1996 French Open – Men's singles qualifying

Players who neither had high enough rankings nor received wild cards to enter the main draw of the annual French Open Tennis Championships participated in a qualifying tournament held in the week before the event.[1]

Men's singles qualifying
1996 French Open

Seeds

  1. Sweden Nicklas Kulti (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
  2. Slovakia Ján Krošlák (qualified)
  3. Morocco Hicham Arazi (second round)
  4. Russia Andrei Olhovskiy (qualified)
  5. Spain Galo Blanco (qualified)
  6. Sweden Magnus Norman (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
  7. Italy Cristiano Caratti (first round)
  8. Germany Alex Rădulescu (first round)
  9. Germany Dirk Dier (qualified)
  10. Ecuador Luis Morejón (second round)
  11. Germany Lars Burgsmüller (first round)
  12. Belgium Dick Norman (qualified)
  13. Brazil Gustavo Kuerten (qualified)
  14. United Kingdom Chris Wilkinson (first round)
  15. Argentina Gastón Etlis (qualified)
  16. Sweden Patrik Fredriksson (qualified)
  17. Senegal Yahiya Doumbia (second round)
  18. Australia Andrew Ilie (qualifying competition)
  19. Russia Andrey Cherkasov (second round)
  20. Canada Daniel Nestor (qualifying competition)
  21. Spain Tati Rascón (first round)
  22. Mexico Alejandro Hernandez (first round)
  23. Sweden Tomas Nydahl (first round)
  24. Germany Patrick Baur (first round)
  25. Spain Emilio Benfele Álvarez (second round)
  26. Argentina Mariano Zabaleta (second round)
  27. United States Jared Palmer (qualified)
  28. Italy Diego Nargiso (first round)
  29. Spain Óscar Martínez (qualifying competition)
  30. France Frederic Vitoux (second round)
  31. Spain Albert Portas (first round)
  32. Spain Ignacio Truyol-Turrion (second round)

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Qualifying draw

Key

First qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
1 Sweden Nicklas Kulti 77 7
  Sweden Lars Jonsson 65 5
1 Sweden Nicklas Kulti 6 6
  Austria Herbert Wiltschnig 2 2
WC France Julien Cuaz 6 66 2
  Austria Herbert Wiltschnig 2 78 6
1 Sweden Nicklas Kulti 77 5 1
  Argentina Franco Squillari 64 7 6
  United States Alex O'Brien 77 4 6
WC France Olivier Malcor 62 6 3
  United States Alex O'Brien 6 61 4
  Argentina Franco Squillari 2 77 6
  Argentina Franco Squillari 3 6 6
31 Spain Albert Portas 6 1 1

Second qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
2 Slovakia Ján Krošlák 6 6
  Argentina Martin Rodriguez 3 3
2 Slovakia Ján Krošlák 4 77 6
  Italy Corrado Borroni 6 63 3
  Spain Pepe Imaz 1 2
  Italy Corrado Borroni 6 6
2 Slovakia Ján Krošlák 6 6
  Germany Oliver Gross 4 2
  France Maxime Huard 63 1
  Germany Oliver Gross 77 6
  Germany Oliver Gross 6 3 6
32 Spain Ignacio Truyol-Turrion 2 6 2
  Switzerland Alexandre Strambini 0 2
32 Spain Ignacio Truyol-Turrion 6 6

Third qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
3 Morocco Hicham Arazi 6 77
  United States Brian MacPhie 4 63
3 Morocco Hicham Arazi 6 4 2
  France Frédéric Fontang 3 6 6
  France Frédéric Fontang 6 6
  Kenya Paul Wekesa 3 2
  France Frédéric Fontang 6 3 6
29 Spain Óscar Martínez 4 6 3
  Germany Lars Rehmann 6 2 1
  Germany Michael Geserer 3 6 6
  Germany Michael Geserer 4 6 7
29 Spain Óscar Martínez 6 1 9
  Zimbabwe Wayne Black 3 77 2
29 Spain Óscar Martínez 6 65 6

Fourth qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
4 Russia Andrei Olhovskiy 7 6
  South Africa Robbie Koenig 5 4
4 Russia Andrei Olhovskiy 6 4 6
  Argentina Miguel Pastura 2 6 4
  Brazil Francisco Costa 5 5
  Argentina Miguel Pastura 7 7
4 Russia Andrei Olhovskiy 6 77
  Argentina Franco Davín 4 65
WC France Arnaud Clément 7 64 2
  Argentina Franco Davín 5 77 6
  Argentina Franco Davín 6 4 6
30 France Frederic Vitoux 2 6 2
  Czech Republic Radomír Vašek 4 2
30 France Frederic Vitoux 6 6

Fifth qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
5 Spain Galo Blanco 6 6
WC France Gilles Bastié 4 4
5 Spain Galo Blanco 6 6
  Austria Rainer Falenti 3 3
  Austria Rainer Falenti 6 6
  South Africa David Nainkin 1 0
5 Spain Galo Blanco 6 4 8
  Romania Dinu Pescariu 4 6 6
  Germany Jörn Renzenbrink 1 6 2
  Argentina Andrés Zingman 6 4 6
  Argentina Andrés Zingman 3 2
  Romania Dinu Pescariu 6 6
  Romania Dinu Pescariu 6 6
28 Italy Diego Nargiso 3 0

Sixth qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
6 Sweden Magnus Norman 6 6
  United Kingdom Danny Sapsford 3 3
6 Sweden Magnus Norman 6 6
  Brazil Jaime Oncins 4 2
  Netherlands Joost Winnink 2r
  Brazil Jaime Oncins 5
6 Sweden Magnus Norman 3 3
27 United States Jared Palmer 6 6
  Germany Alexander Mronz 2 4
  United Kingdom Mark Petchey 6 6
  United Kingdom Mark Petchey 3 63
27 United States Jared Palmer 6 77
  France Daniel Courcol 3 1
27 United States Jared Palmer 6 6

Seventh qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
7 Italy Cristiano Caratti 5 6 3
  Germany Carsten Arriens 7 2 6
  Germany Carsten Arriens 77 6
  Argentina Carlos Gómez-Díaz 65 4
  Argentina Carlos Gómez-Díaz 6 77
WC France Jean-Baptiste Perlant 2 62
  Germany Carsten Arriens 6 3 1
  Finland Kim Tiilikainen 1 6 6
WC France Jean-François Bachelot 4 2
  Finland Kim Tiilikainen 6 6
  Finland Kim Tiilikainen 6 6
25 Spain Emilio Benfele Álvarez 4 1
  Argentina Agustín Garizzio 6 2 4
25 Spain Emilio Benfele Álvarez 3 6 6

Eighth qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
8 Germany Alex Rădulescu 68 6 0
  Australia Grant Doyle 710 2 6
  Australia Grant Doyle 4 7 6
  Netherlands Martijn Belgraver 6 5 4
  Netherlands Martijn Belgraver 63 6 6
  Germany Nicolas Kiefer 77 2 3
  Australia Grant Doyle 6 3 6
  India Mahesh Bhupathi 3 6 2
  North Macedonia Aleksandar Kitinov 4 77 5
  India Mahesh Bhupathi 6 63 7
  India Mahesh Bhupathi 6 6
26 Argentina Mariano Zabaleta 4 4
  France Stéphane Huet 1 4
26 Argentina Mariano Zabaleta 6 6

Ninth qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
9 Germany Dirk Dier 6 6
  United Kingdom Nick Gould 4 0
9 Germany Dirk Dier 6 6
  Germany Arne Thoms 3 2
  Spain Victor Sendin 4 6 3
  Germany Arne Thoms 6 1 6
9 Germany Dirk Dier 6 6
  France Pier Gauthier 4 3
  France Pier Gauthier 3 6 6
  Sweden Federico Rovai 6 1 2
  France Pier Gauthier 77 6
  Czech Republic Radovan Světlík 65 1
  Czech Republic Radovan Světlík 2 6 6
24 Germany Patrick Baur 6 0 4

Tenth qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
10 Ecuador Luis Morejón 7 6
  Australia Peter Tramacchi 5 1
10 Ecuador Luis Morejón 3 6 6
  United States Francisco Montana 6 4 8
  United States Francisco Montana 6 6
Alt Sweden Lars-Anders Wahlgren 3 3
  United States Francisco Montana 6 6
  Hungary József Krocskó 3 1
  Czech Republic Václav Roubíček 1 5
  Costa Rica Juan-Antonio Marin 6 7
  Costa Rica Juan-Antonio Marin 2 6 3
  Hungary József Krocskó 6 4 6
  Hungary József Krocskó 2 6 6
23 Sweden Tomas Nydahl 6 0 2

