1996 Campionati Internazionali di San Marino – Singles
# 1996 Campionati Internazionali di San Marino – Singles

Thomas Muster was the defending champion but did not compete that year.

Albert Costa won in the final 7–6 (9–7), 6–3 against Félix Mantilla.

## Seeds

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

* Albert Costa (champion)
* Félix Mantilla (final)
* Andrea Gaudenzi (second round)
* Hernán Gumy (second round)
* Jiří Novák (first round)
* Gilbert Schaller (quarterfinals)
* Karim Alami (first round)
* Ctislav Doseděl (quarterfinals)

## 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 |
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| 1 | A Costa | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | D Nargiso | 4 | 2 | | 1 | A Costa | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M A Gorriz | 6 | 1 | 4 | | G Kuerten | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Kuerten | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | A Costa | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Voinea | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | A Voinea | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Díaz | 6 | 3 | 4 | | A Voinea | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | F Santoro | 6 | $7^7$ | | WC | F Santoro | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | K Alami | 3 | $6^3$ | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | A Costa | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | |
| 4 | H Gumy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | M Charpentier | 4 | $6^0$ | | | | |
| | M Filippini | 1 | 1 | | 4 | H Gumy | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Charpentier | 5 | 6 | 6 | Q | M Charpentier | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Fetterlein | 7 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | Q | M Charpentier | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Martín | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | 6 | G Schaller | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Morejón | 6 | 6 | | | L Morejón | $7^9$ | $6^1$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | F Messori | 4 | 2 | | 6 | G Schaller | $6^7$ | $7^7$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | G Schaller | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Albert Costa | $7^9$ | 6 |
| 5 | J Novák | 5 | $6^6$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Félix Mantilla | $6^7$ | 3 |
| | D Rikl | 7 | $7^8$ | | | D Rikl | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Ruud | 6 | 6 | | | C Ruud | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J van Herck | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | C Ruud | 1 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | G Blanco | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | J Sánchez | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Sánchez | 7 | 6 | | | J Sánchez | 4 | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Goossens | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | A Gaudenzi | 6 | $6^4$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | A Gaudenzi | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | J Sánchez | 4 | 5 | | | | |
| 8 | C Doseděl | $7^9$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | F Mantilla | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | S Noszály | $6^7$ | 2 | | 8 | C Doseděl | $7^7$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | T Guardiola | 3 | 6 | 2 | Q | T Guardiola | $6^1$ | 0 | r | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y El Aynaoui | 6 | 2 | 0/r | | | | | | 8 | C Doseděl | 3 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Cunha e Silva | 6 | $6^9$ | 6 | | | | | | 2 | F Mantilla | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | O Camporese | 3 | $7^{11}$ | 4 | | J Cunha e Silva | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Zabaleta | 2 | 5 | | 2 | F Mantilla | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | F Mantilla | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
