1996 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying

May 2026 1996 Australian Open qualmenswomenssingles 1996 Australian Open 1996 Australian Open – Men's singles This article displays the qualifying draw for men's singles at the 1996 Australian Open. Seeds 30em VEN Nicolás Pereira (second round) USA Steve Campbell (second round) USA Tommy Ho (second round) GER Patrick Baur (second round) ARG Gastón Etlis (qualified) CAN Sébastien Lareau (qualified) MAR Hicham Arazi (first round) ITA Cristiano Caratti (second round) BAH Mark Knowles (first round) FRA Rodolphe Gilbert (qualified) GER Carsten Arriens (second round) GER Jörn Renzenbrink (first round) SWE Nicklas Kulti (qualified) USA Bryan Shelton (first round) FRA Thierry Guardiola (qualified) FRA Jean-Philippe Fleurian (qualified) ISR Eyal Ran (qualifying competition, lucky loser) CAN Albert Chang (second round) GER Lars Burgsmüller (second round) NED Joost Winnink (first round) SWE Magnus Norman (qualified) GER Nicolas Kiefer (qualified) RSA David Nainkin (qualified) GER Lars Rehmann (second round) CAN Daniel Nestor (qualified) SWE Lars Jonsson (qualifying competition, lucky loser) FRA Daniel Courcol (second round) ITA Diego Nargiso (qualifying competition, lucky loser) RUS Andrey Cherkasov (qualified) MEX Oscar Ortiz (second round) GER Patrik Kühnen (second round) ZIM Wayne Black (qualifying competition) Qualifiers 30em SWE Patrik Fredriksson AUS Heath Denman RUS Andrey Cherkasov RSA David Adams ARG Gastón Etlis CAN Sébastien Lareau USA Steve Bryan CAN Daniel Nestor RSA David Nainkin FRA Rodolphe Gilbert GER Nicolas Kiefer SWE Magnus Norman SWE Nicklas Kulti USA Brian MacPhie FRA Thierry Guardiola FRA Jean-Philippe Fleurian Lucky losers 30em ISR Eyal Ran ITA Diego Nargiso SWE Lars Jonsson Qualifying draw First qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 1 VEN Nicolás Pereira 6 4 8   USA Louis Gloria 4 6 6   SWE Patrik Fredriksson 6 67 6   KOR Lee Hyung-taik 4 79 2   FRA Grégory Carraz 77 78   MEX Luis Herrera 64 66   USA Kip Brady 4 4 32 ZIM Wayne Black 6 6 1 VEN Nicolás Pereira 3 2   SWE Patrik Fredriksson 6 6   FRA Grégory Carraz 6 5 4 32 ZIM Wayne Black 3 7 6   SWE Patrik Fredriksson 6 6 32 ZIM Wayne Black 1 4 Second qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 2 USA Steve Campbell 6 6   GBR Andrew Richardson 2 3   AUS Heath Denman 6 6 WC AUS Wojtek Stasiak 4 1   RSA Grant Stafford 6 6   EGY Tamer El-Sawy 4 2   AUT Udo Plamberger 2 1 31 GER Patrik Kühnen 6 6 2 USA Steve Campbell 2 1   AUS Heath Denman 6 6   RSA Grant Stafford 6 6 31 GER Patrik Kühnen 3 4   AUS Heath Denman 77 77   RSA Grant Stafford 61 64 Third qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 3 USA Tommy Ho 6 6   SWE Mårten Renström 2 3   ROU Andrei Pavel 6 0r   KOR Yoon Yong-il 4 2   CAN Sébastien Leblanc 4 0   BUL Orlin Stanoytchev 6 6   RSA Michael De Jongh 0 2 29 RUS Andrey Cherkasov 6 6 3 USA Tommy Ho 77 2 5   KOR Yoon Yong-il 60 6 7   BUL Orlin Stanoytchev 2 3 29 RUS Andrey Cherkasov 6 6   KOR Yoon Yong-il 1 65 29 RUS Andrey Cherkasov 6 77 Fourth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 4 GER Patrick Baur 77 4 6   BAH Roger Smith 63 6 4   AUS Brent Larkham 6 2 6   RSA Neville Godwin 4 6 8   AUS Mark Draper 4 7 10   RSA David Adams 6 5 12   NGR Sulieman Ladipo 65r 30 MEX Oscar Ortiz 77 4 GER Patrick Baur 6 2 4   RSA Neville Godwin 0 6 6   RSA David Adams 6 6 30 MEX Oscar Ortiz 4 1   RSA Neville Godwin 4 5   RSA David Adams 6 7 Fifth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 5 ARG Gastón Etlis 6 6   GER Christian Vinck 2 4 WC AUS Sebastien Swierk 6 7 WC AUS Sergio Gaoni 1 5   MEX Alejandro Hernandez 6 6 WC AUS Dejan Petrović 2 2   ROU Răzvan Sabău 5 1 27 FRA Daniel Courcol 7 6 5 ARG Gastón Etlis 6 1 6 WC AUS Sebastien Swierk 4 6 3   MEX Alejandro Hernandez 6 712 27 FRA Daniel Courcol 2 610 5 ARG Gastón Etlis 6 7   MEX Alejandro Hernandez 3 5 Sixth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 6 CAN Sébastien Lareau 7 6   AUT Horst Skoff 5 1   AUS James Holmes 7 3 4 WC AUS Andrew Kratzmann 5 6 6   CAN Jocelyn Robichaud 3 63 WC AUS Jaymon Crabb 6 77   GBR Danny Sapsford 3 4 28 ITA Diego Nargiso 6 6 6 CAN Sébastien Lareau 5 6 6 WC AUS Andrew Kratzmann 7 2 3 WC AUS Jaymon Crabb 1 64 28 ITA Diego Nargiso 6 77 6 CAN Sébastien Lareau 77 6 28 ITA Diego Nargiso 64 1 Seventh qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 7 MAR Hicham Arazi 4 6 3   NZL Steven Downs 6 3 6   USA Steve Bryan 6 6   CRO Igor Šarić 2 1   JPN Kotaro Miyachi 4 4   GER Björn Jacob 6 6   USA Stephen Herdoiza 0 6 4 26 SWE Lars Jonsson 6 4 6   NZL Steven Downs 3 1   USA Steve Bryan 6 6   GER Björn Jacob 2 6 3 26 SWE Lars Jonsson 6 2 6   USA Steve Bryan 6 6 26 SWE Lars Jonsson 3 3 Eighth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 8 ITA Cristiano Caratti 6 6   MEX Leonardo Lavalle 3 3   USA Jan-Michael Gambill 7 6 WC AUS Andrew Florent 5 1   NED Fernon Wibier 66 7 6   CHN Pan Bing 78 5 1   AUS Leigh Holland 1 6 1 25 CAN Daniel Nestor 6 3 6 8 ITA Cristiano Caratti 68 6 1   USA Jan-Michael Gambill 710 1 6   NED Fernon Wibier 4 3 25 CAN Daniel Nestor 6 6   USA Jan-Michael Gambill 7 5 1 25 CAN Daniel Nestor 5 7 6 Ninth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 9 BAH Mark Knowles 64 4   JPN Yasufumi Yamamoto 77 6   AUS Mahyar Goodarz 6 79   NZL Alistair Hunt 2 67   NED Stephen Noteboom 6 2 7   SWE Lars-Anders Wahlgren 3 6 5   USA Donald Johnson 6 1 4 23 RSA David Nainkin 3 6 6   JPN Yasufumi Yamamoto 4 77 6   AUS Mahyar Goodarz 6 63 1   NED Stephen Noteboom 6 4 1 23 RSA David Nainkin 2 6 6   JPN Yasufumi Yamamoto 2 66 23 RSA David Nainkin 6 78 Tenth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 10 FRA Rodolphe Gilbert 7 6   KOR Song Hyeong-keun 5 2   MKD Aleksandar Kitinov 6 64 4   USA T. J. Middleton 3 77 6   NED Martijn Bok 6 6   RSA Chris Haggard 4 3   INA Lin Bing-chao 7 4 4 24 GER Lars Rehmann 5 6 6 10 FRA Rodolphe Gilbert 6 77   USA T. J. Middleton 4 62   NED Martijn Bok 4 77 9 24 GER Lars Rehmann 6 61 7 10 FRA Rodolphe Gilbert 6 6   NED Martijn Bok 1 4 Eleventh qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 11 GER Carsten Arriens 6 6   AUS Ashley Naumann 4 2   AUS James Sekulov 6 6   CZE Jiri Vanek 3 2   SWE Ola Kristiansson 1 6 6   FR Yugoslavia Nebojša Đorđević 6 4 3   AUS Andrew Painter 2 4 22 GER Nicolas Kiefer 6 6 11 GER Carsten Arriens 7 1 0   AUS James Sekulov 5 6 6   SWE Ola Kristiansson 3 6 3 22 GER Nicolas Kiefer 6 1 6   AUS James Sekulov 4 6 3 22 GER Nicolas Kiefer 6 3 6 Twelfth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 12 GER Jörn Renzenbrink 63 62   ISR Noam Behr 77 77   USA Brett Dickinson 4 64   FRA Maxime Huard 6 77   USA Jim Grabb 6 4 6   JPN Hideki Kaneko 3 6 2   USA Kenny Thorne 4 1 21 SWE Magnus Norman 6 6   ISR Noam Behr 77 65 6   FRA Maxime Huard 63 77 4   USA Jim Grabb 2 3 21 SWE Magnus Norman 6 6   ISR Noam Behr 0 2 21 SWE Magnus Norman 6 6 Thirteenth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 13 SWE Nicklas Kulti 6 6   USA Ivan Baron 0 3   JPN Takao Suzuki 77 6   GBR Nick Baglin 64 3 WC AUS Jurek Stasiak 77 3 4   USA Francisco Montana 64 6 6   GER Rainer Schüttler 6 6 20 NED Joost Winnink 3 1 13 SWE Nicklas Kulti 6 6   JPN Takao Suzuki 1 1   USA Francisco Montana 1 6 5   GER Rainer Schüttler 6 3 7 13 SWE Nicklas Kulti 6 6   GER Rainer Schüttler 1 2 Fourteenth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 14 USA Bryan Shelton 6 5 8   AUS Neil Borwick 3 7 10 WC AUS Wayne Arthurs 610 6 8   AUS Michael Hill 712 4 6   USA Brian MacPhie 77 6   AUS Joshua Eagle 62 3   USA Christopher Pressley 6 3 3 19 GER Lars Burgsmüller 3 6 6   AUS Neil Borwick 4 63 WC AUS Wayne Arthurs 6 77   USA Brian MacPhie 6 6 19 GER Lars Burgsmüller 3 2 WC AUS Wayne Arthurs 5 4   USA Brian MacPhie 7 6 Fifteenth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 15 FRA Thierry Guardiola 6 2 6   AUS Steven Randjelovic 1 6 3   NZL James Greenhalgh 61 4   SWE Niclas Kroon 77 6   FRA Lionel Barthez 6 67 4   JPN Satoshi Iwabuchi 4 79 6   AUT Clemens Trimmel 2 2 17 ISR Eyal Ran 6 6 15 FRA Thierry Guardiola 7 6   SWE Niclas Kroon 5 2   JPN Satoshi Iwabuchi 3 6 6 17 ISR Eyal Ran 6 3 8 15 FRA Thierry Guardiola 6 64 6 17 ISR Eyal Ran 3 77 3 Sixteenth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 16 FRA Jean-Philippe Fleurian 6 6   ESP Alberto Martín 2 1   NZL Teo Susnjak 0 4   JPN Gouichi Motomura 6 6   NED Tom Kempers 6 6   NZL Scott Clark 3 1   AUS Vince Mellino 5 3 18 CAN Albert Chang 7 6 16 FRA Jean-Philippe Fleurian 5 6 6   JPN Gouichi Motomura 7 4 1   NED Tom Kempers 77 6 18 CAN Albert Chang 64 2 16 FRA Jean-Philippe Fleurian 5 6 8   NED Tom Kempers 7 4 6 External links 1996 Australian Open – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation Men's Singles Qualifying Men's Singles Qualifying Category:Australian Open (tennis) by year – Qualifying