1996 Croatian Indoors – Singles

The 1996 Croatian Indoors singles was an event of the 1996 Croatian Indoors tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Dom Sportova in Zagreb in Croatia and was part of the World Series of the 1996 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from 29 January through 4 February 1996. The singled draw comprised 32 players and eight of them were seeded. First-seeded Goran Ivanišević won the singles title after a win in the final 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 against unseeded Cédric Pioline.^[1]

Singles
1996 Croatian Indoors
Champion	Goran Ivanišević
Runner-up	Cédric Pioline
Score	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Draw	32
Seeds	8

Seeds

1. Goran Ivanišević (champion)
2. Arnaud Boetsch (first round)
3. Andrea Gaudenzi (second round)
4. David Prinosil (first round)
5. Bernd Karbacher (first round)
6. Jakob Hlasek (first round)
7. Javier Sánchez (second round)
8. Adrian Voinea (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Goran Ivanišević	77	4	6
		Guy Forget	64	6	4
								1	Goran Ivanišević	3	6	6
									Cédric Pioline	6	3	2
		Cédric Pioline	6	78
		Marc-Kevin Goellner	4	66

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	G Ivanišević	6	77
		C Ruud	4	63				1	G Ivanišević	6	6
		M Sinner	6	3	6				M Sinner	4	4
		A Järryd	1	6	3										1	G Ivanišević	3	6	77
	WC	S Hiršzon	6	3	6										8	A Voinea	6	4	64
		K Alami	4	6	3			WC	S Hiršzon	3	68
	Q	A Musil	65	5				8	A Voinea	6	710
	8	A Voinea	77	7																		1	G Ivanišević	77	4	6
	4	D Prinosil	2	64																			G Forget	64	6	4
		G Forget	6	77					G Forget	7	6
		S Noszály	62	2				Q	T Kempers	5	4
	Q	T Kempers	77	6												G Forget	6	6
		M Damm	2	7	6											C-U Steeb	3	4
		F Fetterlein	6	5	3				M Damm	6	4	67
		C-U Steeb	6	6					C-U Steeb	2	6	79
	WC/5	B Karbacher	2	3

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	6	J Hlasek	2	7	3
		C Pioline	6	5	6				C Pioline	6	6
	Q	H J Davids	6	3	2				J van Herck	3	3
		J van Herck	2	6	6											C Pioline	6	3	7
		F Mantilla	3	3												F Dewulf	4	6	5
		F Dewulf	6	6					F Dewulf	6	6
	Q	J Waite	2	4				WC/3	A Gaudenzi	3	3
	WC/3	A Gaudenzi	6	6																			C Pioline	6	78
	7	J Sánchez	6	6																			M-K Goellner	4	66
		N Marques	3	4				7	J Sánchez	65	4
		K Goossens	1	2					M-K Goellner	77	6
		M-K Goellner	6	6												M-K Goellner	6	6
		T Carbonell	65	6	6											G Raoux	4	2
		F Vitoux	77	2	3				T Carbonell	6	2	1
		G Raoux	6	77					G Raoux	4	6	6
	2	A Boetsch	3	64

References

1. John Barrett, ed. (1997). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 130, 146. ISBN 9780002187145.

External links

• Main draw
• ITF tournament edition details