1996 EA Generali Open – SinglesAlbert Costa was the defending champion but did not compete that year.Alberto Berasategui won in the final 6–2, 6–4, 6–4 against Àlex Corretja.SeedsA champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. All sixteen seeds received a bye to the second round. Thomas Muster ' Marcelo Ríos ' Félix Mantilla ' Carlos Moyá ' Alberto Berasategui Bohdan Ulihrach ' Francisco Clavet ' Bernd Karbacher ' Andriy Medvedev ' Gilbert Schaller ' Àlex Corretja ' Ctislav Doseděl ' Filip Dewulf ' Sjeng Schalken ' Jordi Burillo ' Javier Sánchez ''''