Francisco Clavet Francisco Javier Clavet González de Castejón (; born 24 October 1968), known as Pato Clavet (), is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He won eight singles titles, reached the semifinals of the 1992 Newsweek Champions Cup – Singl ...

was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to

Karim Alami Karim Alami () (born 24 May 1973) is a retired tennis player from Morocco, who turned professional in 1990. The right-hander won two career titles in singles, both in 1996 (Atlanta and Palermo), and reached a career-high ATP singles ranking o ...

. Alami won the final 7–5, 2–1 after

Adrian Voinea Adrian Voinea (born 6 August 1974) is a former Romanian tennis player. He has been ranked as high as No. 36 in singles by the ATP. Voinea has won one ATP Tour singles title on the ATP Tour. Between 1995 and 2003, Voinea played in 12 Davis C ...

was forced to retire.

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. # Félix Mantilla ''(second round)'' #

Alberto Berasategui Alberto Berasategui Salazar (born 28 June 1973) is a former top-10 professional tennis player from Spain. He was a Grand Slam finalist at the 1994 French Open, and won a total of 14 ATP singles titles, achieving a career-high singles ranking ...

''(second round)'' #

Carlos Moyá Carlos Moyá Llompart (; born 27 August 1976) is a Spanish former professional tennis player and coach. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Moyá won 20 ATP Tour-level singles tit ...

''(second round)'' #

Àlex Corretja Alejandro Corretja Verdegay (; born 11 April 1974) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 2 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in 1999. Corretja won 17 ATP Tour singles titles, incl ...

''(quarterfinals)'' #

''(quarterfinals)'' # Javier Sánchez ''(first round)'' #

Hernán Gumy Hernán Pablo Gumy (; born 5 March 1972) is an Argentine former tennis player, who turned professional in 1991. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he was defeated in the first round by Venezuela's Ni ...

''(second round)'' #

Jordi Burillo Jordi Burillo Puig (; born 7 December 1972) is a retired tennis player from Spain. He won one singles title and a doubles title on the ATP Tour in his career. His style was very aggressive and powerful, hitting always the ball and serving very h ...

''(quarterfinals)''

Draw

References

External links

1996 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia draw
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