title: 1996 Copenhagen Open – Singles
text: # 1996 Copenhagen Open – Singles
  
  Martin Sinner was the defending singles champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Tim Henman.
  
  Cédric Pioline won in the final 6–2, $7–6^{(9–7)}$ against Kenneth Carlsen.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
  
  * Jan Siemerink (second round)
  * Bohdan Ulihrach (first round)
  * Cédric Pioline (champion)
  * Filip Dewulf (quarterfinals)
  * Mikael Tillström (quarterfinals)
  * Guillaume Raoux (second round)
  * Kenneth Carlsen (final)
  * Marc-Kevin Goellner (second 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 | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | J Siemerink | 6 | $6^5$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | M Stadling | 3 | $7^7$ | 4 | 1 | J Siemerink | 4 | $7^7$ | $6^3$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | L Roux | 6 | $6^5$ | 1 | | M Sinner | 6 | $6^3$ | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Sinner | 4 | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | M Sinner | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | H Holm | 6 | 5 | $6^5$ | | | | | | | T Henman | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | T Henman | 4 | 7 | $7^7$ | | T Henman | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | A Järryd | 3 | 4 | | 8 | M-K Goellner | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 8 | M-K Goellner | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | T Henman | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | |
  | 3 | C Pioline | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | C Pioline | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
  | | J Tarango | 5 | 4 | | 3 | C Pioline | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | K Alami | 4 | 4 | | | C-U Steeb | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | C-U Steeb | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | C Pioline | 6 | $7^9$ | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | T Andersen | $6^2$ | 2 | | | | | | | 5 | M Tillström | 3 | $6^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Damm | $7^7$ | 6 | | | M Damm | $6^6$ | $6^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | A Volkov | 5 | $6^2$ | | 5 | M Tillström | $7^8$ | $7^9$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 5 | M Tillström | 7 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Cédric Pioline | 6 | $7^9$ |
  | 6 | G Raoux | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Kenneth Carlsen | 2 | $6^7$ |
  | WC | P Langvardt | 1 | 2 | | 6 | G Raoux | 2 | 6 | $6^1$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | O Ogorodov | 4 | 4 | | | J van Herck | 6 | 3 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | J van Herck | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | J van Herck | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Golmard | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | 4 | F Dewulf | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | S Noszály | 6 | 6 | | | S Noszály | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | F Fetterlein | 3 | 4 | | 4 | F Dewulf | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 4 | F Dewulf | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | J van Herck | $6^5$ | 3 | | | | | |
  | 7 | K Carlsen | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | K Carlsen | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
  | | N Marques | 3 | 1 | | 7 | K Carlsen | 6 | $6^3$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | M Christensen | 2 | 4 | | Q | O Camporese | 4 | $7^7$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | O Camporese | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | K Carlsen | 6 | 4 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
  | | T Johansson | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | M Gustafsson | 3 | 6 | $6^3$ | | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Apell | 6 | 6 | | | J Apell | 3 | $6^4$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Gustafsson | 6 | 6 | | | M Gustafsson | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | B Ulihrach | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  