1988 Virginia Slims Championships – Singles
| Singles | |
|---|---|
| 1988 Virginia Slims Championships | |
| Champion | Gabriela Sabatini |
| Runner-up | Pam Shriver |
| Score | 7–5, 6–2, 6–2 |
| Draw | 16 |
| Seeds | 8 |
Gabriela Sabatini defeated Pam Shriver in the final, 7–5, 6–2, 6–2 to win the singles tennis title at the 1988 Virginia Slims Championships. She did not drop a set en route to the title.
Steffi Graf was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Shriver. Graf was attempting to achieve a Super Slam, having won all four majors (the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open) and the Olympics earlier in the season.
Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
- Steffi Graf (semifinals)
- Martina Navratilova (quarterfinals)
- Chris Evert (quarterfinals)
- Gabriela Sabatini (champion)
- Pam Shriver (final)
- Natasha Zvereva (quarterfinals)
- Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière (quarterfinals)
- Helena Suková (semifinals)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- NB: The Final was the best of 5 sets while all other rounds were the best of 3 sets.
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Steffi Graf | 6 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Claudia Kohde-Kilsch | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | Steffi Graf | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lori McNeil | 1 | 0 | 7 | Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière | 6 | 6 | 1 | Steffi Graf | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Chris Evert | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | Pam Shriver | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Barbara Potter | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Chris Evert | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sylvia Hanika | 3 | 4 | 5 | Pam Shriver | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Pam Shriver | 6 | 6 | 5 | Pam Shriver | 5 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Natasha Zvereva | 6 | 1 | 6 | 4 | Gabriela Sabatini | 7 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Helen Kelesi | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | Natasha Zvereva | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Katerina Maleeva | 2 | 1 | 4 | Gabriela Sabatini | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Gabriela Sabatini | 6 | 6 | 4 | Gabriela Sabatini | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Helena Suková | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | Helena Suková | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Zina Garrison | 6 | 3 | 3 | 8 | Helena Suková | 2 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Larisa Savchenko | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Martina Navratilova | 6 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Martina Navratilova | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||