# 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.
* Stefan Edberg (semifinals)
* Carlos Costa (semifinals)
* n/a
* Magnus Gustafsson (champion)
* Andriy Medvedev (final)
* Tomás Carbonell (quarterfinals)
* Filip Dewulf (first round)
* Christian Ruud (first 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 | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | S Edberg | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Waite | 2 | 2 | | 1 | S Edberg | 6 | 6$^2$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Tillström | 2 | 4 | | Q | L Jonsson | 2 | 7$^7$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | L Jonsson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | S Edberg | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | T Nydahl | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | T Johansson | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C-U Steeb | 4 | 1 | | Q | T Nydahl | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Johansson | 7$^8$ | 4 | 7$^7$ | | T Johansson | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | F Dewulf | 6$^6$ | 6 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | S Edberg | 3 | 6$^4$ | | | | |
| 4 | M Gustafsson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | M Gustafsson | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| WC | B Rehnquist | 2 | 0 | | 4 | M Gustafsson | 1 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Fromberg | 6 | 7 | | | R Fromberg | 6 | 6$^4$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | C Bergström | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | 4 | M Gustafsson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Lapentti | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | 6 | T Carbonell | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Golmard | 2 | 6 | 1 | | N Lapentti | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Noszály | 6$^5$ | 2 | | 6 | T Carbonell | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | T Carbonell | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Magnus Gustafsson | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | A Medvedev | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Andriy Medvedev | 1 | 3 |
| | A Volkov | 3 | 4 | | 5 | A Medvedev | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Norman | 6 | 4 | 6 | | M Norman | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Rikl | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | 5 | A Medvedev | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | G Blanco | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | G Blanco | 6 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Tarango | 4 | 6$^4$ | | | G Blanco | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | P Fredriksson | 6 | 6 | | WC | P Fredriksson | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | N Utgren | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | A Medvedev | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 8 | C Ruud | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | C Costa | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| | M Larsson | 6 | 6 | | | M Larsson | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Meligeni | 2 | 6 | 3 | | M Filippini | 6 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Filippini | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | M Larsson | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Morejón | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | C Costa | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Järryd | 5 | 2 | | | L Morejón | 6$^5$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | F Jonsson | 0 | 1 | | 2 | C Costa | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | C Costa | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |