1996 Swedish Open – Singles

Fernando Meligeni was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Marcelo Filippini.

Magnus Gustafsson won in the final 6–1, 6–3 against Andriy Medvedev.

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


 * 1) 🇸🇪 Stefan Edberg (semifinals)
 * 2) 🇪🇸 Carlos Costa (semifinals)
 * 3) n/a
 * 4) 🇸🇪 Magnus Gustafsson (champion)
 * 5) 🇺🇦 Andriy Medvedev (final)
 * 6) 🇪🇸 Tomás Carbonell (quarterfinals)
 * 7) 🇧🇪 Filip Dewulf (first round)
 * 8) 🇳🇴 Christian Ruud (first round)