# 1996 BellSouth Open – Singles

Thomas Enqvist was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Jaime Yzaga.
Jiří Novák won in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Brett Steven.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Thomas Enqvist (second round)
* MaliVai Washington (quarterfinals)
* Jonas Björkman (first round)
* Jakob Hlasek (first round)
* Brett Steven (final)
* Àlex Corretja (second round)
* Francisco Clavet (second round)
* Jiří Novák (champion)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking
| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | T Enqvist | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Reneberg | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | T Enqvist | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Marques | 4 | 3 | | Q | J Yzaga | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Yzaga | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | J Yzaga | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Pescosolido | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 8 | J Novák | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Spadea | 2 | 4 | | | S Pescosolido | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Voinea | 3 | 6$^3$ | | 8 | J Novák | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | J Novák | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | J Novák | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| 3 | J Björkman | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | J Frana | 6 | 4 | 5 | | | | |
| | S Matsuoka | 7 | 6 | | | S Matsuoka | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Krickstein | 6 | 6$^1$ | 4 | | J Frana | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Frana | 3 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | J Frana | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | C-U Steeb | 6 | 5 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | H Gumy | 3 | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Gumy | 4 | 7 | 7$^7$ | | H Gumy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J Greenhalgh | 5 | 2 | | 6 | À Corretja | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | À Corretja | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | Jiří Novák | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | B Steven | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Brett Steven | 4 | 4 |
| Q | M Ondruska | 2 | 4 | | 5 | B Steven | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Hunt | 6 | 3 | 1 | | C Ruud | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Ruud | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 5 | B Steven | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Moyá | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | D Rikl | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | C Adams | 6 | 6 | | Q | C Adams | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Rikl | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | D Rikl | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | J Hlasek | 6$^2$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | B Steven | 6$^5$ | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 7 | F Clavet | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | G Forget | 7$^7$ | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| WC | S Downs | 4 | 3 | | 7 | F Clavet | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Forget | 6 | 6 | | | G Forget | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Meligeni | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | G Forget | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | P Fredriksson | 7 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | 2 | M Washington | 6$^2$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Damm | 5 | 6 | 6 | | M Damm | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Carlsen | 3 | 3 | | 2 | M Washington | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | M Washington | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |