1996 Dubai Tennis Championships – Singles

Wayne Ferreira was the defending champion and lost in the quarterfinals to Goran Ivanišević.

Singles
1996 Dubai Tennis Championships
1995 Champion	Wayne Ferreira
Champion	Goran Ivanišević
Runner-up	Albert Costa
Score	6–4, 6–3
Draw	32
Seeds	8

Ivanišević won in the final 6–4, 6–3 against Albert Costa.

Seeds

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

1. Thomas Muster (first round)
2. Thomas Enqvist (quarterfinals)
3. Jim Courier (first round)
4. Goran Ivanišević (champion)
5. Wayne Ferreira (quarterfinals)
6. Marc Rosset (first round)
7. Andriy Medvedev (second round)
8. Gilbert Schaller (first round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	T Muster	1	6	60
	LL	S Stolle	6	3	77			LL	S Stolle	6	1	6
	Q	A Cherkasov	5	6	6			Q	A Cherkasov	3	6	4
	Q	L Jonsson	7	3	4										LL	S Stolle	6	5	4
		J Novák	3	61												J Sánchez	2	7	6
		J Sánchez	6	77					J Sánchez	6	4	77
	WC	F Santoro	6	6				WC	F Santoro	3	6	65
	8	G Schaller	3	1																			J Sánchez	6	3	1
	3	J Courier	5	65																			A Costa	3	6	6
		A Berasategui	7	77					A Berasategui	4	4
		S Pescosolido	1	65				Q	H J Davids	6	6
	Q	H J Davids	6	77											Q	H J Davids	3	6	2
		B Karbacher	6	6												A Costa	6	2	6
	Q	D Pescariu	4	4					B Karbacher	4	2
		A Costa	1	6	6				A Costa	6	6
	6	M Rosset	6	3	4																									Albert Costa	4	3
	5	W Ferreira	6																										4	Goran Ivanišević	6	6
	WC	Y El Aynaoui	1	r				5	W Ferreira	78	64	6
		A Gaudenzi	77	77					A Gaudenzi	66	77	4
		P McEnroe	63	62											5	W Ferreira	2	1
		A Volkov	2	4											4	G Ivanišević	6	6
	WC	K Nováček	6	6				WC	K Nováček	3	5
		J Burillo	3	4				4	G Ivanišević	6	7
	4	G Ivanišević	6	6																		4	G Ivanišević	6	78
	7	A Medvedev	6	6																			D Prinosil	2	66
		B Black	4	1				7	A Medvedev	1	65
		S Edberg	7	65	4				D Prinosil	6	77
		D Prinosil	5	77	6											D Prinosil	6	6
		M Larsson	6	6											2	T Enqvist	2	3
		R Furlan	2	4					M Larsson	3	2
		M Gustafsson	1	4				2	T Enqvist	6	6
	2	T Enqvist	6	6

External links

• 1996 Dubai Tennis Championships draw