# 1996 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon – Singles

Wayne Ferreira was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Younes El Aynaoui.
Yevgeny Kafelnikov won in the final 7–5, 6–3 against Arnaud Boetsch.

## Seeds

* Thomas Muster (first round)
* Yevgeny Kafelnikov (champion)
* Wayne Ferreira (first round)
* Marcelo Ríos (quarterfinals)
* Thomas Enqvist (semifinals)
* Cédric Pioline (first round)
* n/a
* Michael Stich (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 |
| | Arnaud Boetsch | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 5 | Thomas Enqvist | 6 | 4 | 0 | | | | |
| 5 | Thomas Enqvist | 6 | 4 | 0 | | Arnaud Boetsch | 5 | 3 |
| | | | | | 2 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 7 | 6 |
| | Tim Henman | 1 | 3 | | 2 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 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 | T Muster | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Woodruff | 6 | 6 | | | C Woodruff | 6 | 6$^5$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Gaudenzi | 6 | 4 | 0 | Q | L Roux | 3 | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | L Roux | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | Q | L Roux | 3 | 1 | | | | | | |
| | A Boetsch | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | A Boetsch | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | A Medvedev | 2 | 4 | | | A Boetsch | 6$^5$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Furlan | 2 | 1 | | Q | A Chesnokov | 7$^7$ | 4$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Chesnokov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | A Boetsch | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | M Ríos | 4 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | T Enqvist | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| LL | A Rădulescu | 6 | 4 | 6$^5$ | 4 | M Ríos | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Tillström | 6 | 6$^3$ | 7$^7$ | | M Tillström | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Dewulf | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6$^3$ | | | | | | 4 | M Ríos | 3 | 6 | 5 | | | | | |
| | J Novák | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | 5 | T Enqvist | 6 | 2 | 7 | | | | | |
| Q | G Pozzi | 6 | 6 | | Q | G Pozzi | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Stoltenberg | 7 | 6$^6$ | 1 | 5 | T Enqvist | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | T Enqvist | 5 | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | C Pioline | 6$^4$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Siemerink | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | J Siemerink | 7$^7$ | 6$^3$ | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Henman | 6 | 6 | | | T Henman | 6$^4$ | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | G Forget | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | T Henman | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | K Kučera | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | Q | K Kučera | 6$^6$ | 2 | | | | | |
| | J Björkman | 3 | 6 | 1 | Q | K Kučera | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y El Aynaoui | 5 | 6 | 6 | | Y El Aynaoui | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | W Ferreira | 7 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | T Henman | 1 | 3 |
| WC/8 | M Stich | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Y Kafelnikov | 6 | 6 |
| | J Hlasek | 6$^4$ | 3 | | WC/8 | M Stich | 3 | 7$^{11}$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Gustafsson | 7 | 6 | | | M Gustafsson | 6 | 6$^9$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Reneberg | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | M Gustafsson | 7 | 5 | 3 | | | | |
| | M Rosset | 6 | 6$^3$ | 3 | | | | | | 2 | Y Kafelnikov | 5 | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | P Korda | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | P Korda | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Vacek | 6$^2$ | 7$^7$ | 4 | 2 | Y Kafelnikov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Y Kafelnikov | 7$^7$ | 6$^5$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |