# 1996 Davidoff Swiss Indoors – Singles

Jim Courier was the defending champion but did not compete that year.
Pete Sampras won in the final 7–5, 6–0, 6–2 against Hendrik Dreekmann.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Pete Sampras (champion)
* Goran Ivanišević (first round)
* Yevgeny Kafelnikov (semifinals)
* Boris Becker (second round)
* Thomas Enqvist (first round)
* Stefan Edberg (second round)
* Mark Philippoussis (first round)
* Michael Stich (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
* 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 |
| 1 | Pete Sampras | 7 | 6 | 6 | | |
| | Hendrik Dreekmann | 5 | 0 | 2 | | |

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | P Sampras | 5 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Rădulescu | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | P Sampras | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Hlasek | 6$^4$ | 3 | | WC | T Haas | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | T Haas | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | P Sampras | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Tillström | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | | | | | | M Tillström | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| | F Dewulf | 6$^2$ | 5 | | | M Tillström | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Björkman | 6 | 4 | 7 | | J Björkman | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | M Philippoussis | 1 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | P Sampras | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| 3 | Y Kafelnikov | 6 | 6$^6$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Y Kafelnikov | 6$^4$ | 3 |
| | M Rosset | 3 | 7$^8$ | 3 | 3 | Y Kafelnikov | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Woodruff | 3 | 6 | 5 | Q | L Roux | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | L Roux | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | 3 | Y Kafelnikov | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| LL | M-K Goellner | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | LL | M-K Goellner | 7 | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| | G Forget | 7$^7$ | 4 | 4 | LL | M-K Goellner | 7$^9$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Siemerink | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 | S Edberg | 6$^7$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | S Edberg | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 5 | T Enqvist | 1 | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | O Delaître | 6 | 7$^7$ | | Q | O Delaître | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | D Vacek | 7$^7$ | 3 | 2 | | R Furlan | 6 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | R Furlan | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | Q | O Delaître | 6 | 5 | 2 | | | |
| | J Novák | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | J Novák | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | |
| WC | F Veglio | 4 | 6 | 2 | | J Novák | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Ulihrach | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | B Becker | 3 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | B Becker | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | J Novák | 5 | 4 |
| 8 | M Stich | 7$^7$ | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | H Dreekmann | 7 | 6 |
| | H Dreekmann | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6 | | H Dreekmann | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Larsson | 6 | 3 | 6 | | M Larsson | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y El Aynaoui | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | H Dreekmann | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | |
| | R Reneberg | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | P Korda | 6$^6$ | 4 | | | | |
| | P Korda | 7 | 6 | | | P Korda | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | D Prinosil | 7$^7$ | 6 | | Q | D Prinosil | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | G Ivanišević | 6$^3$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |