# 1996 Qatar Open – Singles

Stefan Edberg was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Boris Becker.
Petr Korda won in the final 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 2–6, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$ against Younes El Aynaoui.

## Seeds

* Thomas Muster (semifinals)
* Boris Becker (second round)
* Thomas Enqvist (second round)
* Michael Stich (second round)
* Magnus Larsson (quarterfinals)
* Paul Haarhuis (first round)
* Gilbert Schaller (first round)
* Jan Siemerink (first 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 |
| 1 | Thomas Muster | 4 | 4 | | | | | | |
| WC | Younes El Aynaoui | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| WC | Younes El Aynaoui | 6 | 6 | | WC | Younes El Aynaoui | 6$^5$ | 6 | 6$^5$ |
| | | | | | | Petr Korda | 7$^7$ | 2 | 7$^7$ |
| | Petr Korda | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6 | | Petr Korda | 7$^7$ | 2 | 7$^7$ |
| | David Prinosil | 7$^7$ | 1 | 2 | | | | | |

### Top half

| 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 |
| 1 | T Muster | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Sánchez | 2 | 6$^6$ | 1 | T Muster | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Schalken | 2 | 4 | | A Gaudenzi | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Gaudenzi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | T Muster | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | F Fetterlein | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | A Voinea | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| Q | N Kulti | 6 | 6 | Q | N Kulti | 6$^5$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Voinea | 6 | 6 | | A Voinea | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | J Siemerink | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | T Muster | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | T Enqvist | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | WC | Y El Aynaoui | 6 | 6 |
| Q | H Arazi | 2 | 4 | 3 | T Enqvist | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Y El Aynaoui | 6 | 6 | WC | Y El Aynaoui | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | T Carbonell | 4 | 4 | | | | | | WC | Y El Aynaoui | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | M-K Goellner | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | G Raoux | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | G Raoux | 6 | 6 | | G Raoux | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Volkov | 7 | 7$^7$ | | A Volkov | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| WC/6 | P Haarhuis | 5 | 6$^1$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 5 | M Larsson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Khalfan | 0 | 1 | | 3 | M Larsson | 6 | 6$^5$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Ulihrach | 6$^4$ | 3 | | | J Tarango | 4 | 7$^7$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Tarango | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | M Larsson | 4 | 5 | | | | | |
| | P Korda | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | P Korda | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | F Dewulf | 3 | 2 | | | P Korda | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Ruud | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | M Stich | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | M Stich | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | P Korda | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | G Schaller | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | D Prinosil | 7$^7$ | 1 | 2 |
| | D Prinosil | 6 | 6 | | | D Prinosil | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Alami | 6 | 2 | 7 | | K Alami | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Olhovskiy | 2 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | D Prinosil | 6$^5$ | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | J Apell | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | Q | N Pereira | 7$^7$ | 2 | 1 | | | | |
| Q | N Pereira | 6 | 6 | | Q | N Pereira | 7$^7$ | 6$^4$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Edberg | 2 | 5 | | 2 | B Becker | 6$^4$ | 7$^7$ | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | B Becker | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |