2016 French Open – Boys' singles

Geoffrey Blancaneaux won the title, defeating Félix Auger-Aliassime in the final, 1–6, 6–3, 8–6. He saved three championship points and became the first French player to win the junior title since Gaël Monfils in 2004.

Tommy Paul was the defending champion, but was no longer eligible to compete in junior events. He participated in the men's singles qualifying competition, where he lost to Peter Gojowczyk in the second round.

Seeds
• # Stefanos Tsitsipas (quarterfinals)

• # 🇭🇺 Máté Valkusz (third round)

• # 🇺🇸 Ulises Blanch (second round)

• # 🇯🇵 Yosuke Watanuki (first round)

• # 🇨🇦 Denis Shapovalov (semifinals)

• # 🇦🇺 Alex de Minaur (second round)

• # 🇰🇷 Chung Yun-seong (second round)

• # 🇺🇿 Jurabek Karimov (third round)

• # 🇷🇸 Miomir Kecmanović (third round)

• # 🇳🇴 Casper Ruud (second round)

• # 🇨🇦 Félix Auger-Aliassime (final)

• # 🇦🇹 Jurij Rodionov (second round)

• # 🇨🇳 Wu Yibing (second round)

• # 🇦🇷 Genaro Alberto Olivieri (quarterfinals)

• # 🇺🇸 John McNally (second round)

• # 🇪🇬 Youssef Hossam (first round)

Seeds
• # 🇪🇸 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (qualified)

• # 🇩🇪 Marvin Möller (qualified)

• # Wu Tung-lin (first round)

• # 🇹🇷 Ergi Kırkın (qualified)

• # Alexis Canter (first round)

• # Alastair Gray (first round)

• # 🇮🇱 Yshai Oliel (qualified)

• # 🇲🇰 Bojan Jankulovski (first round)

• # 🇦🇷 Francisco Vittar (qualified)

• # 🇨🇳 Zhao Lingxi (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Oliver Crawford (qualifying competition)

• # 🇪🇪 Mattias Siimar (qualifying competition)

• # 🇸🇰 Lukáš Klein (first round)

• # 🇦🇷 Juan Martín Jalif (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Lucas Koelle (qualifying competition)

• # Tiago Cação (first round)

Qualifiers
• # 🇪🇸 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

• # 🇩🇪 Marvin Möller

• # 🇺🇸 Gianni Ross

• # 🇹🇷 Ergi Kırkın

• # 🇦🇷 Francisco Vittar

• # 🇮🇹 Riccardo Balzerani

• # 🇮🇱 Yshai Oliel

• # 🇫🇷 Valentin Vacherot