# 1996 Croatian Indoors – Singles

The 1996 Croatian Indoors singles was an event of the 1996 Croatian Indoors tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Dom Sportova in Zagreb in Croatia and was part of the World Series of the 1996 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from 29 January through 4 February 1996. The singled draw comprised 32 players and eight of them were seeded. First-seeded Goran Ivanišević won the singles title after a win in the final 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 against unseeded Cédric Pioline.

## Seeds

* Goran Ivanišević (champion)
* Arnaud Boetsch (first round)
* Andrea Gaudenzi (second round)
* David Prinosil (first round)
* Bernd Karbacher (first round)
* Jakob Hlasek (first round)
* Javier Sánchez (second round)
* Adrian Voinea (quarterfinals)

## 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

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Goran Ivanišević | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Guy Forget | 6$^4$ | 6 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Guy Forget | 6$^4$ | 6 | 4 | 1 | Goran Ivanišević | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | Cédric Pioline | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| | Cédric Pioline | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | Cédric Pioline | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| | Marc-Kevin Goellner | 4 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | G Ivanišević | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Ruud | 4 | 6$^3$ | | 1 | G Ivanišević | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Sinner | 6 | 3 | 6 | | M Sinner | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Järryd | 1 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | 1 | G Ivanišević | 3 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| WC | S Hiršzon | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | A Voinea | 6 | 4 | 6$^4$ | | | | | |
| | K Alami | 4 | 6 | 3 | WC | S Hiršzon | 3 | 6$^8$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Musil | 6$^5$ | 5 | | 8 | A Voinea | 6 | 7$^{10}$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | A Voinea | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | G Ivanišević | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | D Prinosil | 2 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | G Forget | 6$^4$ | 6 | 4 |
| | G Forget | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | G Forget | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Noszály | 6$^2$ | 2 | | Q | T Kempers | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | T Kempers | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | G Forget | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | M Damm | 2 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | C-U Steeb | 3 | 4 | | | | | | |
| | F Fetterlein | 6 | 5 | 3 | | M Damm | 6 | 4 | 6$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C-U Steeb | 6 | 6 | | | C-U Steeb | 2 | 6 | 7$^9$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC/5 | B Karbacher | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| 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 |
| 6 | J Hlasek | 2 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Pioline | 6 | 5 | 6 | | C Pioline | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | H J Davids | 6 | 3 | 2 | | J van Herck | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | J van Herck | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | C Pioline | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | |
| | F Mantilla | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | F Dewulf | 4 | 6 | 5 | | | |
| | F Dewulf | 6 | 6 | | | F Dewulf | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Waite | 2 | 4 | | WC/3 | A Gaudenzi | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| WC/3 | A Gaudenzi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | C Pioline | 6 | 7$^8$ |
| 7 | J Sánchez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | M-K Goellner | 4 | 6$^6$ |
| | N Marques | 3 | 4 | | 7 | J Sánchez | 6$^5$ | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | K Goossens | 1 | 2 | | | M-K Goellner | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | M-K Goellner | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | M-K Goellner | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | T Carbonell | 6$^5$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | G Raoux | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| | F Vitoux | 7$^7$ | 2 | 3 | | T Carbonell | 6 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | G Raoux | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | G Raoux | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | A Boetsch | 3 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |