# 1996 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse – Singles

Arnaud Boetsch was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Bernd Karbacher.
Mark Philippoussis won in the final 6–1, 5–7, 6–4 against Magnus Larsson.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Marcelo Ríos (semifinals)
* Cédric Pioline (quarterfinals)
* Arnaud Boetsch (first round)
* Mark Philippoussis (champion)
* Marc Rosset (second round)
* Paul Haarhuis (first round)
* Mark Woodforde (semifinals)
* n/a

## 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 | Final |
| WC/1 | M Ríos | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | F Vitoux | 2 | r | | WC/1 | M Ríos | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Roux | 6 | 6 | | | L Roux | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Gaudenzi | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | WC/1 | M Ríos | 7$^9$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A O'Brien | 2 | 6 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | Q | O Stanoytchev | 6$^7$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | O Stanoytchev | 6 | 4 | 7$^7$ | Q | O Stanoytchev | 5 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | O Mutis | 1 | 6 | 4 | LL | T Guardiola | 7 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | T Guardiola | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | WC/1 | M Ríos | 4 | 4 | | | | | | |
| 3 | A Boetsch | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | M Larsson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | B Karbacher | 2 | 6 | 6 | | B Karbacher | 6 | 7$^{12}$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Dewulf | 3 | 6 | 6 | | F Dewulf | 4 | 6$^{10}$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Benfele Álvarez | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | B Karbacher | 1 | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Larsson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | M Larsson | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Champion | 1 | 0 | | | M Larsson | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J A Viloca | 2 | 2 | | 5 | M Rosset | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | M Rosset | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Magnus Larsson | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| 6 | P Haarhuis | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | M Philippoussis | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| Q | J Eltingh | 4 | 6 | 6 | Q | J Eltingh | 7$^7$ | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Arazi | 6 | 6 | | | H Arazi | 6$^2$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Burillo | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | H Arazi | 4 | 6 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Forget | 6$^6$ | 6 | 1 | | | | | | 4 | M Philippoussis | 6 | 3 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Raoux | 7$^8$ | 3 | 6 | | G Raoux | 6$^2$ | 7$^7$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | F Santoro | 3 | 6 | 6$^1$ | 4 | M Philippoussis | 7$^7$ | 6$^2$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | M Philippoussis | 6 | 3 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | M Philippoussis | 2 | 7$^7$ | 7$^9$ | | | | | |
| 7 | M Woodforde | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | M Woodforde | 6 | 6$^5$ | 6$^7$ | | | | | |
| | Y El Aynaoui | 3 | 6 | 3 | 7 | M Woodforde | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Chesnokov | 4 | 2 | | | T Johansson | 3 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Johansson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | M Woodforde | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Bruguera | 4 | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | 2 | C Pioline | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Schalken | 6 | 6$^3$ | 6$^3$ | | S Bruguera | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | O Delaître | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | C Pioline | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | C Pioline | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |