1996 Paris Open – Singles


Thomas Enqvist defeated Yevgeny Kafelnikov in the final, 6–2, 6–4, 7–5 to win the singles tennis title at the 1996 Paris Open.
Pete Sampras was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Marc Rosset.

Seeds

A 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 into the second round.
  1. Pete Sampras '
  2. Michael Chang '
  3. Thomas Muster '
  4. Yevgeny Kafelnikov '
  5. Goran Ivanišević '
  6. Boris Becker '
  7. Richard Krajicek '
  8. Wayne Ferreira '
  9. Andre Agassi '
  10. Marcelo Ríos '
  11. Todd Martin '
  12. Thomas Enqvist
  13. MaliVai Washington '
  14. Albert Costa '
  15. Jim Courier '
  16. Félix Mantilla ''''