# 1996 Copenhagen Open – Singles

Martin Sinner was the defending singles champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Tim Henman.
Cédric Pioline won in the final 6–2, 7–6$^{(9–7)}$ against Kenneth Carlsen.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Jan Siemerink (second round)
* Bohdan Ulihrach (first round)
* Cédric Pioline (champion)
* Filip Dewulf (quarterfinals)
* Mikael Tillström (quarterfinals)
* Guillaume Raoux (second round)
* Kenneth Carlsen (final)
* Marc-Kevin Goellner (second round)

## 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | J Siemerink | 6 | 6$^5$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Stadling | 3 | 7$^7$ | 4 | 1 | J Siemerink | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Roux | 6 | 6$^5$ | 1 | | M Sinner | 6 | 6$^3$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Sinner | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | M Sinner | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Holm | 6 | 5 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | T Henman | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Henman | 4 | 7 | 7$^7$ | | T Henman | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Järryd | 3 | 4 | | 8 | M-K Goellner | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | M-K Goellner | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | T Henman | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | |
| 3 | C Pioline | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | C Pioline | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | J Tarango | 5 | 4 | | 3 | C Pioline | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Alami | 4 | 4 | | | C-U Steeb | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C-U Steeb | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | C Pioline | 6 | 7$^9$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | T Andersen | 6$^2$ | 2 | | | | | | | 5 | M Tillström | 3 | 6$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Damm | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | M Damm | 6$^6$ | 6$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Volkov | 5 | 6$^2$ | | 5 | M Tillström | 7$^8$ | 7$^9$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | M Tillström | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Cédric Pioline | 6 | 7$^9$ |
| 6 | G Raoux | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Kenneth Carlsen | 2 | 6$^7$ |
| WC | P Langvardt | 1 | 2 | | 6 | G Raoux | 2 | 6 | 6$^1$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Ogorodov | 4 | 4 | | | J van Herck | 6 | 3 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J van Herck | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | J van Herck | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Golmard | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | 4 | F Dewulf | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Noszály | 6 | 6 | | | S Noszály | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Fetterlein | 3 | 4 | | 4 | F Dewulf | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | F Dewulf | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | J van Herck | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | | |
| 7 | K Carlsen | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | K Carlsen | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | N Marques | 3 | 1 | | 7 | K Carlsen | 6 | 6$^3$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Christensen | 2 | 4 | | Q | O Camporese | 4 | 7$^7$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | O Camporese | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | K Carlsen | 6 | 4 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Johansson | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | M Gustafsson | 3 | 6 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Apell | 6 | 6 | | | J Apell | 3 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Gustafsson | 6 | 6 | | | M Gustafsson | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | B Ulihrach | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |