1996 Volvo International - Singles
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Andre Agassi
Andre Agassi
Andre Kirk Agassi is a retired American professional tennis player and former world no. 1. Generally considered by critics and fellow players to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time, Agassi has been called the best service returner in the history of the game...

 was the defending champion but did not compete that year.

Alex O'Brien
Alex O'Brien
Alex O'Brien is a professional tennis player from the United States, who competed on the ATP Tour. He was the No. 1 doubles player in the world and was ranked as high as 30 in the world in singles .He won his only singles title at New Haven, Connecticut, in 1996...

 won in the final 7–6 (8–6), 6–4 against Jan Siemerink
Jan Siemerink
Johannes Martinus Siemerink is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.-Career:...

.

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.
  1.   Yevgeny Kafelnikov
    Yevgeny Kafelnikov
    Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Russia. He won two Grand Slam singles titles , four Grand Slam doubles titles, and the men's singles gold medal at the Sydney Olympic Games. He also helped Russia win the Davis Cup in 2002...

     (Quarterfinals)
  2.   Richard Krajicek
    Richard Krajicek
    Richard Peter Stanislav Krajicek is a Dutch former professional tennis player. In 1996 he won the men's singles title at Wimbledon, the only Dutch player to have done so. In the quarterfinals of that tournament he defeated Pete Sampras. This was Sampras' only singles defeat at Wimbledon between...

     
    (Quarterfinals)
  3.   Jim Courier
    Jim Courier
    James Spencer "Jim" Courier, Jr. is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. During his career, he won four Grand Slam singles titles, two at the French Open and two at the Australian Open...

     (Third Round)
  4.   Wayne Ferreira
    Wayne Ferreira
    Wayne Richard Ferreira is a former tennis player from South Africa. He attended Parktown Boys' High School....

     
    (Semifinals)
  5.   Marcelo Ríos
    Marcelo Ríos
    Marcelo Andrés Ríos Mayorga is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Chile. Nicknamed El Chino and El zurdo de Vitacura , he became the first Latin American player to reach the top position on the Association of Tennis Professionals singles rankings in 1998. He held the World No...

     (Third Round)
  6.   Marc Rosset
    Marc Rosset
    Marc Rosset is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland who is best remembered for winning the men's singles Gold Medal at the 1992 Olympic Games....

     
    (Quarterfinals)
  7.   Cédric Pioline
    Cédric Pioline
    Cédric Pioline is a retired French professional tennis player who played on the professional tour from 1989 to 2002. He reached the men's singles final at the 1993 US Open and at Wimbledon in 1997...

     (Second Round)
  8.   Arnaud Boetsch
    Arnaud Boetsch
    Arnaud Boetsch is a former French tennis player who turned professional in 1987.Boetsch represented France at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he was defeated in the second round by Spain's eventual silver medal winner Sergi Bruguera...

     
    (Second Round)


  1.   Paul Haarhuis
    Paul Haarhuis
    Paul Vincent Nicholas Haarhuis is a Dutch former professional tennis player. He is a former World No. 1 doubles player. He won six Grand Slam men's doubles titles, five with Jacco Eltingh and one with Yevgeny Kafelnikov.-Personal life:...

     (First Round)
  2.   Jan Siemerink
    Jan Siemerink
    Johannes Martinus Siemerink is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.-Career:...

     
    (Final)
  3.   Byron Black
    Byron Black
    Byron Black is a former touring professional tennis and Davis Cup player for Zimbabwe.- Biography :He is the brother of Cara and Wayne Black, both professional tennis players...

     (Second Round)
  4.   Daniel Vacek
    Daniel Vacek
    Daniel Vacek is a former tennis player from Czechoslovakia and the Czechia who turned professional in 1990.Vacek represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the second round...

     
    (Quarterfinals)
  5.   Andriy Medvedev (Second Round)
  6.   Mark Philippoussis
    Mark Philippoussis
    Mark Anthony Philippoussis is an Australian tennis player. He turned professional in 1994. His father is Greek, while his mother is of Italian ancestry....

     
    (Semifinals)
  7.   Andrea Gaudenzi
    Andrea Gaudenzi
    Andrea Gaudenzi is a former tennis player from Italy, who turned professional in 1990.Gaudenzi was born in Faenza, Emilia-Romagna. A right-hander, he represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the third round by America's eventual...

     (Third Round)
  8.   Younes El Aynaoui
    Younes El Aynaoui
    Younes El Aynaoui is a professional tennis player from Morocco.He is a five-time singles winner on the ATP Tour and reached his career-high singles ranking of No. 14 in 2003, at the age of 31. His long career has been plagued by injuries and he did not play competitive tennis between September...

     
    (First Round)

Finals

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