Final score 6–4, 6–4 | ||
Thomas Enqvist was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Jaime Yzaga.
Jiří Novák won in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Brett Steven.
Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
References
1996 BellSouth Open – Singles Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA