# 1996 Rado Open – Singles

Yevgeny Kafelnikov was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Albert Costa.
Costa won in the final 4–6, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 6–1, 6–0 against Félix Mantilla.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Yevgeny Kafelnikov (semifinals)
* Marcelo Ríos (first round)
* Marc Rosset (first round)
* Arnaud Boetsch (first round)
* Cédric Pioline (second round)
* Albert Costa (champion)
* MaliVai Washington (first round)
* Carlos Moyá (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
* NB: The Final was the best of 5 sets while all other rounds were the best of 3 sets.

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 6 | Albert Costa | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6 | 6 | |
| | Félix Mantilla | 6 | 6$^2$ | 1 | 0 | |

### Section 1

| 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 |
| 1 | Y Kafelnikov | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Carretero | 5 | 1 | | 1 | Y Kafelnikov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Zingman | 2 | 6 | 5 | | K Alami | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Alami | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | 1 | Y Kafelnikov | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| WC | A Strambini | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | F Clavet | 3 | 6$^4$ | | | | | |
| WC | P Mohr | 2 | 3 | | WC | A Strambini | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Clavet | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | F Clavet | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | M Washington | 6$^5$ | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Y Kafelnikov | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | M Rosset | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | 6 | A Costa | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| Q | O Gross | 3 | 6 | 6 | Q | O Gross | 0 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Furlan | 7$^7$ | 6$^3$ | 6 | | R Furlan | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Hlasek | 6$^1$ | 7$^7$ | 4 | | | | | | | R Furlan | 6$^4$ | 2 | | | | | |
| | H Gumy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | A Costa | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | E Benfele Álvarez | 4 | 3 | | | H Gumy | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Doseděl | 7$^7$ | 5 | 6$^9$ | 6 | A Costa | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | A Costa | 6$^0$ | 7 | 7$^{11}$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| 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 |
| 5 | C Pioline | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Forget | 3 | 4 | | 5 | C Pioline | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | B Ulihrach | 2 | 6 | 6 | | B Ulihrach | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | M-K Goellner | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | B Ulihrach | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | M Sinner | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | S Bruguera | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| WC | E Sánchez | 4 | 6 | 6 | WC | E Sánchez | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | S Bruguera | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | S Bruguera | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | A Boetsch | 6$^3$ | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | B Ulihrach | 4 | 3 |
| 8 | C Moyá | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | F Mantilla | 6 | 6 |
| | J Sánchez | 5 | 6$^2$ | | 8 | C Moyá | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | Y El Aynaoui | 6$^4$ | 6$^5$ | | | A Berasategui | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Berasategui | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | A Berasategui | 6 | 6$^3$ | 1 | | | |
| | M Philippoussis | 4 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | F Mantilla | 2 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | |
| | F Mantilla | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | F Mantilla | 7$^7$ | 0 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | J Novák | 7$^7$ | 3 | 6 | | J Novák | 6$^2$ | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | M Ríos | 6$^3$ | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |