# 1996 EA Generali Open – Singles

Albert Costa was the defending champion but did not compete that year.
Alberto Berasategui won in the final 6–2, 6–4, 6–4 against Àlex Corretja.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. All sixteen seeds received a bye to the second round.
* Thomas Muster (quarterfinals)
* Marcelo Ríos (third round)
* Félix Mantilla (third round)
* Carlos Moyá (second round)
* Alberto Berasategui (champion)
* Bohdan Ulihrach (third round)
* Francisco Clavet (second round)
* Bernd Karbacher (second round)
* Andriy Medvedev (third round)
* Gilbert Schaller (second round)
* Àlex Corretja (final)
* Ctislav Doseděl (third round)
* Filip Dewulf (quarterfinals)
* Sjeng Schalken (third round)
* Jordi Burillo (second round)
* Javier Sánchez (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

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| LL | Emilio Benfele Álvarez | 6 | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| 5 | Alberto Berasategui | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 5 | Alberto Berasategui | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | Alberto Berasategui | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 11 | Àlex Corretja | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 11 | Àlex Corretja | 7$^7$ | 6 | | 11 | Àlex Corretja | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Q | Juan Albert Viloca | 6$^4$ | 1 | | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | 1 | T Muster | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Sánchez | 6 | 6 | | | E Sánchez | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | T Schiessling | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | 1 | T Muster | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | J Tarango | 6 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | M Zabaleta | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| | M Zabaleta | 1 | 6 | 6 | | M Zabaleta | 3 | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 15 | J Burillo | 6 | 2 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | T Muster | 1 | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | LL | E Benfele Álvarez | 6 | 7 |
| | | | | | 9 | A Medvedev | 6 | 7$^{10}$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Volkov | 6 | 1 | | | A Volkov | 4 | 6$^8$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Meneschincheri | 3 | 0 | r | | | | | | 9 | A Medvedev | 6 | 6$^4$ | 1 | | | | |
| LL | E Benfele Álvarez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | LL | E Benfele Álvarez | 2 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| | F Santoro | 3 | 4 | | LL | E Benfele Álvarez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 7 | F Clavet | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | C Moyá | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Kuerten | 1 | 2 | Q | F Squillari | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | F Squillari | 6 | 6 | | | | | | Q | F Squillari | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | | | | |
| Q | W Kowalski | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | 14 | S Schalken | 3 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | |
| | J Cunha e Silva | 3 | 6$^4$ | Q | W Kowalski | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 14 | S Schalken | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | F Squillari | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | A Berasategui | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| | | | | 12 | C Doseděl | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Delaître | 4 | 1 | Q | D Balducci | 7$^7$ | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | D Balducci | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 12 | C Doseděl | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| | O Camporese | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 5 | A Berasategui | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Y El Aynaoui | 4 | 4 | | O Camporese | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 5 | A Berasategui | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | 6 | B Ulihrach | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Portas | 3 | 6$^1$ | | | F Messori | 6$^6$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Messori | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | 6 | B Ulihrach | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | A Cherkasov | 7 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | 11 | À Corretja | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | G Blanco | 5 | 7 | 6 | | G Blanco | 7$^7$ | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 11 | À Corretja | 6$^3$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | À Corretja | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | F Dewulf | 4 | 1 |
| | | | | | 13 | F Dewulf | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | R Fromberg | 1 | 3 | | | D Rikl | 7 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | D Rikl | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 13 | F Dewulf | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | L Burgsmüller | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | F Mantilla | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| Q | M Charpentier | 3 | 2 | | | L Burgsmüller | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | F Mantilla | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | 8 | B Karbacher | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | N Kiefer | 6 | 6 | | WC | N Kiefer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Tieleman | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | WC | N Kiefer | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | N Marques | 6 | 5 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | N Marques | 3 | 0 | | | | |
| | A Voinea | 2 | 7 | 6$^3$ | | N Marques | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 10 | G Schaller | 6$^3$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | WC | N Kiefer | 5 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | J A Viloca | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | 16 | J Sánchez | 6$^5$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J A Viloca | 6 | 6 | | Q | J A Viloca | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | H Wiltschnig | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | Q | J A Viloca | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| WC | M Hipfl | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | WC/2 | M Ríos | 1 | 6$^4$ | | | | |
| WC | S Koubek | 2 | 3 | | WC | M Hipfl | 5 | 7$^7$ | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | WC/2 | M Ríos | 7 | 6$^5$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |