogorodov (second round)
 * 4) 🇦🇺 Michael Tebbutt (semifinals)
 * 5)  Marcos Ondruska (quarterfinals)
 * 6) 🇷🇺 Andrei Olhovskiy (champion)
 * 7) 🇺🇸 Steve Campbell (first round)
 * 8) 🇺🇸 Tommy Ho (second round)