# 1996 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia – Singles

Francisco Clavet was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Karim Alami.
Alami won the final 7–5, 2–1 after Adrian Voinea was forced to retire.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Félix Mantilla (second round)
* Alberto Berasategui (second round)
* Carlos Moyá (second round)
* Àlex Corretja (quarterfinals)
* Francisco Clavet (quarterfinals)
* Javier Sánchez (first round)
* Hernán Gumy (second round)
* Jordi Burillo (quarterfinals)

## 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | F Mantilla | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Karbacher | 6$^4$ | 4 | | 1 | F Mantilla | 6$^2$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Blanco | 5 | 3 | | | J Van Herck | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Van Herck | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | J Van Herck | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Golmard | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | H Arazi | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Arazi | 3 | 6 | 6 | | H Arazi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Truyol | 1 | 2 | | 7 | H Gumy | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | H Gumy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | J Van Herck | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| 4 | À Corretja | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | A Voinea | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | H J Davids | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | À Corretja | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Costa | 4 | 6 | 6 | | C Costa | 6 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | E Sánchez | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | 4 | À Corretja | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Carretero | 4 | 7$^8$ | 6$^9$ | | | | | | | A Voinea | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | D Nargiso | 6 | 6$^6$ | 7$^{11}$ | WC | D Nargiso | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Voinea | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | A Voinea | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | J Sánchez | 2 | 6$^1$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Adrian Voinea | 5 | 1 | r |
| 5 | F Clavet | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Karim Alami | 7 | 2 | |
| | G Pérez Roldán | 4 | 6$^5$ | | 5 | F Clavet | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Meligeni | 6 | 6 | | | F Meligeni | 6 | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Zabaleta | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | 5 | F Clavet | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Alami | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | K Alami | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | O Camporese | 3 | 1 | | | K Alami | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Fromberg | 3 | 6$^7$ | | 3 | C Moyá | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | C Moyá | 6 | 7$^9$ | | | | | | | | | | | | K Alami | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | |
| 8 | J Burillo | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | Q | M Martelli | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| | T Carbonell | 3 | 3 | | 8 | J Burillo | 7 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Ondruska | 6 | 1 | 2 | | M Filippini | 5 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Filippini | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | J Burillo | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Martelli | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | Q | M Martelli | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | C Auffray | 6$^1$ | 3 | | Q | M Martelli | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Goossens | 5 | r | | 2 | A Berasategui | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | A Berasategui | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |