1989 Virginia Slims Championships – Singles

Steffi Graf defeated Martina Navratilova in the final, 6–4, 7–5, 2–6, 6–2 to win the singles tennis title at the 1989 Virginia Slims Championships. It was her second Tour Finals singles title.

Singles
1989 Virginia Slims Championships
ChampionWest Germany Steffi Graf
Runner-upUnited States Martina Navratilova
Score6–4, 7–5, 2–6, 6–2
Draw16
Seeds8

Gabriela Sabatini was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Graf.

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

  1. West Germany Steffi Graf (champion)
  2. United States Martina Navratilova (final)
  3. Argentina Gabriela Sabatini (semifinals)
  4. Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (semifinals)
  5. United States Zina Garrison (quarterfinals)
  6. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles (quarterfinals)
  7. Czechoslovakia Helena Suková (quarterfinals)
  8. Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

  • 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 West Germany Steffi Graf 6 6
Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná 3 4 1 West Germany Steffi Graf 6 6
  Italy Raffaella Reggi 3 5 7 Czechoslovakia Helena Suková 2 1
7 Czechoslovakia Helena Suková 6 7 1 West Germany Steffi Graf 6 5 6
3 Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 6 6 3 Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 3 7 1
United States Gretchen Magers 4 1 3 Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 6 5 6
  Canada Helen Kelesi 3 1 5 United States Zina Garrison 3 7 3
5 United States Zina Garrison 6 6 1 West Germany Steffi Graf 6 7 2 6
8 Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière 6 6 2 United States Martina Navratilova 4 5 6 2
Australia Hana Mandlíková 1 1 8 Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière 5 6
Sweden Catarina Lindqvist 6 3 4 Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 7 7
4 Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 7 6 4 Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 2 2
6 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles 6 6 2 United States Martina Navratilova 6 6
Spain Conchita Martínez 0 1 6 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles 3 7 5
United States Mary Joe Fernández 2 3 2 United States Martina Navratilova 6 5 7
2 United States Martina Navratilova 6 6

See also

References

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