Eleventh qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
11 Germany Lars Burgsmüller 60 3
  United States Donald Johnson 77 6
  United States Donald Johnson 2 60
  Spain Jacobo Diaz-Ruiz 6 77
  Spain Jacobo Diaz-Ruiz 2 6 6
  France Jérôme Loustalot 6 4 4
  Spain Jacobo Diaz-Ruiz 6 6
  Haiti Ronald Agénor 1 4
  Haiti Ronald Agénor 77 77
  United States Kenny Thorne 62 64
  Haiti Ronald Agénor 77 3 12
  Germany Karsten Braasch 64 6 10
  Germany Karsten Braasch 6 6
21 Spain Tati Rascón 2 3

Twelfth qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
12 Belgium Dick Norman 6 6
  Brazil Nelson Aerts 3 4
12 Belgium Dick Norman 5 7 6
  Spain Álex Calatrava 7 5 3
  Spain Álex Calatrava 6 5 6
  Hungary Attila Sávolt 2 7 3
12 Belgium Dick Norman 6 77
  Sweden Nicklas Utgren 4 62
  Sweden Nicklas Utgren 77 6
  Brazil Roberto Jabali 60 1
  Sweden Nicklas Utgren 6 4 6
  United States Ivan Baron 4 6 3
  United States Ivan Baron 65 6 6
22 Mexico Alejandro Hernandez 77 3 2

Thirteenth qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
13 Brazil Gustavo Kuerten 4 6 7
  United States Jim Grabb 6 2 5
13 Brazil Gustavo Kuerten 6 6
  Bulgaria Milen Velev 0 2
  Ecuador Pablo Campana 2 60
  Bulgaria Milen Velev 6 77
13 Brazil Gustavo Kuerten 6 6
20 Canada Daniel Nestor 4 2
  France Thierry Guardiola 6 6
  South Africa Chris Haggard 3 1
  France Thierry Guardiola 6 3 20
20 Canada Daniel Nestor 4 6 22
  Ivory Coast Claude N'Goran 66 2
20 Canada Daniel Nestor 78 6

Fourteenth qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
14 United Kingdom Chris Wilkinson 1 4
  Australia Todd Larkham 6 6
  Australia Todd Larkham 5 6 6
  France Lionel Barthez 7 4 1
  Belarus Max Mirnyi 4 2
  France Lionel Barthez 6 6
  Australia Todd Larkham 1 2
  Egypt Tamer El-Sawy 6 6
WC France Antony Dupuis 2 1
  Egypt Tamer El-Sawy 6 6
  Egypt Tamer El-Sawy 6 6
19 Russia Andrey Cherkasov 3 2
  Republic of Ireland Owen Casey 0 0
19 Russia Andrey Cherkasov 6 6

Fifteenth qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
15 Argentina Gastón Etlis 6 6
  Switzerland Ivo Heuberger 2 4
15 Argentina Gastón Etlis 77 710
  Netherlands Dennis van Scheppingen 65 68
  Argentina Hector Moretti 62 1
  Netherlands Dennis van Scheppingen 77 6
15 Argentina Gastón Etlis 77 7
18 Australia Andrew Ilie 64 5
  Australia James Sekulov 6 6
  France Jérôme Hanquez 2 2
  Australia James Sekulov 4 6 2
18 Australia Andrew Ilie 6 1 6
  Germany Sascha Bandermann 7 0 6
18 Australia Andrew Ilie 5 6 8

Sixteenth qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
16 Sweden Patrik Fredriksson 6 6
  United States Steve Bryan 3 3
16 Sweden Patrik Fredriksson 2 77 6
  Australia Ben Ellwood 6 63 4
  United Kingdom Colin Beecher 3 62
  Australia Ben Ellwood 6 77
16 Sweden Patrik Fredriksson 7 77
  Netherlands Hendrik Jan Davids 5 65
  Netherlands Hendrik Jan Davids 6 1 6
  France Guillaume Marx 4 6 3
  Netherlands Hendrik Jan Davids 7 77
17 Senegal Yahiya Doumbia 5 62
WC France Nicolas Thomann 6 4 0
17 Senegal Yahiya Doumbia 4 6 6

References

  1. "Tennis : mode d'emploi des qualifications de Roland-Garros". Le Monde (in French). Le Monde. 18 May 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
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