Singles
1996 Oporto Open
1995 Champion	Alberto Berasategui
Final
Champion	Félix Mantilla
Runner-up	Hernán Gumy
Score	6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–3
Details
Draw	32
Seeds	8
Events
Singles Doubles
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The 1996 Oporto Open – Singles was an event of the 1996 Oporto Open men's tennis tournament which was part of World Series of the 1996 ATP Tour and held from 10 June until 16 June 1996 in Porto, Portugal. The draw consisted of 32 players and eight of them were seeded.

Alberto Berasategui was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Mikael Tillström.

Unseeded Félix Mantilla won in the final 6–7^(5–7), 6–4, 6–3 against sixth-seeded Hernán Gumy.^[1]

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

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	C Moyá	77	6
	Q	J Alonso	63	2				1	C Moyá	6	3	7
	WC	E Sánchez	1	2				Q	B Mota	1	6	5
	Q	B Mota	6	6											1	C Moyá	6	6
		J Van Herck	6	6												J Van Herck	1	2
		L Burgsmüller	3	3					J Van Herck	6	6
		O Camporese	6	6					O Camporese	4	2
	7	F Dewulf	0	3																		1	C Moyá	0	4
	3	A Berasategui	3	6	0																		F Mantilla	6	6
		M Tillström	6	3	6				M Tillström	3	5
		F Mantilla	6	4	6				F Mantilla	6	7
		G Blanco	2	6	2											F Mantilla	711	6
		K Goossens	6	1	3										5	T Carbonell	69	3
	Q	I Truyol	3	6	6			Q	I Truyol	4	3
		N Marques	5	7	5			5	T Carbonell	6	6
	5	T Carbonell	7	5	7																									Félix Mantilla	65	6	6
	6	H Gumy	6	6																									6	Hernán Gumy	77	4	3
		J Cunha e Silva	2	0				6	H Gumy	6	6
		A Chesnokov	6	77					A Chesnokov	3	2
		J Arrese	4	64											6	H Gumy	6	6
	WC	E Couto	1	4												S Pescosolido	4	2
		S Pescosolido	6	6					S Pescosolido	6	4	78
		Y El Aynaoui	1	6	1			4	F Clavet	1	6	66
	4	F Clavet	6	4	6																	6	H Gumy	77	6
	8	K Alami	2	2																			C Ruud	65	2
		R Fromberg	6	6					R Fromberg	6	7
		N Lapentti	3	78	6				N Lapentti	2	5
	Q	F Roig	6	66	1											R Fromberg	2	6	4
		S Noszály	77	6												C Ruud	6	2	6
	WC	R Carretero	63	2					S Noszály	1	1
		C Ruud	2	6	6				C Ruud	6	6
	2	C Costa	6	3	3

• 1996 Oporto Open draw