| Singles | |
|---|---|
| 1996 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon | |
| Champion |  Yevgeny Kafelnikov |
| Runner-up |  Arnaud Boetsch |
| Score | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Draw | 32 |
| Seeds | 8 |
Wayne Ferreira was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Younes El Aynaoui.
Yevgeny Kafelnikov won in the final 7–5, 6–3 against Arnaud Boetsch. [1]
Thomas Muster (first round) Yevgeny Kafelnikov (champion)
Wayne Ferreira (first round)
Marcelo Ríos (quarterfinals)
Thomas Enqvist (semifinals) Cédric Pioline (first round)
Michael Stich (second round)| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Arnaud Boetsch | 4 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Thomas Enqvist | 6 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||
| Arnaud Boetsch | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||
 Tim Henman | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | T Muster | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 C Woodruff | 6 | 6 | C Woodruff | 6 | 65 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 A Gaudenzi | 6 | 4 | 0 | Q | L Roux | 3 | 77 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Q | L Roux | 3 | 6 | 6 | Q | L Roux | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| A Boetsch | 6 | 6 | A Boetsch | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 A Medvedev | 2 | 4 | A Boetsch | 65 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| R Furlan | 2 | 1 | Q | A Chesnokov | 77 | 4r | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | A Chesnokov | 6 | 6 | A Boetsch | 4 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | M Ríos | 4 | 6 | 77 | 5 | T Enqvist | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| LL | A Rădulescu | 6 | 4 | 65 | 4 | M Ríos | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| M Tillström | 6 | 63 | 77 | M Tillström | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 F Dewulf | 4 | 77 | 63 | 4 | M Ríos | 3 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
 J Novák | 4 | 2 | 5 | T Enqvist | 6 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | G Pozzi | 6 | 6 | Q | G Pozzi | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 J Stoltenberg | 7 | 66 | 1 | 5 | T Enqvist | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | T Enqvist | 5 | 78 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | C Pioline | 64 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 J Siemerink | 77 | 7 | J Siemerink | 77 | 63 | 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| T Henman | 6 | 6 | T Henman | 64 | 77 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | G Forget | 4 | 2 | T Henman | 78 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q |  K Kučera | 6 | 1 | 6 | Q | K Kučera | 66 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| J Björkman | 3 | 6 | 1 | Q | K Kučera | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Y El Aynaoui | 5 | 6 | 6 | Y El Aynaoui | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | W Ferreira | 7 | 4 | 4 | T Henman | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WC/8 | M Stich | 77 | 6 | 2 | Y Kafelnikov | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 J Hlasek | 64 | 3 | WC/8 | M Stich | 3 | 711 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| M Gustafsson | 7 | 6 | M Gustafsson | 6 | 69 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| R Reneberg | 5 | 2 | M Gustafsson | 7 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| M Rosset | 6 | 63 | 3 | 2 | Y Kafelnikov | 5 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| P Korda | 4 | 77 | 6 | P Korda | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| D Vacek | 62 | 77 | 4 | 2 | Y Kafelnikov | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Y Kafelnikov | 77 | 65 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Gustavo Kuerten defeated Sergi Bruguera in the final, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1997 French Open. It was his first major singles title. He became the first unseeded player since Mats Wilander in 1982 and the second-lowest ranked player ever to win a major, and the first Brazilian to win a men's singles major. Following the win, Kuerten improved in the rankings from world No. 66 to No. 15.
Thomas Muster defeated Michael Chang in the final, 7–5, 6–2, 6–4, to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1995 French Open. It was his first and only major singles title. He became the first Austrian to win a major title.
Yevgeny Kafelnikov defeated Michael Stich in the final, 7–6(7–4), 7–5, 7–6(7–4) to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1996 French Open. It was his first major singles title.
Pete Sampras defeated Carlos Moyá in the final, 6–2, 6–3, 6–3 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1997 Australian Open. It was his second Australian Open title and ninth major title overall.
Defending champion Thomas Muster defeated Richard Krajicek in the final, 6–2, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1996 Italian Open.
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.
Boris Becker defeated Pete Sampras in the final, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 to win the singles tennis title at the 1996 Eurocard Open.
Thomas Enqvist defeated Yevgeny Kafelnikov in the final, 6–2, 6–4, 7–5 to win the singles tennis title at the 1996 Paris Open.
Marcelo Ríos defeated Àlex Corretja in the final, 6–4, 6–3, 6–3 to win the singles tennis title at the 1997 Monte Carlo Open.
Andriy Medvedev defeated Félix Mantilla in the final, 6–0, 6–4, 6–2 to win the singles tennis title at the 1997 Hamburg European Open.
Chris Woodruff defeated Gustavo Kuerten in the final, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1997 Canadian Open.
Thomas Johansson defeated Yevgeny Kafelnikov in the final, 1–6, 6–3, 6–3 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1999 Canadian Open.
Filip Dewulf was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Goran Ivanišević.
Ellis Ferreira and Jan Siemerink were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to David Prinosil and Michael Stich.
Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Nenad Zimonjić were the defending champions but only Kafelnikov competed that year with Wayne Ferreira.
Paul-Henri Mathieu was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Rainer Schüttler.
Wayne Ferreira and Yevgeny Kafelnikov were the defending champions but lost in the first round to David Rikl and Daniel Vacek.
Marc Rosset was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Daniel Vacek.
Wayne Ferreira was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Anders Järryd.
Sergi Bruguera was the defending champion, but did not compete this year.