Defending champion Andre Agassi defeated Michael Chang in a rematch of the previous year's final, 7–6(7–4), 6–4 to win the singles tennis title at the 1996 Cincinnati Masters.
Seeds The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.
Pete Sampras (quarterfinals) Thomas Muster (semifinals) Michael Chang (final) Yevgeny Kafelnikov (quarterfinals) Goran Ivanišević (quarterfinals) Andre Agassi (champion) Richard Krajicek (third round) Jim Courier (third round) Wayne Ferreira (quarterfinals) Thomas Enqvist (semifinals) MaliVai Washington (second round) Todd Martin (second round) Marc Rosset (first round) Cédric Pioline (second round) Richey Reneberg (first round) Jason Stoltenberg (third round)
Draw
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Qualifying
Qualifying seeds The top five seeds received a bye to the second round.
Qualifiers
Qualifying draw
First qualifier
Second qualifier
Third qualifier
Fourth qualifier
Fifth qualifier
Sixth qualifier
Seventh qualifier
References
External links Main draw (ATP) ITF tournament profile