1996 Peters International – Men's singles
# 1996 Peters International – Men's singles

Patrick McEnroe was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Richard Fromberg.

Todd Martin won in the final 5–7, 6–3, 6–4 against Goran Ivanišević.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

* Goran Ivanišević (final)
* Richard Krajicek (first round)
* Arnaud Boetsch (first round)
* n/a
* Todd Martin (champions)
* Jan Siemerink (first round)
* Albert Costa (first round)
* Marcelo Ríos (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

| 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 | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | G Ivanišević | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Prinosil | 3 | 3 | | 1 | G Ivanišević | 6 | $6^5$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | M Norman | 3 | 6 | 7 | LL | M Norman | 4 | $7^7$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M-K Goellner | 6 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | 1 | G Ivanišević | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Philippoussis | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | M Woodforde | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | T Henman | 6 | 6 | | Q | T Henman | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Woodforde | 4 | $7^7$ | 7 | | M Woodforde | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | A Costa | 6 | $6^4$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | G Ivanišević | 6 | $7^8$ | | | | | |
| Q | C Caratti | 2 | $6^2$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | T Woodbridge | 3 | $6^6$ | | | | | |
| | K Kučera | 6 | $7^7$ | | | K Kučera | 6 | 2 | $6^3$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Dewulf | 2 | 3 | | WC | J Stoltenberg | 4 | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J Stoltenberg | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | WC | J Stoltenberg | 3 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Vacek | $6^3$ | $6^3$ | | | | | | | | T Woodbridge | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Woodbridge | $7^7$ | $7^7$ | | | T Woodbridge | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | S Lareau | 6 | 7 | | LL | S Lareau | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | J Siemerink | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Goran Ivanišević | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | T Martin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Todd Martin | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| | M Sinner | 1 | 2 | | 5 | T Martin | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Costa | 6 | 5 | 6 | | C Costa | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Ulihrach | 4 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | 5 | T Martin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P McEnroe | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | WC | R Fromberg | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Karbacher | 2 | 6 | 4 | | P McEnroe | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | R Fromberg | 4 | 6 | 6 | WC | R Fromberg | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | A Boetsch | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | T Martin | 7 | $7^7$ | | | | | |
| 8 | M Ríos | 1 | $6^4$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | G Rusedski | 5 | $6^2$ | | | | | |
| | R Furlan | 6 | $7^7$ | | | R Furlan | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Black | 6 | 2 | 5 | WC | S Draper | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Draper | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | WC | S Draper | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | P Kilderry | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | G Rusedski | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | C Arriens | 6 | 6 | | Q | C Arriens | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Rusedski | $7^7$ | $7^8$ | | | G Rusedski | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | R Krajicek | $6^4$ | $6^6$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
